This street artwork of two rabbits in flagrante leaves nothing to the imagination. The relationship between the creatures is raw and natural … More
Month: May 2018
HIGH-FLYIN’: 800 VIEWS OF AIRPORTS
We — and possibly you, too — are a big fan of large coffee-table art books by the likes of … More
VEHICULAR: THE COBRA SNAKE VAN
Wait … what? The Cobra Snake van is parked on ultra-luxe Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles? Actually … More
STYLE: ALL THE COOL KIDS WITH THE PINKED-UP KICKS
These pink-and-gray Nike sneakers, as worn by our colleague M., are FIRE! Fire, we tell you! Sick! We have a … More
ARCHITORTURE: ART-DECO MOVIE THEATER MAKES US WONDER IF WE’VE GONE BACK IN TIME
The Aero movie theater on tony Montana Avenue on Santa Monica’s northside is a Los Angeles treasure. A working cinema … More
STREETSY: ELECTRICAL UTILITY BOX AS CANVAS
The electrical utility box is a feature of the built-up urban landscape in many U.S. cities. These boxes tend to … More
DIVINE KIM KARDASHIAN AND SAINT / NORTH
This simple photographic wheat-paste street art in Venice, Los Angeles, depicts Kim Kardashian with, we assume, one of her two … More
ARCHITORTURE: MODERN-CONTEMPORARY BUILDING TOO BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT
Somebody do something, PLEASE! This building … it … it .. hurts our eyes. It’s just too damn beautiful. Must … More
CONFUSED: LUMBER YARD OR ART MUSEUM?
The answer to the question is …. art museum, obviously. Specifically the Hammer Museum of Art in Los Angeles. The … More
TIME AND TOO MANY SUNSETS
ALL THE FEELS WRIT LARGE
This poignant street art, if it can be called that (we think it qualifies), is essentially poetry painted in black, … More
FISHY: AQUATIC GRAFFITI ART
Some quick-and-dirty spray-painted graffiti art of a fish on the side of a dumpster in a Venice Beach alley.
SUBLIME: MADE OF HAGOP
The street art of the artist who goes by the moniker Made of Hagop never ceases to impress us with … More
SNEAKERS : ARTIST DUMPS USED KICKS ON FLOOR, INSTANTLY CREATES CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED MASTERPIECE
Hey, you! Yes, YOU! You, the savvy reader of this blog. In case you did not know it, you are … More
UNNATURAL : GRIZZLY BEARS ROAMED VENICE BEACH, MURAL EXPLAINS
Sometimes street art works can provide an educational nugget like this artwork by artist Eric Junker in Venice, which states … More
STREETSY : STENCIL STREET ART NOT DEAD, APPARENTLY
Stencil street art seems like it’s everywhere these days. It wasn’t always so. There was a time when mere graffiti … More
SPACES: HIPSTER-MEXICO SURF CHIC
Salt Fish Surf Co is a surfy boutique in Venice, in Los Angeles, run by the effusive and friendly French … More
FASHION: BOXING PANDA T-SHIRT’S GOT GAME
Our colleague L. showing off a graphic t-shirt with the image of a boxing panda bear. How can you not … More
DESIGN FOR DANGER
How do you sufficiently inform people of danger? Usually warning signs use visually strong graphical elements and bold lettering in … More
BEACHY: THE HIPSTER SURFERS OF ABBOT KINNEY
A TREE GROWS IN BRENTWOOD
Brentwood is a verdant, upscale neighborhood on the westside of Los Angeles. It’s filled with mansions and luxury condos and … More
WHAT HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE: THE MINIMALIST ESPRESSO BAR
This is probably the most minimalist coffee-making/-serving set-up we’ve seen. It’s in the courtyard of the Hammer Museum of art … More
DESIGN WTF: THE RETRO-FUTURE WANTS ITS JUNK BACK!
Hey, the retro-future is calling. We’re guessing from sometime between 1973 and ‘79. It wants its junk back including this … More
SHEPARD FAIREY IS EVERYWHERE YOU WANT TO BE
We were in Silver Lake, in Los Angeles, stopping by a popular espresso bar for a quick coffee, driving around … More
FROM OUR BOOKSHELF: “RACKGAKI” DOCUMENTS AN ERA OF JAPANESE GRAFFITI ART
It’s time again to randomly browse our bookshelves at HQ and re-discover a forgotten coffee-table tome. Today we’ve pulled out … More
STREETSY: ARTWORK ON A BILLBOARD – WHEN CAPITALISM AND ART MAKE A BABY
Capitalism and art. They’re not the best of friends. Sometimes they look at each other with roiling contempt. The fact … More
GLOBAL GRAPHICA 