This massive hanging canvas by Takashi Murakami is like nothing else the Japanese artist has exhibited before or that we’ve … More
Month: July 2018
ON THE SCENE AT TORTOISE
MR. A. BY ANDRE
WHO KNEW? INVADER SURFS!
CLAW IN LA LA LAND
The story may be apocryphal, but if true — and we believe it is — it’s a telling anecdote about … More
CURRENT EVENTS: “BENEDICT DONALD”
Given the news in the past 24 hours about U.S. President Donald Trump and his meeting in Helsinki with Russian … More
INVADER WAS HERE
The French street artist known as Invader (a.k.a., “Space Invader”) occupies a distinct place in the street art world. He … More
MINIMALISM: ALL OF THE LIGHTS
Pictured here is “Monument,” a minimalism masterpiece by artist Dan Flavin. It’s made only of fluorescent lights arranged like a … More
ARCHITORTURE: GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY, WHERE TOURISTS AND NERDS BEAUTIFULLY COLLIDE!
One of Los Angeles’s great landmarks is the Griffith Observatory, an architectural gem that mixes art-deco and Mayan aesthetics. It’s … More
DAVID HOCKNEY’S ARTIST ON ARTIST PORTRAIT
Los Angeles-based British painter David Hockney’s “82 Portraits and 1 Still Life” includes one of that very L.A. artist John … More
PROFANE: FRESH ARTWORK FROM MAYA HAYUK
We’ve been following artist Maya Hayuk’s work throughout her career and seen many of her colorful, cross-hatched abstract murals in … More
SPRAY AND DESTROY
A massive collection of various brands and types of spray paint — tools of the trade for artists and creators, … More
STARSTRUCK: ALEC’S INEVITABLE MARILYN MONROE MURAL
The artist ALEC has made a career of street art and massive murals with images of pop-culture icons and celebrities … More
“IT’S JUST A ROCK” … REVISITING “LEVITATED MASS”
Artist Michael Heizer‘s awesome, infuriating, confounding and beautiful installation-art master work “Levitated Mass” on the north-side of LACMA in Los … More
BEYOND THE STREETS
BLACK AND WHITE AND MASSIVE: JR IN NYC
ROMANCE: “SOMEONE LOVES YOU”
“Some Loves you” scrawled on a low wall along the pavement in Venice, Los Angeles.
CLOUDY: SKYWRITING “#AMERICA”
Look up in the sky! It’s … it’s a … it’s a hashtag! Yes, right there, in the air, under … More
EXPLOSIVE: CELEBRATING AMERICA’S B-DAY IN LA
GLOBAL GRAPHICA 