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The film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2022. Some may argue that…
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Banksy, the elusive street artist, has become a legend in his own time, carving out a unique niche in the…
ART 101: THE POLKA-DOT PRINCESS OF CONTEMPORARY ART – WHO IS YAYOI KUSAMA?
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Just over three years since NBA superstar Kobe Bryant tragically died in a helicopter crash on a Calabasas mountainside, his…
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Hanns Lohrer was a German painter and commercial graphic designer based in the city of Stuttgart. In spite of his…
ON VIEW: ALEX ISRAEL’S PASTEL-TINTED, SURF-INSPIRED VISION!
We’re fans of artist Alex Israel. It may in part be due to the fact that we’re surfers here at…
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Wes Anderson is a renowned American filmmaker and screenwriter who has made a name for himself in the film industry…
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The recently opened Orange County Museum of Art (“OCMA”) is an architectural cautionary tale. When the $94-million-dollar new museum opened…
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We checked out the whimsical “Fulton’s Exhibit” in Hollywood last weekend. The show is a collection of giant food sculptures…
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We spotted yet another vehicle adorned with artwork by the artist Kenny Scharf in Los Angeles. This one was on…
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On the shiny, new gentrified south end of Downtown Los Angeles there are remnants still, old and recent, of the…
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