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L.A. Doesn’t Do “Neat” and Made in L.A. 2025 Proves It.

No Lasers, No Clooney — Just a Boom-Lift: How the Louvre Heist Made Movie Heists Look Ridiculous!

Alchemists of Concrete and Glass: The Weird Beauty of Swiss Architects Herzog & de Meuron

Barry McGee: The Street Poet Who Turned Graffiti Into Gospel

The Reluctant Genius: The Sound-Wizard and the Cultural Catalyst Who Invented an Entire Genre of Music!

WEAPONS-GRADE CUTENESS: YOSHITOMO NARA DOESN’T PLAY NICE! AN ARTIST PROFILE!

“DAMN, THAT’S CLEAN!”: The German Design God Who Shaped Your World (And Probably Your iPhone)

ARCHITECTURE 101: What is Modernism?

PITCH PERFECT: Takashi Murakami Throws Pitch at Dodger’s Baseball Game in Tokyo!

IN TOKYO: Shameless Art-Luxury Collabs Redux! Murakami and Louis Vuitton Smash-up!

ARCHITECTURE 101: Concrete Jungle: Why Brutalism’s Unapologetic Architecture Refuses to Fade Away

DEEP-FRIED REVISITED: FROM INTERNET SUB-CULTURE TO CORPORATE PLAYBOOK!

MY BEAUTIFUL TWISTED FANTASY : “SICK” ROBOT VAN TAXIS, FAKE ROBOTS, AND MORE!

THE HAPPIEST FASHIONABLE PLACE ON EARTH : FRENCH “TECHNO CHIC” CLOTHING BRAND COPERNI STAGES FASHION SHOW AT DISNEYLAND PARIS!

OOPS, THEY DID IT AGAIN! : BILLIONAIRE SPAWN’S HOLLYWOOD MANSION GETS GRAFFITI BOMBED!

CUE THE LIGHTS & MIRRORS: AT THE STELLAR OLAFUR ELIASSON “OPEN” SHOW IN L.A.!

ATTACK OF THE CLONE: NEWISH “ASTRONAUT” PAINTING BY JAPANESE MEGA-STAR ARTIST TAKASHI MURAKAMI ON VIEW IN L.A.!

THINGS THAT GO BANG: CHINESE ARTIST’S EPIC FIREWORKS ART SENDS EXPLOSIONS OF COLOR INTO L.A. SKY USING A.I.!

PRETTY IN PINK: SAVORING THE “MUTE FLESH” SHOW IN L.A.

IN IT FOR THE MONEY: THIEVES AGAIN BRAZENLY STEAL ICONIC BANKSY PAINTING IN LONDON GALLERY!

DREAM A LITTLE SURF DREAM: THE MESMERIZING SWEET AND SOMBER PAINTINGS OF ARTIST PANDORA DECOSTER!

THE SECRET TO GREEN-TRASHED SUCCESS: HOW CHARLI XCX’S “BRAT” GREEN BECAME THE COLOR OF OUR TIMES!

LOS ANGELES, I’M YOURS: ARTIST ED RUSCHA RETROSPECTIVE SHOW IN L.A. IS MIND-CRUSHINGLY GOOD!

RADICAL TRANSPARENT: THE BOLD SEE-THROUGH VISION OF TOKYO’S NEW GLASS-WALLED TOILETS!

TECHNO BACKLASH! NEW APPLE iPAD COMMERCIAL IS A CRUSHING FAIL!

BLOODY CONTROVERSY: THE SHOCKING NEW OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES UNVEILED!

IN IT FOR THE MONEY: JAPANESE ART STAR YAYOI KUSAMA FINANCIALLY KICKED ASS IN 2023!

THE BLOW-UP GLOW-UP: BELGIAN DESIGNERS MAKE INFLATABLE VERSIONS OF CERAMIC VASES AND PITCHERS!

BOOTSTRAPPED DRIPPY: RICK OWENS AND DR. MARTENS EXTREMELY LACED COLLABO BOOTS HAS US ALL TIED UP!

RIDDLE WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY INSIDE AN ENIGMA: THOSE PESKY MONOLITHS STARTED POPPING UP AGAIN!