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SHOW ME THE HONEY : STREET ART SWEETENS THE HYPER-SHOPPING MECCA OF TOKYO’S SHIBUYA!

It was a sweet surprise to see the street art of San Francisco-based artist Fnnch (pronounced “finch”) in Tokyo a … More

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IN YOUR FACE : TOKYO ELECTION BILLBOARDS COLOR EVERY CORNER OF CITY WITH PORTRAITS OF POLS!

It’s election campaign season again in Tokyo. If you’re on the ground in Japan’s capital, you can’t help but know … More

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FAR AWAY, SO CLOSE : JAPANESE ARTIST’S TOWERING HEAVENLY “SURF ANGEL” STATUE IS AN INDELIBLE EPIC DREAM!

Japanese artist Motohiko Odani’s massive, fantastic, classical-style neon and plaster sculptural object “Surf Angel (Provisional Monument 2)” towers in a … More

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EVERYBODY HATES PUBLIC ART, EXCEPT WHEN THEY DON’T : THE INCREDIBLE, INEDIBLE AND POPULAR “TOKYO EGG”!

It seems almost axiomatic that most public art is bad. Like really, really mind-blowingly f*cking bad. And though it is … More

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PRINTED MATTER: HIGHLY ENTERTAINING “THE NINETIES” IS MUST-READ ROMP THROUGH A DECADE’S POP CULTURE HISTORY!

We’re reading the paperback edition of Chuck Klosterman’s most recent book, a look at 1990s pop culture and historical trends … More

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JET LAG CONFIDENTIAL: BACK IN TOKYO! BUT FIRST, COFFEE!

We’re back in Tokyo and it feels so good. Except for the mad jet lag, which feels very much not … More

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CONTEMPORARY ART 101: FROM “SUPERFLAT” TO SUPERSTAR – WHO IS ARTIST TAKASHI MURAKAMI?

Takashi Murakami is perhaps the best-known among a handful of Japanese contemporary artists who have over the past couple of … More

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PEAK TV: MENAGERIE OF A-HOLES “SUCCESSION” RETURNS FOR FINAL SEASON!

It’s here. The fourth and final season of the HBO dramatic black-comedy series “Succession” aired in the United States Sunday … More

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ANTI ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA CLUB: NEPO BABY SPAWN OF INDIE FILM AND MUSIC POWER COUPLE BREAKS INTERWEBZ!

Well, well, well, looks like we’ve got ourselves a little “NePo baby” on our hands. For those of you who … More

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OH, MEMETIC WORLD: THOUGHTS ON THE A.I.-GENERATED TRUMP ARREST MEME!

Well, well, well, if it isn’t the latest internet sensation: hyper photo-realistic A.I.-generated image memes of former President Trump being … More

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CINEMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE: WHY “EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE” DESERVED ITS OSCAR!

The film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2022. Some may argue that … More

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FROM THE STREET TO THE WHITE CUBE – WHO IS THE ARTIST KNOWN AS “KAWS”?

The work of KAWS, the pseudonym of American artist Brian Donnelly, has been taking the art world by storm for … More

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STREET ART 101: IN PRAISE OF SUBVERSION — WHO IS BANKSY?

Banksy, the elusive street artist, has become a legend in his own time, carving out a unique niche in the … More

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ART 101: THE POLKA-DOT PRINCESS OF CONTEMPORARY ART – WHO IS YAYOI KUSAMA?

Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist who has captivated the world with her mesmerizing polka dots and psychedelic installations, is nothing … More

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“HALF-ARSED!” : HORROR SHOW OF UNFINISHED ARCHITECTURE PLAGUES NEW ART MUSEUM NEAR L.A.

The recently opened Orange County Museum of Art (“OCMA”) is an architectural cautionary tale. When the $94-million-dollar new museum opened … More

UP IN THE AIR : BACK TO TOKYO!

Yup! We’re heading back to Tokyo. After getting all our COVID booster vaccinations and updated health documents and customs and … More

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GIANT STEPS : LEGENDARY MOVIE DIRECTOR’S DISTURBING OBSESSION WITH STAIRS COMPILED INTO SUPERCUT!

The filmography of legendary British film director Alfred Hitchcock is studded with iconic movies that defined the modern Hollywood suspense-thriller. … More

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NO LOGO : ARTIST RENDERS FAMOUS BRAND MARKS IN CHROME!

For this “36 Logos” project German artist and designer Martin Naumann re-worked the logos of some of the world’s biggest … More

SELLING THE SIZZLE! : JAPANESE CAR COMPANY UNLEASHES AN EPIC NEW COMMERCIAL!

The 60-second commercial is for Honda and is called “Origin of Determination.” The spot features 100 Honda products, from race … More

“LIT A.F., DUDE! “: SEEING THIS ICONIC L.A. ARTWORK NEVER GETS OLD!

Artist Robert Irwin’s wall of multi-colored fluorescent tube lights at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art serves as post-modernist … More

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Illustrated Dog Street Art on Construction Hoarding … Hollywood, Los Angeles 

“High Time” Street Art Building Takeover by Shepard Fairey … Hollywood, Los Angeles

“Lone Wolf” Motorcycle Helmet at Office … Los Angeles

Another Isabelle Gorilla Mural … Venice, Los Angeles

Lab Art Gallery … Hollywood, Los Angeles 

“Fonzi” Sticker on Traffic Light … Hollywood, Los Angeles

“Not Religious” Monochromatic Decor at Graffiti Coffee … Hollywood, Los Angeles

Graffiti Truck … Little Ethiopia, Los Angeles

Bibuta Surf Graphic Tee … Los Angeles

“Coffee First” Typographic Mural … Encinitas, California

Street Art by Artist Hagop Belian … Venice, Los Angeles

“Bully Culprit” Street Art Image of Donald Trump … Santa Monica, Los Angeles

Street Art At the Venice Pop-Up Park … Venice, Los Angeles 

Color Blocks Street Art & Back Alley Graffiti Tag … Venice, Los Angeles

Tilly’s Building Mural … Orange County, California

“Art n’ Soul” Street Art Signage … Encinitas, California

Awesome New “Love Berto” Mural … Venice, Los Angeles

Our Desktop at HQ … Los Angeles

Street Art Assemblage … Venice, Los Angeles

Peanuts Stencil Street Art … Venice, Los Angeles

Bird Street Art Mural … Venice, Los Angeles

On the Scene at Rose Cafe … Venice, Los Angeles

Sharpie-Pen Graffiti Art … Santa Monica, Los Angeles

Sticker-Bombed Mailbox … Venice, Los Angeles

The Beautiful Artwork of Belle Yang’s Graphic Novel “Forget Sorrow” … Los Angeles

“Bleeding Hearts” Mural by British Artist J. Goldcrown … Venice, Los Angeles

Cool Design of Wary Meyers Bar Soap … Los Angeles

Street Art at a Coin-Op Laundry … Ocean Park, Los Angeles

Isabelle Gorilla Street Art Mural at Aust. … Venice, Los Angeles

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Farewell to Our Japanese Moonstar x Monocle Collabo Sneakers … Santa Monica, Los Angeles

Japanese Manga-Styled Street Art by Merten … Hollywood, Los Angeles

Graphic Tee Design by Freedom Artists … Playa Vista, Los Angeles

Street Art by “Dirty Wet Paint” … Hollywood, Los Angeles

Graffit Art … Ocean Park, Santa Monica

General Admission Building … Venice, Los Angeles

Street Art Poster … Playa Vista, Los Angeles

Lines Mural …Venice, Los Angeles 

Architectural Building Blocks on an Office Desk … Los Angeles

Artwork at Topa Topa … Ventura, California

More Street Art by Artist Alisha Sophia … Venice, Los Angeles

  

Prince Obituary on Front Page of New York Times

  

Street Art on Curbside Address Number … Venice, Los Angeles

  

Street Art by Bandit at the Cellar … San Clemente, California

  

Surfers Street Art by Artist Alisha Sophia … Venice, Los Angeles

     

“Long Live Dogtown” Dogs Mural … Venice, Los Angeles

  

“I Will Miss You …” Hits NYC Billboard

We first saw this handwritten-styled, street-artsy graffiti message “I will miss you …” a couple of months ago next to … More

“Drink” Sign at Bowery Diner … New York City

Lady Millard’s “Lady” Tag Redux

The “Day’s End” Champagne Bar at the Armory Show 2013

Pix of the temporary Day’s End Pommery champagne bar and lounge in the contemporary section on Pier 94 at the … More

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What’s Outside the Window – Vol. 22

The window and view from one of the upper-floor art galleries at the Whitney Museum in New York City.

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Our Van’s & Our Paul Smith’s

We had heaps of shoes in our wardrobe, but the past couple of years we’ve been getting rid of old … More

Street Art … Miss Amsterdam

Photos of a street art painting of a women draped in Amsterdam symbolism (the spliff, the city’s ironic unintentionally three … More

“Cheese NYC” Skull Graphics Street Art

We stumbled upon this street art on the building hoarding at the corner of Mulberry and Prince Streets in SoHo … More

“Vintage Attraction” by Whisbe … Street Art in SoHo, New York City

Fresh Street Art by Artist Nether Bmore

Recent street art work on downtown New York City by Baltimore artist “Nether Bmore,” who visits NYC occasionally to show … More

Street Art Stickers at the Viceroy Santa Monica, in L.A.

Bits and Pieces of Street Art in the Chelsea Gallery District, in New York City

Bits and pieces of street art by the likes of A.S.V.P., Matt Siren, et. al., as spied from our taxi … More

New York Street Art – “Rah Breeze”

Cool A.S.V.P. Sticker in SoHo

The Awesomely Minimalist Neue National Gallery by Architect Mies van der Rohe

This building is something of a modern architectural landmark and among our favorite spaces in Berlin.  

Street Art by “COST” in New York City

Images of South Africa’s Apartheid Struggle at International Center of Photography New York

The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City just wrapped up an awesome exhibition titled “Rise and Fall … More

Kid-on-Dad Knife Play – Street Art in Downtown New York City

Fresh street art on Spring Street in Nolita, near SoHo and the Lower East Side of downtown NYC. This work … More

New Hanksy Street Art Sticker

Eyes and Heart – New York Street Art

Sabre Kitten Sticker at Lost Weekend

Little Big Planet Street Art, Hamburg

“F***ing Money” Street Art, Paris

LafFront National Stencil Street Art in Paris

Paris Street Art – THTF in Monmarte

Super Fresh Street Art by “MOR” on Ludlow St., New York

Fresh artwork by MOR on Ludlow Street, along a stretch of wall that’s part of an abandoned building between Heater … More

Rabbit Stencil Street Art in Paris

Down with the Reptilian Agenda

Some wonderful, recent commissioned street art outside L’Asso, a hip gourmet pizza palace at the corner of Kenmare and Mott … More

Cartoon Cat Stencil in Le Marais, Paris

“Vote Darkside” in Le Marais, Paris

“Fred de Chevalier” in Monmarte

Street Art Makeover at Subway Sandwich Shop in Paris + “Love Me”

The Pompidou Center, Paris

Space Invader in Le Marais, Paris

Fog-Shrouded Control Tower at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris

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