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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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