Pictured here is another mural by the artist Jules Muck (a.k.a., “Muckrock”), who’s street art is associated with Venice Beach…
On the Scene at Menotti’s Coffee Shop in Venice
The cafe at Menotti’s Coffee is a third-wave espresso joint and a friendly little hub for the legion of caffeinated…
Graffiti Art by “Cope2”
Los Angeles Contemporary Architecture
On the Scene at Arcana Books
Among our favorite places in Los Angeles is the Arcana bookstore in Culver City. It’s specialized in “books on the…
WHAT THE HELL IS “COLD OPEN”?
This beautiful old-school graffiti art is on a corrugated metal fence next to the Venice Beach offices of an advertising agency…
Wes Anderson Directed a Christmas Commercial for H&M
Auteur film director Wes Anderson has produced an amusing short Christmas film (see below) as long-form commercial for the global…
Freight Train Graffiti Art
We were driving through Leucadia, California recently on a weekend surf trip when this freight train decorated with lots of…
“The Emperor of Hemp”
This photo-realistic mural of the late Jack Herer is by artist Brian Garcia (a.k.a., TAZROC). You can find it at 1501 Pacific Avenue in…
The 100 Most Influential Images of All Time
Time magazine recently published the “100 Most Influential Images of All Time.” It’s a stunning mixed collection of iconic, powerful and…
Highly Successful Beach Bum
We have a hunch that the message in this typographic garage-door mural by artist Adam Mars may be an accurate…
Cute Monster Stencil Street Art … Atwater Village, Los Angeles
Atwater Village in Los Angeles is where we found this stencil street art of a cute Sesame Street muppets-like monster…
Awesome Minimalist “Untitled” by Dan Flavin … San Francisco MoMA
This colorful flurourescent-light sculptural object at San Francisco MoMA is a minimalist classic by the late artist Dan Flavin. Regular visitors…
Roaring Lion and Bear Mural by Artist Konorebi … Mission District, San Francisco
The message “Peace is found on common ground” is written at the top of this vivid street art by the…
“Love Wall” by JGoldcrown at Alfred Coffee … Silver Lake, Los Angeles
UK artist J Goldcrown has made these “Lovewall” / “Bleeding Hearts” murals of simple, spray-painted hearts part of the urban…
Beautifully Designed Dead Kooks Surfboard … Malibu, Los Angeles
Last weekend we went to Mercado Sagrado, a two-day festival-like event showcasing music, fashion, food, art and surf films held…
Mystery Boy Sticker … Venice, Los Angeles
We’ve seen these mysterious circular stickers of a boy’s face around Los Angeles in recent weeks. The face is drawn…
Epic Mural by Sol LeWitt at SFMoMA … San Francisco
The artwork of the late American conceptual and minimalist artist Sol LeWitt dominates the new mezzanine-level ticket lobby of the…
Graffiti Art … Mission District, San Francisco
This large, energetic graffiti tag art is in the alley behind an old clapboard-style commercial building off Valencia Street in San…
U.S. Election “I Voted” Sticker
Today is election day in the U.S. If you’re eligible to vote and haven’t done so already, go do so! We…
The World According to Photographer William Eggleston
The New York Times Style magazine “T” recently published an excellent feature on photographer William Eggleston, considered the pioneer of color…
“Locals Mostly” Truck Mural by Luke Pelletier … Santa Monica, Los Angeles
We came across this awesome movers truck decorated with the artwork of artist and musician Luke Pelletier. The truck was…
“Surf 80s Divine”
We stumbled upon this this first-edition copy of the long and precisely titled “Surf Photographs from the Eighties Taken by…
Cat Stencil Street Art … Malibu, Los Angeles
Along Pacific Coast Highway, across from famed Malibu Beach and its iconic pier, is this amusing life-size stencil street art of…
Funny Anti-Trump Guerrilla Ad Campaign in New York
AdWeek is reporting on a series of funny anti-Trump outdoor ads have been popping up on bus-stop billboards around New…
“Eyes, Mouth, Body, Feet …” Street Art … Venice, Los Angeles
This hilarious wheat-paste street art on an old clapboard bungalow in Venice looks like a child’s Crayola drawing of a…
“I Take Care of My Beaches” Sticker … Rincon, California
We stumbled upon this “I Take Care of My Beaches” message on a sticker-bombed pole at the Rincon Beach parking…
Halloween Expression on a Campground RV
Some campers at the Carpinteria Beach campground near Santa Barbara, California decked out their camper with some funny, inventive Halloween…
Thatched Hut Video Art Installation by Simone Leigh … Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
The work of Brooklyn-based artist Simone Leigh explores many themes. Among these are the African diaspora and identity. A small exhibition…
“But First, Coffee” Curb … Silver Lake, Los Angeles
The curb in front of the Alfred Coffee in Silver Lake, Los Angeles has been cheekily employed as signage, and as such a…
“Screamface” Graffiti …Venice, Los Angeles
This crudely painted “Screamface”graffiti is on a sign behind a gas station at the intersection of Lincoln and Venice boulevards in…
“Airportraits” by Photographer Mike Kelley
Photographer Mike Kelley photographed airplanes taking off from airports around the world and then composited the images to provide a…
Stripes Collage Street Art … Venice, Los Angeles
We love this type of street art, the kind that takes a mundane, boring piece of “street furniture” — in…
Cool Spaces – Enclosed Work Park at TBWA Offices … Los Angeles
The work space at the Los Angeles offices of mega-global advertising agency TBWA (a.k.a, TBWA Chiat Day) is epic and…
Wild Style Graffiti Truck … Venice, Los Angeles
When we saw this graffiti truck in Los Angeles a couple of days ago, we were for a hot sec…
Mural of Palm Trees by Noah Abrams … Venice, Los Angeles
This beautiful black-and-white photo-realistic mural of palm trees silhouetted is a new addition to the street art scenery along Abbot…
Mural Portrait of Chinese Artist Ai Wei Wei … Venice, Los Angeles
The controversial Chinese artist and activist Ai Wei Wei is depicted in this new mural along Abbot Kinney Blvd. in…
The Awesome Design of a Vintage Porsche 912 … Los Angeles
We’re not “into cars” nor have we aspired to possess a stylish sports car. That said, we love great design and…
“Selfie This” Street Art Poster … Venice, Los Angeles
The cheeky message of this wheatpaste street art posted on a back-alley dumpster is unequivocal. Using a graphical, copy-paste collage style,…
Street Art by “Made of Hagop” at Gjelina … Venice, Los Angeles
This new piece of street art is by the Syrian-born artist Hagop Belian, who also goes by the moniker “Made of…
Doug Aitken’s Glowing Pay Phone at MOCA … Los Angeles
This glowing, LED-illuminated sculpture of an old-school pay phone is by artist Doug Aitken. It’s titled “Twilight,” and it’s absolutely…
Mural of US President Barack Obama Fencing … Hollywood, Los Angeles
This cheeky mural on the side of liquor store on Normandie Avenue in Hollywood depicts current U.S. President Barack Obama…
Back-Alley Street Art Mural … Mission District, San Francisco
The Mission District of San Francisco is rife with street art and graffiti, much of it in the miles of…
Cool Design … Matchbox from Santa Monica Yacht Club
The beautiful nautically inspired design on this box of matches is for the Santa Monica Yacht Club, which is a…
Monochromatic Graffiti Art … Venice, Los Angeles
While we’ve always had a strong distaste for the most basic, utilitarian type of territorial graffiti tag — raw vandalism…
“A Quick Perspective”
Kevin Wisbith runs a YouTube series called “A Quick Perspective” and has posted a series of images on Imgur that show…
Plain Minimalist All-White Leather Sneakers … Venice, Los Angeles
We recently popped into the Rag & Bone store on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, in Los Angeles, to try…
“Venice Dennis” Stencil Street Art … Venice, Los Angeles
This large stencil street art mural on a fence in Venice, in Los Angeles, depicts the late actor-artist Dennis Hopper…
“Here We Are” Street Art at Ships … Harajuku, Tokyo
Amid the labyrinthine back streets that comprise Ura-Harajuku are many examples of commissioned semi-legal street art in little niches of…
Vintage Apple Macintosh Computer in Design Gallery of SFMoMA … San Francisco
At the recently re-opened, renovated and expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), there’s currently a first-rate design exhibition that…
Bird Mural at M-Rad Architecture Building … Culver City, Los Angeles
Mural of a bird and abstract geometric patterns on the side of a re-purposed retail building that’s home to the…
The Oculus Bridge at SFMoMA … San Francisco
One of the distinct features of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) is its architectural design, which includes…
Street Art by Shepard Fairey on PCH …Santa Monica, Los Angeles
We spotted some new street art from artist Shepard Fairey in an unusual spot last week. Along Pacific Coast Highway,…
Frida Kahlo Mural … Mission, San Francisco
This epic mural on the side of a store deep in San Francisco’s Mission District depicts the iconic and influential…
“Love” by DFace … West Adams, Los Angeles
Alongside Interstate 10, otherwise known at the Santa Monica Freeway, there’s a massive mural by street-art star DFace on the…
“256 Colours” by Gerhard Richter at SFMoMA … San Francisco
We’re fans of German visual artist Gerhard Richter, perhaps best known for his “capitalist realism” and his photo-realistic and “blur” paintings.…
Blown-Up Robin Williams Photo as Street Art … Mission, San Francisco
This blown-up black-and-white image is a fitting street-art tribute to the late great actor-comedian Robin Williams. The photo adorns a…
Tattered “Vegan Club” Poster … Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Here’s another one of those Vegan Club wheat-pasted street art posters that have been popping up all over Los Angeles…
A Visit from Apartamento Magazine Editor Omar Sosa … Los Angeles
We recently attended a small talk with the co-founder and editor of Apartamento magazine, Omar Sosa (pictured at right). The…
Abstract Street Art on Roller Shutter … Naka-Meguro, Tokyo
The Naka-Meguro neighborhood of Tokyo has a distinct feel. It occupies one side of a steeply sloped hill and the…
Golden Winged Adidas Sneaker Designed by Jeremy Scott … LACMA, Los Angeles
Untitled Painting by Minimalist Painter Agnes Martin at LACMA … Los Angeles
JR’s Epic Olympics Art Installations in Rio de Janeiro
French street art superstar JR has produced epic Olympics-themed art Installations in Rio de Janeiro. Image below via Phaidon.
Tourist Architecture + Scene … Waikiki, Honolulu
“Keep San Clemente Beautiful” Street Art … San Clemente, California
Graffiti Art Next to Vacant Lot … Shibuya, Tokyo
Mural of Native American + Hipster Vehicles … Leucadia, California
Cool Time-lapse Video of Pills Dissolving in Water
Street Art at Sneaker Emporium “California Street” … Daikanyama, Tokyo
Japanese Election Campaign Posters on a Wall … Naka-Meguro, Tokyo
The optics and media of Japanese political election campaigns are fascinating for their restraint and orderliness. Campaign posters for the various…
Abstract Street Art and Graffiti Tags … Ura-Harajuku, Tokyo
“New Candle” Live Video and Projection Installation by Nam June Paik … Watari Museum, Tokyo
LED Animation at 21_21 Design Sight … Akasaka, Tokyo
Street Art and Street Sign … Hollywood, Los Angeles
Graffiti Tags in Dense Urban Space … Daikanyama, Tokyo
“Fakestagram” Donald Trump Posting … Venice, Los Angeles
Street Art by Jonny Alexander … North Park, San Diego
Beautiful isometric artwork by artist Jonny Alexander on an electric utility box in North Park, San Diego.
Cool Architectural Design of Maison Kitsune Shop … Daikanyama, Tokyo
Lenticular Street Art Image of Che Guevara … North Park, San Diego
Abstract Skateboard Art by Steve Adam … Dana Point, California
Massive Adobe Bricks Art Installation by Artist Rafa Esparza at Hammer Museum … Westwood, Los Angeles
The “Easy Rider” Dennis Hopper Mural … Venice, Los Angeles
South-Asian Themed Street Art … Palms, Los Angeles
Cool Architecture – The Reception Building at TBWA … Playa Vista, Los Angeles
Street Art by Artist Alisha Sofia … Venice, Los Angeles
Another example of the wonderful artwork of Alisha Sofia in Venice, Los Angeles.
Entrance Street Art at Lab Art Gallery … Hollywood, Los Angeles
“B-52” Truck Graffiti … Venice, Los Angeles
Massive “Seascape (with Moon)” Painting by Silke Otto-Knapp at the Hammer Museum … Westwood, Los Angeles
On the Scene at A-Frame … Mar Vista, Los Angeles
Graffiti Truck … Mar Vista, Los Angeles
Decorative Eye-Palm Artwork at A-Frame … Mar Vista, Los Angeles
“Palms” Street Art … Palms, Los Angeles
Mural of Pioneering Surf Photographer Leroy Grannis by Artist Gretta Kruesi … Venice, Los Angeles
We’re fans of the photography of Leroy Grannis (we even have Taschen’s wonderful book on him) so it’s great to…
Various Totems by Artist Shinzi Shiokava at Hammer Museum … Westwood, Los Angeles
Sticker-Bombed Paper Towel Dispenser at Graffiti Coffee … Hollywood, Los Angeles
“Media Litro” Bottle of Mexican Coke at Ammo … Westwood, Los Angeles
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
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