Travis Louie: Strange Discoveries: The master creature conjurer and visual storyteller brings his strange new characters to Los Angeles

Travis Louie: Strange Discoveries


In Travis Louie’s imaginary world strange creatures and humans exist side-by-side—and are even sometimes morphed together into one. While much of his work offers a fictional recreation of the Continue Reading…

David Hochbaum: Village in a Can: A collection of miniature, hand-painted wooden houses crafted from homemade frame remnants

David Hochbaum: Village in a Can


It has been frequently noted that there’s magic in miniature gifts. It’s no different with New York-based artist David Hochbaum’s “Village in a Can.” A handmade, ornately painted collection of 11 pieces per can, all are…

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Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain 2013: For its 40th edition, the international art fair shows a young and daring spirit, with plenty of surprises

Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain 2013


The 2013 Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) party starts right at the entrance. Immediately, visitors are faced with the impressive and imposing, nearly seven meters tall “Iron tree,” by controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Pursuing…

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London’s Frieze Art Fair with Clay Ketter: A tour of the show, complete with insights from one of our favorite artists

London's Frieze Art Fair with Clay Ketter


This year Cool Hunting was fortunate enough to have the artist Clay Ketter as our companion at London’s Frieze Art Fair. Ketter is well known for his post-minimalist work…

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Torbjørn Rødland at Algus Greenspon Gallery: The photographer blends humor, eroticism and surrealism for his current solo show in NYC

Torbjørn Rødland at Algus Greenspon Gallery


Norwegian-born, LA-based photographer Torbjørn Rødland twists the commonplace into the uncanny in his first solo show in New York at Algus Greenspon Gallery. Babies in cages, mysterious naked biker…

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Interview: Eric Yahnker: The LA-based artist on his satirical work, his philosophy and what it’s like to kiss a skeleton

Interview: Eric Yahnker


Los Angeles-based artist and former South Park animator Eric Yahnker is known for his highly skilled, large-scale drawings that use humor as a platform for his social and political views….

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Interview: Jon M Gibson of iam8bit Gallery: Co-owner of the LA space talks about “Everybody’s a Somebody,” an exhibition that celebrates Mr. Men and Little Miss

Interview: Jon M Gibson of iam8bit Gallery


In 1971, a little question led to a big idea. When Roger Hargreaves’ six-year-old son asked him what a tickle looked like, Hargreaves was inspired to create a yellow Mr. Tickle character with long arms, a…

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“Earth, Wind and Fire” by Francesco Vezzola: The Italian fashion photographer diverges from his roots for his first solo show on nature and man




by Ike Onyewuenyi Fashion portraiture in the vein of street style has typified Francesco Vezzola’s creative oeuvre for the last five years, with his PIMPUMPAM work being coveted by…

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ARTLANTIC: Atlantic City’s Public Art Spaces: A park, a playground and outdoor exhibition on Jersey’s casino island

ARTLANTIC: Atlantic City's Public Art Spaces


A city forever changing, dotted with many historic attributes: A resort location starting in the mid-1850s near enough to New York City and Philadelphia, the longest continuous boardwalk in the world, the East Coast’s original gambling capital, further popularized by television culture. Of…

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“Estrada: Sailing Through Design”: An influential Spanish designer brings finished projects and the sketches that started them to NYC




The AIGA National Design Center welcomes its newest exhibit Estrada: Sailing Through Design, by celebrated Spanish graphic designer Manuel Estrada, with a gigantic clock-like image on its glass windows….

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