Dec 10

Miami Art Week 2013: Beasts and Birds: Captivating works humanize as well as contextualize modern animal art

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Miami Art Week 2013: Beasts and Birds


From the earliest noted iterations of art—paintings upon cave walls—to today’s cat-obsessed internet, animals have provided the inspiration behind culture of all kinds. We are awash in imagery of beasts and birds and domesticated pets. But during this most recent Art Week Miami—across…

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Dec 05

Motion Box-Set: The London-based artist Von develops his “Animal Series” in a new hands-on collage process

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Motion Box-Set


We first wrote about London-based artist Von’s “Animal Series” when he exhibited at Brooklyn’s Espeis Gallery back in 2007. Since then, his delicately rendered and abstracted monochrome images of various animals from the series have…

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Nov 18

Art Studio America: One editor treks around the country to visit 115 contemporary artists, from Marina Abramović to Cory Arcangel

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Art Studio America


An artist’s space can reveal as much about him or her as their actual artworks can, an idea that CH explores in our regular Studio Visit series. Taking things to a new level is “Art…

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Nov 01

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

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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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Oct 08

Studio Visit: Silas Hite: Inside the award-winning composer and visual artist’s creative space

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Studio Visit: Silas Hite


by Mya Stark Minds that are equally as agile in the realms of art and music are rare, but not unheard of. While most of the examples are musicians who dabble in visual art, there’s the odd one like Tony Bennett whose paintings…

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Oct 01

Black Tattoo Art 2: Added ink, artists and history in the second comprehensive volume of what many consider the “Bible of Blackwork Tattoos”

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Black Tattoo Art 2


In 2009 tattoo expert and enthusiast Marisa Kakoulas released “Black Tattoo Art: Modern Expressions of the Tribal,” an extensive catalog of traditionally inspired and executed tattoos that has become known to many as the “Bible…

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Sep 25

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

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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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Sep 12

Jean Jullien’s “La Plage”: The French artist’s cheeky look at beach culture in a London solo show

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Jean Jullien's


Skilled in a sundry of creative practices, multi-talented French artist Jean Jullien is perhaps best known for his work in graphic design, which he studied at both Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art….

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Sep 06

Open Book: Taj Forer of Daylight Books: We interview the co-founder and editor for the first of our three-part series on small publishers ahead of the NY Art Book Fair

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Open Book: Taj Forer of Daylight Books


Like so many businesses today, the publishing industry is facing new challenges due to rapidly changing technologies. With the New York Art Book Fair taking place on 20-22 September, we chatted with three art book publishers…

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Sep 06

The Art + Science of Feeling NYC: Brainwave data is used to make Nike’s temporary installation an aural, visual and tactile experience

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The Art + Science of Feeling NYC


During Milan Design Week 2013 Nike introduced The Art + Science of Super Natural Motion, a live body-mapping exhibition developed by digital artists Universal Everything, Daniel Widrig and Quayola + Sinigaglia to interpret Nike Free…

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