Open Book: John Jenkins of DECODE: The second installment in our series of interviews with small publishers delves into the changing landscape of print media

Open Book: John Jenkins of DECODE


In the second installment of our series of interviews with small art book publishers leading up to the New York Art Book Fair running from 20-22 September, CH chatted with John Jenkins of Seattle-based Continue Reading…

Happy Birthday Dear Academie: The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and its renowned Fashion Department celebrate their 350th and 50th anniversaries in a major joint project

Happy Birthday Dear Academie


London, Paris, Milan and New York are usually the first cities that come to mind as the breeding grounds of art and culture. Yet it’s in Antwerp, Belgium (with a population of around 500,000), where the ); return…

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Off Piste: Valhalla: Sweetgrass Productions’ feature length ski film uses a philosophical narrative and stunning cinematography to tell a tale of finding freedom

Off Piste: Valhalla


A story above all else, “Valhalla” tells of one man’s search for freedom—in life and on two planks. Unconventional in their approach to ski and snowboard filmmaking, Sweetgrass Productions…

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Take What You Can’t Get: The history of the ’70s heist genre and a re-imagining of “The Incident”

Take What You Can’t Get


Sponsored content: by Chris Diken of Vimeo In conjunction with Vanity Fair and Film Independent, The Lincoln Motor Company tapped filmmaking duo David Ariniello and Nick Citton to re-imagine the classic ’70s heist…

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

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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Dealers: Writer Peter Madsen introduces the many anonymous faces of NYC’s drug underworld

Dealers


After losing his writing job in NYC, Peter Madsen turned to something more physical—he became a bike messenger. Few professions give greater insight into what makes a city tick; by way of bicycle, Madsen learned the ins and outs of neighborhoods across all…

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Conventional Wisdom: Fetish Con: Photographer Arthur Drooker shares an inside look at S&M in his series on convention attendees

Conventional Wisdom: Fetish Con


Where photographer Arthur Drooker has gone, we’ve followed. We were in awe of the openly eccentric and colorful BronyCon, but his latest venture into the world of convention attendees delivers an entirely different wow…

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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

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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Meow Brow by Casey Weldon: The artist’s latest exhibition explores the creepy cuteness of four-eyed felines, on show at SF’s Spoke Art

Meow Brow by Casey Weldon


Spoke Art’s freshly opened space at 804 Sutter Street in San Francisco is set to be christened this weekend by artist Casey Weldon. “); return…

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Interview: Elliott Erwitt: The iconic photographer’s book “Kolor” spans over 50 years of historic color images

Interview: Elliott Erwitt


Even if you are not familiar with his name, you’ve seen his photography. Elliott Erwitt’s work captures historic moments, famous faces and breathtaking landscapes. For over 50 years the NYC-based photographer has been amassing culture defining imagery. Now, his first book of color…

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