Mr. Jiji: Pop icons find love in a hilarious series of illustrated work

Mr. Jiji

What if Skeletor and He-man stopped fighting and just cuddled each other, Voldemort and Harry Potter became playmates, or a stormtrooper left the dark side and met Yoda for a bit of sexual play? Just Love is a series of graphic artwork designed by Fu Hang, AKA Mr. Jiji,…

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Cool Hunting c/o Quarterly Co: Shipment Five: Out latest shipment delivers a handmade Huichol disc celebrating the traditional Mexican art and craft

Cool Hunting c/o Quarterly Co: Shipment Five

Our Quarterly Co subscribers know we love to work with artists and are very inspired by our travels. CHQ05, just hitting mailboxes, celebrates Huichol, a traditional Mexican art and craft using small colorful beads to decorate clothing, instruments, animal figures, skulls, and other items in traditional motifs including rain,…

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Scooter LaForge and Johnny Rozsa : Two East Village artists meet us for a breakfast over sketches

Scooter LaForge and Johnny Rozsa

Finding refuge in the charm and quiet of Cafe Mogador in NYC’s East Village, artists and friends Scooter LaForge and Johnny Rozsa meet almost every morning for a cup of Moroccan mint tea and a portrait. It is a routine that has become almost ritualistic for the artists in…

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Radio Ambulante: The new Spanish show that is overhauling Latin-American radio

Radio Ambulante

In just a year Radio Ambulante went from being simply an idea of acclaimed Peruvian author Daniel Alarcón and cross-cultural consultant Carolina Guerrero, to a distinct program that broadcasts surprising and engaging stories for Spanish-language listeners around the world. To glean more insight about their thought-provoking podcast, we check…

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Deform from Within: Wu Na’s striking album shows off the modern face of traditional guqin music

Deform from Within

Born in Chongqing, China, musician Wu Na holds the distinction of being one of the world’s premier guqin players, a seven-string instrument strummed by Confucius and revered as one of China’s four classical arts. Her instrument of choice is one of China’s most ancient and revered musical pieces—reigning as…

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God Loves Uganda: Roger Ross Williams’ critical documentary on Christianity’s modern crusade

God Loves Uganda

by Clancy McCarty Roger Ross Williams’ documentary feature “God Loves Uganda” discusses the nature of foreign missionary aid in the growing nation of Uganda. Williams studies the pros and cons of the American Christian Right’s religious and political influx, balancing a sharp eye on the wealth made by the groups…

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Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works: The South African portraitist’s latest exploration of a person’s true identity

Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works

For his sixth solo show at NYC’s Jack Shainman Gallery, photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa presents three new series of works that continue to establish his role as one of South Africa’s most perceptive portraitists. Born in Durban, the Cape Town-based artist draws on personal reflections when conceiving a new project,…

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Interview: Jeremy Shaw: The experimental artist on single viewer exhibitions and photographing plant “aura”

Interview: Jeremy Shaw

Working out of Berlin and Vancouver, multimedia artist Jeremy Shaw is a busy man supplying both cities with his highly involved works. Currently, Shaw is exhibiting in Berlin alongside artists such as Yoko Ono and Geoffrey Farmer, in the conceptual group show, “One On One,” which is curiously designed…

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Zeitguide 2013: A pocket-sized almanac to the year in culture

Zeitguide 2013

Each year, consulting agency Grossman & Partners pulls on a wealth of research, intuition and cultural know-how to produce the Zeitguide, a briefing for the year ahead. The project is an addendum to their day job, which involves assessing cultural goings-on and making sense of them for corporations. Founder…

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Cool Hunting Video Presents: The Planetarium Projector Museum: A gaze inside the world’s largest collection of planetarium projectors

Cool Hunting Video Presents: The Planetarium Projector Museum

There are many beautiful things to see on the drive into Big Bear Lake, CA but one of the more interesting and unknown is the Planetarium Projector Museum. In an unassuming building a stone’s throw from the lake, owner Owen Phairis has managed to compile the largest collection of…

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