Category Archives: Art

MOCA & Levi’s Film Workshop

I took a tour of the Levi’s Film Workshop Collaborative Film Projects at the downtown MOCA space recently and was blown away by the facilities they have available for FREE to the public during the “Art in the Streets” retrospective. … Continue reading

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The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

I friend of mine gave me Nan Goldin’s photo book, “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” during our Sophmore year at Bard and it has stayed one of my favorite books for all the obvious reasons. In retrospect I think I … Continue reading

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David Mushegain at Colette

Speaking of Colette in Paris, David Mushegain just had an opening of his photography at the boutique on July 4th. The shot above kind of reminds me of the one below I took in Vegas last summer while having a … Continue reading

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Helmut Newton, Polaroids

Taschen is releasing a new book of Helmut Newton’s polaroids this month appropriately titled… Helmut Newton Polaroids. The Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin also opened a show last month of the iconic images which will be the first time a … Continue reading

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RIP, Cy Twombly

American artist Cy Twombly died today at 83 years old. He created beautiful large scale drawings and paintings with amazing energy and layers, introducing them to the world with his first solo show in 1951 in NYC. I love his … Continue reading

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Guy Lalibertè

Yesterday evening I got a chance to see up close the new book Gaia that Guy Lalibertè, the founder of Cirque du Soleil, curated from photos he took when traveling to the moon. Yep, I said traveling to the moon. … Continue reading

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LAMA Art Auction

This Sunday LAMA is hosting an art & design auction with a lot of great work for sale including the gorgeous David Hockney print above and the Man Ray vintage print below as well as a rare Robert Rauschenberg from … Continue reading

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Conde Nast Archive & One Kings Lane

I am obsessing over these prints from Conde Nast’s archive that are on sale today on One Kings Lane, a website I recently discovered since moving into my new place and suddenly needing to fill it with proper “adult” furniture … Continue reading

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Patrick Lee

LA artist Patrick Lee has a new show of drawings opening this weekend at Western Project. I am totally digging the simple yet intricately detailed images and his effort to “mine the transient and elusive definitions of masculinity”. Love it. … Continue reading

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An Object of Beauty

Just finished Steve Martin‘s latest novel “An Object of Beauty,” which came out last November and it is so good! It centers on an uber-ambitious young art dealer in NYC in the 90’s and how she works her way up. … Continue reading

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