“A building is alive, like a man, and its spirit is the spirit of its maker.”
“Los Angeles…she’s a moody, needy, demanding city. She’ll put you in the
Slick latex gloves, lacy negligees in fire-engine red, ivory linens draped carelessly
North, South, East, and West mark the four corners of the world around us. The classical
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Even forgotten myths act as fertilizer for new stories to grow. LA artist Adrian
Jules Verne, Ursula Le Guin, and Ray Bradbury obsessively constructed imaginary realms.
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“I pretend to be a flawless machine, but my work is actually laborious,” says
“I’ve never been able to blend in,” says Mary Anne Carter, who bears a conspicuous
“By design, life is a play of opposites,” says Uzor Ugoala, whose dreamy photographs
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A sweet tooth doesn’t have to stop at the taste buds. Piled high with soft, runny
Inspiration can strike where you least expect it. For Japanese artist Mayuka Yamamoto,
Look past the painted cowboy, baseball, and party hats scattered across Jonni Cheatwood’s
For artists, writers, philosophers, and prophets, the environment has long been a
“The process of painting is a solitary journey,” says Wendy Duong, who lures
In the winter, an enormous, drafty building sits unoccupied in an old Norwegian shipyard.
Brian McDonald is addicted to alliteration: “Distraction, devices, Diet Coke, dates,
The team at Australian art magazine Beautiful Bizarre are leaving the outback this
Good things come in threes: Charlie’s Angels; Hermione, Harry, and Ron; the Sanderson
Some might label Rani Young unlucky. “;if (d.getElementById(id)) {window.strchf.update();
Welcome back to part two of our very special series on the Nepal Street Art Project,
“I see and understand the world through people,” says portrait artist Oluwatobi
Late in 2022 crowds of cat-eared animal enthusiasts descended upon Pasadena’s Convention