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Life is emotionally abusive, as existential philosopher Taylor Swift has noted. Sometimes
“Los Angeles…she’s a moody, needy, demanding city. She’ll put you in the
Pixie dust, a penguin in vintage shoes, colorful toy guns available for 10 cents—you’ll
Our individual and collective histories are composed of fragments—bits of information
North, South, East, and West mark the four corners of the world around us. The classical
Even forgotten myths act as fertilizer for new stories to grow. LA artist Adrian
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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.
If you’re an avid listener of the NOT REAL ART podcast, you already know art has
“When you have a panic attack, you feel like you’re dying,” says portrait artist
Late in 2022 crowds of cat-eared animal enthusiasts descended upon Pasadena’s Convention
Jay Silverstein kicks off his artist statement with a staggering statistic: “The
Why do we confuse dreams with reality? Mounting evidence suggests everything we experience
From exquisitely staged photographs to heart-stopping digital collages, NOT REAL
Multimedia artist Ruth Chase sees female identity in complex shades of gray—sometimes
Susan Chambers strays far from the American standard of a manicured lawn and a garden
When Robert Forman first glued his mother’s embroidery thread to a collage back
“I have a magpie-like attraction to bright, colorful, decorated objects, but an
New Years is often a time for list-making, lofty goals, and new haircuts. While we
A bouquet of roses, a calamine-colored hair scrunchie, rumpled coral sheets, an apple