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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Kicking back with ArtStars* Host: Nadja Sayej
My City Rocks: Memphis
Joshua Miller is up next in our "Why My City Rocks" series. His honest portrayal of Memphis, Tennessee will move you to see his city for the cultural haven it is. With pictures that capture Memphis as more than the kitschy landmarks that ends up in the travel...
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My City Rocks: Santa Monica, CA
We sent out a call to Photographers and City Enthusiasts to send us pictorials of their city. We wanted to see your urban landscapes, your city's art...we wanted to know why you love your city. And you didn't disappoint. Abby Mahler was one of the first photographers to contact us. Check out what makes Abby's home base of Santa Monica, CA rock...HARD....
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Surviving The Armory Show Art Fair
When the Armory Show comes around it can be tough to find a willing participant to share in the art show madness with you. But what happens when you rope someone in who has no real love of art? The culture shock of the art fair hits our writer hard when she realizes the Armory Show isn't the type of thing you do for an hour and then move on. Or so she says in her Adventures @ the Armory...
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Žilda and Rö – The Assassination of Marat
Sometimes you see art so stunning being created that it doesn't leave you with much to else to say. That's what happened after I watched a video of French street artists Žilda and Rö reinterpreting L’assassinat de Marat (The Assassination of Marat), a painting by Jean-Joseph...
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Dead Drops Comes to Philly
Dead Drops is an anonymous, offline, peer-to-peer file-sharing network put into public spaces. A USB flash drive is embedded into a wall and made accessible to...
SPOTLIGHT: The Problem We All Live With
We continue our Black History Month series with a look at Norman Rockwell’s The Problem We All Live With…In 1963, Rockwell confronted the issue of prejudice head-on with arguably the single most important image ever done of an African-American in illustration...
SPOTLIGHT: KARA WALKER
Kara Walker is an American Artist known for her bold exploration into race, culture and gender and identity issues. You might not have remembered her name, but surely I can recall you to her work once I show you those explosive black silhouettes resembling paper cut-outs that she’s most known...
The Fashion Democracy of Front Row Society
Front Row Society's new approach to fashion is storming through Berlin. They're giving talented new designers the opportunity to showcase their designs to an internationa audience all the while providing support for the sustainable fashion movement....
Pop Art your Valentine’s Day
Pop Art your Valentine’s Day with some Robert Indiana inspired swag. Here are some of our favorite gifts inspired by the famous sculpture in Philadelphia’s Love Park. After all, art is a beautiful expression of our inward...
The Roy Lichtenstein “Oh Jeff…” Costume Tutorial
When Sarah Hoke transformed herself into a living pop art piece for halloween she had no idea it would turn her into an internet darling. We saw the pictures, tracked her down and proposed that she create this bad-ass Roy Lichtenstein How-To-Tutorial. It'll either want to transform yourself for next October or spur you on to create your own art inspired costume....
Slanted and Enchanted
We got guest critic and painter, Bradley Rubenstein to give us the skinny on the Lynda Benglis showing at the New Museum right now. What we got is a entertaining and other wordly chat about, art, phosphorescent foam, David Bowie and the Man Who Fell to...














