Los Angeles-based artist Megan Whitmarsh recently opened her third solo show at New Image Art Gallery in West Hollywood. The exhibition gets its title, Here Comes Purple, from a hand-sewn
This one’s filed under “Trick” (as in “trick-or-treat”). For Grass Hut’s Spooky Shop Halloween art show, Joseph Edwards contributed five throwback novelty art toys. You know, the kinds
Amnesty International award-winning photographer, Bran Symondson, brought together 23 artists for AKA Peace, a project tasking creatives to re-imagine fully decommissioned AK-47 assault rifles as art objects. Symondson describes the genesis
French artist Soasig Chamaillard takes damaged commemorative statuettes of The Virgin Mary and turns them into pop culture characters. There’s Hello Kitty Virgin Mary, My Little Pony Virgin Mary,
It’s been almost two years since our almost-unbearably cute friend, the Slow Loris, last graced this blog. That’s because it turned out some stupid humans were doing no-good stupid
Portland’s WeMake has organized the construction and deployment of over 100 designer birdhouses throughout the city. Local, national and international artists answered the call to action and created amazing birdhouses that will be auctioned
While looking at this sculpture, I became aware that I was grinding my teeth. There’s a reason: Yoan Capote was inspired to create the piece (called Stress) as a
A couple months back, I asked noted toy photographer, Ryan Roberts [interviewed] to visit Nashville’s Cheekwood Museum of Art on my behalf. Since I couldn’t go see Mathilde
Vegetal Identity is a French design agency that’s captured my heart by placing tufts of sphagnum moss inside a giant cookie cutter that spells the word “green”. Greeny
Once upon a time, Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji was “grappling to find his artistic expression”. So in 1986, he joined the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers and went to
