Category: Happenings
Senhor Testiculo: He’s a Nut Job for Cancer Awareness
June 13, 2013The Internet is really having a ball with Senhor Testiculo, the euphoric testacular mascot for a Portuguese cancer patient assistance organization. Brazil’s Associação de Assistência às Pessoas unleashed Senhor Testiculo, the opposite-of-a-sad sack, to raise global awareness about testicular cancer. And when Senhor … Continue reading
David Choe x Fin Bec Limited Edition Painted Wine Cases
June 10, 2013If you consider some of what comes out of David Choe‘s mouth, you might not think he’d be the best pairing for high-end wine going in. But you’re not Yvo Mathier, president and business director of Swiss winemakers, Fin Bec. … Continue reading
Last Day for Allyson & Alex Grey’s Visionary Entheon Kickstarter!
May 30, 2013Alex Grey and Allyson Grey are visionary artists and founders of the New York-based sanctuary, Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors. One month ago, they launched a Kickstarter campaign to build an exhibition space where people can come to contemplate and commune … Continue reading
Camille Rose Garcia’s Down the Rabbit Hole at the Disney Museum
May 15, 2013This past weekend, Camille Rose Garcia gave an artist talk at San Francisco’s Walt Disney Family Museum. The chat coincided with Down the Rabbit Hole, a new exhibition of over 40 original concept artworks and murals Garcia created for the 2010 … Continue reading
Dr. Seuss had a Secret Hat Collection!
March 25, 2013There once lived an artist who really liked hats. He had hundreds of hats—can YOU believe THAT? Throughout his lifetime, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, quietly kept a hat collection in a secret closet behind a bookcase … Continue reading
A Rare Look at the Graffiti Inside West Oakland’s 16th Street Train Station
March 12, 2013West Oakland’s 16th Street train station was designed by architect Jarvis Hunt, and it opened for business (101 years ago) in 1912. In its early days, the station made Oakland a major transportation hub. In later years, Hollywood actors came … Continue reading
Kidrobot London to Close at End of Month
January 22, 2013A royally sad day for European toy collectors and American anglophiles. Kidrobot has announced the closure of its London store: Yes, unfortunately, it really is true: Our Earlham Street location in London is closing at the end of the month. This … Continue reading
Kickstarter I’m Supporting: Morbid Anatomy Anthology
December 6, 2012Morbid Anatomy is a wonderful blog I like to look at when I’m feeling curious, waxing macabre, too aware of my mortality, grateful to be living in a time of Tylenol (though Wolcott’s Instant Pain Annihilator DOES look like a good time) … Continue reading
KAWS Blows Up (a Balloon and a Subway Car)
November 12, 2012The KAWS hype machine is about to get even more blown out of proportion. In just a few weeks, as Americans sit couched and catatonic from our ample Thanksgiving feasts, we’ll watch a giant KAWS companion float through New York. … Continue reading
