The Art Army Archive
interviews
The latest issue of fantastic design magazine Design Bureau is on news stands now! For this Toys by Design column, I chatted up my pal, art instigator Mike Leavitt. In addition to
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sculpture
While Takashi Murakami was installing his gigantic, hyperreallistic, inflatable self in Qatar (above, left), the humbler Mike Leavitt was chiseling away in his hand-built Seattle studio finishing off an
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sculpture
The CIA keeps tabs on Mike Leavitt because he’s building an army, and he’s doing it real quietly. Leavitt recently added horror author Stephen King to his legion of
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sculpture
You’ve seen his sketches, now marvel at the masterwork of Mike Leavitt, the artist’s artist. Tomorrow, Saturday, September 10th, his Art Amy Royalty will be on view at
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sculpture
It’s looking like September 10th is the day I finally return Paris Hilton’s phone calls so that I can ride her private jet and fly to art shows
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sculpture
The uber-talented Mike Leavitt has drafted a handful of new recruits for his Art Army. Left to right: Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Matthew Barney and Julian Schnabel. Leavitt’s
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prints
I think this is the first item I’ve bought by going from a tweet straight to Paypal in less than two minutes, never leaving my phone. Empowering or
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Art
Mike Leavitt was one of the first artists I interviewed at ToyCyte. “His own art wasn’t enough anymore. Art itself wasn’t enough anymore. But he knew it was
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