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
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
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
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
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
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