Mike Kelley fronts Sonic Youth, 1986
The first time I visited New York’s SoHo district in 1992 I remember seeing a large print of the cover art for Sonic Youth’s Dirty…
Art Archives: 12/2014
The marvelous cover art of the early ‘Star Trek’ comic books
Poor Gold Key Comics. Despite their stewardship of tons of familiar titles, they always ranked a tier (or three) below the A-list. While Marvel and…
Picasso’s poetry: Painting with words
Pablo Picasso’s first attempt at poetry was a brief thank you note to the poet Guillaume Apollinaire written in French sometime around 1906. Picasso did…
The forgotten brains of the Texas state mental hospital
Anatomical art generally generally depicts recognizable, perfectly formed parts or figures, flayed open to display all the beauty and genius of our design. It’s medical,…