What if every band had its own British football logo?
Some witty and likable folks with art school credentials and/or graphic design skills presumably residing in the British Isles recently started a Twitter presence for…
Art Archives: 07/2018
Meet ‘Reluctant Hamsters’ & ‘Pork Wallets’ in the hilarious ’70s Adult Titles’ Twitter feed
For a couple of years now, a Twitter account dedicated to unappetizing stills from cookbooks dating from my childhood has ranked as one of my…
John Cale’s short Fluxus film, ‘Police Car’
Last week’s screening of The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound and The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards at the Egyptian Theatre was my…
Glimpses of the extravagant Surrealist Ball of 1972
If you’re ever invited to a “surrealist ball,” my advice is definitely to go. This advice is a hundred times as pertinent if the hosts…
Terry Riley and La Monte Young in a documentary about their teacher, Pandit Pran Nath
Poster by Marian Zazeela for a raga cycle performance at St. John the Divine, 1991 (via The Hum) William Farley’s In Between the Notes profiles…
Pure Cinema: Watch Man Ray’s experimental film ‘The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice’ from 1929
Man Ray never talked much about his childhood or his family background. He didn’t think it was important or relevant to his life as an…
In the Flesh: Beautifully grotesque paintings of the human condition
‘Transition 2.’ Horacio Quiroz’s paintings are inspired by his observations of himself and the people around him. These observations form a “a deep inspection of…