Robin F. Williams: Model Behavior

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Robin F. Williams: Model Behavior

Seated in Robin F. Williams’s Brooklyn studio, I am surrounded by paintings of women—bathing in water, playing football, vaping, and frolicking on the beach—rendered in her characteristically p May 29, 2019
Deeper than Skin: A Conversation with Ed Hardy

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Deeper than Skin: A Conversation with Ed Hardy

2000 colorful dragons cavort along the 500-foot long scroll painting that ripples through the Deeper Than Skin exhibit of Ed Hardy’s work at the de Young Museum. Suspended from the ceiling, they re June 10, 2019
Paul Insect: Metamorphosis

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Paul Insect: Metamorphosis

It was 12 years ago when Paul Insect landed on our pages, and a follow-up conversation was long overdue and much needed. Back in 2007, he was already a big name in the UK and a rising star worldwide, June 24, 2019
Ellen Berkenblit: Practical Magic

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Ellen Berkenblit: Practical Magic

Letters have faces and fingers could be figures. What is recognizable in Ellen Berkenblit's paintings is beside the point. The tigers and fingernails are her vocabulary. Ellen eliminates the levels b July 09, 2019
Mario Ayala: Holding Five Aces

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Mario Ayala: Holding Five Aces

I always believed that Mario Ayala would be huge one day. Well, that's not entirely true. The first few years we knew each other, he worked for me as a gallery prep and manager for SFAQ and LXAQ dist July 17, 2019
Tschabalala Self: Color, Community and Culture

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Tschabalala Self: Color, Community and Culture

After seeing Tschabalala Self’s work in a group exhibition curated by Jamillah James at Art + Practice in Los Angeles in 2016, I couldn’t get her images out of my head. At once irreverent and ten July 31, 2019
Danielle Orchard: A Day On the Green

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Danielle Orchard: A Day On the Green

The works of Danielle Orchard, at galleries and art fairs, strike very classic poses amid much of the surrounding contemporary work. Dominated by female figures, Orchard's images conjure Picasso's mu August 14, 2019
Joe Roberts: The Unbusiness Of Art

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Joe Roberts: The Unbusiness Of Art

Joe Roberts is endlessly curious, entertaining whatever comes into the frame as part of the collective whole. His artwork is a natural extension of this awareness, as themes and characters weave in a August 21, 2019
Imperfect Elegance: Jonas Wood Opens Massive Solo Show @ Gagosian, NYC

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Imperfect Elegance: Jonas Wood Opens Massive Solo Show @ Gagosian, NYC

Jonas Wood is definitely having a moment. After opening his first museum retrospective at the Dallas Art Museum back in March, he now has two major shows happening across the United States with the o April 28, 2019
Hilda Palafox: Strength In Colors

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Hilda Palafox: Strength In Colors

Femininity in its original state, lusciously embodying Mother Earth with weight, strength, and beauty—Hilda Palafox glorifies a woman's world. If you have followed her career, you have admired the July 11, 2019
Beyond the Cape! Comics and Contemporary Art @ Boca Raton Museum of Art

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Beyond the Cape! Comics and Contemporary Art @ Boca Raton Museum of Art

It's amazing just how much comic art defines our popular culture. It seems like every weekend, a major movie studio is releasing another iteration of a comic book superhero movie, re-hashed with what April 12, 2019
RGB: The Path of Patterns

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RGB: The Path of Patterns

One can be called a designer simply because their overall aesthetic is so finely executed it is often imitated but never truly duplicated. Rewina Beshue exudes a certain swag, whether modeling, drawi June 12, 2019
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