"No other art form inspires that level of obsession from me. Sometimes I feel like a fraud art critic because I watch and obsess over so much TV, but then I realize, EVERYONE does." Adam Lehrer chooses the 15 best television seasons of 2015. Click here to read the list.
Read Tea Hacic's Ultimate Come Down Guide For Detoxing After Art Basel Miami →
Miami Art Basel is that magical time once a year, when the young and fabulous (and their sugar daddies) travel to paradise to see art and sleep with art dealers. Miami Art Basel is where editors brag about their fair trade hemp sandals while snorting cocaine that was brought into the country by a pregnant teenager. Miami Art Basel is where wet dreams come true and creative dreams are killed by two girls stabbing each other and therefore stealing attention from your performance art piece (dancing in leotards is a little 2008, tbh). Some people do look at art at Art Basel, because it’s their job to and because it’s raining too hard outside to say “screw it, I’ll get fired for the sake of a tan.” But for those of us who don’t know the difference between digital collages and foam sculptures, the week of Miami Art Basel was an excuse to go Hard As Hell (or HAH!) before the holy holidays. For those of us #blessed enough to be there, half the fun was making our Instagram followers who aren’t #blessed jealous of our poolside lounging. But the fun doesn’t have to end! The only thing your followers will hate more than seeing you enjoying Miami is seeing you bounce back afterwards. Click here to read the full detox guide.
Raymond Pettibon Creates A Limited Edition Tote Bag To Support The New York Public Library
This season, MZ Wallace teamed up with artist Raymond Pettibon to create a tote bag that benefits the New York Public Library. 100% of the proceeds will go toward enhancing the library’s special collections. Click here to purchase. photograph by Brad Elterman
Milk Studios Los Angeles Holiday Party At The Chateau Marmont in Hollywood
photographs by Kevin Hayeland
A$AP Mob x Know Wave Pop–Up @ The Shelborne Hotel In Miami
photographs by Samantha Nandez
MAMA Gallery Presents 24HR PSYCHIC @ The Surf Lodge In Miami During Art Basel
photographs by Sara Clarken
Davidoff Cigar's Art Basel Miami Beach Party To Support The Art of The Caribbean
photographs by Scout MacEachron and Coke O'Neal
Read The Second Poem In Bud Smith's Collaborative Series With Illustrator Michael Seymour Blake →
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Opening Celebration for The New Faena Hotel Miami Beach Presented by Alan Faena and Len Blavatnik
Last night, Alan Faena and Len Blavatnik welcomed close friends and family to a grand celebration for the opening of Faena Hotel Miami Beach during Art Basel Miami Beach. photographs by David X Prutting & Zach Hilty (BFA)
Kembra Pfahler Performs @ The Lash In Los Angeles in Commemoration of World Aids Day
photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Seven Artists Management Five Year Anniversary Party At Hotel Figueroa in Los Angeles
photographs by Charlie Oldman and Oliver Maxwell Kupper
The Second Bash For The New App "Mixer" at Box Eight Studios In Los Angeles With A Performance by Kenna
photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Lucia Ribisi Chooses Her Favorite Feminist Memoirs That Came Out in 2015 →
The political and social landscape of 2015 inspired need for both self-reflection and a call to action. This year, we saw the release of beautiful new memoirs by feminist icons of the past few decades—Patti Smith, Gloria Steinem, Janet Mock, and more—tackling issues of women’s rights, self-empowerment, and art itself. Here are some of Lucia Ribisi's favorite feminist memoirs from the past year, along with some additional must-read memoirs. Click here to read.
My Alchemical Romance: Read Our Conversation With Alia Raza and Ezra Woods Of Regime Des Fleurs, An Art Collective Disguised As A Luxury Perfume Brand →
Ezra Woods and Alia Raza’s alchemical romance started about ten years ago with a mutual love of flowers. It should be noted that Ezra and Alia are not a romantic couple, but they are bound by some other fateful and supernatural force of nature that allows for their close collaborative efforts. After ten years as close friends, the pair decided to start Regime Des Fleurs, a “postmodern lifestyle art-practice” disguised as a luxury perfume brand. Before starting the brand, Alia was a video artist in New York City and Ezra was a stylist in Los Angeles, but they weren’t exactly satisfied with where their careers were going. A few weeks ago, we met with the pair at Ezra’s grandfather’s estate on a bluff in Malibu overlooking the Pacific Ocean. His grandfather is a lover of flowers – greenhouses and pastures of rare flowers and flora overtake the property – with a few chickens and roosters thrown in for good measure. It is understandable where Ezra’s love of organic fragrances comes from. Alia is just as infatuated, and in the following interview recalls being enraptured by the perfumes on her mother’s vanity. Read the rest here.
Roses, Moaning, and Sugarcube Play A Gig At The All Star Lanes Bowling Alley In Los Angeles
photographs by Kevin Hayeland and Lucia Ribisi
Read Bud Smith's Short Prose Poem About a Werewolf With A Drinking Problem →
click here to read the prose poem.
Mel Ottenberg and Andrew Richardson at Terry Richardson's Book Signing @ Bookmarc in Los Angeles
You can purchase Terry Richardson's new book featuring portraits and fashion photography here. photograph by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Ryan McGinley "Way Far" Book Signing At Family Books in Los Angeles
You can purchase Ryan McGinley's book Way Far here. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Highlights from Offprint Paris at the Beaux-arts de Paris
photographs by Ariel Jean
Paris Photo to Offprint: Here Are Five Things You Need To See During Photo Week In Paris
1. Toby Mott's incredibly covetable and controversial book, Skin Head: An Archive, has been released in a much more monetarily accessible reprint, dubbed "the street edition" – get it signed by Mott at Offprint Paris this Saturday 2. Eye shadow and glitter on paper, tear it up with Brigitte Zieger's solo show at Galerie Odile Ouizeman's booth at Paris Photo 3. Ed Templeton's book Teenage Smokers was beautiful, disconcerting and heartbreaking all at the same time - with Teenage Smokers 2, Templeton amps up the rebellion, get the book signed at Offprint Paris this Saturday 4. Go check out Jeremy Kost's erotically charged and paint splashed polaroids at Galerie Nuke – A Single Man opens on November 12 in Paris 5. The ultimate documentarian of UK underground culture, Derek Ridgers, will be signing copies of his book The Others at the Comme des Garçons Trading Museum Paris
