photograph by Kevin Hayeland
Barry McGee "China Boo" @ Ratio 3 Gallery In San Francisco
China Boo, which is on view now at Ratio 3 gallery in San Francisco, is Barry McGee's first solo show in the city since 2008. China Boo will be on view until December 19, 2015 at Ratio 3, 2831 Mission St, San Francisco, CA. photographs by Bradley Golden
Autre Exclusively Premieres The Short Film "Small Tits Big Dreams" By Tea Hacic and Milan Based Art Duo No Text Azienda
SMALL TITS BIG DREAMS is a story about impostor syndrome. It’s about finding yourself in a new country, situation, job or curse you can’t find your way out of. You don’t know who you need to be so you violently push yourself to the limits in order to find out. It’s about dating an illiterate drug dealer only so he’ll invite you to parties and then hating all of your clothes so much that you take them off once you get there. It’s about having a goal and doing whatever you must to reach it, even if “whatever you must” means stealing your best friend’s wallet. It’s about Milan, a city that was sleeping until noon, spending all its money on shoes and falling into k-holes by midnight. But the city is changing … ! Click here to read more about Small Tits Big Dreams
Watch The Music Video For Beach Baby's Track Limousine
Beach Baby, a musical foursome from London with the surprisingly un-London name of Beach Baby, have released their music video for the recent single Limousine. Directed by Lily Rose Thomas, she mentions that "...the aim was to mirror the warped and surreal lyrical subject matter so with the band, we arrived at the idea of two young boys preparing for a Mexican stand off, with a love interest standing by."
Soul Over Ego: Meet The Millennial Beatmaker and Street Artist Who Is Leading The New Feminist Electronic Music Revolution in Los Angeles →
Callie Ryan, also known as Phat_Thighz, is an LA-based producer/beatmaker, intern for Dublab, and cofounder of a music and art collective known as Phull Gut Productions. This past year, she graduated from UC Santa Cruz, where discovered her deep love for sound synthesis––both analog and digital––while studying visual art and electronic music. Growing up in LA, Callie developed an abiding connection with the music emerging from the Los Angeles beat scene. According to the 22-year-old music producer, her desire to buy her first SP404 and immerse herself in the world of beat making was catalyzed by artists such as Teebs, Dibiase, Flying Lotus, SAMIYAM, Odd Nosdom, and Ras G. Click here to read more....
PHAT_THIGHZ Record Release Party At Collective Skate In Los Angeles
photographs by Alex the Brown
Read The Third Poem In Bud Smiths Collaborative Series With Illustrator Michael Seymour Blake →
Click here to read the poem.
Erik Parker "Undertow" @ Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York
Employing his own wildly inventive architecture and signature neon palate, Erik Parker creates bold, graphic compositions that riff on the traditional genres of portraiture and still-life. His visionary paintings draw their inspiration from diverse elements of American subculture—psychedelia, underground comic books, the Chicago Imagists, hip hop and heavy metal— as well as Picasso, Francis Bacon and Roy Lichtenstein. Erik Parker "Undertow" will be on view until January 16, 2016 at Paul Kasmin Gallery. photographs by Scout MacEachron
A Vinyl Bromance: Read Our Conversation with Elijah Wood and Zach Cowie of The DJ Duo Wooden Wisdom
photograph by Kenneth Bachor
At first nobody noticed when Elijah Wood and Zach Cowie began playing music. In those moments the duo had everything they wanted; anonymity, influence and unmediated feeling. Wooden Wisdom, the Wood Cowie DJ duo, was playing the Art Basel party Illuminate the Night at the unfinished Brickell City Center in Miami. Then people did notice; women in ball gowns, 20-somethings in dresses a mother wouldn’t approve of, Miami types, men in whatever men wear to these things. The DJ booth was surrounded. The crowd gathered it does on a major subway line during rush hour: relentlessly, unpleasantly and pathetically. Click here to read more.
LAND Presents Brian Bress 'A Toyota's A Toyota' @ The Desmond In Los Angeles
LAND presents a site-specific exhibition of newly commissioned works by Los Angeles-based artist Brian Bress at The Desmond (formerly Desmond’s Department Store), an Art Deco landmark on Miracle Mile. The exhibition, A Toyota’s a Toyota, includes a large-scale video projection, entitled NOON NOON, and a six-channel HD monitor “window display” installation, entitled The Desmond Six. Both works feature painted panels – bucolic mountain landscapes in NOON NOON and a white and grey grid mimicking the architectural windows on the building’s façade above in The Desmond Six – which are cut through from behind to reveal candy-colored striped cartoonish figures, both bulbous and cylindrical, tightly positioned within the picture plane. NOON NOON mirrors itself on opposing walls, while the cutting of each of the letters of “NOON” are slowly revealed, again mimicking itself as each letter is cut. 'A Toyota's A Toyota' will be on view until January 6, 2016 at the Desmond, 5514 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA
William Basinski Performing @ Ninja Tune's 25th Anniversary Concert At The Hollywood Forever Cemetery Masonic Lodge In Los Angeles
photograph by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Paola Pivi "Project for Etchigo-Tsumari" Opening at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy
Contemporary artist Paola Pivi interacts with Renaissance architecture, with a surreal and colorful inflatable staircase over 20 metres tall in the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi. The celebrated Italian contemporary artist will be invading Palazzo Strozzi with a monumental installation entitled Untitled (Project for Etchigo-Tsumari). The installation will be on view until February 28, 2016 at Piazza degli Strozzi, 50123 Florence, Italy. photographs by Beatrice Lontani
Rock N' Roll Isn't Dead: The Best Rock n' Roll Records of 2015 →
Listen to Adam Lehrer's picks for the best rock records of 2015, featuring Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Deerhunter, Petite Noir, and more. Click here for the full playlist.
[EXCLUSIVE] CocoRosie's Bianca Casady Premieres New Music For The Track 'Roadkill" Off Upcoming Debut Solo Album
"Roadkill" from "Oscar Hocks", the debut album by Bianca Casady & The C.i.A. "Oscar Hocks" will be released January 29nd 2016 on Atlas Chair in the Americas, and FANTASYmusic in the rest of the world.
Uprooting Sculpture As We Know It: Read Our Interview With Artist James Capper On Scorching New Paths For An Old Art Form →
James Capper looks a bit like a mad scientist. He is standing in the middle of a park holding a comically large box with buttons and joysticks on it. It’s raining and everything, including Capper, appears to be sinking in to the grass. His hair and clothing are soaked; his expression part exasperation, part intense focus. The box is attached to a Mini-Cooper-sized, spider-like machine that Capper is controlling. The machine raises and lowers it’s legs, taking chunks of grass with it. A small crowd gathers to watch. “I didn’t expect all the rain,” Capper says to no one in particular. Click here to read more.
James Capper's "Mountaineer Prototype" Outside of the Bass Museum in Miami During Art Basel 2015
Click here to read our interview with James Capper. photographs by Scout MacEachron
Exclusive Preview of Amélie Pichard and Pamela Anderson's Vegan Footwear Collaboration For Opening Ceremony
Amélie Pichard has teamed up with actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson for an exclusive footwear collection for Opening Ceremony. The collection is made out of completely vegan materials. The collection, which harken a 90s vision of 1970s fashion, will be available to purchase in January. 10% of the proceeds will be donated to PETA. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Television As Art: Read Our Top Picks For The Best TV of 2015 →
"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.
Highlights From Art Basel Miami 2015
photographs by Scout MacEachron
Desert Paranoia by Jessie Askinazi, Shot in Joshua Tree California
Makeup, styling, photography, and art direction all by Jessie Askinazi. Model: Kate Adams. Shot in Joshua Tree, California.
