We’ve been obsessed with Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti western/slave vengeance/southern flick Django Unchained since it was first announced. We clearly had some strong opinions on it when we saw it (read our review), so it’s not surprising the film still dominates our thoughts. That’s why our ears perked up when we came across these action figures […]
28
Jan
NECA's 6-figure set gets iced out by eBay & Weinstein Company
15
Mar
192 pages of the controversial artist's bold collage work
M.I.A. gets her own eponymous hardcover book from New York publishing house Rizzoli. Titled simply M.I.A., the 192 page compendium is an autobiographical monograph of the button-pushing artist’s collages. Known for her ability to combine styles with bombastic results — be that aurally via music or visually through her engaging fashion style, bold look, colorful […]
1
Feb
Alan Moore's "Best Comic Of All Time" gets resurrected
To much controversy, anger, excitement and fanfare DC Comics today announced it will be releasing a series of prequels to what many consider the best comic book of all time, The Watchmen. Needless to say, the mere idea of mortals touching the work of writer Alan Moore (and to a lesser degree, artist Dave Gibbons) […]
26
Apr
MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch attempts to redeem himself
Art In the Streets is kind of a funny name for an exhibit that all happens inside the pricey, heavily guarded, air-conditioned walls of a museum. Obviously this art isn’t in the streets at all. Doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. It’s in the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, in downtown Los Angeles, with […]
5
Jan
While Jeffrey Deitch keeps a very low profile
The thing that most bugs me about this whole BLU mural getting whitewashed is not really the beauty or fantastic nature of the mural itself. To be honest, the mural was so straightforward that it almost bordered on obvious. But that’s not the point. When you ask an artist to paint you a mural — […]
15
Dec
MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch's most disappointing action
As we reported last week, world class Italian street artist BLU’s controversial mural on the Geffen Contemporary was whitewashed after being up for only 24 hours. As a piece created to promote MOCA’s upcoming Art on the Streets “street art” exhibit, many assumed the buffing over of BLU’s work was a Banksy-style publicity stunt. Well, […]
1
Mar
California streetwear brand loses its logo, and branding
Today Freshjive released their Spring/Summer line and they delivered pretty much exactly what you’d expect from the 20+ year-old California streetwear brand: politically and socially charged graphic tees, pastel madras plaid jackets and shorts, seersucker shorts, colorful oxford shirtings, clean unwashed denim in narrow silhouettes and solid color twill jeans. And of course, plenty of […]
