The Art Gallery of Toronto presents a residency of artist UK artist Mark Titchner to develop a series of billboards, posters and large-scale wall-drawings that will be installed throughout the city and inside the gallery in the AGO’s Community and Toronto Now galleries.
Canadian photographer Arnaud Maggs, famous of his stark black and white portraits of artists like Joseph Beuys Northrop Frye, and Leonard Cohen died Saturday, November 17, 2012, at the age of 86 years.
These photos are from an abandoned motel in southern Ohio. It seemed as if people had just up and left giving the place a very apocalyptic, Chernobylesque feeling. Text and photography by Christopher Lusher. See more photographs after the jump. [CLICK HERE...]
André Saraiva and Mr. Brain Wash at the Mmmmh Club at the Standard Hotel, West Hollywood. photograph by Brad Elterman
Next issue of Autre Issue 003 is coming soon. Sign up for the newsletter to find a copy. photograph by Adarsha Benjamin
“An abandoned western gold rush town sets the stage for a photographic fantasy of three beautiful young women.” An online exhibition of German (New York based) photographer Stephan Würth’s photographic series entitled Ghost Town, which follows three beautiful women through an abandoned “Old West” city in Nevada, is currently on view at the online gallery Hauser & Hauser until November 30th. The book “Ghost Town” published by Damiani also features an epilogue by fashion and culture critic Lesley M. M. Blume.
To the question “What do you wear to bed?” Marilyn responded, “CHANEL N°5.” What inspired Marilyn’s world-famous reply? Discover the answer in Chapter 2 of Inside CHANEL, with the new film titled “Marilyn and N°5.”
New York based artist Skye Nicolas is to release a limited edition t-shirt called ‘Lick’ which is a play on people’s perceptions and personal prejudices as a result of overexposure to a hyper-media culture that uses female objectification and sexually charged imagery in contemporary advertising. The pretty girl in the shirt graphic is simply eating an ice cream cone. But due to the way the photo is cropped, distorts how people evaluate the image. Only 100 t-shirts will be available starting on November 17, but you can pre-order now.
