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Andrew and Peter Sutherland: Amateur Hour

The thought comes from the duo who are psyched that people are doing it themselves—making music on their computers at home, taking pictures with a point and shoot or recording news on their phones on the street. For this show, the brothers worked in a ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  22 Oct 2009

Larry Yust: Photographic Elevations

Featuring his infamous photos of the Paris Metro—featured in his oversized book where the images unfold into three-foot-long panoramas—the exhibition also includes shots of streets in Los Angeles, Havana and Berlin, as well as the canals in Venice. The ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  18 Sep 2009

Martha Cooper: Os Gemeos Houston Street Mural

Of the coverage on Os Gemeos' new mural on Houston in NYC, the indefatigable Martha Cooper's series of images wins for the most elegant telling of the recent history of the street corner. Contrasting images shot over the last several days of the twin ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Keith Haring

No Longer Empty

, a new non-profit group of artists and curators, finds unused (or should we say un-leased) storefronts in Manhattan and fills them with temporary art shows. The project revitalizes empty spaces by filling them with art, situates art in the public ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  10 Jul 2009

Tom Schutyser: Caravanserais a Metaphor

In early 2003, photographer and writer Tom Schutyser traveled in a West-East direction along the Silk Road documenting the sights he saw along the way. The resulting show, "," is a photographic glimpse of his journey from Iran through Uzbekistan, ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  24 Jun 2009

The High Line NYC

Beginning with a dream in 1999 to save a 1.5-mile-long unused elevated rail structure running through NYC's lower west side, Friends of The High Line founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond (pictured below, left) have a lot to smile about today with ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  9 Jun 2009

Peter Sutherland: Hot Coals Only

Following the wild success of his first NYC solo show earlier this year, photographer is doing what he does best and hitting the road for an encore solo show opening at the Hope Gallery in L.A. this weekend. Sutherland, who's also a documentary ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  8 May 2009
Related Topics: Peter Sutherland,  Jack Kerouac

Antonio Pineda: Silver Seduction Retrospective

With over 200 pieces of work from the 1930s-70s, "Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda" at UCLA's Fowler Museum is a stunning retrospective and the first for the famed silversmith. It's also first time Pineda, who is 89 and ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  3 Mar 2009

Bill McMullen: Hype, Hustle, Rip-Off

Bill McMullen is so — I hate to use the word — creative. Widely known as one of the Beastie Boys' graphic designers (we're talking "Hello Nasty" and beyond here), he is also well known for his limited edition "action" figures which were sold at ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  19 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Adidas

All the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem: An Inappropriate Book for Young Ladies or, Frankly, Anybody Else

Laurie is generally known for her “hand-made-like” illustrations for magazines like the New Yorker and companies like Ikea, but she writes great books too. “All the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem” is hard to describe. Laurie has never had a teenager of ...

From WENDY DEMBO, Cool Hunting,  21 Jan 2009

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