As a designer, you ultimately live or die by the quality of your work – but some careful self-branding can do wonders to make you more memorable. Crafting your own identity is often the first...
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Over the last two decades I’ve had the pleasure of working with hundreds of startup leaders. Few are as inspiring, or passionate, as one entrepreneur I’ve gotten to know well over the...
Rarely is a drinking habit a good thing. Although, for three Petaluma High School students, it’s helped them create their own startup. Thanks to a steady flow of empty wine bottles from their...
Wormhole, 2018 (WR) Artwork by Leelee Kimmel, Courtesy of the artist and Simon Lee Gallery New York-based artist Leelee Kimmel has a knack with confounding expectations: her conversations whip into...
A US Court of Appeal has upheld the right of the heirs of victims of Nazi looting to seek the restitution of treasured artefacts worth US$250-300 million (£200-240 million). Known as the Guelph...
Williamsburg-based artist Samantha Rothenberg, 32, talks about the inspiration behind her greeting card company and viral Instagram account, Violet Clair on July 6. (Credit: Meghan Giannotta and...
This Fender Jaguar replica was created using maple wood and 14-karat gold. Even though they’ve moved out of state, two former Brentwood artists have taken their love of art on the road and are...
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Portland sculptor Jim Gion , who was known for life-like bronzes of animals and public works of art, died unexpectedly on July 4. He was 71. James Gregory Gion was born in Klamath Falls and became...
Must’s first mural in Marlinton was inspired by the literary works of Pocahontas County native and West Virginia Poet Laureate Louise McNeill Pease and her father, G.D. McNeill. The mural faces...
Suspended animation: Odette Graskie says her installation, Human Noise, is an attempt to anthropomorphise emotion, ‘identifying humanity in a psychological sense’. The young...
The artist Laddie John Dill, a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit from 2011 seeking royalties under state law. Mr. Dill said of artists: “If they’re starting out and something goes up...
The artist Laddie John Dill, a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit from 2011 seeking royalties under state law. Mr. Dill said of artists: “If they’re starting out and something goes up...
One breakfast sandwich pairs crispy eggs with Sichuan chili oil, arugula, and pickles. Inside Highwire Coffee Roasters on San Pablo Avenue, past the whirring espresso machine, Sincere Justice manages...
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The second week in February is shaping up to be a busy one for the art world in Los Angeles. In addition to the ten-year-old Art Los Angeles Contemporary and the newly...
Sotheby’s New York. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) Artists hoping to get paid when their work sells for millions of dollars at auction may be out of luck—at least in the US. On...
Sotheby’s New York. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) Artists hoping to get paid when their work sells for millions of dollars at auction may be out of luck—at least in the US. On...
America’s Tattoo Godmother has been granting wishes for four decades. Kate Hellenbrand, 74, draws clients to her Austin, Texas shop and to tattoo conventions across the country because...
Thanos became the most powerful person in the galaxy in "Avengers: Infinity War." Marvel Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "Avengers: Infinity War." Did Thanos travel back in...
This is a crazy story about the Statute of Liberty, a Las Vegas hotel, and the U.S. Postal Service. Oh, and it’s also about copyright infringement. It starts with a lesson about why you should...
Benjamin Russell and Caleb Purrington, The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World (detail), ca. 1848, tempera on cotton sheeting. COURTESY NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM On July 14, an...
The comics world mourned one of the last living legends of comics’ Silver Age with the news of Steve Ditko’s death. The writer-artist co-created “Spider-Man,” “Doctor...
In his directorial debut, Boots Riley’s summer flick Sorry to Bother You is already being considered one of the year’s best comedies , if not one of the most culturally relevant films of...
I discovered marijuana when I was a teenager. Shortly thereafter, I discovered my own ability to draw. Coincidence? It’s hard to say, but I did create an entire Led Zeppelin tarot deck drawn...
by Alessandro De Toni A few meters from the Bund—the iconic promenade in Shanghai that offers a picture postcard view of booming urban China—an Art Deco building raised in 1931 hosts a...
Ashton Masek, 16, of Keanrey has been working on a mural on the side of Salon Eleven.27 since about the second week of June. She began the project with friends after they finished painting a mural on...
Hearst UK has introduced a branded content metric combining dwell time and scroll depth. The metric, dubbed Engaged View Rate, calculates a score once audiences have spent a minimum of 30 seconds on...
The Statue of Liberty is a beloved American symbol. That’s why, in 1996, the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, commissioned a replica of the iconic lady. Sculptor Robert...
Copyright experts were left scratching their heads after a U.S. judge ruled an image lifted from the Flickr page of a professional photographer and used by a film festival online was fair use. The...
Alison Brie in “GLOW.” The show’s new season includes a sexual harassment subplot. Spoilers for Season 2 of “GLOW” follow. Netflix’s “GLOW,” about a...
A Virginia federal court has made a decision that photographers won’t be happy to hear: the court ruled that finding a photo on the Internet and then using it without permission on a commercial...
Patricia, Lindsay and Brandon White, of White Construction, work on golf courses from nearby to as far as the Caribbean. (Adam Drapcho/The Laconia Daily Sun) SANDWICH — Lindsay White grew up as...
Installation view of Isidro Blasco’s Rolling Houses, the final exhibition at Black & White Gallery and Project Space (all photos courtesy Black & White Gallery and Project Space) A...
Shutterstock It’s tempting to refer to a visionary business leader as an artist. Isn’t he or she like a painter standing before an empty canvass, preparing to making something great out...
Many children’s book illustrators have joined forces with author and audio producer Julie Burstein and Pippin Properties creative director Holly McGhee, to make available images for posters...
The 9th Circuit is at it again with copyright. For whatever reason, when the 9th Circuit gets a copyright case, it frequently seems to mess everything up about it. This latest case — Experian...
TEFAF New York Fall 2017. The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) announced 93 exhibitors—including 10 new participants—for TEFAF New York Fall, which will take place at the Park Avenue Armory...
Tom Edwards’ farting unicorn mug. Tom Edwards, Wallyware Elon Musk has got embroiled in a weird row about a farting unicorn. Colorado-based artist Tom Edwards says Musk used a picture he...
Have you ever had an ARTGASM? It’s an experience like none other, heightening every single sensation in your body as you indulge in your favorite art form. In a way, you become “horny for...
Have you ever had an ARTGASM? It’s an experience like none other, heightening every single sensation in your body as you indulge in your favorite art form. In a way, you become “horny for...
Facing declines in government support of the arts, more and more museums have been beefing up their shops with branded merchandise. While this is nothing new—works of art have been recreated on...
COURTESY FRIEZE LONDON Frieze has announced the participants for the 2018 editions of Frieze London and Frieze Masters, both of which run from October 5 to 7 in the English capital’s Regent...
A Chokwe Mwana Pwo mask that was returned to Angola from a private collection in France in April 2016. COURTESY SINDIKA DOKOLO FOUNDATION Early in the blockbuster movie Black Panther , in a scene...
Eric Klemm wanted to become an artist from an early age. Now, at 79, he’s had countless shows with his photos. But this week he launches his first exhibit of his paintings. (Mariette...
The WBJ’s cover of the 2017 40 Under Forty issue. Worcester Business Journal on Saturday was honored with the Alliance of Area Business Publisher’s Silver Award for overall excellence...
Thomas Moran, The Last Arrow, 1867. SOTHEBY’S Today the Berkshire Museum said that it will sell nine more works from its collection through Sotheby’s as part of a controversial...
Joseph Dougall: “When I felt the tobacco grown in Sierra Leone, it was love at first sight. I immediately liked the smell, the texture.” Inset: The traditional Maltese cheroot cigars made...
Scene prep work is shown on the set of On Places Thin, a film by Windi Robinson. (Submitted photo by Kathryn Wang) Windi Robinson decided to take after her parents and make a career in the film...
© Mosaic by Nathan Breininger, photographed by Ken Ek Mosaics for the home: Putting the pieces together There’s something captivating about mosaics. Giant illustrations made of stone...
Installation view of a 2016 group exhibition at Paddlecourt Gallery, featuring work from Mark Milloff, Evan Roberts and Brian Belott. PADDLECOURT As its name might imply, the Paddlecourt gallery in...
Often, when we find ourselves on the outside looking in, it can feel like we don’t belong—especially when we’re trying to break into an industry or profession that has an...
Grumpy Cat (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) One simply does not mess with the memes. That’s the message European leaders are hearing from internet pioneers and free speech advocates so...
"Graphic Design in Coastal Virginia" is the first of its kind for the Charles Taylor Visual Arts Center. It features art from local graphic designers. (Jim Jones / HANDOUT) Visitors often...
The #Online18 most influential people consists of industry influencers who use online tools and strategies to benefit their business and the overall promotional products industry. Each year gets...
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai– Art and artistes exist beyond religion, politics and boundaries, says veteran actor and politician Paresh Rawal, who believes the audience must also watch the...
The fruits of a lucrative friendship between the artist Damien Hirst and his formidable former business manager Frank Dunphy, forged in the smoky small hours at the Groucho club in Soho, will be...
A short while ago, I wrote about a kerfluffle with White Castle’s social media team about a photo I took of their Impossible Slider. At issue was the way White Castle (and other large...
Hannah K. Davis is a Longmont artist who has been posting art and comics online. She will be a Denver Comic Con vendor for the first time this year. She will sell her original comic "Tin."...
Not since its exuberant exhibitions of Nathan Sawaya’s LEGO sculptures has Hollywood’s Art and Culture Center looked so decked out for pint-sized patrons. One of the first things you see...
Hidden Bar, with clock piece by Mia Sanchez. ALL PHOTOS: ANDREW RUSSETH/ARTNEWS For Swiss artist Hannah Weinberger, this year’s Art Basel has been all about secrecy. In the Parcours sector of...