November 2009 Blog Posts (108)

Ars Populi

Forget all the painting and sculpture in museums . . . what's hanging on your walls and decorating your end tables?

Added by Nick Young on November 17, 2009 at 9:17am — No Comments

Hadid It Again

There is only one fitting word to describe Zaha Hadid's new museum in Rome: Wow!

Added by Nick Young on November 17, 2009 at 9:16am — No Comments

Mashable Review : Free Music Monday

Antiqcool : Girl in a Room — Wistful, sad and beautifully spare track with acoustic guitar, vocals and synth.

Free Music Monday

Added by Pete Smith on November 17, 2009 at 12:18am — No Comments

Making music is a labour of love, making money is a by-product.

In a perfect world we would give all our music away for free and survive on touring revenue, merchandising and licensing income. Alas this is not always possible. In order to eat we have to sell a few CD’s. The good news is that much of our catalog has been released under this creative commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 We have made many Antiqcool songs free to download for a reason, we want you to… Continue

Added by Pete Smith on November 17, 2009 at 12:16am — No Comments

Deep Blues

Augusta Palmer's new documentary goes in search of her father, Robert, the late music critic of the New York Times.

Added by Nick Young on November 16, 2009 at 3:43pm — No Comments

Silver Screen

Nic Cage goes around the bend in Werner Herzog's latest.

Added by Nick Young on November 16, 2009 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Let the Magic Box eat Lobsters

Buzz off I'm busy.

I'm drinking my soup.

I'm in the middle of something.

Go away!

. . . I'm eating soup and from wanting to understand 'everything', to wanting to explain 'everything' I see the impossibility of either… Continue

Added by Kevin Jackson on November 15, 2009 at 7:31am — 2 Comments

Silver Screen

What do you get when you put Werner Herzog and Nic Cage together? Hoo-boy! Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

Added by Nick Young on November 15, 2009 at 5:26am — No Comments

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Added by artist Randall Yarbrough on November 15, 2009 at 3:07am — No Comments

Thoughts on new drawing

Last night I was talking with a friend about my drawing. During the conversation I began to form an idea in my head for another drawing. Later when I tried to go to sleep I kept on thinking about the drawing. Usually when I think about a drawing I want to do I just get a basic idea. But this was down to the last detail. Like the reflection of light off of a piece of metal, for example.

What sucks is that I was supposed to do a portrait for a friend of mine. It's a drawing I really… Continue

Added by J. L. Cochran on November 14, 2009 at 11:51am — No Comments

Out Like a Lamb

Not exactly a rip-roaring night at one New York City auction house Thursday. Still . . .

Added by Nick Young on November 14, 2009 at 6:42am — No Comments

A Face On the Belle Epoque

A new exhibition in Italy demonstrates the artistry of Giovanni Boldini.

Added by Nick Young on November 14, 2009 at 6:41am — No Comments

Hirst Among Equals

Not one to shrink from self-aggrandizement, Damien Hirst seems to be prepping for his place on Olympus.

Added by Nick Young on November 14, 2009 at 6:40am — No Comments

The Art of the Unreal

The altered reality of photographer Jean-Francoise Rauzier.

Added by Nick Young on November 14, 2009 at 6:38am — No Comments

Burton Machen Takes Off at LAX

LAX ART, a contemporary art space producing experimental exhibitions, publications and public art initiatives with emerging and mid-career, local, and national artists is hosting a live and silent auction this Sunday.

Burton Machen joins the 100+ artists that have donated work in support of LAX ART. As an up and coming artist Machen feels it’s important to have a venue in Los Angeles where artists can explore at will without the constraints of commercial demands.

Founded… Continue

Added by sylvia on November 13, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Hiatus is over

3 years ago I was drawing constantly. Sometimes from my head and sometimes from pictures. I put my heart and soul into each and every drawing.

The last drawing that year that I worked on was of my two children. It was done from my favorite picture of them. They were both sitting on the grass. My daughter was a year old and my son was 5. The look he gave her was so full of love that I just had to capture it.

For 3 days I worked on that drawing. I took my time and it was… Continue

Added by J. L. Cochran on November 13, 2009 at 8:54am — No Comments