My friend Nigel Robson created this silkscreen by hand, a copy of an original woodblock print by the Japanese artist, Toyohara Kunichika, circa 1875. He portrays Kabuki actor Ichikawa Sadanji. In Nigel’s own words: The menacing mien is a standard feature of kabuki and the famous actors each had their trademark expressions. . . [...]

As the 40th anniversary of the 1967′s Summer of Love comes to a close, so does the exhibit at the Whitney Museum, “Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era.” Next weekend is the last chance to catch it; it folds up September 16.

On Saturday, a long line of people waited to [...]

Conde Nast Traveler recently named twelve iconic architects and their most iconic buildings. Of the list of twelve buildings, I have seen three.

I visited one of the three, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, in December, 2001. (Click on the photo for a larger image.) Not a single photo could capture [...]