The art world lost one of its best this week. Karl Kasten died at home in Berkeley. I’m sure that there is an official medical term, but those closest to him say that at 94 …

The Charmed Life of Theophilus Brown – it could have been the title to an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Our protagonist is a dashing young artist with immense talent and little direction. After enduring the …

Wayne Thiebaud hates the word art. “It’s one of the dirtiest words in the English language,” he purges. “We all can say, ‘Oh yeah, that’s art. This is art.’ It’s a very abstract term that’s …

The Winter issue is out now – featuring L.A. artist Joe Goode, the surprising side of Beth Van Hoesen, and singer-songwriter Bob Schneider. It also includes a special five year anniversary section with artists Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliveira. We are celebrating a half decade of artistic adventures. Pick up your copy and enjoy!

I used to have a person who would help keep my house clean, but for numerous reason her services were terminated – mainly because I would come home after she had been there and spend …

Film and art lovers gathered for an incredible weekend along California’s majestic Central Coast for the first Carmel Art and Film Festival (October 8-11). From an opening night solo, acoustic concert with Nashville singer/songwriter Griffin …

ACL 2009 was epic! Three days, eight stages, 130 bands. So many stories to tell… There was more than sex on fire at the Kings of Leon show; why Caleb was burning on much …

Ed Ruscha makes communication interesting. He’s a story teller who defies definition, giving words a life and language all their own. They are abstract forms that have bubbled, bled, crumpled and smoothed out again over …

He works in Los Angeles because it tends to piss him off. “It’s ugly here,” he says matter-of-factly. “It’s not a city – just an area with no real culture.”

At age 26, Mari Kloeppel lay in an open field dying. As her body slowly broke beneath a 1,000 pound horse, she prayed – her body of artwork was not yet complete. The horse involved …

Painter Forrest Moses spends a good part of his life in “the zone” – a place where he can leave cerebral constraints and give himself over to the creative forces of the universe. The art …

Alexandra Hedison is moving on and moving up. When we first met Alex two years ago she was coming off a bad break-up with Ellen DeGeneres. At the time she was backing away from acting …