In June of 1929, an image appeared in the Belgian magazine Variétés. The author of the map is unknown, though it has been attributed to the surrealist poet Paul Éluard.…
In June of 1983, Henry Lee ÂLucas was arrested in Texas for possession of a firearm. Five days later, he confessed to the brutal murder of an elderly neighbor,…
For the past several years, I’ve been skiing with a bunch of friends who like to end the day drawing collaborative pictures and listening to music. We all share a…
Frederico Vigil is afraid of heights.
“When I first went up here to paint the ceiling, I would clench the bottom with my toes como chango, like a monkey. I…
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The animated shorts of Brent Green have played at a variety of venues: in film festivals like Sundance, in museums like the Hammer in L.A., in bars with both Green…
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On February 11, 1991, Doctor Jaime Gazabón opened the office door of his dental clinic in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, to find Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez in the waiting room. It…
The parable runs that once upon a time, the city fathers of Calexico… prohibited alcohol, and thereby brought into being Mexicali, where the very first place of business… was a…
New York art critic Jerry Saltz is known for his regular (and generous) rants about the lack of attention paid to women artists in the art world, especially in the…
