Caskets Become Art with Boxes of Death 5

A group exhibition on mortality, for which 50 artists alter coffin-like boxes

by Hunter Hess What started out as an art school project in the cramped basement of Seattle’s OK Hotel has quickly grown into a respected touring showcase of both rising stars and well-established figures within the art community. Already in its fifth year, “Boxes of Death” (an exhibition for which 50 artists are each given a coffin to work with) has added new venues and …

Studio Visit: Balint Zsako

The Brooklyn artist's vocabulary of universal symbols speaks to common human encounters

Balint Zsako, whose work first caught our eye in 2007, disrupts the language of Old Master painting, with a vocabulary of modern symbolism and technique. In his view, “Everything changes, it’s important to have things of your own time.” Several lamps surround the Brooklyn-based artist’s work surface, the most prominent light enters through a street-facing window. The studio is otherwise lined in shelves, stocked with …

The California Sunday Magazine

SF's live performance Pop-Up Magazine releases a monthly print edition and online content

By the time Pop-Up Magazine brought their live-performance “literary magazine” to NYC in collaboration with ESPN, they were already four “issues” into a cultural phenomenon anchored in the Bay Area. An issue of Pop-Up happens to be a night of art, film and storytelling on stage, occurring three or four times a year. Not only was each issue sold out, but also highly sought-after—as the …