Monumenta 2012

Artist Daniel Buren plants a forest of candy-colored sunshades for "Exentrique(s), travail in situ" at the Grand Palais

Following the installation by Anish Kapoor in 2011, Monumenta 2012 invited famed French artist Daniel Buren for the fifth edition of the annual challenge to create an installation that will fill the soaring nave of Paris’ Grand Palais. Buren’s take on the site-specific concept is “Excentrique(s), travail in situ”. True to its name, what Buren has created can best be described as eccentric—a rainbow forest …

Georgi Tushev

Magnetized paintings expose eerie abstractions

Bulgarian artist Georgi Tushev creates magnetic landscapes, his forms simultaneously recalling nebulous cells and galactic moonscapes to strike a precarious balance between painting and sculptural art. With a body of work that ranges from pixelated paintings of vintage porn stills to portraits of Victorian-style rock stars, Tushev now presents “Ace of Spades“, a collection of new work at the Fitzroy Gallery in SoHo that explores …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Aziz Ansari

Our chat with a comedy powerhouse about tacos, comedy and the future of media

It’s not everyday you get to sit down with a comedy powerhouse like Aziz Ansari. We lured Aziz to Dorado NYC with delicious Mexican fare and talked shop about the current state of the media business. Having released his latest special, Dangerously Delicious, independently and strictly available online in a digital format, Aziz had made some interesting points about the future of content. Check out …