Elizabeth Peyton: Portrait of an Artist

Curiously, for someone releasing a retrospective photography tome, Elizabeth Peyton doesn't consider herself a photographer. But throughout the painter's two-decade career, photographs have played an integral role in the genesis of her intimate, expressive paintings (which were the subject themselves of a recent major retrospective at NY's New Museum). Particularly with her early paintings, the final product came from the snapshots she incessantly took. "Portrait …

Interview with Singer-Songwriter Kim Garrison

For Kim Garrison making a living playing music has been a difficult path but also one of the most rewarding. CH caught up with the California-native behind the hauntingly emotive vocals for a chat about moving to NYC, songs, summer and lip-synching. Have you always been in the music industry?Not exactly the "industry" but I've been around music my whole life. I played saxophone growing …

No One Does It Like You Music Video

by Laura Neilson MoMA recently hosted the world premiere of Department of Eagles’ music video “No One Does It Like You” as part of the museum’s ongoing PopRally series. Produced by the creative tank The Directors Bureau, Patrick Daughters and the artist Marcel Dzama co-directed the video with costumes and sets designed by Dzama. Concept wise, the piece draws heavily on Dzama’s melancholic portrayals of …