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Karl Escritt’s Live Painting

Karl Escritt is a Kyoto-based graphic artist who’s been quietly making a name for himself as an accomplished designer of flyers, posters and t-shirts for the underground music scene in this Englishman’s …

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Cal Lane and Elissa Levy: Purfle

Rife with paradox, the finely-detailed metal sculptures by Cal Lane (Wheel Barrel, 2005 pictured) and Elissa Levy's military-themed felt pieces, mix delicate filigree with more substantial materials and topics. Their complimentary work …

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Kaiseki Contest Winner

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Last week Kaiseki: The Exquisite Cuisine of Kyoto's Kikunoi Restaurant. Thanks to everyone who wrote in with your Japanese culinary adventure stories. Our winner shared a charming story about a Japanese restaurant …

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Leo Villareal: Origin

Taking on Newtonian physics, Origin, New York-based light artist Leo Villareal's latest work, integrates the Laws of Motion into a computer code that controls an LED grid. Though randomized, the sequences created …

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Patrick Blanc: Vertical Gardens

French artist and botanist Patrick Blanc's Vertical Gardens are living installations. The lush wall plantings, which are often several stories tall, require no soil and come equipped with a self-sufficient watering system. …

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Halloween 2006: Kissology

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One of the most iconic, genre-defining bands of their generation—their merchandising outsells any other musical act, including Elvis—Kissology: Volume One 1974-1977 is a new six-hour, two-DVD box set chronicling Kiss' early years. …

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Halloween 2006: Monsters and Sex

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Opening tonight, 27 October 2006, Saved Tattoo presents "Monsters and Sex," a show of drawings and paintings, at their new spacious and ornate Williamsburg shop that runs through 27 November 2006. The …