Spank the Monkey

The graffiti equivalent of the super heroes’ Justice League of America, the group show “Spank the Monkey,†opens today, Wednesday, 27 September 2006, at The Baltic Center for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England. Featuring some of CH’s favorite artists, including Chiho Aoshima, Dzine, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Banksy, Freaks Gallery, Os Gemeos, Groovisions, Invader, Barry McGee, Ryan McGinness, Takashi Murakami, David Shrigley, Swoon, Ed Templeton, and …

Human Game

Looking at modern culture through the lens of sports, Human Game: Winners and Losers, is a new book by Fondazione Pitti Discovery that covers technology, fashion, art, medicine, politics and much more. Divided into five major chapters (corresponding to the five Olympic rings)—Limit, Games, Mutation, Tradition, and Freedom—the beautiful photography and entrancing histories and essays bring out the sports enthusiast in anyone. We especially enjoyed …

Squished: Nir Adar

Food being among my favorite subjects of conversation and art, I was delighted to find food stylist and artist Nir Adar's Squished series of photographs in the latest issue of (t)here magazine. The work originally appeared as part of the Value Meal: Design and (over)Eating, which was curated by Laetitia Wolff and Aric Chen and represented the United States at the International Design Biennale in …