Michael Leavitt’s Cardboard Kicks

The Seattle-based artist replicates an ordinary item with an everyday material, with fantastic results

by Eva Glettner Seattle-based Michael Leavitt might be a college dropout (he quit Brooklyns Pratt Institute of Art as a freshman, despite his a 4.0 GPA) but that, by no means, has meant he’s a failed artist. His “Art Army” project is just that; several handmade, one-off action figures for adultsfeaturing Tom Sachs dressed as an astronaut, Jeff Koons with balloon limbs and Yayoi Kusama …

Charged: Daguerre’s American Legacy

An exhibition showcasing 100 of the first photographic portraits ever made

Following two highly acclaimed runs at museums in greater-Paris, photo-historian William B. Becker’s collection of daguerreotypes—the first widespread photographic process involving imagery cast upon a highly polished silver surface—is about to make its American debut at the MIT Museum‘s Kurtz Gallery for Photography. Becker, who has spent the past four decades collecting early photos, is also the founder of the American Museum of Photography, a …

Typorama: The Graphic Work of Philippe Apeloig

A chat with the French graphic designer famous for capturing movement and unpredictability in his work

The unofficial French ambassador happens to be a trusted messenger for the cultural powerhouses—museums such as the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, publishers such as Éditions de La Martinière and Robert Laffont and luxury brands such as Hermès and Yves Saint Laurent. His brilliance has the rest of the world requesting his art, too, including Gagosian Gallery, Design Museum London, Phaidon Press and more. Graphic designer …