Kehinde Wiley Paints “The World Stage: Haiti”

The artist hosts a pageant to find "The Face of Haiti" in his new exhibition in Los Angeles

Kehinde Wiley searches the world to find models to paint. His travels have taken him to Israel, Lagos and Dakar, China, and Jamaica. More recently, he’s traveled to six countries in Africa, where, in each destination, he stopped people on the streets, asking them to model for photographs in heroic poses based on historic paintings. Wiley then painted their image in oil on giant linen …

Word of Mouth: Creative Tel Aviv

The latest art, culinary and creative haunts in Israel's Mediterranean metropolis

Tel Aviv is inarguably one of the worlds most paradoxical cities: an often stigmatized society haphazardly positioned within a volatile region of the world. But beyond the headlines lies a dynamic, pluralistic population bursting with an insatiable appetite for all things creative. As Tel Aviv exits what is hopefully the end of nearly two months of conflict, its residentsand travelers to the citycan find a …

The Deitch Projects: Live the Art

From large-scale installations to wild birthday parties, a peep inside the SoHo gallery's colorful history

In 2010, when the enigmatic curator Jeffrey Deitch closed his SoHo gallery, the Deitch Projects, to become the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA, he left a vacuum in New York’s own contemporary art community. Once the unofficial clubhouse and lab for creatives like Terence Koh, Kenny Scharf, Dan Colen and Kehinde Wiley, the Deitch Projects served as an important platform for …