ArtNet’s Guide to Frieze Los Angeles

For anyone who plans to navigate LA’s debut international art fair week, ArtNet has assembled a guide to Frieze and the tangential fairs. As an anchor event, Frieze Los Angeles will bring an onslaught of galleries to the city for the first time. Felix, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Spring Break LA, stART Up and Superfine will surely dazzle, delight or confound with their offerings. All the …

Industrial Waste as a Resource

More than recycling or upcycling, designers like Sophie Rowley, Mieke Meijer and Jorge Penadés use garbage, scraps and waste as a resource that can be molded into new materials. From Penadés’ reconstituted leather to wood made from newspaper (the work of Meijer, called NewspaperWood), brands like Hermès and Peugeot are tapping these materials for beautiful products. Read more about our material age—one of transition and reclamation—at T: The …

A Site That Explores The News Before The News

The News Before the Storm is a site that showcases a series of clippings from newspapers the day before and earlier on the day of the world’s most horrific stories—for instance, 9/11 or the 2011 Japanese tsunami. By showing the two side-by-side, then melding them together through collage and overlay, the creators of the series, Ben Polkinghorne and Scott Kelly, investigate the ferociousness of the news …