QRST Street Art, Playboy Bunnies, Infrared Documentary... And More!

June 5, 2013 Subscribe · Forward THE GOAT MAN COMETH Street Artist QRST is back on Brooklyn streets with more modernly magnetic and captivatingly surreal work than before, and just as mired in the muck of human dynamics as ever.  Continue reading... Man Documents Experience With Parkinson's In Striking Art Exhibit LOOK: Vintage Playboy Bunny Photos A Documentary Shot Entirely In Infrared Tones The Most Famous Polaroids WARNING: This Needlework Is NSFW James Franco Goes 'Psycho' LOOK: Teacher Gets 'At-Risk' Students To Produce Amazing Art How to Make the Art World Bearable Again Turkish Artists Respond To Protests STING Writing The Last Ship For nearly three years, I've been working on a new musical play called The Last Ship. The inspiration for it really stemmed from my album The Soul Cages that I wrote in 1990, which depicted the landscape of my hometown, Wallsend, in the Northeast of England. Continue reading... AUSTIN CONSIDINE Inside de Kooning's Studio With His Former Assistant, Tom Ferrara Ferrara was with de Kooning for much of the East Hampton era, back when it was a modest artist colony. Still a working painter, Ferrara remembers this advice from his friend Bill: "Just because you're getting older doesn't mean you're getting better." Continue reading... AUSTIN CONSIDINE On de Kooning, Master Improviser: A Q&A with Curator John Elderfield De Kooning was constantly scribbling -- sometimes even with his eyes closed. Like many artists, he often traded drawings for services. It was from his friend and therapist, Dr. Henry Vogel, that Christie's recently acquired 33 works on paper, going to an online only auction. Continue reading... MICHAEL GILTZ Theater: Soggy "Little Mermaid," A Musical Very "Far From Heaven," A Blurry "Chalk Circle Turning a classic animated film into a stage musical isn't easy, especially when the setting is underwater and your stars include mermaids with fins, fish, crabs and seagulls. But The Little Mermaid is the movie that pushed the Disney creative and commercial revival into overdrive. Continue reading... SEAN CARMAN The Hipster Brooklyn of Old Japan Hand-Held presents a beautiful collection of these early Manga cartoon books. Their graceful and accessible style has a surprisingly contemporary feel. Times and technology may change, but great art looks familiar to the inhabitants of any age. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003