Who said being an artist was easy? Today Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is known as the top-selling woman artist in the world, but it’s hard to believe how many difficulties she had to overcome before she got to where she is now. Or perhaps, not so hard to...
Dear Reader, The sky outside my office window is thick and hazy; the hot air dry and static. Los Angeles temperatures are hitting record highs and there’s no rain forecast for the foreseeable future. There are forest fires all over California, nearly apocalyptic in...
Congratulations to our winner Cole Case and our finalists. Cole Case's photo is seen above and first in ourphoto gallery. His image is also printed in our September/October issue of Artillery). The following photographs are the finalists from our September/October...
JUDY CHICAGO IN PASADENA “If men had babies, there would be thousands of images of the crowning,” Judy Chicago said in the early 1980s. The crowning is the moment the baby’s head begins to emerge from the birth canal. During a packed talk at the Women’s City Club of...
The Renaissance Hotel chain has undertaken a wide-ranging renovation of its global brand, upgrading scores of properties around the world in a bid to carve out a new, more contemporary identity. Each of the new treatments seeks to exploit connections between the...
Dear Reader, Having a food-themed issue in an art magazine seemed a little out of the ordinary when the topic came up. Immediately visions of sugarplums and Wayne Thiebaud cakes came to mind. Then luscious spreads of dead pheasants and fruit bowls followed. Soft...
PST AFTERMATH “An investment in the arts is an investment in our future,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti in conjunction with the release of a report on the economic benefits of PST: LA/LA. The initiative “attracted millions of visitors, supported thousands of good-paying...
Congratulations to our winner Jayme Odgers and our finalists. Jayme's photo is seen above and first in our photo gallery in the July/August 2018 online edition of Artillery. The following photographs are the finalists. Please see the info below on how to enter...
Soft Power is a very timely musical about the uses and misuses of power, a profoundly ambitious satire in which noted playwright David Henry Hwang tries to explain the dismal results of the 2016 elections. Hwang is no shrinking violet when it comes to tough...
Dear Reader, Who am I? Isn’t this the biggest existential question? All artists ask this question and continue to explore it. But do we ever get an answer? I watched an excellent documentary on the recently departed comedic genius, Garry Shandling, directed and...
The following photographs are the finalists from Artillery's May/June contest. The winner is Alberto Mesirca (seen above and first in the photo gallery; also in the print version of Artillery, May/June, 2018). Congratulations to Alberto Mesirca and our finalists....
LOS ANGELES: A FAIR DESTINATION This winter The Other Art Fair (March 15–18) tested its feet in LA waters—launched by Saatchi Art, the online art gallery, the fair is billed as “An Art Fair for a New Generation of Art Buyers.” On the weekend the crowds came in droves...
In the dystopian future of Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animation Isle of Dogs, Megasaki City is gripped with the panic over the contagious dog flu. The nefarious Mayor Kobayashi (voiced by Kunichi Nomura) exiles all dogs to Trash Island, a place piled with the detritus...
Dear Reader, I’m an artist, who has quit making art. It’s been over a decade since I last shot a video or painted. Yes, I miss the hell out of it, but I’d rather give it up if I can’t give it my all. That was the decision I made when I started this magazine 11 years...
The following photographs are the finalists from Artillery's March/April issue. The winner is Michelle Fierro (seen above and first in the photo gallery). See her photo published in the print version of Artillery, March/April, 2018. Congratulations to Michelle...
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