In 1989, less than 5% of the artists in the modern art sections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were female; by 2005, this number had dropped to less than 3%. The Museum of Modern Art shares a dismal result.
Lynn Newman has worked as an actress, therapist and spiritual leader. Her quest to understand herself and others has led her from Oklahoma to Los Angeles to South America, where she traveled with a shaman.
The painter Jody McGrath was born and raised in Armagh City in Northern Ireland. He grew up in what is euphemistically referred to as "The Troubles "
John Lurie is known for music, movies, and unique art. Each of his paintings are christened with peculiar titles that no one but John Lurie could have come up with think up.
n a world increasingly inundated by advertisements where everything—including people—is for sale, the non-profit initiative #SAVEARTSPACE is taking back billboards across America and transforming them into spaces for bold, creative dreamers.
The first time I met Greg Ferreira, lead singer of The Bushwick Hotel I was making out with a model, wearing leather tights and covered in ketchup. Rock N'Shop
Hunter Channing is a unique photographer with a spectacular eye. He discusses his larger-than life-size landscapes of the human form.
Michell Gemma considers her work in black and white photography to be very emotional. She uses models to help represent an emotional state, which ties into place and time.
Stella Bouzakis got our hearts, and libidos, pumping with her sultry depictions of anonymous women and the sensuous female form. So much so, that we chose her drawings for the cover and interior images of our second digital issue, "Le Sexx."
Royal Young is a multi-media artist of the best kind. A painter, poet, journalist and editor, (proudly, he's our Editor-In-Chief) he grew up in a very creative yet at times tumultuous household on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Rush artist resident, Stan Squirewell, talks sex, art and race with Honeysuckle Magazine before his art show AND GOD SAID at Rush Art Gallery in Chelsea.
FIGUREWORKS Gallery in Brooklyn, LUSH DOOM: a preview of Royal Young's art opening.
After being raped on her second night at college, Aspen Matis dropped out. Depressed and shocked that her school didn’t believe and protect her, she fled to the California desert, found the Pacific Crest Trail — and set off to hike the path’s entire length, over 2,000 miles to Canada.
Susan Shapiro is an award-winning writing professor at the New School and The New York Times bestselling author of 10 books. Heliotrope published her novel What’s Never Said.
hris Carr is a sexy mother fucker, rapper, artist and a founder of Brooklyn Wildlife, a “lifestyle and culture-centric brand that serves as a platform for Brooklyn based artists and creative individuals,” according to their site.
