Surrealists like Magritte would've loved to shake the hand of artist Alex Gross. The historical, stoic and fanciful works of art Gross presents... More >>

Every now and then, as you're digging around trying to find some old tax papers in all those boxes crammed into your garage, you'll stumble... More >>

*A correction to this article was made on June 27, 2007.   Scott Essman looks like you'd expect an academic to look: thick glasses,... More >>

You know that one weird guy you occasionally glimpse on your block? The chubby, hairy guy who is, like, 50 years old and still lives in his... More >>

Tattoos may be very much in the mainstream nowadays, but the people who come to tattoo conventions, like this past weekend's International Ink... More >>

Just being alive is plenty dangerous enough, thank you very much. You take your very life in your hands every time you drive on the 405,... More >>

You're just not a summer person. You're an art geek, and you hate the heat, you hate the beach and you hate, hate, hate that freaking song... More >>

He's an odd one, that Vladimir Kush. You expect a surrealist painter's art to be odd, but Kush's is odd in a way that other surrealists... More >>

When I was a child, I used to cut my Barbie's hair and take a pen to her face like there wasn't a single sheet of paper left in the world. Now... More >>

Chris Burden is one of Orange County's most amazing success stories, whether you've ever heard of him or not. After he earned his MFA from... More >>