My latest blog post...

Quoted: If you just want to make the most of a rainy day in the city, here are some ideas that'll help you get to know the area a little better without spending a ton of money.

This is awesome...

Quoted: Shopdropping is the practice by anti-consumerist artists of leaving fake products with political messages on shelves.

Sean was in my children's book class at the School of Visual Arts in NY - I seriously can't get over how beautiful his art is. I'm happy to see he's making it in the children's book world!

Quoted: This image is of Lauryn Hill. It also got me the contract to illustrate Powerful Words. At the time I used mostly gouache and tempera.

Apparently a bunch of drunk people punched a hole in a Monet at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. What the hell is wrong with people?

Quoted: Intruders Seriously Damage a Renowned Work by Monet at Paris' Orsay Museum.

What a cool idea, this sounds so beautiful. I'd love to see it in person - yet another reason to visit Iceland!

Quoted: Yoko Ono to unveil Imagine Peace Tower, built in memory of John Lennon, in Iceland. The Imagine Peace Tower is a stories-tall beam of light that will emanate from a wishing well bearing the words "imagine peace" in 24 languages.

Cool! Although, I guess people will be less hesitant about getting stupid things etched onto their bodies...

Quoted: A new dye due to hit tattoo parlors this fall will provide an exit strategy of sorts for people who have thought about getting a tattoo, then wondered if they might someday have regrets.

I love Modigliani. Alas, I don't have $800,000 to spare...

Quoted: A rare watercolour painting by Modigliani sells for £423,000 at an auction in London.

I love LEGOs! Turns out this guy left his career as a lawyer to become a LEGO artist. That's a picture of him enjoying a nice LEGO bath. Ha.

Quoted: Nathan Sawaya's workspace is an explosion of color. Sawaya, a LEGO artist, has built a functioning air conditioner out of the beloved kid's toy. Now Sawaya's national touring exhibit, "The Art of the Brick," is making the rounds.

I'd love to see this in person.

Rache, let's go in June if I'm in NY for a bit!

Quoted: You'd think the shock would have worn off by now. Judy Chicago's iconic feminist art installation "The Dinner Party" made a lot of people squirm back in 1979, with its vulva-motif plates. Surely a progressive young feminist like myself would be able to handle it with some modicum of maturity.