Inauguration Day 1961
“The president’s father beamed with pride and the King of Pop listened intently that cold, windy day when JFK suggested they ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country.”
“Art too bad to be ignored”.
I can’t get over this concept. It’s entirely genius in itself, [...]

Casey Weldon
“The Reading”
acrylic on wood
30 x 20 inches
$1,350.00
(Various Cult Movie Directors, from left to right; Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Tim Burton)
SOLD
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles opened round 3 of the the wildly popular / annual Crazy 4 Cult show last week.  There is a decadent amount of pop [...]

I say with great certainty that one day I will own an original Josh Keyes painting.  His work is perfectly haunting and meticulous, to the point where you think it’s a digitally compiled piece. The shadows and dissections are seemingly both random and abstract, though somehow make sense alongside the visual juxtapositions of Wildlife v.s. [...]

Calgary is now becoming home to more unique boutique stops. The latest boutique stop, espy, is situated in a character building on the main drive (9th ave.) of Inglewood, an eclectic suburb of the downtown Calgary area.
This boutique shop is all about class and fashion; bringing in designer names and fashions that are not typical [...]

Banksy is definitely one of my favourite artists. His artwork is usually satiracal pieces of art which surround controversial issues politics, culture and ethics. For those who don’t know much about Banksy, he operates himself as an anonymous artist so no one really has too much information on him as a person. This is also [...]

Oh my its a double-duty post; Say hello to Giant 45 & Flying Lotus! Both of the aforementioned names deserve credit in their own right but tonight is a special night. The good people of Giant 45 have recently re-opened in their swanky their new location on 17th avenue and might I suggest [...]

Keeping the 8-bit alive: this concept comes from designer Ashley Buerkett, who has quite the collection of past works on her website.

I like to inhale chocolate as much as the next person, but to actually “inhale” (quotes & suggested air quotes) is an entirely different story. Taking this literal approach to inhaling food is a new product from Le Lelaboratoire called LeWhif.
Le Whif is a new way of eating chocolate – by breathing it! Imagine, chocolate [...]

Sometimes I just can’t help but feel compelled to share with you some of the amazing artists we have the opportunity to showcase in the NATION gallery. For the month of June we’ve been fortunate to showcase the artwork of Chris Brett. His work has just the right mix of comic surrealism and [...]

This is an installation that artist Leo Villareal created for the National Gallery of Art. Multiverse, the name of the installation, spans a 200 foot walkway running from the east to west concourse of the buildings. This installation consists of 41,000 programmed LED lights. This installation by Villareal started in September of 2008 and will [...]