Breaking into the music industry has never been more accessible. Years ago, aspiring musicians often needed record labels, expensive studio connections, and physical album distribution just to reach listeners. Today, digital platforms allow anyone with a finished song to publish music to audiences across the globe. Whether you’re producing tracks from a home studio or recording professionally, choosing the right platform can make a significant difference in your early music career. Continue reading Platforms to Upload Your Song as a Newbie Music Artist→
If you’ve been in Madison Square Park lately — especially on the east side along Madison Avenue — it would be hard to miss the enormous Orange Fire Hydrant rising above the landscape near the children playground. At nearly 15 feet tall, the oversized sculpture immediately catches the eye, inviting smiles from everyone who can’t resist wondering what an ordinary piece of New York City infrastructure is doing transformed into a monumental work of art. Continue reading Roberto Lugo’s Para Los Días Caliente In Madison Square Park→
Michael Williams‘ Does It Hurt to Be Crazy? (2014) is a wildly inventive painting that invites the viewer to find order in apparent visual chaos. Just want are we looking at here? A cheerful pink ice cream mascot stands before an American flag while a giant yin-yang symbol floats nearby. A cartoonish figure leaps through the scene as fragments of suburban houses, parking lots, and abstract brushstrokes collide in a dizzying visual mash-up.
When most people think of Andy Warhol, they probably picture Campbell’s Soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles, or his instantly recognizable celebrity portraits. Among those famous faces, none is more iconic than Marilyn Monroe. It actually surprised me to realize that this vibrant pink version of Marilyn, part of the Museum of Modern Art’s collection in NYC, had never made an appearance as a Pink Thing of the Day. That oversight ends now! Continue reading Pink Thing Of The Day: Pink Marilyn!→
Few artists were as fascinated by everyday consumer products as Andy Warhol. From Campbell’s Soup Cans to Brillo Boxes, Warhol transformed ordinary objects into icons of contemporary art. One of his more unusual and lesser-known works from the late 1960s takes that fascination a step further: a wooden Coca-Cola crate filled with real Coca-Cola bottles painted entirely silver. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Andy Warhol’s Silver Coca-Cola Crate→
