Creative Products
February 19, 2020

There’s a Jason Momoa Coloring Book for Adults Who Love an “Epic Dreamboat”

Fans of Game of Thrones and Aquaman actor Jason Momoa can now pick up a coloring book that features the Hawaiian star in fantastical and romantic illustrations. The adult coloring book, entitled Crush and Color: Jason Momoa, lets admirers immerse themselves in “more than 35 completely unique life-like drawings of the rugged dreamboat” as he takes on several rigorous or relaxing activities.

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Street Art
February 17, 2020

7 Facts About Pioneering Street Artist Keith Haring

In the 1980s, Keith Haring shot to international fame. Using his trademark line drawings, Haring became instantly recognizable for his pop style art. This would catapult him from the underground art scene in New York City to a career that would see him mingling with the likes of Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Yoko Ono, and Madonna. Unfortunately, the prolific artist's life was cut short in 1990, when he succumbed to AIDS-related complications.

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Painting
February 17, 2020

Dynamic Paintings Fuse Realism With Rawness to Depict Empowering Portraits of Women

Artist Tim Okamura crafts oil portrait paintings that focus on identity, metaphor, and cultural iconography wrapped up in storytelling. A majority of his works feature women—particularly women of color—that depict their strength and willingness to stand up for themselves in the face of oppression. Combining realism with rawness, his figures are meticulously painted while their environments are loosely handled and include the likes of dripping paint and graffiti text.

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Art
February 16, 2020

Expansive Book Features Never-Before-Seen Paintings by Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí is an endlessly fascinating figure in art history. Known for his Surrealist point of view—and its most enduring motif, the melted clock—the eccentric creative produced paintings as well as works in sculpture, film, photography, and more. But it's Dalí’s genius on canvas that is the subject of a recently expanded book by Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret, published by Taschen. Titled Dalí.

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