NINA TARR IS TOO HOT TO BE “FUNNY”
Nina Tarr is easily East LA’s Golden Girl and one of my favorite LA comedians I’ve had the privilege of seeing do standup. She’s a total chameleon, weaving…
WE LOVE ART
REMOTE
INSPIRED by late summer sunlight, Remote is an intimate expression of solitude, longing, and painfully strange beauty of a season spent with oneself. Emily McAlister LaCivita: We’ve collaborated on projects…
photo / Steve Zeitzoff
BEYOND THE STREETS: IN CONVERSATION WITH MISTER CARTOON
Los Angeles in the 1980s found itself simultaneously unraveling at the hems of social unrest and flourishing in amorphous creative prosperity. A teen at the time, Mark Machado expended…
photo / Walter Wlodarczyk
CUQUITA THE CUBAN DOLL CHALLENGES THE WHITE ART WORLD ELITE
It is 2018. In front of the 14th street Union Square stop, Yali Romagoza sits in complete stillness. The sign next to her reads: “Hello, my name is Cuquita…
ARTIST TSCHABALALA SELF ON CEMENTING BLACK WOMEN IN ART HISTORY
Tschabalala Self talks to LADYGUNN about her path to becoming one of America's most renowned modern artist, why black women are her muse and what she hopes to achieve with work.
DEVIL OR ANGEL I’M NOT ONE OR THE OTHER
photos/ Joebert Tupas @mojojooe model / Luca angel Mancuso @angelmeatzz Makeup / Victoria Magno @facebyvickyminaj Hair / Keita Higashi @keitahair All Clothes and Accessory Designer / Fecal matter @matieresfecales @fecalmatterworld
The Next Frontier For Women: The Art World
Rebecca Wilson is Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art. She was formerly a Director at the Saatchi Gallery, London, where she was instrumental in the launch of…
WATCH- FILM PREMIERE: “DIRTY BLONDE” BY RAZIEME IBORRA
Razieme Iborra's film Dirty Blonde opens with 16-year-old prostitute Shaye Rankin finishing up with a client. She seems young and vulnerable but with sensibilities of someone who has had to…
LADYGUNN NO.19 COVER STORY: KIM GORDON
Dress, Marc Jacobs.Belt, Zana Bayne.Boots, Acne. I have a confession. I have never listened to a Sonic Youth song from start to finish. In high school, I knew that to…
DID IT HURT WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN (AND SHATTERED)?
Layering maximalist garments, designed by Wiederhoeft (WWD, Paper, V), with cubist-inspired collage, these balletic beauties have fallen from grace and into the shattered world of dreams. Through Simon’s fragmented reality we see…
JULIETTE TOMA: FLAWED AND LOVING IT
STORY / BRYANNA DOE ART / JULIETTE TOMA The two words that best describe Juliette Toma’s illustrations are also fitting of the artist herself: vibrant and quirky. “My favorite things…
REVIEW: Strawberry Feels Forever: Lamby – A Film by Pamela Sustaita
story / Kellie Hogan When was the last time you heard somebody reference Saturday Morning Cartoons? Yeah, neither have I, mornings are all yoga and brunch and scrolling the…