Yesterday marked the 18th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death. For this Good Friday edition of From the Live Vault, let’s take a look at this haunting interpretation of “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam.” In his introduction, Cobain explains that the tune is “a rendition of an old Christian song, I think. But we [...]

From March 22nd to April 3rd, the Cinéma du réel international documentary film festival is taking place at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, for its 34th edition. 200 films are selected, divided in four categories. This year’s avant-garde section, exploring documentary, pays tribute to filmmakers as Warriors, those using lethal weapons, those using cameras, those using [...]

The Western Sahara does not often frequent our thoughts, but in this mysterious desert, there lives a group of exiles under military occupation. The Sahara International Film Festival, or FiSahara, might be the world’s only film exhibition held in a refugee camp, bringing entertainment, culture and education to the Saharawi people. After Spanish colonists withdrew [...]

Maura Grace Ambrose maintains a pretty solid social media presence. In addition to interacting with customers and admirers via Twitter and Facebook, her blog is an ongoing record of her daily life, including visual snippets of her studio space, scans from her favorite books, and her latest work. On Instagram, she provides a steady stream [...]

The ever-classy Norah Jones just dropped the first single to her May 1 release, Little Broken Hearts, but it is the album’s cover art that has caught our attention. The illustration that adorns Jones’ fifth LP was inspired by “a sadistically sensual motion picture,” set in the days of the Depression and Prohibition. The 1965 [...]

Eiko Ishioka, renowned Japanese costume designer, artistic director and creator of visual character, passed away this past Saturday. Ishioka was a master of formulating costumes so visceral that they outshone reality, as if the creation of each work was a flamboyant rejection of all the mundane qualities of life. Her designs traversed the creative gamut; [...]

The Opera Gallery is a cozy, unconventional art gallery, comfortably located in one of the buzzing areas of NYC: SOHO, Manhattan. More specifically, Spring St. Nevertheless, to have a sophisticated yet nonchalant art gallery located in such a busy part of the city serves as a refreshing visual getaway for anyone who needs a colorful [...]