The Art of The Prank

from the National Post The art of surprise Brett Gundlock / National Post Does it look like they’re joking? From left: Don McKellar, director Andrew Burashko and Nicholas Campbell restage Orson Welles’ 1938 aliens attack radio drama/elaborate hoax, War of the Worlds....

Professor James Franco

from The Huffington Post Academia: James Franco’s Best Work of Performance Art by Kia Makarechi – Editor, AOL No one can call James Franco unambitious. From attending six schools to continuing to film movies and TV, to working sporadically as a...

Sasha Grey’s “Neu Sex”

from ARTINFO Porn As Performance Art?: Sasha Grey Releases “Neu Sex,” Her First Book of Art Photography Courtesy of the artist and VICE Books NEW YORK—Pornography has long been an au courant subject for contemporary art — see John Currin, Marilyn Minter,...

The Era of Classic Citrus Carton Art

from The Los Angeles Times L.A. THEN AND NOW Southern California’s great citrus had its crate advertising For decades, citrus growers labeled their wooden crates with colorful brand names and images, letting consumers know that the oranges, lemons and grapefruit...