Are you still stumped as to what to get a special someone for Christmas? Derek Santiago is one of the brightest lights in contemporary art, and best of all, you won't need to mortgage your house to get one of his works, yet! His imagery is electrifying, and current. The computer created color schemes are a sight to behold. His work is often...

Contemporary art is often seen as something only the elite few can understand. But this isn’t the case with graffiti and its descendent, post-graffiti. Post-graffiti’s use of stencils, posters, stickers, and other techniques and codes are a far cry from graffiti, with the aim of creating an art within reach of masses around the world and with a...

28 years ago, two women, Chicanas, were about to become an important footnote in music history. Teresa Covarruvias (from the band The Brats) and Alice Armendáriz (of The Bags) rented out the second floor of Self Help Graphics and turned it into Vex, East L.A. punk central. Vex was like a second home to many punk kids that were rejected by their...

Hip hop has been long regarded as the lyrical gateway to ultimate success, achieving fame and fortune beyond one’s wildest imagination. However, in an era where hip hop is seemingly nothing more than a ploy to show off daring video vixens and a sensational life far from concrete jungles, one aspiring writer uses his urban poetic license to fuse...

Famous Cuban-American artist Kiki Valdes is making a grand voyage to debut his highly anticipated exhibition. The Miami-based Valdes is bringing his creations to New York City's Empire State this weekend. His work is going to be featured at the Roger Smith Hotel’s new social media experiment, the Pop Up Show. Located on Manhattan's...