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THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
Diana Taurasi was recently voted as the greatest player of all time in WNBA history. To honor the GOAT, Franchise presents this limited edition shirt. Get yours here
GLENN LIGON - THE GREATS
This past weekend’s T Magazine featured a cover story on Glenn Ligon:
At a time in which the fundamentals of fact and fiction are being questioned, his art captures the truth of a culture in decline.
FRANCHISE Issue 05 featured an essay on Ligon by Will Perkins
IN CARTS: JAM - THE BRAND WITH THE ROCKS
FRANCHISE pal Sam Jayne just released his latest lineup for his brand Jam, and as usual its full of hits, here are some of our favorites, act fast these will move.
ON VIEW: MICHAEL CHILDRESS / PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD
New Image Art is pleased to present Pictures of the Floating World, the debut solo exhibition by Michael Childress, This is Childress’ first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and with the gallery.“Pictures of the Floating World” is the translation of “Ukiyo-e,” which is a type of woodblock print made in Japan during the Edo period. Saturated colored skies were a staple feature of the times, which appears throughout Childress' oeuvre. Each painting is sequestered into sections, the upper area acts as the celestial while the lower section acts as the terrestrial. The body of work in this exhibition is a part of a larger extended series Childress started in 2020, which he refers to as Equivalents, after Alfred Steiglitz’s series of ethereal photographs of clouds.
CONGRATS CHICAGO SKY: 2021 WNBA CHAMPIONS
LOS ANGELES THIS WEEKEND:
NBA is back tomorrow and here is a preview for the Eastern and Western Conference:
Wine Time:
2020 Thierry Hesnault 54/55 Loire France
This past weekend we enjoyed this light red out of France,
Chenin (100+ y.o vines) & red hybrids (50 y.o vine age) go into this fresh strawberry flavored pet nat
ON VIEW: ZUGZWANG
A group of collaborative works on paper by Enno Tianen (Seattle, WA) and John Tsombikos (New York, NY) created through mail correspondences from March 2020 - 2021.
Confirmation of your worst fears / Ever since his first years, had a thirst for beers / Back from the future, it'll make you more sober-er / And brought back a long list of fakers who crossed over
