Jon Todd

An interview with Jon Todd...click on title

Robert Rauschenberg

"Monogram", 1955-59. Angora goat and tire atop a painted and collaged base.

Detroit's Beautiful Ruins

Click on title to read essay in Slate.

Fashion Week

See how fancy and beautiful our inventory will make you look.

Playing at Smash today

Are you sick of all the crap on your iPod? This station is a beauty.

Random things we like.

Lighthouses. Get your mind out of the gutter and give it up for lighthouses.

The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey

"Edward Abbey is a writer. He writes about how to blowup dams. The name of one of the books he wrote was called Monkey wrench gang. He wears a black hat with a wrench on it. Ed has a gray elephant beard and he's a tall, skinny man. Ed does not like the highway so he throws beer bottles out the window. Ed does not like t.v. so the took his t.v. outside and took his gun and shot his t.v. and now it's a sculpture in his backyard."

So wrote some kid in his rather awesome project on Edward Abbey, the great curmudgeon.

This Friday, the 20th of March, Smash and Jerome Jenner are pleased to announce a gallery opening for Sheridan College. This show is going to raise funds for the Illustration program's year end show in May. The gallery is going to look awesome, boasting some affordable art in various styles from artists around Toronto and Sheridan.

Come by, grab a drink and some inspiration.

Old Country Canada

Our friend Scott Landon's store in Vancouver is quite amazing. Strong mix of well picked Canadian 19th century and good industrial etc.

Betty

Gerhard Richter, 1994.