PRS is proud to present “Momentary Blasts of Unexpected Light: The Visionary Art of Burt Shonberg” at Hansell Gallery, opening Thursday, October 24, 2024.
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. Continue Reading
I’m not sure when this article detailing the magical technologies utilized by author William S. Burroughs originally posted but… the classics never date. An excerpt notes: “Naked Lunch only marked the beginning of William S. Burroughs’ career as a writer, however,… Continue Reading
The New York Times Magazine ran an interview with pioneering NYC-based performance artist Marina Abramovic. I’d swear I saw her in Harry Smith’s epic film Mahaggony which is screening at the Whitney Museum as part of the “Faith Forgotten” exhibition… Continue Reading
The exhibition which runs November 30 – January 16 features William Mortensen (1897-1965), alongside the art of Chris Stein, Edward Colver, Courtney Brooke Hall, Cormac Figgis, Brittany Rose Luciani, Andres Serrano, Adam De Ville, Ken Weaver, Erik Bergrin and Alexis… Continue Reading
The New York Times Sunday Magazine ran an interview with sexpert Emily Morse, host of the Sex With Emily podcast. The focus of the interview was nonmonogamy, how to decide whether it’d be a good thing for you, you or… Continue Reading
Being a member of an occult un-cult (here’s characteristics of acult) I am fascinated by actual cults, especially ones that start out as well meaning groups. Alexander Stille’s The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune details the… Continue Reading
Well, this comes a couple years after the fact, but, here’s an interesting recent book review of Amy Hale’s Ithell Colquhoun, Genius of the Fern Loved Gully. An excerpt reads: “Hale rightly gives significant literary space to Colquhoun’s involvement in a… Continue Reading
One Taste founder Nicole Daedone has surrendered to police in Brooklyn NY after being indicted by Federal authorities for forcing volunteers, contractors and employees into sex acts. The Daily Mail story about this event begins: “An ‘orgasmic meditation’ sex guru accused… Continue Reading
Seminal underground filmmaker and devoted Thelemite passed away earlier this month at age 96, as is being reported today by media around the world. Our beloved OHO, Hymenaeus Beta said: “Kenneth was a very devoted OTO member, being Frater Focus,… Continue Reading
MARC SELWYN FINE ART 9953 South Santa Monica Boulevard Beverly Hills, CA 90212 is hosting the exhibition CAMERON The Lion Path: Art, Astrology and Magic April 16 – May 27, 2023. Her wiki entry starts: “Marjorie Cameron Parsons Kimmel (April 23, 1922… Continue Reading