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Our First Year Wrap-Up

A Year in Standard Culture from The Standard Hotel on Vimeo. That’s a wholelotta culture. Now onto the Highlights! OUR TOP CULTURAL MOMENTS OF 2011 If we had to call it, 2011... More »
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The Holidays in Hollywood: Tim Biskup Style

Anyone who has visited The Standard, Hollywood in the last week will have noticed the festive new art installation by the illustrious Tim Biskup. Fresh off a stint in Art Basel Miami Beach, we... More »
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Lola Schnabel's First Solo Show

Lola Montes Schnabel is art royalty to some. Daughter of Julian Schnabel, the mind who directed The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, is finally sprouting her own wings. Trying her hands at art, she... More »
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More Holiday Art Gifts

In these final hectic shopping days, we’d like to offer one more useful tip for buying art gifts. Remember to poke through The Standard Culture shopping site for other art goodies ranging... More »
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Stan D'Arde Coming Soon To A Theater Near You

Every now and then people come calling on Stan for various endeavors, but last summer, I got the most interesting call of all! My good friends, Sacha Baron Cohen, and the genius behind all... More »
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Watch Thomas Campbell’s In-Room Art Making at The Standard, East Village

Thomas Campbell at The Standard, East Village from The Standard Hotel on Vimeo. Last week, California based artist Thomas Campbell––perhaps the world’s chillest Renaissance... More »
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Yarn on the 6th Street Mural? Knitta, Please!

As you may have recently noticed, we’re not the only ones in love with Magda Sayeg and Knitta, Please. Needless to say, we were thrilled to have Magda and her team back at The Standard. Two... More »
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Jack of All Trades Rashaad Newsome Goes 24/7

Rashaad Newsome is a master of juxtaposition, as evidenced by his piece The Conductor, just one of three videos that are now on display at The Standard, Hollywood and Downtown LA in the 24/7... More »
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Thomas Campbell is Showing on the LES Tonight

Tonight, Thomas Campbell – painter, sculptor, filmmaker, surfer, skate boarder, fashion designer, record label founder, Standard scarf creator, Beautiful Loser member and Santa Cruz... More »
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Tweet into The Gaga Constellation

It’s official – holiday shop window time! The one thing we love about living in New York City the most is retail during Christmas time. It is the closest thing to art directed... More »
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GQ and Park & Bond Spend A Day With Stan

I always find it funny when people take an interest in me. I don’t see what all the fuss is about? I wake up, I get ready, I read a few newspapers, I call in to all the hotels to make... More »
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Five Art Basel Moments to Remember

The week was, how shall we say, full, brimming, chockablock, a cyclonic onslaught of art, cocktails and collaborations such that the world should never, we mean has never seen (more on that... More »
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Behind the Scenes with PRISM + AWE + Helmut Newton

A few years ago a German art director friend of ours thrust a late-70s Helmet Newton photograph in our face and proclaimed, “Zis is all you ever need to see. Zis is all you ever need... More »
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Triple Threat Book Signing with Luis Gispert, Tim Barber and Leo Fitzpatrick

Last night all three were here at The Standard Spa Miami Beach, each trying to keep their hands from cramping as they eagerly dedicated their books. OHWOW’s Al Moran was on hand to... More »
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Suitcase Confessions: Rafael de Cárdenas

We were lucky to have architect and designer extraordinaire Rafael de Cárdenas spruce up our Shop at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach last Art Basel. This time we needed something else from... More »
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"Like" Ryder Ripps of LikeArtBasel

25 year-old online impressario Ryder Ripps is in Miami and representing for the Facebook set. His group show at Workshop Collective is called LikeArtBasel and features work by more than a... More »
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"What are You Most Excited to See"

For the last installment of Mariko Munro’s video series, she asked the Art Basel experts who they’re most excited to see. Did you check this off your list? If not, you have one more... More »
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Top 5 Hangover Cures from The Spa

Day 4, the final day of Art Basel and that means that you’re probably feeling like the folks in the beginning of this video. Well we’re here to help! We asked our spa team for... More »
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Richard Phillips' "Most Wanted" Celebrated

Last night Exhibition A and DETAILS celebrated the release of Richard Phillip’s “Most Wanted” prints at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach. The pop culture painter’s prints... More »
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Let’s Talk About Keith Sonnier’s Elephant in the Room

OK it’s not an elephant and it’s not in a room. It’s a mastodon in our garden. Technically it’s an abstract neon light sculpture entitled Mastodon (2008) by... More »
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Luis Gispert for OHWOW Launch of It Ain't Fair

The exhibit we’ve all been anticipating is OHWOW’s group show entitled IT AIN’T FAIR: MATERIALISM at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. The opening reception was... More »