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Stuart Sheldon
Oct 17, 20161 min read
“American Banned” Political Art Show, Miami New Times
In 2008, Macaya Gallery director and curator Patrick Glemaud attended a climate change conference in Uganda. There, Rwanda President Paul...
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Stuart Sheldon
Sep 21, 20162 min read
Smart People Being Smart
“How does a lie come to be widely taken as the truth? The answer is disturbingly simple: Repeat it over and over again. When faced with...
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Stuart Sheldon
Sep 8, 20161 min read
Best Books Ever Written Solo Show Finally Hits Miami
After featuring these works in San Francisco and Dallas, my Best Books series finally comes home to Miami for the first time. See it this...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jun 9, 20164 min read
I Am The Greatest!
“I Ain’t Got No Quarrel With The VietCong… No VietCong Ever Called Me Nigger” — Muhammad Ali, 1966. Political courage blazed in Ali at...
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Stuart Sheldon
May 25, 20163 min read
The Other F Word
Late one morning, long before children, I sat on the edge of a New Orleans hotel bed and exhaled audibly. Inside my skull, a spicy Jazz...
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Stuart Sheldon
Apr 27, 20162 min read
The Little Prince and the Big Boss
“Prince was no taller than me, yet he was larger than life. He had his own style,” my 5’2″ wife told our boys on the drive to school last...
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Stuart Sheldon
Mar 30, 20163 min read
Do We Ruin Our Kids By Giving Them a Better Life?
“I’m bored,” my seven-year-old barked at me, as I flipped eggs one sunny Saturday. I stomped in from the kitchen and pointed the spatula....
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Stuart Sheldon
Feb 23, 20162 min read
How to Face Yourself
My cheeky 6yr-old made goofy expressions in the mirror, raising his eyebrows and, finally, grimacing slightly. “Daddy, you know what I...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jan 21, 20162 min read
Fancy Nasty Forever!
If you made it to the epic Fancy Nasty finale bonfire last Saturday night, hosted by The New Tropic, lucky YOU. If not … next time (we’re...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jan 12, 20163 min read
Let’s Dance!
“So, what do you do,” an attractive woman asked me at a party in Colorado years ago. “I’m a filmmaker,” I said, taking a swig of Fat...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jan 7, 20161 min read
The New Tropic, Let’s Get A Little Fancy Nasty, The New Tropic
There’s a solid gold house that sits along Biscayne Bay. It’s pretty fancy from the outside… Then it gets real nasty, real quick. A disco...
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Stuart Sheldon
Dec 17, 20154 min read
Follow the Turkey Vultures To Paradise
World-renownded street artist, t_w_o_o_n_e (Hiroyasu Tsuri) didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life as high school ended in 2003....
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Stuart Sheldon
Nov 4, 20151 min read
Fancy Nasty – Art Basel 2015
Are You More Fancy Or More Nasty? You’re not fooling anybody. We all know you’re BOTH! Let’s celebrate the light and the dark in each of...
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Stuart Sheldon
Oct 7, 20153 min read
Buzzing From the Stoke
At a religious service last month, invited to pray silently, I shut my eyes, inhaled deeply and began my routine gamut of wishes:...
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Stuart Sheldon
Sep 24, 20152 min read
Share Everything
Since I was a boy, I’ve dreamt all my friends would buy houses in cool places, and we’d ultimately just share one big,...
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Stuart Sheldon
Sep 2, 20152 min read
I’m ON FIRE!
BEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN – The Sea Always Wins, acrylic, book covers, paper on canvas, 66×56″ 2015, Stuart Sheldon When I was a young...
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Stuart Sheldon
Aug 25, 20151 min read
Dallas Solo Show opens Saturday, Sept 12th
The rocket ride continues – next stop … Texas! Dallas show opens Saturday, Sept 12th!! Runs thru Oct 17th. Hope to see you in the mix....
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Stuart Sheldon
Jul 22, 20153 min read
My 5-yr-old Just Watched Hard-Core Porn. Now What?
THE HORROR! Last month, poolside at the home of good friends, our host gave his sons, same age as ours, permission to have some screen...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jun 18, 20154 min read
My Kid’s NOT a Winner So Stop with the Trophies
My little brother strode the stage in his cap and gown, gave his med school dean an emphatic handshake and transitioned from Mister to...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jun 2, 20151 min read
Thank You, San Francisco!
The biggest show of my life just ended and I can only say, WOW! Thanks to all of you who swamped the opening and kept coming. Thanks to...
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