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"East of Borneo is a multimedia magazine, a collaborative archive, and a network of engaged readers who crave rich editorial content as well as groundbreaking critical thought."
    – Flavorpill

“In an era of short blogs and superfluous reviews, the idea of a well-rounded and in-depth investigation that is the result of many voices is a welcome addition to the contemporary art discourse.”
    —The Huffington Post, East of Borneo: A New Model for Online Magazines in Los Angeles


“A fantastic online visual arts magazine out of LA, and it’s one of the most visited sites on pretty much every computer in the Culturebot newsroom. Seriously, we love this site and you will too.”
    – Culturebot


“...a real LA point of view, neither cloyingly provincial nor tiredly cliche, but poetic, intelligent and imaginative. This is realized in its admixture of art historical awareness, an emphasis on literary quality and a flexible attitude toward disparate cultural terrain. Intellectual, without any of the hang-ups of academic style, East of Borneo’s many voices range across diverse kinds of culture...”
    — Art Lies, West Coast Love Affair: East of Borneo, Magazines and Los Angeles


“This fall, CalArts dean Thomas Lawson launched an online magazine with colorful artist interviews... But the site’s real reason to be: visitors can upload their own images and videos to create an evolving archive of L.A. art history.”
    — Los Angeles Times


“The Best Art Writing of 2010”
    — Artlog

"East of Borneo is a rather amazing multimedia web journal on the arts, covering not only film, but music, painting, theater — the whole panorama of contemporary artistic endeavor…East of Borneo is eclectic, sprawling, and alive with ambition."
   — Frame by Frame

See also:

New York Times Magazine, Esther McCoy: Mother Modern
Artforum, 500 Words: Thomas Lawson on East of Borneo
CalArts Press Release