So Banksy is on the cover of Time Out London this week, which is pretty awesome of Time Out, and Banksy seems to be acknowledging that he has been embraced by the most gentrified segments of society, which is pretty honest of Banksy. The real treat is inside the magazine though. Banksy has been interviewed …
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Hrag Vartanian has a fantastic article on Hyperallergic about Fauxreel and what it means when street artists take do corporate jobs outdoors. Fauxreel found himself labeled a sell-out a couple of years ago when he partnered with Vespa for a campaign that involved illegal wheatpastes on the streets of Toronto. The whole debate is very …
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On Tuesday evening, I had the chance to see Banksy’s film Exit Through The Gift Shop (in cinemas March 5th) at the pop-up cinema he has put together in the tunnels next to Leake Street (where he held Cans Festival). It was an experience that I’ll never forget. Outside the entrance, Banksy has painted a …
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Imminent Disaster and Armsrock have a show opening next month at thinkspace gallery in LA. This should be a really special show. Brooklyn Street Art has some photos of Imminent Disaster prepping for the show, and Armsrock’s blog has some stunning new sketches.
Time for some links to other blog’s cool posts: Arrested Motion has some photos from the Keith Haring 20th Anniversary show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery. Alison from Images To Live By has posted an insightful essay on Jenny Holzer, after seeing Holzer speak at an event recently. Lucky her. Holzer is one of the most …
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As usual, Roa’s been busier outside than just about anybody else in the street art world. More on Unurth
Hahaha, I thought I’d only have to post one thing abut Exit Through The Gift Shop today. Of course, as soon as the journalists who were at the press screening got back to their desks, news about the film and the screenings started popping up all over the web. Esquire Magazine has the most interesting …
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Wooster Collective posted this interesting street art documentary called Open Air. It’s not new, but I hadn’t seen it before.
A very interesting article on Channel 4’s website and piece on the 7pm Channel 4 news on Monday. Read it if you are interested in the art market. There’s no one quite like Banksy – the only street artist most of us have ever heard of it.Aside from the mystique that surrounds his identity (the …
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First of all, I came across this quote today from Skewville from a few years ago about the potential implosion of the street art world: “I think once there’s a big corny movie that comes out like street art 3d or whatever, then it’s gonna… that’s when it’s over.” I just thought that was funny. …
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