As the best street artists, and estate agents, will tell you, location is everything. These pieces that have popped up recently in New York City are just amazing examples of this. First up, Judith Supine. Now, part of the reason this looks so good is probably due to Becki’s photography, but Supine definitely knows how …
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Know Hope is one of my favorite under-appreciated street artists. His images tug at the heartstrings. They are delicate in a way that not much street art is. I’ve interviewed him before for Vandalog, so if you haven’t read that interview, have a look. Know Hope’s solo show at the Carmichael Gallery opens in two …
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Factory Fresh has an interesting show starting soon. It features Avoid, Bloke, and Faro; three guys who are really changing the face of New York graffiti. I completely agree with this press release in that the more graphic form of graffiti these artists represent is the next wave, and is poised to become even more …
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Not that anybody needs another reason to visit Japan, but here’s perhaps the best street art related reason: They have a Keith Haring museum! The Nakamura Keith Haring Collection is the only collection of Keith Haring’s work currently being displayed for the public in this sort of space and on this scale, and it looks …
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Rowdy has a solo show coming up at Sartorial Contemporary Art on June 4th. I’m curious, but aprehensive. I’ve enjoyed his canvases and his street work, which are completely different, but I’m not sure what I’ve seen could fill a solo show. Here’s the press release: In his first major London solo show the King …
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It’s finally open. The new space for The Lazarides Gallery at Rathbone Place in London opened last Thursday for their latest group show called “Grow Up.” I went to, and tweeted, the opening, but I’ve waited to do a proper post on the show because it took until today for me to get back when …
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Vhils is a street artist really taking it to the next level. His portraits and city-scapes actually involve taking a jackhammer to the wall. He’s just put online this beautiful video called “Scratching the Surface.” It shows how he creates his work, and is well worth watching. For more work from Vhils, check his website. …
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Update: turns out, the work from Banksy in this show is secondary market and not direct from Banksy. Still, looks to be an interesting show. Looks like New York’s first must-see show of the year has been announced. I don’t have much to add about Whole in The Wall with Helenbeck Gallery other than to …
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Without TAKI 183, we probably wouldn’t have graffiti as we know it. He was the first tagger to leave his own neighborhood, and the New York Times article about him spawned an epidemic of tagging. Eventually, those tags became graffiti, but TAKI disappeared, only being occassionaly spotted in graffiti documentaries. He essentially gave up on …
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Roadsworth is one of the coolest Canadian street artists I can think of. His work is the sort of thing that anybody can enjoy. Even those government officials that usually do their best to buff any street art or graffiti they see. Found this video today, it’s the trailer to a documentary that has been …
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