Gaia has recently finished two really interesting murals in Philadelphia and Baltimore. In Philadelphia, Goldman Properties and the Mural Arts Program brought him to town to paint a portrait of Edmund Bacon, a city planner who Wikipedia tells me is considered by some to be “The Father of Modern Philadelphia.” That mural is at 13th …
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The city is pretty much in a tizzy with the arrival of Shepard Fairey in the flesh. Getting ready for his new solo Sound & Vision at StolenSpace to open Friday (if you haven’t heard about this yet you are living under a gigantic rock), the American artist has been hanging around East London with …
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Yis Goodwin aka NoseGo recently put up some work in New York City, Philadelphia San Fransisco. Last week, he installed a piece, Daily Spontaneous Excursions, at Woodward Gallery‘s outdoor installation space. This week he painted the above mural in San Fransisco thanks to Rogue Projects. Also this week, he painted a spot in Philadelphia as …
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Just listened to the new Flying Lotus album, if you’re wondering why all these pieces look they’ve been beamed down from the Astral Plane. Photos by 4foot2, Chibalove, FunkandJazz, Ironlak, Morac19, MrDheo, Startape Photographe and Vitostreet
Despite the ridiculous name of Poppington for the new gallery at 60 Orchard Street in NYC (it has something to do with Nicki Minaj), their first show looks like it will be, well, I guess poppington. Grr, I kind of hate myself for writing that. Quality of LIFE includes some of NYC’s best writers, those …
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With what has been a relatively slow summer in regards to wheatpasting, Cost, Set, and Smells of KRT and Keely came as a breath of fresh air. Flipping between monochromatic color schemes to eye popping fluorescents, the designs in these posters grab the attention of viewers from a stylistically minimalist stance as well as those …
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With a name like Hellbent and the detail-oriented nature of his stencils, there isn’t a more fitting phrase to capture his work than “the devil’s in the details.” Hellbent on perfection, the artist taped down layer upon layer of paint, paper, and lace to create his geometric patterns. The intricate designs coupled with the florescent …
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This is a joint post by Luke McManus and Lois Stavsky Icy and Sot have been doing lots of fresh pieces on NYC streets, so we were excited to check out Made in Iran, the first exhibit outside of their native country that they could attend. With influences ranging from Banksy to C215, they have created a …
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Update: It looks like the latest news, as of August 27th, is that this mural is going to be removed. My personal favorite mural at this year’s Living Walls Conference (which took place in Atlanta last week and we’ll be covering more from there soon) has to by Hyuro‘s mural in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood. …
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