LoisInWonderland has nearly 600 photos on her flickr of street art in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The art here looks amazing, and LoisInWonderland has done an amazing job photographing so much of it. Here are a couple of highlights from her photos: More photos after the jump…
The Street Art Awards is coming up next week, and although the deadline for submissions has passed, you can still register to vote for your favorite street art of 2008. And of course, there is the actual awards ceremony on December 4th at Rough Trade East where you can win original art in a charity …
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BBC World Service has an audio-documentary out on street art. Of course, it’s an AUDIO description about a VISUAL medium, so there’s that problem, but I’ve just listened to part one, and it’s quite good (given you can’t see anything that they’re talking about). The program heavily features Elbow-toe, but also also includes interviews with …
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Great article on street art in the fine art magazine ARTnews. Thanks to Andrew from Ad Hoc Art for the tip. It’s a well written and informative article that is definitely work a read. Here’s a short excerpt: Fairey is part of a wave of street artists gaining acceptance in mainstream museums. Last summer London’s …
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UK Street Art has just posted a really insightful article on Hush, who has an upcoming show at Opus Gallery. Check out the interview here.
Here’s the fourth comic in a 10-part series from Lush. Are we overhyping this whole Banksy thing? Is everyone? – RJ Comic by Lush
I’m really enjoying Art For Thought‘s little custom figurine pieces. Some minor modifications and a figurine goes from basically typical to eye-catching and funny. Here are some of my favorites from Art For Thought… More after the jump…
Occasionally I write pieces for Complex.com. This week, they published piece of mine called 10 artists using the internet like the street. List posts can be entertaining, but I wouldn’t normally say that I’m proud of my list posts. This particular piece is different though. It’s a list of visionary artists doing game-changing work that …
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Part one of the Illegal Baltimore series can be found here, and part two can be found here. Walking around in the abandoned areas of Baltimore gave me a peace of mind that the NYPD would never allow in New York. However, engaging life-long citizens of Baltimore about the graffiti surrounding them in the streets …
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The Street Museum of Art (SMoA) has announced the debut of it’s first exhibit In Plain Sight. What that means is that some street art fan or fans have put up the outdoor equivalent to gallery wall labels in order to help identify, draw attention to and explain a few selected pieces of street art. …
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