Editor’s note: I am so glad to publish this essay by the prolific ekg. This piece of writing explores some of ekg’s ideas about street art and graffiti while chronicling his time getting up in Paris earlier this year. ekg’s work may at first appear to be quite simple, but upon closer inspection it’s clear …
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Happy weekend. Hope you’ve had a less busy week than me. Various and Gould spotted this odd but awesome tribute to a piece of graffiti in Berlin. Jaz recently visited C215’s town of Vitry, France, where he painted this stunning wall. Meanwhile, Anthony Lister is going huge in LA. Also on the west coast, Aryz …
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So as finals exams and essays begin to creep up on me (70-ish pages to write in the next month), these link-o-rama posts are going to become essential until the school year is up, so you know, I encourage you to read them closely. Aryz has a solo show coming up in San Fransisco at …
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Z from Bomit has curated GO! STICKER, a show of sticker art by about 100 artists. The show opens later this month at The GO! Shop, a part of Wynwood Walls in Miami. At least by number of artists, the show is quite massive and maybe “organized” is a better word to describe Z’s role …
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We get emailed the latest-and-greatest of many different street artists, but it is unusual to get sent photographs of old and worn down pieces unless they are historically significant. Miss Kaliansky may not have a website, but what she does have is an eye for beauty. She sent us these photos taken in Barcelona in …
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It’s the weekend… This is not your average train-bombing video. Lois Stavsky interviews Stikman. Dennis McNett has an open studio this weekend, with some prints available at 25% off. Troy Lovegates has a new limited edition book available. Aiko, Ron English, Swoon, How & Nosm, Logan Hicks, Kenny Scharf, and Futura are showing work indoors …
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The ARD*POP-UP Festival took place in Oslo this November and was the first iteration of this festival, although the organizers hope to move it from city to city in the coming years. This year, the festival brought Pez, Kenor, Phlegm, and others to the streets of Oslo for some really fun murals, although it does …
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If you hang out at art galleries in London long enough, you’re eventually going to meet my friend Esther F. Castelo. She’s finally stepped into curating with Espanish Conexion, the next show at High Roller Society. The show includes some of the best of the Spanish street art and graffiti scenes such as Suso33, Pez, …
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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
It’s a mega link-o-rama this week because I’ve been traveling from last Saturday until Thursday morning. Here’s a video of Morley’s show at Lazarides Newcastle. When I first saw Morley’s work about a year and a half ago, I thought it was hilarious and touching. Now though, while I appreciate that he has tried to …
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