On Thursday night, Lazarides‘ Greek Street and Rathbone Place galleries were both packed for the private view of The Faile/Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade at Greek Street and a Faile retrospective at Rathbone Place. The arcade is something you really just have to experience in person, but basically, Faile and Bast have transformed the gallery into …
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It’s so nice to read things like this story and realize that I shouldn’t be so worried about being starved for culture when I move to Philadelphia this fall. Philagrafika 2010 is an art exhibition about printmaking and the first incarnation of what may become a tri-annual event in Philadelpiha. Artnet has a great article …
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Thursday evening was the opening of Roa‘s very first solo show. It took place at Gallerie Itinerrance in Paris and was, by all accounts, a massive success. In fact, after seeing these photos, I emailed the gallery for a price list only to find out that everything except Roa’s sketches and photographs had already sold! …
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This should be a really great show, I wish I was in town for it. FIFTY24SF Gallery Presents “Character Assassination” New Works by David Choe One of the most diverse and prolific artists working today, David Choe combines American and Asian pop culture, graphic novels, and cityscapes to produce some of the most dynamic work …
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Poster Boy recently put up this memorial to Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010). It may have seemed that PB hasn’t been doing much on the streets recently, but he has in fact been working very hard on a big project that is soon to be unveiled. I won’t say any more, …
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Now that all of the court cases have been dropped, Jordan has sent out the official link to the NYSAT billboard takeover project. http://www.publicadcampaign.com/nysat/ The gallery section of the site reveals the tremendous scope of the whitewashing and artmaking, all of which lasted no more than a couple hours. and speaking of cash4… and of course …
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The Citrus Report recently posted a Q&A with California graffiti artist Augor. He’s a really interesting character. TCR: You are an extremely active graffiti writer in Los Angeles. What is the atmosphere like down there these days? Who is getting up, who is making waves, in your opinion? Los Angeles has always been the area …
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In preparation for his solo show at Ad Hoc, Jef Aerosol has been pretty busy on the streets of New York. Get the real coverage over at BrooklynStreetArt and StreetSpot, and also be sure to check out Luna Park and Sabeth718‘s documentation.
Some very exciting news today for fans of Roa: His first solo show show opens February 4th at Galerie Itinerrance in Paris, thanks to Samantha Longhi at Stencil History X. Roa opens a door to a twilight zone by settling in the heart of the city wandering animals such as crows, hares and rats that …
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I Love Graffiti has posted two great interviews this week. The first is with graffiti legend Taki183 and the second is with Robbo (of fighting with Banksy fame). With Taki183: Taki, where did you grow up? I grew up in Washington Heights, moved there when I was a little kid. A lot of Greeks at …
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