Why haven’t hotels figured out that they should have strong free wifi in all rooms? And, if they make you pay for wifi, the signal and speed had better be amazing? Starbucks has it figured out, and I don’t have to pay a boatload of money to hang out in a Starbucks for a couple …
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Get ready for some irony: Jeffrey Deitch closes Deitch Projects and leaves to be director at MOCA in LA, Kathy Grayson aka Deitch’s right hand woman at Deitch Projects opens The Hole in NYC to fill the hole left by Deitch’s departure and now The Hole has a show opening in LA this Wednesday night …
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Last night, the LA Weekly revealed the list of almost all the artists in MOCA’s Art in the Streets show, opening next week. Here it is: Alexis Ross, Andre, A-One,Barry McGee, Bear 167, Bill Daniel, Bill Ray, Blade, Charlie Ahearn, Chaz Bojorquez, Coco144, Cost, Craig Costello, Craig R. Stecyk III, Crash, Dan Murphy, Dash Snow, …
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When Shepard Fairey was in New York City last spring for his solo exhibit at Deitch Projects, he collaborated with Manhattan teens on a huge mural. Panels from this mural are currently on exhibit at Chelsea’s Icosahedron Gallery at 606 W. 26th Street. An April 28th auction is planned with all proceeds going to the …
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LA Anonymous put up this poster in LA as a commentary on MOCA’s upcoming Art in the Streets show. It depicts museum director Jeffrey Deitch and major MOCA contributor Eli Broad. Hyperallergic has a bit more to say about the piece. We’ll see next week if the show is truly safe. I’m not sure if …
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Since we haven’t posted about Art in the Streets in a few days, we thought now would be the best time to release some photos of the accompanying exhibit book for the show. Put together by the curators of the show, Roger Gastman, Aaron Rose and of course, Jeffrey Deitch, the book acts as an …
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If you’re the Jeffrey Deitch or museum-hating type, the next few weeks are not going to be your favorite weeks, at least not when it comes to Vandalog posts. I’m gonna be talking a lot about this topic. I could hardly be more excited for MOCA‘s upcoming Art In The Streets show, and some substantive …
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This week is spring break, so I’ve been enjoying some relaxation and watching too many films on Netflix, but in the mean time, there were of course some stories that slipped by me. Here are some of them: Some of my favorite photographers in the UK have put together a graffiti zine. So apparently, the …
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This Saturday, March 12th, Shepard Fairey‘s latest solo show opens at Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. The art in Revolutions will be a series of Fairey’s album cover-scale pieces, plus two boxed print sets. Like how skateboard graphics inspired Aaron Rose (as mentioned in an interesting conversation between him and Jeffrey Deitch in …
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So here it is, Japanther, who infamously arrived at one of Swoon’s first installations at Deitch in a Uhaul to perform, will be playing for John Felix Arnold’s show in SF, press release after the jump…
