According to Artinfo, Kathy Grayson, the current director of Deitch Project space on Wooster Street, plans to open her own gallery after Deitch Projects closes later this year (Jeffrey Deitch is closing the gallery to become director of MOCA in LA). Deitch is such a unique space that it’s probably too early to say exactly …
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Basically, if you like murals and cute things, buy this book. Steve Powers’ A Love Letter For You project was one of the highlights of art in 2009, and now you and see all his murals in a printed book. The Free News Projects has the books for sale for $19.95.
Some nice street art shows taking place around the world this week! Here are a few: Thursday July 9 LA: Eine @ Carmichael Gallery, 7-10pm Paris: Group Show (featuring Barry McGee) @ Galerie Olivier Robert, from 6pm Friday July 10 NY: Willoughby Windows presented by Ad Hoc Art (event takes place at 89-106 Willoughby), 2-7pm. Check …
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Circleculture Gallery’s next show is “Self-Portraits.”15 artists including D*face, Best Ever, JR, Jaybo, Charlie Isoe, Judith Supine, and Word To Mother will be exhibiting their self-portraits from June 5th. Here’s the PR: SELF-PORTRAITS by contemporary urban artists from five continents D-FACE / ANTON UNAI / JR / JAYBO AKA MONK / JUDITH SUPINE / XOOOOX …
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So I guess not checking my email for most of the day was a big mistake. Steve Powers (aka ESPO) released 2 prints today at Pictures On Walls, which are some of my favorite pieces I’ve seen by him. “Everything Is Shit, Except You Love” comes in two colorways, either cream or black, and they …
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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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This is the first in a series of two or three interviews just this week on Vandalog.com. To kick it all off, we put a few questions to American/Israeli artist Know Hope. Know Hope is originally from California, but now he lives in Tel Aviv. His work can be seen at thisislimbo.com. Most of Know …
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Young New York: A Silent Art Auction & Fundraiser is an fundraising initiative for the Young New Yorkers (YNY) program, which aids and raises awareness for teens who have been legally classified “adults” and thrown into New York State’s adult criminal justice system. The silent action will be happening Tuesday May 29th from 6pm-10pm at WhiteBoxes projects, and …
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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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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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