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October 7, 2011November 29, 2013

Weekend link-o-rama

4645091802_58e461ec4f_z — Portrait of Steve Jobs in France

This weekend I’ll be in Boston. If you have any ideas for what I should get up to, leave a comment. I’ll definitely be checking out Swoon’s installation at the ICA Boston. Here’s what’s been going on in street art while I’ve been locked in my room studying all week:

Steve Powers aka ESPO designed some beer cozies for The World’s Best Ever. They’re pretty okay, but should your beer cozy really be more than pretty okay? I would honestly feel a bit weird of my beer cozy had some brilliant high-brow design on it. Much more impressive is the latest in Powers’ Love Letter series.
Philips de Pury and MTV had a charity auction for MTV’s Staying Alive Foundation, with particularly nice work by Shepard Fairey and Faile.
Stik’s latest solo show just opened in London.
Some beautiful pieces by Sam3 in Porto, Portugal.
AvoidPi designed the latest cover of Showpaper.
Blu’s latest mural is in Greece.
A nice booth for Joshua Liner Galler at Pulse in LA.
Mr. Brainwash has a show opening soon in LA, but it’s going to be full of other people’s art. Anyone can submit work to be wheatpasted around the exhibition. On the one hand, yay, artists can benefit from Mr. Brainwash’s stupid fame and hype. On the other hand, I guess Mr. Brainwash has acknowledged that he doesn’t have any ideas for art, so he’s just openly benefiting from the art of others to further his own art career. So it’s mutually beneficial, except that individual artists submitting work will gain a lot less from this arrangement than Mr. Brainwash will gain overall.

Photo by Abode of Chaos

June 24, 2011June 24, 2011

Weekend link-o-rama

This week the link-o-rama is coming from Steph’s room, where I’ve been staying. After all, got that beautiful baby boy to take care of… Here’s what’s been going on elsewhere in street art this week:

Margaret Kilgallen’s show at Ratio 3 is open.
Faile are releasing some gold prints at their print show in LA (opening tonight). Because gold = awesome. Or something like that.
Cyop and Kaf painting for FAME Festival. And they now have a book.
Definitely check out this video of Anthony Lister, Mymo and others in Berlin.
Loving this portrait of a certain clown named Ronald by Zoltron.
ABOVE has a book coming out later this year.
This war memorial in Bulgaria has been taken over by superheroes.
Mathieu Tremblin is interesting as always.
West Berlin Gallery is showing some photos by Brenna.
A nice interview with Stik.

Photo by Peter Fuss

March 12, 2011

Weekend link-o-rama

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 name Banksy written on a piece of cardboard automatically adds exactly $68,500 of value to said piece of cardboard.
Speaking of Banksy, this post raises some questions about what really separates Banksy from the crowd.
Todd James, Steve Powers and Barry McGee, the three artists behind the legendary Street Market show are reuniting at LA MOCA’s Art In The Streets exhibit next month.
Mark Dean Veca is going to be doing a live painting event in New York for most of next week.
Stik’s show in London is at possibly the coolest indoor gallery venue imaginable.
Becca has some new work up.
This piece by Snyder has fantastic placement.
That cool-looking film about the guys who illegally buff graffiti, Vigilante Vigilante, is almost done but needs a bit more money for editing, so they’ve got a Kickstarter campaign started.
Looks like The Leonard Street Gallery saga from a few years ago isn’t quite over.

Photo by Overunder

February 25, 2011

Weekend link-o-rama

Wow. This week has gone by really quickly. I guess the world feels like it is moving faster when you are running on less sleep. Such a counter-intuitive thing. Anyway, here is what has been going on that I didn’t have a chance to write about this week:

Two members of the Russian artist/activist group Voina are finally out on bail, in part thanks to Banksy.
These doors to nowhere sound like a fantastic project.
Arrested Motion has a studio visit with Luc Price.
I love this new wall from Oker and Mr. Dheo.
Stik has a show in London next week.
Mau Mau’s new work is simple, but it made me smile.
The line up for Contra Projects’ booth at SCOPE NY next week is looking pretty good.
Vhils and Brad Downey in Lisbon.
One of these two Banksy’s is terrible, one is one of his strongest all year. Can you guess which I think is which?

Photo by Morley

March 21, 2010March 16, 2010

New prints from Stik

Squarity recently released two new prints from Stik. The print on the left is an edition of 6 and is for sale for £125, and the print on the right is an edition of 2 and is for sale for £135. Both prints measure 38 x 112 cm.

October 30, 2009

Other Side live painting

Looks like this should be a nice event to get down to in London. Live painting is always fun to watch.

Here’s all the details:

Silhouettes with spray-cans glinting in the darkness have long journeyed through the East End to the austere walls of the rail arches in Mile End, an underground showcase of underground art.

Now, in broad daylight, the elegant new Mile End Arts Pavilion opens its doors to some of the most notorious graffiti artists in East London.

This unique venue offers the opportunity for you, the viewer to observe from behind glass or get down and dirty with the artists painting LIVE! (Protective masks are available on the door)

Each week will feature a new wave of artists, sourced locally with a smattering of special guest painters.

Show is open each Wednesday to Sunday from 12-6 pm

Wednesday 4th November – Sunday 29th November.

Artists: Stik, Elate, Milo, Spat, Teddy Baden, Run, Fuel, Snoe, Smaki, Grems, Stenzilla, Suns, and Roots

I definitely want to go and see Elate, Milo and Run painting.