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Toronto For Everyone : Au Revoir to Honest Ed’s

February 23, 2017 by ArtJetSet

Gentrification and new building developments are rampant in the city of Toronto, which has given way to a very exciting (while tragic) opportunity for art activations in these defunct and scheduled to be demolished sites. This summer we saw the Luminato festival at the abandoned Hearn Generating Station, and now Toronto for Everyone – a 4 day arts festival hosted in the iconic Honest Ed’s department store. Toronto For Everyone, an initiative by the Centre for Social Innovation, invited artists to build out […]

Categories: Alternative Spaces, ArtJetSet, Benefit and Fundraiser, Graffiti, Installations • Tags: Honest Ed's, Toronto For Everyone

Doel, Belgium’s Graffiti Ghost town

September 13, 2015 by ArtJetSet

Doel is a small village just outside of Antwerp – once a thriving town where the inhabitants serviced the local powerplant, now has become an massive graffiti haven. In 2008 Doel supposed to be demolished to make room for the expansion of the Port of Antwerp. With some 200 inhabitants refusing to leave, and the eventual economic crisis in 2008, the plans were stalled and Doel became an erie ghost town. The empty, boarded up houses became the perfect canvas […]

Categories: ArtJetSet, Belgium, Graffiti • Tags: 5 Pointz

JR Wheatpaste Murals

August 31, 2011 by ArtJetSet

French street artist JR has been selected to replace KennySharf’s vividly illustrated grafitti wall with a somber massive black and white wheatpaste. In an ironic contrast – caused by post huricane Irene water damage, JR’s paper began to weaken showing Sharf’s mural through the background.

Categories: Graffiti, Public Art, Street Art • Tags: Houston Mural, JR

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Rude and Reckless: Punk/Post Punk Graphics at Steven Kasher

July 21, 2011 by ArtJetSet

This exhibition of punk posters from the 70s and 80s created by the most infamous and reknown graphic artists of the day, such as Peter Saville, Malcolm Garrett, Barney Bubbles, Gee Vaucher, Linder Sterling, Keith Haring, Robert Williams, and, Jamie Reid.

Categories: Gallery, Graffiti, New York - Chelsea • Tags: punk posters, steven Kasher

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Colbert Stephensed – Obey Graffiti

May 8, 2011 by ArtJetSet

With the hype around the The Museum of Contemporary Art launching the first major U.S. museum exhibition of the history of graffiti and street art, I have seen this stencil piece all over the city. An elogy to Andy Warhol’s soup cans and a ribbing to Stephen Cobert’s political satires and current involvement in the art market with an Obey discretely stamped on the bottom…. I would be delighted if New York was next on the Art in the Street‘s […]

Categories: Graffiti • Tags: Graffiti, Stephen Colbert, Street Art

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National Gallery of Australia

December 13, 2010 by ArtJetSet

Street art and grafitti has proliferated in Australia with support of the arts councils and city support, especially in Melbourne.A spectacular presentation of Australia’s street arts showcased at the Space Invaders show at the National Gallery of Art in Canberra.

Categories: Australia, Graffiti, Street Art • Tags: Graffiti Art, National Gallery of Australia, Space Invaders

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Bowery Mural – Kenny Scharf

November 29, 2010 by ArtJetSet

Kenny Scharf mural on the Bowery+Houston wall, now being maintained by the Hole Gallery.

Categories: Graffiti, Street Art • Tags: Bowery Mural, Deitch, Kenny Scharf

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Kaws at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

July 19, 2010 by ArtJetSet

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is a non collecting museum in scenic Ridgefield Connecticut. The Aldrich is featuring grafitti artist Brian Donnelly a.k.a Kaws first solo museum show. The survey highlights the ambiguity of grafitti art and artist in the museum world. How illegal tagging has risen in the esteem of the establishment and the commodification of art transgressed into the profitablity of merchandise. Featuring original paintings, sculptures in scale from museum large to pocketsized merchandise, Kaws presents pop culture […]

Categories: Graffiti, New York, Street Art • Tags: Aldrich Museum, Kaws

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Shepard Fairey Mural

May 14, 2010 by ArtJetSet

Up went Shepard Fairey’s MayDay mural over the Os Gemeos. Apparently causing much noise amongst local grafitti artists, who have tagged up the Fairey. ArtJetSet heard a very interesting criticism about Jeffrey Deitch’s final New York gallery show featuring Fairey’s works on paper, and including this mural. As Luhring Augustine celebrated their 25th aniversairy with an amazing group show celebrating the artists that they represent…. Deitch should have done the same, instead of this highly criticized Fairey show.

Categories: Graffiti, Street Art • Tags: Deitch Project, Shepard Fairey

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Mom & Pop:ism, Graffiti on the Gawker Rooftop

August 2, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Gawker Arts presents Mom & Pop:ism To celebrate the release of James and Karla Murray’s book Store Front: The Disappearing face of New York, Gawker.com invited 28 Street and Graffiti artists to collaborate on their rooftop installation of New York city streets.

Categories: Graffiti, Street Art • Tags: Gawker, Graffiti, Mom and Popism

East Houston: Whitewash Facelift

July 3, 2009 by ArtJetSet

On East Houston, between Billy’s Antiques and Bowery stood the recreated mural by famous NY grafitti artist and AIDS awareness advocate Keith Haring (framed by the contemporary grafitti artist Mr. Brainwash) The weekend of July 4th, these two walls were whitewashed, and a new mural is on its way up. In other East Houston news, the scandal that broke around this threesome Calvin Klein ad created such a stir, that it was taken down and replaced by blond model in […]

Categories: Graffiti, Public Art, Street Art • Tags: Deitch Wall, East Houston Mural, Keith Haring, Mr.Brainwash

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Banksy and New York Street Art

October 1, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Famed British grafitti artist Banksy lands in New York with an obscure exhibition at the West Village Pet Shop and Charcoal Grill. Some of the highlights were Chicken nuggets feeding off of sauce in chicken coups. Typical Banksy rats in the city began popping up all over as well.

Categories: Graffiti, New York - SOHO, Street Art • Tags: Art in New York City, Banksy, Pet Shop and Charcoal Grill

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Grafitti and Linguistics – Casse-Toi

March 14, 2008 by ArtJetSet

When refused a handshake, French President Nicolas Sarkozy angrily responded “Casse-toi Pauvre Con”. Shortly after, the non-French speaking world asked “what is the translation of Casse-toi, and the french newspaper Le Monde responded in a hilarious article of how this phrase was translated by newspapers around the world. The Herald Tribune wrote “Then piss off you bloody idiot” and the AFT as “Then get lost, you stupid bastard.” French profanity at its best, Casse-toi Pauvre Con in the ruelles of […]

Categories: Graffiti, Paris, Street Art • Tags: casse toi pauvre con

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London Street Graffiti

November 25, 2007 by ArtJetSet

This is me… yes we love Keith Haring, Basquait, and since the proliferation of BANKSY…. the streets of London are painted with anecdotes like this one…. humourous witty and stylized

Categories: Ashley Higgins, Graffiti, London, Street Art • Tags: ashley Higgins, Banksy, Graffiti, London

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Category Archives: Graffiti

Toronto For Everyone : Au Revoir to Honest Ed’s

Doel, Belgium’s Graffiti Ghost town

JR Wheatpaste Murals

Rude and Reckless: Punk/Post Punk Graphics at Steven Kasher

Colbert Stephensed – Obey Graffiti

National Gallery of Australia

Bowery Mural – Kenny Scharf

Kaws at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Shepard Fairey Mural

Mom & Pop:ism, Graffiti on the Gawker Rooftop

East Houston: Whitewash Facelift

Banksy and New York Street Art

Grafitti and Linguistics – Casse-Toi

London Street Graffiti