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
by ArtJetSet
I was pleasantly surprised to see the thriving art and culture scene during a recent trip to Miami. We are all well familiar with the chaos and excitement when the international art world descends upon Miami during the annual Art Basel Miami Beach fair in December. This off season summer visit happened to coincide with the Wynwood Art Walk – a spectacular monthly art event that takes place in the Wynwood Art and Design district. Galleries stay open late to […]
Categories: Alternative Spaces, Public Art, Street Art • Tags: Deitch Project, Futura, Kenny Scharf, Miami, Peter Tunney, Shepard Fairey, Wynwood Art Walk, Wynwood Walls
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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