Streets: World Roundup (Jul 21 – Aug 3)

August 5, 2014, 8:50 am

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Leading things off on this edition of our Streets: World Roundup is this new mural from Vhils (via Hookedblog) for the Phytology Project. The wall is situated on a side street just off Bethnal Green Road (the station end) in the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve and is part of a series of year-long artist commissions taking place in the reserve. More photos here for those interested. Other notable public works come from Ludo - Caribbean, Ladamenrouge - France, Jaz - Austria, Gaia x Cyrcle. - Austria (source), Dabs Myla - USA (source), Fintan Magee - UK (source), Ryan McGinness - USA (source), Zosen x Mina - France (source), Ethos x Onesto - USA, Invader x COST - France (source), Posterboy - USA (source), Interesni Kazki - Spain, Tristan Eaton - Germany (source), Hyuro - Italy, Alexandros Vasmoulakis - Greece (source), POSE - USA, and Cleon Peterson - USA (source). All photos via the artists or events unless source otherwise specified... [caption id="attachment_257789" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Ludo in the Caribbean.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257790" align="aligncenter" width="1633"] Ladamenrouge in St. Etienne, Paris.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257791" align="aligncenter" width="857"] Jaz in Graz, Austria for the Livin Streets Festival.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257795" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Gaia x Cyrcle. in Vienna. Photo via StreetArtNews.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257796" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Dabs Myla on Fairfax Ave. in Los Angeles for The Seventh Letter.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257797" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Fintan Magee - "Two Men Fighting Over The Moon" on Brick Lane in London. Photo via StreetArtNews.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257798" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Ryan McGinness at Astor Place in New York, one of fifty installed around the city in collaboration with the DOT. Photo by @nycstreets) (via AnimalNY).[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257834" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Zosen & Mina in Besançon, France for the Bien Urbain Festival. Photos via Montana World.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257835" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Ethos x Onesto in Denver, Colorado.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257836" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Invader x Cost in Paris, France.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257837" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Posterboy in New York. Photo via AnimalNY.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257840" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Interesni Kazki in Girona Spain for Milestone Project.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257842" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Tristan Eaton in Berlin for the One Wall project. Photo via StreetArtNews.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257843" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Hyuro in Sapri, Italy.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257844" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Alexandros Vasmoulakis in Greece. Photo via Juxtapoz.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257846" align="aligncenter" width="640"] POSE for Art Alliance / The Provocateurs in Chicago. Photo by Library Street Collective.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_257847" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Cleon Peterson in Chicago for Art Alliance / The Provocateurs. Photo by Jon Furlong.[/caption]

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Streets: ROA (Sweden)

August 5, 2014, 6:45 pm

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Last week, ROA was caught on the move again, this time popping up in Bromölla, Sweden where he painted a mural for Ifö Center as part of their Artist-in-Residence program. The project originated in the unoccupied floors of a factory with Belgium-based street painter being the first international artist to leave his mark on the external walls. Because the area is known for its prehistoric fossil finds, ROA decided to paint the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus, a fitting piece in his oeuvre of creature dissections. Photo credit: Henrik Haven. Discuss ROA here.

Streets: Bom.K for Djerbahood (Tunisia)

August 6, 2014, 11:11 am

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Bom.K was recently invited to Djerba in Tunisia, to take part in the big Djerbahood Project organized by Galerie Itinerrance in Paris. The French graffiti artist who's known as one of the members of Da Mental Vaporz crew, who has been showing his works recently in galleries throughout Europe and USA, created couple of different street works for this open space museum. Getting a chance to paint in such a specific and different environment, such as the streets of Erriadh, was a great opportunity and challenge for every artist involved. Bom.K was inspired by the place and the people, which was apparent from his pieces. The main one shows a shepard in traditional robes, floating along with his goat and clay vases that can be found around the area. With his signature spray can work and use of colors that blend with the blue sky and sand, this piece still has that familiar creepy edge that Bom.K's works are known for. Along with this piece, he painted another striking collaboration work with calligraphy artist Shoof, mixing more local images into an interesting composition. In the same way he created a hands piece together with Pantonio with each of the artists painting the same hand, seen from different sides and juxtaposed on some old blue wooden gates. By combining the elements of the surrounding, together with the imagery created, Bom.K surely left interesting marks on the streets of this small village.

Streets: Herbert Baglione for Djerbahood (Tunisia)

August 6, 2014, 9:57 pm

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Another artist that was invited to Djerba in Tunisia for the Djerbahood Project organized by Galerie Itinerrance was Brazilian artist Herbert Baglione. The streets of the picturesque village of Erriadh felt like a perfect setting for his ongoing 1000 Shadows project, so the artist painted several new pieces around the town. Like many other artists participating in the project, Baglione involved existing architectural elements into his work, but he pushed that concept even further. Using random objects, such a common clay vases that can be found in the area, he definitely created some of his most haunting silhouettes from this series of work. Using primary, bright colors that are in strong contrast with the surroundings, his shadows pop out of walls and floors and then disappear in cracks, pots, behind doors or windows. By painting on piles of rocks, or old pots scattered around, he made his installations feel even more fragile and therefore more noticeable, while fully embracing the power and opportunity of creating art in public space. Discuss Herbert Baglione here.

Streets: ROA for Djerbahood (Tunisia)

August 7, 2014, 11:57 pm

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Another artist (also see Bom.K & Herbert Baglione) making their mark at the massive Djerbahood Project curated by Galerie Itinerrance was the Belgium-based ROA. The prolific street dissection specilist has since traveled to Sweden, but first, he laid down several sweet murals on Djerba Island in Tunisia utilizing the domed architecture of the reason quite nicely. Check out more photos below... Photos via Street Art Belgium. Discuss ROA here.

Streets: Eine for Project M/5 (Berlin)

August 8, 2014, 9:57 am

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Urban Nation in Berlin are continuing their series of workshops, events and exhibitions with Project M/5, this time curated by Roland Henry and VNA Magazine (also see M/4, M/3) For the next part of this summer long event, Henry and his team of knowledgeable street/urban art lovers put together an interesting and diverse lineup of participating artists. Featuring some big names from the scene, as well as some fresh new names, the participants will be painting large murals and putting on an exclusive show. The full lineup revealed only few days before the start of the event includes Mark Lyken, Inkie, Pam Glew, Fran Bosoletti, Will Barras, Eine, Steff Plaetz, Nick Walker, O. Two, Sickboy, Xenz and Sheone. We just received these photos of Ben Eine's new mural outside Urban Nation headquarters. In his signature style, Eine created a large piece spelling REVOLUTION in colorful circus font, as a symbolic beginning of Project M/5. Photo credit: Birdman.

Art Focus: Fernando Gomez Balbontin

August 9, 2014, 6:22 pm

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Today's Art Focus features Fernando Gomez Balbontin, a painter who hails from Santiago, Chile. Seen here are an ongoing series of works entitled Thoughts About Life And Death, acrylic on canvas paintings that depict horrific crashes (automobiles and planes) with strange figures seen next to the scenes of disasters. Are they curious bystanders, the victims of the accidents, ghosts of the recently deceased occupants, or something more sinister? While assessing the situation, the viewer is left to ponder their views on death, which is in tune with the artist's interest on seeing how our society lives from its struggles with ideas of mortality. These works from Balbontin were recently shown in China with photos here for those interested. Via Beautiful/Decay. Discuss Fernando Gomez Balbontin here.

Overtime: Aug 4 – Aug 10

August 10, 2014, 4:00 am

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More stories from the week that ended Aug 10 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Ryoji Ikeda’s spectra shoots up into the London sky to commemorate first world war.
• RIP: Herbert Volkmann, who died at the age of 60.
• Oleg Vorotnikov, founder of Voina, arrested in Venice in July and faces extradition to Russia.
• Could there be more important cultural and archaeological sites at risk for destruction by ISIS?
• MOCANoMi board to form new entity, move out of North Miami and into Design District.
• Banksy's Grim Reaper removed from Bristol ship Thekla using blowtorches and will be loaned.
• Horst Spankus requests that Lehmbruck Museum return artworks he loaned them due to censorship concerns.
• Conrad Atkinson claims Gilbert and George stole ideas from a series of works of his from 1980s and early 90s.
• Rudy Kurniawan sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling millions of dollars of fake wine.
• Moscow Student Initiative projects racist image of Obama on US embassy in Moscow.
• Chris Eliopoulos upset that his work was appropriated by Jerry Kearns.
• Marina Abramovic Institute responds to critics of unpaid positions that require specialized skills.
• Protesters demonstrate against Cai Guo-Qiang's tortoise-based exhibition in Aspen.
• Florida judge awards $16mil. to 3 trustees of Rauschenberg's trust following litigation over value of services.
• The undiscovered da Vinci works that always seem to pop up and the difficulty in authenticating Old Masters.
• Banksy Cheltenham Spies street piece boarded up to protect it from further vandalism.
• Mural in Chicago commissioned by Theaster Gates whitewashed due to locals' complaints.
• Picasso’s ceramic studio in southern France falls into disrepair and requires urgent renovations.
• Missing Élysée Palace furniture and crockery turns up on eBay.
• Foster the People mural on side of building in downtown L.A. is painted over.
• North Korea's Mansudae Art Studio has made work for 18 African and Asian nations thus far.
• More than 53,000 artists apply to rent affordable Harlem apartments in New York with just 89 available.
• List of 58 most beloved American artworks, as voted by the public. More info on Art Everywhere.
• Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets looking at work by artists born after 1989.
• Berghain night club celebrates 10 years with art exhibition.
• Residential towers replacing 5Pointz site will have mandated graffiti walls.
• Did Kazimir Malevich pioneer street art?
• Toyota pledges $1mil. to Detroit Institute of Arts.
• Robert Gober retrospective opening at MoMA in the fall.
• The Hayward Gallery will host first ever UK retrospective of Carsten Höller next summer.
• Édouard Manet’s Le Printemps painting heads to auction at Christie's with an estimate of $25-35mil.
• Artwork by Anonymous printed from 4chan post receives a high bid of $90,900 on eBay.
• The 10 highest prices for art sales at auction in July.
• Sotheby’s announces 24% increase in net auction sales to $2.7 billion for first half of 2014.
• The issue of online-only auctions not publishing results or performance of auction lots.
• A detailed profile of Marian Goodman and why she opened a London branch of her gallery.
• The role of branding and marketing for artists.
• A look at the value of Andy Warhol's estate at the time of his death.
• Hyperallergic sells ownership of blog post on eBay.
• A look at an Atlanta living room designed by William Peace around a Francis Bacon triptych.
• Bettina Hubby's Thanks for the Mammaries: Artists Uniting With Breast Intentions exhibition at ForYourArt.
• Jana Winderen transforms Park Ave. Tunnel into installation recreating experience of diving into ocean depths.
• Korakrit Arunanondchai is interviewed and the cover artist of SFAQ issue 17.
• Danh Vō's We the People.
• Structural work has completed on Grayson Perry-designed holiday home A House for Essex.
• Petra Cortright collaborates with Stella McCartney.
• Brand New Gallery adds Keith J Varadi to its artist roster.
• Ben Davis reviews the Christopher Williams retrospective at MoMA.
• Ralph Gibson answers some questions.
• Betye Saar presented with The Edward MacDowell Medal.
• Peter Schjeldahl talks about Jeff Koons and his retrospective.
• Papermag shares its list of top five Andy Warhol interview moments.
• Installation images for Picture Menu's (Michael Kennedy Costa, Rachel LaBine, Keith J Varadi) current show.
• Studio360 looks at Jen Stark's artwork.
• Paul Campbell creates 66-ft mural using GPS-tracked movements of Brooklyn Navy Yard workers.
• A look at 105-year old artist Hans Erni, who also answers a few questions.
• Papermag previews Ryan McGinley's upcoming Yearbook exhibition.
• Sandy Candy Kim shoots a yearbook featuring artists, musicians, and models.
• Wu Tsang and boychild in conversation with Michelle Puetz about performance.
• Profile of Hong Kong collector William Lim.
• Simon de Pury shares highlights of his Los Angeles trip on Instagram.
• Katy Perry climbs Rocky steps at Philadelphia Museum of Art in front of her fans.
• Artnet profiles Pari Ehsan, aka Paridust.

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Streets: ABOVE – 46 shutters in 48 hours (London)

August 11, 2014, 4:40 pm

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Prolific Bay Area bomber ABOVE (interviewed) recently completed a marathon session in London at the Chrisp Street Market in Poplar over the weekend. Using over 100 cans of spray paint while making his mark on 46 shutters in a span of 48 hours, ABOVE surely came close to some sort of record while covering over 19 shop fronts with his iconic arrow motif. Take a look at some more examples of what the American artist put up  below... Photo credit: Global Street Art / ABOVE. Discuss ABOVE here.

Streets: Mars-1, Damon Soule, Oliver Vernon (Denver)

August 13, 2014, 9:33 pm

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Whenever some of the Furtherrr Collective boys get together (see 2012, 2013, 2013), you can expect something special to go down. That's exactly what happened last week in Denver at Cultivate Colorado (666 Buchtel Blvd.) when Mars-1, Damon Soule, and Oliver Vernon combined their powers create this otherworldly mural. With imagery from the three artists that mesh so well together, the new wall is a welcome addition to the cityscape and will stand as a testament to their talent. Photo credit: Spencer Keeton Cunningham (Via Hi-Fructose). Discuss Mars-1 here. Discuss Damon Soule here.

Recap: Project M/5 (Berlin)

August 14, 2014, 11:18 pm

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With a glimpse of the setup to whet your appetite yesterday, here is now the main course - completed photos from Project M/5 from Urban Nation. The lineup, curated by Roland Henry and VNA Magazine, featured Mark Lyken, Inkie, Pam Glew, Fran Bosoletti, Will Barras, Eine, Steff Plaetz, Nick Walker, O. Two, Sickboy, Xenz and Sheone working hard creating window murals and installations as well as some pieces around the Berlin (see Eine here). Photo credit: Henrik Haven.

Streets: Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans – Mexico Expedition

August 15, 2014, 7:24 pm

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A couple of weeks ago Pangeaseed.org wrapped up another praiseworthy project on the island of Isla Mujeres, Mexico - Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans – Mexico Expedition. For this event that took place from July 20-28, they invited a group of international artists to help raise awareness for the conservation of the ocean.  Similar to what they did with POW! WOW! Hawaii earlier this year (covered), 1xRun.com released a series of limited edition prints along with this event, with 100% of the proceeds going towards funding the programme. Greatly needed protection for the whale sharks and manta rays off the Yucatan peninsula was the main focus of this project. The vulnerable populations of these sea giants is in great danger due to the Asian shark fin trade and the growing mega aquarium trade. The idea is to raise awareness within the local and tourist communities and highlight the benefits of ecotourism and the long-term sustainability of natural resources. In order to achieve that, Pangeaseed artists created some 15 murals around town with this idea in mind. The lineup of artists included Curiot (top image), Saner, Nosego, Shark Toof, Tristan Eaton, Celeste Byers, Meggs, Cinzah Merkens, Tatiana Suárez, Hannah Stouffer, Smithe, Aaron Glasson, Yoh Nagao, Vexta and Pelucas. After getting the opportunity to swim with whale sharks & oceanic manta rays and experience these majestic giants in their natural environment, the artists created some fantastic ocean themed works that will stay on the island as vivid reminders of the event and its cause. [caption id="attachment_257933" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Curiot[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257931" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Tristan Eaton[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257932" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Tristan Eaton[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257926" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Nosego[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257927" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Nosego[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257928" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Nosego[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257930" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Aaron Glasson x Yoh Nagao[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257929" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Hannah Stouffer[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257921" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Saner[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257925" align="aligncenter" width="613"] Tatiana Suarez[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257924" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Meggs[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257922" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Cinzah Merkens[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257923" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Cinzah Merkens[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257918" align="aligncenter" width="613"] Pelucas[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257919" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Shark Toof[/caption] [caption id="attachment_257920" align="aligncenter" width="613"] Smithe[/caption]

Overtime: Aug 11 – Aug 17

August 17, 2014, 4:06 am

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More stories from the week that ended Aug 17 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Parker Ito's images from his White Cube show.
• RIP: Richard D. Marshall, who died unexpectedly at the age of 67.
• RIP: Edward Leffingwell, who died at the age of 72 due to cardiac arrest.
• Molly Crabapple sneaks into Guggenheim Abu Dhabi site to interview workers and expose poor conditions.
• Chapman Brothers Piggyback piece at Rome's MAXXI censored and removed for being paedopornographic.
• Jayme McLellan fired as instructor at the Corcoran due to her opposition to proposed breakup of the institution. Profile of the Save the Corcoran group.
• Henry Moore sculpture at King's Cross station chosen for context w/ architecture & because it's hard to sit on.
• Unesco chooses not to put London's Westminster on list of world's endangered heritage sites.
• £5mil. Guercino oil painting stolen from a church in Italy.
• David LaChapelle sues Fred Torres for $2.8mil.
• Jaz and Ever and Other sue Terry Gilliam over use of their Buenos Aires street mural in The Zero Theorem.
• Rauschenberg Foundation appeals court ruling awarding $24.6mil. to three trustees.
• Dealer Gary Tatintsian says Lev Nussberg sold him about 165 fake works of art.
• Does 50th anniversary publication of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have the worst book cover of all time?
• The problems that occur when art museums deaccession works from their collections.
• Are there too many historic house museums in the United States?
• Sotheby's private sales fall 48% for the first half of the year.
• Eight ways that artists have approached or attacked the canvas other than with paint.
• World Trade Center logo unveiled.
• German task force finds that Max Liebermann painting from Gurlitt trove should be returned to David Toren.
• Peter Brant confirmed as buyer of Walter De Maria’s East Village home-studio. He paid $27mil. for it.
• Drone photography may be the next big art trend.
• Ancient money box containing large rare hoard of coins found in Israel.
• The story of how Robin Williams was given a Picasso painting by Disney.
• A list of the best art books to read this summer.
• Chris Burden's Light of Reason installation goes up at the Rose Art Museum.
• Picasso Museum set to open on Oct 25 after five years of delays.
• Smithsonian Summer Showdown competition to find most iconic item in all of the Smithsonians' collections.
• Smithsonian American Art Museum announces the nominees for its James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize.
• Quentin Tarantino and Barbara Kruger will be the honorees at LACMA's Art + Film gala.
• Tate Britain provides an after-hours tour courtesy of four robots.
• The National Gallery in London now allowing visitors to take their own photographs of its collection.
• National Portrait Gallery installs Robin Williams portrait taken by Michael Dressler.
• Andy Warhol Museum and the MoMA begin project to digitize Andy Warhol's 16mm films.
• The site George Lucas chose in Chicago for his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art used to be a garbage dump.
• Poly Culture could be buying Bonhams.
• Leon Black/Phaidon acquires Artspace.com.
• Will there be a shakeout in the online art sales sites?
• How Christie's is positioning itself in the Chinese market.
• The three different types of art collectors in China.
• Paddle8 and Dreweatts & Bloomsbury’s team up on auction sales that have lots with no buyer's premium.
• What dealers consider and do when work by their artists go to auction.
• People are buying bad art.
• Demand Media acquires Saatchi Online for $17 million and makes Sean Moriarty its chief exec.
• 962 Ferrari 250 GTO sells at Bonhams auction for record $34.65mil.
• Team Gallery opening a Los Angeles location in Venice.
• Other Criteria shop opens in New York.
• Gagosian Gallery organizes its first show with the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
• Galleries in Washington DC are choosing Georgetown again as the area to be in.
• A review of James Hamilton's book, which tells of the business of art in nineteenth-century Britain.
• ArtRio co-founder Brenda Valansi talks about the fair's impact on the Brazil art market.
• Financial Times has a list of five homes for sale near the world’s leading art fairs.
• An interview with Christopher Williams.
• The story behind Keith Haring's Crack is Wack mural.
• A look at Gary Hume's next show and the history of White Cube and the YBAs.
• Mischa Leinkauf and Matthias Wermk say they put the white flags on top the Brooklyn Bridge.
• Profile of Bettina Korek and ForYourArt.
• Lucy Hilmer takes yearly nude self-portrait to chronicle the affects of aging.
• Richard Avedon’s grandson photographs Audrey Hepburn’s granddaughter for Harper's Bazaar.
• Andrew Goldstein interviews Kasper König.
• Jens Faurschou talks about owning a gallery and moving on and other things.
• Profile of twelve-year old painter Kieron Williamson.
• KATSU’s drone paintings featured on CNN in a segment on the intersection of art and science.
• Above paints 46 shop shutters over 48 hours in London.
• Reviews for Korakrit Arunanondchai’s Bangkokboys sweatsuit by DIS.
• Antiques Roadshow proves to be very popular in its New York stop.
• Lauren Bacall's connection to Henry Moore.
• The statue selfies trend gaining steam on the internet.

Streets: Phlegm for Djerbahood (Tunisia)

August 17, 2014, 7:52 pm

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Continuing our tour of the amazingly extensive street art festival (coverage here) put on by Galerie Itinerrance in Tunisia, we now turn our attention to Phlegm. Creating a series of small murals on abandoned structures, the UK-based artist played around with the architectural elements and painted appropriately placed windows and doors for his signature characters to interact with. The end result are some of our favorite pieces yet for the Djerbahood Project. Discuss Phlegm here.

Streets: Os Gemeos (Vancouver) – Part I

August 18, 2014, 4:33 pm

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Os Gemeos are currently in Vancouver working on an impressive outdoor project organized by the Vancouver Biennale. Painting six large silos, on the full 360 degree surface covering 23,500 square feet (7,162 square metres), this is going to be their biggest mural to date, and their first one in Canada. With this project, the twins are joining the impressive roster of international artists including Ai Weiwei, Andy Goldsworthy, Vik Muniz and Jonathan Borofsky in transforming Vancouver into an open air museum for the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale. Located on Granville Island alongside the world-famous Public Market, Emily Carr University, and the boat docks that attract 10.5-million visitors per year, this is destined to become "one of the most recognizable and iconic works of public art anywhere in the world." This mega-project continues their ongoing series of large outdoor works titled Giants, consisting of large size murals that have been realized in Greece, USA, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Brazil and England. With the Vancouver Biennale having a strong connection with sculpture, the twins did not want a conventional two-dimensional wall, but instead they found this unique location that allowed them to create "a dialogue between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds." In order to successfully round up this massive and costly project, the non-profit charitable organization behind this, set up an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign whose goal is to raise $125,000 cost of the project. Photos credit: The artists and Vancouver Biennale. Discuss Os Gemeos here.

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Streets: El Mac (Toronto)

August 19, 2014, 11:06 pm

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El Mac was finally able to leave the States for the first big mural project he has done out of the country since having struggled with health issues as of late. Thankfully, it looks like he has recovered nicely with his skills intact from the looks of this stunning piece that was commissioned by Eventscape in Toronto. The wall adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway was executed in collaboration with Montreal's STARE and Toronto's KWEST, who contributed on the background. Discuss El Mac here.

Streets: Swoon for Djerbahood (Tunisia)

August 20, 2014, 9:15 pm

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Another artist who traveled to Tunisia for the Djerbahood Project (coverage here) was the Brooklyn-based Swoon (interviewed). She joined the long list of artists invited by Galerie Itinerrance to beautify the North African island. Working with her distinctive imagery and the village architecture, she certainly put up some compelling pieces for the locals to enjoy. After putting in her time on this project, she returned home to learn that she was nominated for the Smithsonian Biennial James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize. Photo credit: Aline Deschamps / Galerie Galerie Itinerrance. Discuss Swoon here.

Overtime: Aug 18 – Aug 24

August 24, 2014, 4:00 am

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More stories form the week that ended Aug 24 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Olafur Eliasson puts riverbed installation in his Louisiana Museum of Modern Art show in Denmark.
• RIP: Ger van Elk, who died at the age of 73.
• Paul Yore pleads not guilty to creating & possessing child exploitation material in creation of an art installation.
• Judge hears court challenge to Cooper Union's tuition plan.
• Ron Perelman subpoena demands Gagosian and the Mugrabis provide info about all transactions since 2010.
• Louise McBride sues Christie's after she learned a painting she bought from auction house was fake.
• Second plaintiff, said to be Bernd Viehof, comes forward with fraud claim against Helge Achenbach.
• Lee Yong-woo, president of Gwangju Biennial Foundation, resigns due to censorship controversy.
• Andy Sabin calls for a boycott of Aspen Art Museum due to Cai Guo-Qiang's tortoise exhibition.
• Police Commissioner William Bratton speaks out against Museum of the City of NY's City as Canvas exhibition.
• Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar has his travel ban lifted by Israeli Security Agency and is able to go to Helsinki.
• Man vandalizes a wall at the Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney.
• Annette Schönholzer leaves her Art Basel senior management position.
• Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini weighing whether to ship fragile Riace Bronzes for exhibition loan.
• Art Basel may lose Davidoff as a sponsor of the fair due to pending Swiss tobacco sponsorship laws.
• Artists in St. Louis respond to Michael Brown shooting and subsequent protests in Ferguson. Keith Wallace performs protest piece in front of Robert Indiana's LOVE sculpture in Philadelphia.
• Son discovers that his father was one of those in Andy Warhol's 13 Most Wanted Men paintings.
• USPS to release stamps commemorating four landscape paintings from Hudson River School artists.
• Judge approves Corcoran Gallery of Art’s merge into National Gallery of Art & George Washington University.
• Jacob Kassay & Kyle Thurman exhibition coming to MOCA Tucson.
• Whitney Museum to be open on Mondays too for Jeff Koons retrospective.
• LACMA becomes the first major art museum to join Snapchat.
• Hammer Museum - winners (Alice Könitz, the Frimkesses, Jennifer Moon) of 2014 Made in L.A. Mohn Awards
• Smithsonian adds hundreds of LGBT history items to the museum's collection. Bao Bao the panda is voted as the Smithsonian’s most iconic item.
• The Los Angeles/Islam Arts Initiative to bring together institutions in L.A. area to stage Islamic art exhibitions.
• Morocco’s national museum of Modern and contemporary art to open next month.
• Chiharu Shiota's shoe installation at Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
• Arby's donates Pharrell's hate to Newseum in Washington D.C.
• Eight public works going up in Chicago, including sculptures by Christopher Wool and Alice Aycock.
• Leon Black buying former Knoedler & Company art gallery space for $50mil.
  buying the former Knoedler & Company art gallery,An article about the velocity of flipping artwork at auction today and how it compares to previous cycles.
• Phillips to sell works from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago in auction.
• Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Mat Collishaw, Sir Peter Blake to participate in Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair.
• Looking for a hotel to stay in during Art Basel Miami Beach?
• Randall Scott moves his gallery from DC to Baltimore.
• Former Saatchi and Lawson assistants Francesca Grillo and Sharrine Scholtz go into art business themselves.
• The market for classic cars heating up as CA sales total $400mil this year.
• Forbes' India takes a look at Dakis Joannou's yacht.
• Jonathan Griffin interviews Jamian Juliano-Villani.
• Story of Justin Lieberman's career and his relationship and tumult with his dealers.
• Astronaut Reid Wiseman tweets photographs from space.
• Profile of Joe Reihsen.
• Christo takes a rafting trip down the Arkansas River.
• 62 days of Marina Abramović's video diaries at The Space.
• Kim Gordon exhibiting solo at 303 Gallery next summer.
• An interview with Keith J Varadi about Greene Exhibitions' participation in abc art fair.
• A look at Joshua and Sonya Roth and their collection.
• Blake Gopnik and Christian Viveros-Fauné review Jackson Pollock painting for one hour.
• Louise Lawler to be next artist to have work displayed on High Line billboard.
• Stop-motion video of 156 wigs that Cindy Sherman has used.
• Damien Hirst buys London home that was listed for £34mil. A look at his other real estate holdings. Is the artist out of ideas?
• A look at some artists that have moved to or moved back to Los Angeles.
• Trevor Paglen honored with one of EFF's 2014 Pioneer Awards.
• Keith Plocek reviews Korakrit Arunanondchai's show at The Mistake Room. Art Observed takes a look at the show as well.
• Derek Blasberg talks to Doug Pray about his Levitated Mass documentary film.
• Interview with SlutLust.
• Artspace's list of 10 artists that are reshaping art in this century.
• A list of ten street artists you can follow on Instagram.
• A Q&A with the founders of the Honolulu Biennial.
• Interview with Zachary Armstrong.
• A look at Shinique Smith.
• All about Bambi - the female Banksy.
• Why the art world suppots Bobby Shriver for the L.A. County supervisor seat.
• Phil Jones spends month dressing up and posing like local realtors and pasting himself over bench ads.
• New limited edition Rosemarie Trockel print released.
• The Julian Assange Coloring Book.
• Amy Poehler parodies the art world in her Old Navy commercial.
• A sculpture to commemorate Amy Winehouse is to be unveiled at Camden market.
• Lady Gaga ice bucket challenge video a piece of performance art? Jeff Koons dumps a bucket of cold water over himself.

Streets: Pejac (Paris)

August 24, 2014, 9:34 am

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Pejac (introduced) recently visited Paris and left a several new pieces scattered around the city. We just got these images of the last three pieces he did there, and even though quite different in their concept and style, they are examples of his wittiness and talent. Using just a basic color palette (mostly black and white) with minimal intervention onthe  surface he is painting on, the Spanish artist achieves strong pieces both aesthetically and conceptually. The first piece is called Exit to Surrealism, and it's a nice interaction with elements of a rough concerte wall. Using black acrylic paint and sandpaper for bright accents, Pejac painted a door that is opening behind an existing crack on the wall, but also in a way that blends into the surface. By using this distinctive technique, he achieved an almost photorealistic quality to this surreal mirage-like piece. The second image is called Ants, and it shows two children burning tiny men with a magnifying glass. This piece puts a different light on a popular cruel "game" that many kids have tried. By showing kids as big dark silhouettes, and ants as little people just minding their business strolling across the wall, it questions human nature in its purest form. The final piece is titled Vandal-ism, and painted at Rue Eduard Manet. It's artist's nod to a French painter, one of the pioneers of modern art. This dynamic image shows a silhouette of a young man throwing something against the wall, that splatters into Manet's painting Luncheon on the Grass. The artist picked this particular piece because it was created on this street which was later named after the famous artist. With this effective piece, Pejac questions the popular use of the term "vandal", but also pays his tribute to a classic art piece, as well as shows his great talent and versatility. Discuss Pejac here.

Rewind: Aug 4 – Aug 24

August 24, 2014, 8:17 pm

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A feature on Brendan Monroe (interviewed) kicks off this edition of Rewind. The video is the first from an ongoing artist series - Friends of Werehaus. take a behind the scenes look at the work of the versatile Oakland-based artist as well as here him talk about aspects of his practice, imagery, and art. Other notable videos:

• Os Gemeos in conversation with the Vancouver Biennale.
• Clayton Brothers talk about their new work and show.
• Outtakes from Amy Poehler's Old Navy commercial.
• Teaser for Neckface show at New Image Art.
• Video from Merry Karnowsky show with Audrey Kawasaki, Deedee Cheriel, and Tara McPherson.
• Kenny Schachter talks about art collecting.
• Roger Gastman & Jonathan LeVine talking about their Cruel Summer show.
• A look at Pangea: New art from Africa and Latin America at Saatchi Gallery.
• Official trailer for Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer.
• Ted Lawson uses his own blood and computers to create drawings (via Beautiful/Decay).
• Inti, Jaz and Saner at Montana Gallery Barcelona (via 12ozProphet).

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