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Overtime: April 6 – April 12

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More stories from the week that ended April 12 (click on bolded words for more information):
  • Nate Lowman - America Sneezes opens at Dallas Contemporary.
  • RIP: Dr. Frederic Brandt, who may have died of a suicide at age 65. A look at his art collection.
  • Badria Mohamed al Balloushi and husband Hamad Obaid Rashash found guilty of murdering Ahmed Hussain Salarey.
  • The fate of Erich Slomovic's collection, after he tried to flee and escape the Nazis.
  • Police in Gaza seize Banksy door that is in dispute.
  • Richard Tobin drinks two bottles of vodka, steals £750k in Faberge items from Christie's, then goes to jail.
  • Rembrandt paintings may leave France, since the country does not have enough money to buy them.
  • Museums fear deaccessioning as the value of art increases and state deficits also increase.
  • Hartman Rare Art suing Capo Auction over the authenticity of a Picasso work.
  • Dave Poulin's statue of Lucille Ball draws outrage and protest on the internet.
  • David Lynch drops out of directing Twin Peaks revival series.
  • Indigenous Australians calling for objects on show at British Museum exhibition to be returned.
  • MoMA admits that Björk show did not live up to their standards.
  • Doreen Bolger stepping down as the director of the Baltimore Museum of Art.
  • Neil MacGregor set to retire as director of the British Museum in London.
  • Cooper Union Board decides not to renew contract of President Jamshed Bharucha.
  • How being a good forger helped Michelangelo in his career.
  • Robert Storr criticizes art critics today.
  • Euro symbol sculpture in Frankfurt is in need of repair and sponsors are sought.
  • Federal judge rules that Igor Olenicoff will not have to pay damages to David Wakefield for counterfeiting his work.
  • Three artists collaborate to install Edward Snowden bust in Fort Greene Park. Bust is removed, but The Illuminator Art Collective projects a hologram of Snowden in its place.
  • Study shows that since 1800, paintings are getting more blue in color.
  • KCET looks at the Southern California art scene today. LA Weekly takes a look at the gallery scene in Los Angeles.
  • April becoming Dallas' month for their art scene. Observer reports on activity at the Dallas Art Fair. Artnet also investigates this year's fair.
  • Should you get an MFA?
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals name for their new building: The Met Breuer.
  • Tiffany becomes lead sponsor of Whitney Biennial after $5mil. gift.
  • Interview with Arnold Lehman about his time heading the Brooklyn Museum.
  • Matthew Teitelbaum to become new director of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
  • OCMA getting itself prepared for a move from Newport Beach to Costa Mesa.
  • New-York Historical Society to unveil conserved Picasso curtain in May.
  • Dia Art Foundation's first purchase with new acquisition funds is Dream House by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela.
  • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art receives $11.7mil. gift from the Bloch Family Foundation to fund renovations.
  • The Gluten Free Museum imagines what its like when you remove gluten from classic artworks and images.
  • A look at Fondazione Prada.
  • Vatican to participate in Venice Biennale for the second time ever to resume a historic “dialogue between art and faith.”
  • Standard Culture visits the Bert Rodriguez Museum.
  • Obama visits the Bob Marley Museum while in Jamaica.
  • Report finds that LA museums organized virtually as many shows of contemporary art as NY between 2007-2013.
  • Optimism in the air as the new Whitney Museum of American Art is about to open.
  • CollegeRanks lists the top museums on America's college campuses.
  • Whitney curators choose their favorite pieces in the museum's inaugural exhibition in its new space.
  • Anderson Ranch announces its lineup, including Stella and Trecartin, for its Featured Artists & Conversations Series.
  • Tad Smith may have been hired by Sotheby's in order to build the brand and help facilitate the sale of the company.
  • Steven A. Cohen said to be selling 1961 Jean Dubuffet painting valued at $25mil. at Christie's in May.
  • Sotheby's does fantastic with watches and wine in Hong Kong, but art does not perform as well.
  • Heirs of the owner of Monet painting sold under duress during WWII to receive portion of sale at Christie's.
  • How Gustav Klimt was viewed differently after the $135mil. sale of Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.
  • OODE sells works by Dutch artists that were once in the government’s art collection.
  • Pace Gallery expands in Chelsea, NY.
  • Artnet lists 50 galleries in Britain that you should know about.
  • An interview with Michael Hort about art collecting.
  • Artelligence Podcast talks to Joshua Roth.
  • Summary about Walter Robinson and Chris Dorland's conversation about the art market.
  • Interview with Ed Bartlett.
  • Artists provide tips on how to achieve a successful art career.
  • Joanna Moorhead tracks down Leonora Carrington and learns of her story.
  • Joan Jonas in profiled in T, The New York Times Style Magazine.
  • Arne Svenson wins his Supreme Court case over photographs taken with telephoto lens without subjects' permission.
  • Maya Lin chosen to lead the redesign of the Smith College library.
  • A look at the work of Watanabe Katsumi.
  • Ted Gahl chooses some music to drive to.
  • LA Taco's coverage of Redact Whatever Is Privilege, a one-night exhibition at The Gibson.
  • Paddle8 asks Ryan Estep some questions.
  • Observer writes about Jen Stark's work in the Facebook offices.
  • Creative Time staging performance of Tania Bruguera's Tatlin's Whisper #6 in Times Square on April 13.
  • Christian Jankowski is the winner of the 2015 Finkenwerder Art Prize.
  • Plastic Jesus puts up "No Kardashian Parking" signs around Los Angeles.
  • Caitlin Cherry among recipients selected for Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing and Visual Arts prize.
  • Arthur J. Williams Jr. goes from being a convicted currency counterfeiter to an artist with a gallery show.
  • Christopher Knight reviews William Hackman's book Out of Sight about the '60s LA art scene.
  • Ella Kruglyanskaya limited edition of 80 beach towel available.
  • Thom Malone launches Kickstarter campaign to break Guinness record for a mosaic featuring Nicolas Cage's face.

Previews: Agostino Iacurci –“Appearance and Disappearance” @ Galleria Patricia Armocida

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If you're visiting Milan between April 7th and 19th, you can see two gigantic original canvases, hand-painted by Agostino Iacurci, on display in Piazzale Loreto and Piazzale Cadorna. Utilizing major advertising spaces in a unique way, these 80 and 90 sqm artworks are an introduction to his upcoming show Appearance and Disappearance, opening at Galleria Patricia Armocida on April 21st. Known for his well composed murals that blend perfectly with the environment they are painted in, his approach to studio work is no exception. Using harmonious colors and complementing shapes, he creates flat imagery that construct complex, narrative images. Through simple visual illusions along with deconstruction and de-composition of his characters against their surrounding, his images are reflections of the real world placed in an undefined and timeless space. With his unmistakable style consisting of clean, simple, almost geometric forms, and signature color palette, he has created fresh works depicting dreamy scenarios. The exhibition will include ten small, medium, and large-scale canvases, fifteen assemblages, and six wooden sculptures made especially for the gallery, which will stay on view all the way until July 24th. Discuss Agostino Iacurci here.

Basel Week HK ’15: Art Basel Hong Kong – (Part I)

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The Basel Art Fair circuit is pretty clear cut when it comes to scheduling for its mainstay fairs around the world. Art Basel takes Europe in June, Art Basel Miami takes hold of North America in December and Asia circles the calendar in May for the art world to visit Art Basel Hong Kong. But this year, the folks in charge of Art Basel shook things up and moved the fair to March. AM recently visited Hong Kong to catch the event in Hong Kong at the Wan Chai convention center. Again utilizing two floors of the massive exhibition arena, Basel sets the standard for art fairs. Cramped is not a word that comes to mind in the three days it took us to take in the fair. With over 250 galleries and 3000 artists to display, one might think galleries would be packed together like sardines in a can, but it was the opposite. The fair gives every gallery plenty of space to stretch out and showcase the artwork in a fashion similar to their native gallery environment. In addition, the design of the fair utilizes the enormous space of the convention center and allows multiple installations to spread out while engulfing and entertaining fair goers.

Streets: Faith47 –“Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem” (Johannesburg)

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Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem is the name of a new mural from Faith47 in Johannesburg on the corner of Fox and Rissik street. The piece captures some zebras in action along with a phrase that references Virgil's Aeneid paraphrased by the artist - "the one safety for the vanquished is to abandon hope of safety. Surrendering to the knowledge that there is no hope, can bring deep courage." The mural spanning two sides of an old, now-vacant department store, and the imagery brings movement to the fast-transforming African city centre troubled with urban decay. Photo credit: Derek Smith and the artist. Discuss Faith47 here.

Streets: Artists for “Different Strokes” (Penang)

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Along with a contributing works for Different Strokes (covered), a group show in Malaysia curated by Giancarlo Petrucci of Graffiti Prints, some of the artists also found time to work on the streets. Whether alone or in collaboration with other participants, Ernest Zacharevic (seen above), Martin Ron, Martin Whatson, Alexface, BON, Nafir, Sabek, Addison Karl, Gabriel Pitcher, and Gongjar abandoned buildings and structures as well as the urban landscape of Penang. Photo credit: Henrik Haven & Paula Sainz (Sabek mural photo)

Streets: Sainer (Lisbon)

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One half of the art duo known as Etam Cru, Sainer, recently continued his collaboration with Underdogs collective in Portugal. After releasing an exclusive limited edition lithograph with them last year (covered), the Polish artist just visited Lisbon again and painted an impressive new mural. Covering the entire facade of a 10 story building, Crossroads is a clean example of Etam Cru's recognizable work. Done in a slightly new style which Sainer has been trying out lately, the image features an older woman crossing the road while smoking a cigarette, with a hound dog and goose around her feet. The surrealist feel of their usual work is presented through a presence of animals in a man's world, but also through a levitating bunny hat which was probably nod to the Easter holidays during which the mural was painted. Using a limited palette of colors that complement the surroundings, the piece blends nicely with the building whose color is used as the background. The subtle use of tones gives the image almost transparent feel on some parts, as well as feel of depth of the whole mural. After painting their POW! WOW! wall in February (covered), this mural project will be one of the few that either Sainer or Bezt will be doing this year. Focused on their studio work, Etam Cru is currently busy creating pieces for their upcoming LA debut with Thinkspace Gallery in December. Photo credit: Sainer & André Santos. Discuss Etam Cru here.

Overtime: April 13 – April 19

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More stories from the week that ended April 19 (click on bolded words for more information):
  • Images and information from Ted Gahl's show up at the Mier Gallery site.
  • RIP: Günter Grass, who died at the age of 87.
  • RIP: Moira Gemmill, who died at the age of 55, killed while bicycling.
  • Russian Federal Security Service orders shutdown of WWII show at Metenkov House-Museum of Photography.
  • Rago auction of art and objects made by Japanese-Americans while detained in internment camps sparks protest.
  • Le Corbusier may have been a fascist and Nazi sympathizer.
  • Occupy protestors project on the side of the Whitney museum about the pipeline near the building.
  • Megumi Igarashi criticizes Japan's backwards attitude to sexual expression after her arrest for creating vagina sculptures.
  • Two paintings, including one by Roy Lichtenstein, stolen from Sam Simon Foundation in Malibu.
  • The Santa Monica Museum of Art is leaving its current location at Bergamot Station. Rosamund Felsen also leaves Bergamot Station for Downtown Los Angeles.
  • Artists that put up Edward Snowden bust in NY that was confiscated by police want it back.
  • 2,622 artifacts worth over $100mil. seized from Subhash Kapoor, who had them smuggled or looted from India.
  • Artists gather in Time Square to demand the release of Tania Bruguera in Cuba.
  • Gagosian Gallery no longer represents Robert Rauschenberg estate.
  • Wuhan Institute of Bioengineering receiving criticism for building a replica of the Great Wall of China.
  • Britto sues Apple over its Start Something New campaign featuring artwork that resembles his.
  • Sotheby's sued over proceeds from sale of Van Gogh painting.
  • Five galleries, including Tomio Koyama Gallery, to close at Gillman Barracks in Singapore.
  • Stephane Charbonnier, aka Charb, to posthumously release book about upholding the right to ridicule religion.
  • Anti-Clinton street art pops up in Brooklyn.
  • University of the Arts London taking legal action against students that staged occupation against cuts to courses.
  • Artnet's 11 Art World Rules Decoded for 20-Something Newbies.
  • Wallace Foundation announces six-year $52mil. effort to help art groups.
  • How the Fauvism movement caught on because of a scandal.
  • Leonardo da Vinci's Head of a Young Woman to be shown at MFA Boston.
  • Dallas Museum of Art and Tate Liverpool to have exhibitions of Jackson Pollock's pour paintings.
  • Ben David looks at the Martin Wong show at the Wattis Institute.
  • Profile of Joanne Heyler, director of the Broad Museum.
  • The list of 407 artists that will be in the debut show at Whitney. Artnet's 10 Fun Facts About the Whitney Museum.
  • Gender composition at Venice Biennale 54% men to 33% women, with 13% collective collaborations.
  • Havana Biennial expected to draw huge crowds of American art collectors to Cuba.
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation seeks to preserve Auschwitz concentration camp exactly as it was.
  • Adam Szymczyk wants to show the entirety of the Gurlitt trove at Documenta.
  • France creates replica of Grotte Chauvet cave with reproductions of cave art.
  • The pros and cons of column-free spaces in museums.
  • Eight-panel series of paintings by Cui Ruzhuo sells for $30mil. (record for living Asian artist) at Poly Auction Hong Kong.
  • Cy Twombly blackboard painting reported to have been sold on the private market for $60mil.
  • Christie’s announces a $30mil. Edward Hopper painting to lead its American art sale.
  • Christie's will have a $30mil. Peter Doig painting in its May evening sale.
  • Six-foot-tall Alberto Giacometti Pointing Man sculpture could become most expensive sculpture sold at auction. Sheldon Solow is revealed to be the seller.
  • Speculation concerning the inevitability of the $1 billion work of art.
  • Christie's to sell work from Nina Castelli Sundell’s estate, featuring artwork from Ileana Sonnabend collection.
  • Design Miami to launch in Hong Kong during Art Basel Hong Kong.
  • Katya Kazakina writes about Bob Rennie's collection.
  • Part 2 of Artspace's interview with Michael Hort.
  • Roberta Smith has a list of ten galleries to visit in Chelsea.
  • The risks associated with investing in artwork.
  • Adding conditions and restrictions to sales agreements becoming more common for galleries.
  • The Scheryn Art Collectors Fund launches to invest money in artists from Africa and its diaspora.
  • Etsy to share some of its IPO with vendors that sell on the site.
  • Phaidon explains how Leonardo da Vinci used science to elevate art.
  • Jamian Juliano-Villani's show opening at JTT is one of this week's NY events Observer is highlighting.
  • Alexsandro Palombo responds to recent police violence with Simpsons artwork featuring black Bart Simpson.
  • Roger Ballen talks about a particularly dangerous time he went shooting.
  • WSJ profiles Adam Pendleton.
  • Six young photographers that are trying to take the nude in new directions.
  • Phaidon looks at David Shrigley's show at Anton Kern.
  • Artnet reports on Ryan Hewett's exhibition, which sold out three weeks in advance of the opening.
  • G. James Daichendt  wrties about REVOK's evolution as an artist.
  • David Adjaye talks about Chris Ofili. Marina Abramovic talks about Björk. Both on occasion of the two being included in TIME's 100 Most Influntial peoples list.
  • Phaidon interviews Aki Sasamoto.
  • Seven things you may not have known about Yoko Ono.
  • Bomb Magazine posts images of new drawings by Davis Rhoades.
  • ArtPrize will now feature new $40k curatorial fellowship and $30k grant program for local exhibition venues.
  • 2015 Guggenheim fellows announced.
  • Vincent van Goat paintings sell for $40 each at the New Mexico BioPark Society.
  • Jay Mercado paints donuts.

Streets: Bezt x Natalia Rak (Caserta)

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While Sainer was taking a studio break by painting a large mural in Lisbon (covered), the other half of Etam Cru, Bezt was invited to Caserta, Italy for the Memorie Urbane Festival where he was joined by his fiancee Natalia Rak. As you can see, this art couple collaborated on a diptych mural painted on the opposite sides of the same five story building. Titled Romeo & Julia, the mural consists of their portraits facing each other around the building. Bezt painted Natalia and the other way around, utilizing similar color palettes. Using her signature bright, almost neon colors, Natalia accented the poison and floweres in hands of her character, as well as a tensed facial expression. The deadliness of the moment was emphasized by the smiley skulls pattern on his shirt in a very subtle way. Bezt on another hand, went for more relaxed posture as a contrast to the other part of the piece. He wrapped up the image by hiding a dagger in her hands as well as painting a Etam Cru skull logo necklace as a nod to his art legacy. Photo credits: Flavia Fiengo and the artists. Discuss Etam Cru here.

Streets: Ron English (New York)

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Over the weekend, Ron English (featured) made the most of his turn at the iconic Bowery & Houston wall in New York with a mural that was wheatpasted then hand finished with paint. The imagery chosen is a good representation of his work with the background being the American flag made up of modified company logos and slogans that speak to English's satirical attack on consumerism, while the center features one of his most recognized surreal characters - the Temper Tot or "Baby Hulk." Take a look at more photos and a video below... Photo credit: Aymann Ismail/Animal NY with detail shots from Gothamist. Discuss Ron English here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDjL-z7x84

Publications: JR for NYT Magazine Walking New York Issue

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On the cover of this month's New York Times Magazine is a special project prepared by JR (interviewed) for their Walking New York issue. Focused on the issue of immigration as of late, the famous street artist decided to photograph recent immigrants walking down the streets of Nolita and in turn pasting their images on city streets, where they are often invisible despite there being approximately 3.1 million of them in NYC. The final chosen subject for the cover was Elmar Aliyev, a 20-year-old waiter at Old Baku, an Azerbaijani restaurant on Ditmas Avenue in Brooklyn. His 150-foot-tall form was pasted in the heart of Manhattan, on Flatiron plaza, the triangle of pavement between Fifth Avenue, Broadway and East 23rd Street. The French artist then took to the skies to photograph the final image where pedestrians walked right over him without even noticing. See a timelapse, photos, and more background info here. Discuss JR here.

Overtime: April 20 – April 26

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More stories from the week that ended April 26 (click on bolded words for more information):
  • Images and press release for Jamian Juliano-Villani's Crypod show a JTT gallery. The exhibition is a critic's pick at Artforum.
  • RIP: A. Alfred Taubman, who died at the age of 91 of a heart attack. A look at his art collection and what may become of the works in it.
  • Robert V. Gentile questioned again about Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist after he is arrested.
  • James Meyer sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing from his boss Jasper Johns. Expresses regret.
  • Germany and Iraq asks UN to take action against the destruction by jihadist groups of Iraq's cultural sites.
  • Michael Ovitz sues AIG over Richard Prince paintings consigned to Perry Rubenstein and subsequently stolen.
  • Paul Nungesser sues Columbia University over Emma Sulkowicz art project mattress performance on campus.
  • The Museum of Sex hit with $82,192 lien in February for failing to pay sales tax since 2011.
  • Auctionata lays off 30 members (out of 60 total) of its New York staff.
  • Cecily Brown leaves Gagosian Gallery for Thomas Dane Gallery.
  • Strikes continue at London's National Gallery as union protests against museum’s plans to outsource jobs.
  • WSJ questions the sanity of art collectors.
  • Egypt reports that it has recovered 123 ancient artifacts that had been smuggled outside the country.
  • Stephen Shaheen explores authorship and the use of fabricators by artists.
  • Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres painting discovered in attic of the chapel of the former hospital Hôtel-Dieu.
  • LA Times writes about LACMA's 50th-anniversary gala, which raised $5mil.
  • Jerry Saltz writes about the new Whitney Museum. NY Times has a feature on the architecture of the new Whitney. Reservations for the May 2 block party are already full. Brian Boucher's 10 Reasons To Be Excited About The New Whitney Museum. Adam Weinberg eats cupcakes and talks about the new building.
  • A look at OCMA's efforts to rebrand itself.
  • MoMA launches walking tour of Jacob Lawrence's Harlem.
  • El Anatsui to be honored with Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Biennale.
  • 100-year commemoration of Armenian massacre to be marked at the Venice Biennale.
  • Stefan Edlis and wife donate collection of 42 works worth combined $500 million to Art Institute of Chicago.
  • Prada Foundation has a new arts complex in Milan.
  • Ben Davis lists New York's top ten secret art sites.
  • Chinati hosts two-hour sunrise tour of Donald Judd’s untitled installation of 100 aluminum boxes
  • Woody Allen Center museum dedicated to the film director to open in Barcelona.
  • Archaeologists discover ruins in China which may have been part of the Great Wall.
  • Bonham's sale of Iraqi Modernism (the first of its kind) breaks records and totals £1,237,250.
  • Artsy writes about how people are using Instagram to buy art.
  • Hiscox Online Art Trade Report using ArtTactic data reports that the online art market expanded in 2014.
  • A sneak peak at what some dealers are showing at Frieze New York.
  • Artsy takes a look at work by some emerging artists at Art Brussels.
  • Artnet has ten tips on how to make visiting art fairs more fun.
  • How and why some works of art are financed by outside investors.
  • Forbes looks at Rise Art, which rents artwork with the option to buy.
  • Larry Fink says contemporary art and luxury apartments are now better hedges against inflation than gold.
  • What the ultra-rich are buying to compete with their friends.
  • W Magazine shoots photographs of those behind online art world sites.
  • Tiroche DeLeon fund does well by investing in works by artists in developing countries.
  • Rachel Uffner's tips on becoming a boss.
  • Exhibition A interviews Artsy's Elena Soboleva.
  • A look at Marc and Sara Schiller's art collection.
  • Hyperallergic writes about Smart Objects's Armory Captures show.
  • Spike Magazine visits Matthew Robert Lutz-Kinoy.
  • Eight things you should be aware of regarding Rashid Johnson.
  • Caleb Neelon enlists youths from different sides of Bosnia’s ethnic divide to work on mural project.
  • The Creators Projects premieres new audiovisual work by Christian Marclay.
  • Roberta Smith talks about looking at art.
  • Audrey Wollen discusses Richard Prince's "The Figures" show at Luxembourg & Dayan.
  • Christo to create 3km of yellow walkways on Lake Iseo that will link islands to the mainland for first time.
  • Trudy Benson has a music playlist for when you're doing your hustle in the studio.
  • Phaidon looks at Sonia Delaunay.
  • Artspace interviews Jonas Mekas.
  • Seven fun facts about Willem de Kooning on occasion of his birthday.
  • David Ebony's Top 10 New York Gallery Shows for April on Artnet.
  • Paddle8 visits Dustin Yellin's studio.
  • Catherine Opie joins Lehmann Maupin's artist roster.
  • Jeremiah Jenkins art project gives you an MFA after 90 minutes of class and costs $0.
  • Mark Boulos, Emily Jacir, David Schutter, and Senam Okudzet among winners of 2015 Rome Prize.
  • Jessica Lange exhibition of photography opens in the Arts Santa Mònica center in Barcelona.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat skate decks produced by The Skateroom available at Artspace.
  • Carolina Miranda asks - is it Art Basel or Coachella?
  • Alexa Chung's photography.

Streets: Jeff Soto x Maxx242 (Riverside) – Part I

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Like they have in the past (see Berlin & Luxembourg), Jeff Soto (interviewed) and Maxx242 are collaborating on a new mural in Riverside, California. The two friends and former studio mates go way back, even painting a wall together 25 years ago. A year in the making, the two are finally able to go big again in their hometown. Head over to University and Lemon if you are in the area to see them complete their joint effort later today. Discuss Jeff Soto here.

Streets: Anthony Lister (Detroit)

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Shortly after opening his solo show at Robert Fontaine Gallery in Miami,  Anthony Lister (filmed) stopped in Detroit to paint this large mural with the help of 1xRun and Inner State Gallery. Stepping away from traditional spray paint or common aesthetics see in street art, the Australian artist finished this 100 foot long piece as a great example of his expressive and unique style. Created by using a roller and only a few different colors, this piece is contines his ongoing series of superhero influenced works. Basing the image on his roller strokes and working on a massive wall as if it was a sketching paper, Lister created an almost abstract piece depicting a classic comic book action. Photo credit: Sal Rodriguez /@eljefe.

Streets: DALeast (Perth)

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DALeast (interviewed) is currently globetrotting again, participating in festivals and different projects worldwide. He spent last few weeks on the west coast of Australia, taking part at the Public 2015 festival (more coverage here) in Perth. Getting assigned an unusual, non flat surface, the Chinese artist once again showcased the strength and uniqueness of his style and technique. Working in a country that is surrounded with oceans, he painted this massive image of a crashing wave. The dynamics and power of the wave was cleverly accented by extending the image over the main surface area. By turning the image upside down, he achieved level of abstraction to his work, but also managed to give a nod to "the upside-down country." Matching the clear Australian sky, the blue/turquoise wave was created with numerous lines that are popping out to form the surface through an effective shading illusion. After this project, Dal will be on his way to Europe and Africa, producing, releasing and showing more work along the way. Photo credit: Jarrad Seng. Discuss DALeast here.

Streets: Jeff Soto x Maxx242 (Riverside) – Part II

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After stopping by to check in on the progress of the joint mural between Jeff Soto (interviewed) and Maxx242 in Riverside, we dropped by a couple days ago to see the finished two-wall piece. The long time friends, collaborators (see Berlin & Luxembourg), and artists who have spent most of their lives in the area hope that this new mural will be the beginning of a new renaissance for public art in this part of Southern California. Head over to University and Lemon yourself for a look if you are close by. Discuss Jeff Soto here.

Overtime: April 27 – May 3

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More stories from the week that ended May 3 (click on bolded words for more information):
  • Images and information up for Aaron Garber-Maikovska's exhibition at Greene Exhibitions.
  • RIP: Sabeen Mahmud after she was murdered by gunmen outside her T2F art space.
  • RIP: Jane Farver, who died at 67 while in Venice working with Joan Jonas on her Biennale presentation.
  • Nepal's historic cultural landmarks severely damaged or destroyed in devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
  • New York's Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) to close for good this summer, after operating for a decade.
  • Costa Rica and Kenya both withdraw from the Venice Biennale.
  • Braun Barends hole piece at Mannheim museum ruled by court as not being art and will be covered.
  • Art Spiegelman's Maus book censored and removed from bookstores in Russia.
  • China government cracks down on art and literary awards.
  • Kenyan government has officially denounced its own pavilion at the upcoming 2015 Venice Biennale.
  • Uta Werner appealing a Munich court’s rejection of her legal challenge to Gurlitt art trove.
  • G&G Productions sues Rita Rusic claiming she stole a Basquiat from her husband that belongs to them.
  • Marco Evaristti jailed for pouring fruit dye into the Strokkur Geysir.
  • Obama administration proposing to eliminate 1031 tax break for exchanges of art and other collectibles.
  • Whitney Museum misrepresents Christopher Knight's opinion from over 20 years ago.
  • Ben Davis has worries about the new Whitney Museum.
  • Guggenheim NY occupied by protesters over workers rights issues linked to museum’s Abu Dhabi location.
  • Is Nicholas Serota to blame for the troubles at The Tate?
  • Kiev Biennial to open in Sept at Visual Culture Research Center after postponement.
  • Benjamin Genocchio criticizes purpose and findings of Hiscox Online Art Trade Report.
  • The debate about graffiti in nature parks and communities.
  • Bruce Cook defiant after police order him to take down a hay sculpture they deem offensive.
  • Hyundai commercial borrows heavily from the work of well-known street artists.
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Videos / Streets: KATSU Drone Tag (New York)

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After introducing KATSU's drone paintings to you last year, we now have news of the infamous graffiti artist taking things to the next level. Known for his innovative approach to incorporating technology in some of his work, he recently tagged a six-story Calvin Klein ad featuring Kendall Jenner at the Houston-and-Broadway intersection of New York with a flying drone rigged with a spray can. Judging from his response to the attack "It turned out surprisingly well. It’s exciting to see its first potential use as a device for vandalism" - we will no doubt see many future exploits as he perfects the technique. Via Wired. Discuss KATSU here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We12p6yvNW0  

Streets: Stephen “ESPO” Powers (Miami)

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Stephen Powers recently shared photos of a massive mural he painted at The Carlton Hotel in Miami, directly behind The Betsy Hotel. Provided with a blank wall and all the spray paint he could want, the Brooklyn-based artist also know as ESPO covered the facade with his distinctive wordplay and witty "Espoetry." Take a further look at the details in the images below... Discuss ESPO here.

Art Focus: Cinta Vidal

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A return to our Art Focus features see our eyes settle on the work of Cinta Vidal. The Spanish artist who works in scenography, mainly paints the massive backdrops at Opera de Sabadell with here time, but it is her personal art or "un-gravity constructions" that interests us. The impossible architecture oftentimes has a Escher-like feel to it, and when combined with everyday objects and people going about their everyday life makes for an interesting dynamic that has the viewer examining the pieces from different angles and perspectives. Vidal recently showed at MISCELANEA in Barcelona and you can also read more about her in an interview with Hi-Fructose. Discuss Cinta Vidal here.

Streets: ROA (Jersey City)

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As mentioned in our interview with ROA last month leading up to his solo (covered) at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York, the prolific street artist also had plans to paint a mural in New Jersey while in the area. The Belgian artist made good on his word recently with this new piece on a building owned by Mana Contemporary located near the approach to the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City. Continuing his portraiture of animals in various stages of anatomical dissection, he chose the skeleton of the walrus for this piece, positioned perfectly to greet those stuck in NY/NJ traffic. Photo credit: Daniel Weintraub. Discuss ROA here.
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