Studio Visits: Logan Hicks x Beau Stanton –“Calm Before the Storm” @ Highline Loft

October 16, 2015, 10:24 am

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Logan Hicks and Beau Stanton have been working diligently for their coming two person pop up show that opens tomorrow night at the Highline Loft in New York's Chelsea art district. Curated by Lori Zimmer & Natalie Kates, the show entitled Calm Before the Storm takes inspiration from classic nautical superstition, flood myths, historic compositions of life changing events and even references the modern issue of rising waters of the world's waterways. Both artists have created new paintings and multiples, along with a site-specific installation of a reconstructed ship. The show's opening reception is October 17th from 6-9pm, but there are more events coinciding at the pop up location. On October 22nd, 1xRun will be taking over the space for a special print release event. When the show closes on October 28th, there will be a costume party for the "Sailors, Sirens and Sea Hags." So dress up in your favorite maritime 0utfist to partake in the festivities. Check out a quick look below of the paintings to come from both Logan and Beau's studios. Discuss Logan Hicks here. Discuss Beau Stanton here.

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Overtime: Oct 12 – Oct 18

October 18, 2015, 4:00 am

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More stories from the week that ended Oct 18 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Artsy visits Hayal Pozanti and covers her Sunday Art Fair presentation with Levy.Delval.
• RIP: Hilla Becher, who died at the age of 81.
• RIP: Paul Reed, who died at the age of 96 due to congestive heart failure.
• Diversity in the Arts study shows funding for African American & Latino nonprofit museums is bleak.
• Mexico’s missing 43 remembered and honored with art installations, murals, banners, and costumes.
• Ryan O'Neal sues Richard Bernard Francis over ownership of Farrah Fawcett Warhol painting.
• Metropolitan Police request to destroy the contents of Graham Ovenden’s studio.
• Yoshiro Taniguchi-designed Hotel Okura in Tokyo to be demolished.
• Opening of Gavin Brown's Harlem space delayed due to holdup processing real-estate papers.
• J. Tony Serra is the lead lawyer in Shrimp Boy's defense case.
• Luke Brugnara court case has "reached a new low."
• Hired graffiti artists write phrases like “Homeland Is Racist” in Arabic on the show’s set in Berlin.
• “Renoir Sucks at Painting" group of protestors targets the Met next.
• Christie's cancels Old Masters January sale in NY, moving it to April as part of a re-branded Classic Art Week.
• Scott Indrisek thinks that Dave Eggers work is very similar to David Shrigley's.
• Liz Hurley kicked out of V&A museum for sitting on antique bed and taking a picture.
• Lutz Bacher's Magic Mountain at Greater New York looks to use similar materials to Daniel Arsham's work.
• Modern restaurant inside MoMA to eliminate tipping.
• 25 years after purchasing, woman discovers that she has a authentic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
• Zocalo Public Square writes about the evolution of Los Angeles' art scene.
• CurateLA is hosting a birthday/anniversary event in Los Angeles and you can RSVP.
• San Bernardino, CA is having an arts revival, which may be a catalyst in reviving the city.
• New art authentication method uses specks of synthetic DNA from the artist.
• President Xi Jinping's speech on the arts is released after one year.
• Iran's artists benefitting from improved relations between Iran and the west.
• Scott Indrisek shares his picks for 10 artists to see at Greater New York. Christian Viveros-Fauné reviews the show. Holland Cotter also writes about the exhibition.
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden receives $2mil. gift from trustee Joleen Julis and her husband, Mitch.
• MoMA hosting monthly edit-a-thons to help improve the quality of Wikipedia pages.
• National Gallery of Art added another 1,541 works from Corcoran Gallery of Art to its permanent collection.
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco reveal 10 pledged gifts to de Young’s permanent collection.
• 2016 Met Gala theme announced as Fashion in an Age of Technology.
• Thelma Golden wins Bard curatorial award, which includes a $25k stipend.
• Katya Kazakina covers the white glove Phillips evening sale. Colin Gleadell writes his report. Judd Tully also gets in on the action.
• Billy the Kid photograph bought for $2 could be sold at Kagin’s auctioneers for an estimated $5mil.
• Colin Gleadell writes about the Sotheby's London evening sale. Judd Tully has a report on Sotheby’s Italian art & contemporary sales.
• Richard Prince Instagram work flipped at auction.
• ArtTactic talks to Leon Benrimon about Heritage Auctions entering the modern and contemporary market.
• Financial Times writes that demand still high in London during Frieze week. Artnet looks at the best and worst of Frieze week.
• Artinfo interviews Victoria Siddall about Frieze London 2015. Artnet's choices for the top ten booths at Frieze London. The Guardian writes about Frieze and Ken Kagami's genital drawings.
• Judd Tully has a sales report from Frieze and Frieze Masters. Artnet also covers sales at the Frieze fair and Frieze Masters. Katya Kazakina writes about sales at the fair for Bloomberg. Finally, Alexander Forbes also tells us what sold at Frieze.
• Kenny Schachter appears on the ArtTactic Podcast.
• Artnet interviews Koyo Kouoh, curator of 1:54 contemporary African art fair.
• Larry Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch team up for a show during Art Basel Miami Beach.
• Fritz Dietl opens Delaware Freeport as tax haven for NY collectors and also those outside the country.
• Has collecting and connoisseurship changed throughout the years?
• Vogue's guide for beginning collectors.
• A look at Sam Gilliam's market progression.
• Ben Davis reviews the opening of the Rumney Guggenheim gallery.
• Galerie Brimo de Laroussilhe,Galleria Alessandra Di Castro and Galerie Kugel get together for a pop-up in NY.
• Brian Boucher wonders who Water McBeer is.
• Galleria Continua may show Anish Kapoor in its new space in Cuba.
• Sotheby's gives us a tour of A. Alfred Taubman's Bloomfield Hills residence.
• A tour inside Fairfax Dorn and Marc Glimcher’s New York loft.
• SABER in the LA Times.
• The story of Robert Indiana's LOVE piece.
• Karen Rosenberg interviews Dana Schutz.
• Paul Schimmel discusses Mike Kelley's work.
• Dylan Kerr interviews Rachel Rose.
• Ron English talks about American censorship.
• Ai Weiwei to write his first proper memoir, published by Crown Publishing Group.
• Matthew Weinstein reviews Barnaby Furnas' and Mike Kelley's latest respective shows in NY.
• Snapshot Galleria interviews Quam Odunsi/Reserve Result.
• Artsy interviews Steve Martin.
• Adam Lindemann to buy Montauk estate formerly owned by Andy Warhol.
• Larry Gagosian sells one of his houses in the Upper East Side of NY. Artnet speculates on why he did it.
• Paddle8 visits Sibylle Rochat's collection.
• Artspace notes that figurative art is starting to dominate over abstract art. Andrew Goldstein interviews Bill Arning about the return of figuration in painting.
• Rashid Johnson provides an insider's guide to Chicago.
• Seven artists that are influencing today's fashion designers.
• Artspace has a guide on pronouncing the names of artists at Frieze and Greater New York.
• Michael Tullberg's book looks at rave culture in Los Angeles during the '90s.
• The latest trend in piercing involves food and clothing.
• Max Siedentopf performs public service of pimping strangers rides with cardboard and photographing result.
• When solo artist gallery exhibitions only contain one piece.
• Artspace looks at 6 interesting and unique gallery websites.
• Ten shows to see in London during Frieze week.
• Kate Gilmore and Loveless PhotoFiber are the two winners of seventh annual ArtPrize competition.
• Scott Indrisek's 26 Amazing Animal Moments In Contemporary Art.
• A look at the artists and artworks featured in Fox's show Empire.
• Bill Viola limited edition vinyl record from The Vinyl Factory released.
• Chisenhale Gallery releases Jordan Wolfson edition.
• Limited edition José Parlá scarf available from Standard.

Streets: How & Nosm (New Jersey)

October 19, 2015, 9:02 am

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On Sunday, October 18th, Mana Contemporary in New Jersey officially opened their latest commissioned work to the public - a large-scale mural by How & Nosm. Titled At The Center of It All, the piece was finished only four days before its official reveal during the open house  event. The twin brothers and artist duo from NY stated that the image explores themes that they feel are universally common. This was done through the use of various visual elements familiar in their previous work. Subjects such as danger, aggression, violence, greed, materialism and even narcissism, are depicted through different cues and symbols. By highlighting these everyday social ailments, the New York-based artists hope to question the human approach to the pursuit of happiness and ask what is really at the center of it all. Using their signature color palette consisting of shades of red against black & white, the two were able to show their impressive can control as well as the ability to use very different styles. From geo-based patterns and shapes, Hokusai-influenced elements, graffiti-based characters or totemic structures to surrealist compositions, this large wall is another maze of incredible visuals that takes time to dissect and absorb. While creating both gallery pieces as well as public works, How Nosm hope their art is more than a decorative element and can give people a chance to pause, connect and find some relief and happiness. Discuss How & Nosm here.

Recap: Forest For The Trees (Portland) – Part II

October 20, 2015, 11:55 am

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After sharing with you the first batch of murals for this year's Forest For The Trees, here is now a look at some of the more recently finished walls for the event. Organizers Gage Hamilton and Matt Wagner of Hellion Gallery put together a strong roster for 2015 and these latest photos feature work from Andrew Hem (seen above), Gage Hamilton himself, Michael Reader, Michael Salter, as well as a collaboration between INSA & Zach Johnson on a "giffiti." Check out some more photos below and see if you can locate them if you are ever in Portland. [caption id="attachment_286536" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] Gage Hamilton[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_286537" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] Michael Reeder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_286540" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] Michael Salter[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_286531" align="aligncenter" width="267"] Insa x Zach Johnson[/caption]

Streets: Brusk / Art Rua (Rio de Janeiro)

October 20, 2015, 9:45 pm

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Last month, we shared with you something Titi Freak painted during the fifth annual ArtRua fair in Rio de Janeiro. Turns out, a member of the Da Mental Vaporz crew was also in town painting a much larger 25m high mural entitled You'll Sweat Blood And Water. Created over four days by Brusk, the impressive wall featured a disintegrating fire extinguisher made up of graffiti letterforms. Take a look at more photos below... Discuss Da Mental Vaporz here.

Streets: Evoca1 (Vienna)

October 21, 2015, 10:03 am

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Dominican artist Evoca1 was recently invited to Austrian capital by Inoperable Gallery to create one of his murals. After about a week of painting, the artist recently finished a beautiful piece titled Imperishable Relics that has his signature feel of classic painting to it. Working on a large building in Vienna, the piece comments on a series of flak towers that Hitler ordered to be constructed in Germany and Austria to defend against air attacks and serve as shelters back in the 1940s. These buildings are still scattered around the two countries nowadays and many see them as an eyesore. Still, few of them, like the one located only a few blocks from the mural, have been redesigned to give them a new life. As a reminder of a dark past never to be repeated the one that Evoca1 dedicated his work to was repurposed to be an aquarium, having an important role of preserving the diversity of (animal) life. The mural tells a story how the neighborhood and the city not only rose up from all the challenges, but also how it turned towards a bright, positive and multifaceted future. Depicting a man with a dog, holding a bowl with gold fishes, it symbolizes the power and importance of preservation and overcoming the heavy burdens of the past. Photo credit: Inoperable & Jeanette Handler.

Streets / Releases: Saber x Zes (Los Angeles) & Originals

October 23, 2015, 5:19 pm

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Like they did in 2014 (covered), the AWR/MSK affiliated SABER (interviewed) and ZES recently collaborated on another impressive mural in Los Angeles, this time at the American Tea Room building. The piece in Downtown was made possible with special thanks to Montana Colors USA, The Seventh Letter, as well as Branded Arts and is another example of the locally-based writers' synergistic artistic energy. In addition to this, they have also just released artwork inspired by the wall they painted together - SABER's Ape Shit Series and ZES' Perseverare Series On Paper, examples of which are seen below and available here. Discuss Saber here.

Overtime: Oct 19 – Oct 25

October 25, 2015, 4:00 am

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More stories from the week that ended Oct 25 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Alex Israel - Sightings opens at the Nasher Sculpture Center.
• Arts Council of England warns British museums of “severe and imminent" threat of “attack."
• Claude Monet's ghost may be haunting the Cleveland Museum of Art.
• UK's Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey places temporary export ban on Rembrandt portrait worth £35mil.
• Bruegel currently in collection of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna may have been looted from Poland.
• DeYoung Museum's CFO Michele Gutierrez accuses President Dede Wilsey of financial mismanagement.
• World Monuments Fund releases 2016 Watchlist of at-risk monuments and advocates for their conservation.
• China's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming criticizes Ai Weiwei as an artist.
• El Sexto freed after spending 10 months in Cuban prison for work criticizing the country's leaders.
• Luke Brugnara sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing millions in artwork.
• Seele Inc. sues Eli Broad for $7mil. related to subcontract construction at the Broad museum.
• Basquiat painting in middle of divorce proceedings stolen and then returned.
• Squatter in a San Francisco mansion sells 11 paintings from the house. 9 have been recovered. He has been identified as vagabond artist Jeremiah Kaylor.
• Megan Ohara and David Ziskoski steal jewelry from ICFA Gallery. Caught after leaving their info in guestbook.
• eBay Chief Curator Michael Moskowitz leaves the company after being there two years.
• Bartholomew Ryan resigns as curator of Andy Warhol Museum.
• Did Frieze London turn its back to emerging art?
• James Turrell responds to his influence evident in Drake music video and denies involvement.
• Renoir Sucks at Painting group clashes with counter-protesters during demonstration outside of the Met.
• UN mission involving peacekeepers sent to protect world heritage sites modeled after Monuments Men.
• Dilip Ratha and Patrick Kabanda call for the return of African art and artifacts to Africa.
• ArtReview's 2015 Power 100 list released. The Art Newspaper writes about the list. The Guardian and BBC also write about it.
• Andrew Butterfield may have discovered a lost work by Donatello.
• NY Times looks at Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet at the American Folk Art Museum.
• Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art to lend works from its collection to Berlin in a historic deal.
• Carolina Miranda looks at how Yelp reviewers feel about the Broad museum.
• Gilbert & George with Victoria debuts at Serpentine Gallery.
• Chantal Pontbriand named CEO of Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto.
• Swizz Beatz and Barbara Vogelstein join the Brooklyn Museum board.
• Alberto Burri’s completed Land Art work Grande Cretto opened in Sicily on Oct 17.
• Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art acquires rare Picasso collage from auction.
• Lancaster Museum of Art and History acquires work by Andrew Schoultz.
• Noordbrabants museum secures loan of 20 of the 25 surviving Hieronymus Bosch panels.
• Sheikh of Sharjah signs financial support package for Germany's Gutenberg Museum.
• Google’s Cultural Institute hosts images of works from the Venice Biennale.
• Artinfo looks at Martin Puryear's show at the Morgan Library.
• Artnet's list of the top ten private art museums in the US.
• Profile of Smithsonian Institution’s new chief David J. Skorton.
• Profile of Claire Barry, Director of Conservation at Kimball Art Museum.
• Profile of David Gleeson, senior exhibition designer at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
• Why you should think twice before storing your artwork in a freeport.
• Roy Lichtenstein's Nurse painting could set records when it sells at Christie's in Nov.
• Loic Gouzer promoted to Deputy Chairman, Post-War and Contemporary at Christie’s.
• Mike Kelley Memory Ware Flat works going to auction at both Christie's and Sotheby's.
• Sotheby's to offer Orazio Gentileschi’s Danaë in January Master Paintings sale.
• Artnet previews what dealers will be bringing with them to FIAC. It then visits the fair and chooses top booths. Artinfo has a slideshow of the works at the fair.
• Susan and Michael Hort's artwork must-see picks from FIAC. Sandy Rower also chooses five works.
• Artinfo has an initial sales report from FIAC.
• Kenny Schachter On the Good, the Bad, and the (Very) Ugly of London Frieze Week—Part I. He also writes about the London auctions and FIAC.
• The top ten lots from the Frieze week auction sales.
• Dazed Digital's picks of artists that shone the brightest during Frieze.
• Artnet has a final sales report for Frieze.
• The party in Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach may be the biggest its ever been this year.
• Katya Kazakina writes about the market for Lucio Fontana's work.
• Marianne Boesky to represent Thornton Dial.
• Anselm Reyle quietly returns to making new work and his market steadily improves.
• Sotheby's list of five contemporary artists you should know.
• Interview with Julie Mehretu, who sold a major painting in her collection to finance and produce Difret film.
• Damien Hirst granted permission to build basement for his art collection under the garden of London mansion.
• Steve Wynn gets a very favorable interest rate from Bank of America by using his art collection as collateral.
• NY Times profiles Rachel Rose.
• Laurent Boijeot and Sébastien Renauld sleep on the streets of NY for 30 days as part of a paid performance.
• Haroon Mirza wins the Calder Prize, which includes $50k.
• Wu Tsang and Swarovski light installation unveiled at FIAC.
• Hank Willis Thomas creates a sculpture for the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.
• Ai Weiwei given a three-year German visa.
• An interview with John Divola.
• Reuben Dangoor's portraits of grime stars.
• Hajime Isayama discusses his inspirations.
• Matt Black wins the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, which includes $30k.
• Shortlist announced for 2016 Hugo Boss Prize. Includes Laura Owens, Anicka Yi, Tania Bruguera, and more.
• NeueHouse Hollywood opening includes Sam Sharit and Drew Heitzler Felix the Cat projected animation.
• Ten words of advice and warning that you may not have learned from art school.
• Kickstarter for Gertrude’s book, which selects 30 emerging artists with pictures from Instagram.
• Jeff Koons limited edition rabbit necklace and cuff by Gus + Al available.
• Thomas Bayrle limited edition prints available from Triangle Books.
• PYT Burger offers $64 Basquiat Prime Beef Burger.
• Lady Gaga presented Young Artist Award by Americans for the Arts by Klaus Biesenbach.
• Lenin statue converted To Darth Vader in Ukraine.

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Recap: Murals In The Market (Detroit)

October 25, 2015, 10:01 pm

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If you enjoyed the mural from Luke Chueh (interviewed) that we shared with you a couple weeks ago, you may also like to see a recap of some of the other walls painted for the Murals In the Market festival in Detroit. Featured artists also included Jeff Soto and his friend Maxx242 (both seen above) as well as 2501, Askew, Beau Stanton, Brian Lacey, Denial, Ellen Rutt, Eugene Carland, Fel3000ft, Glenn Barr, Hannah Stouffer, Hebru Brantley, Hygienic Dress League, Jesse Kassel, Jonny Alexander, Kashink, Kobie Soloman, Kwest, Madsteez, Marlo Broughton, Martha Cooper, Zak Meers, Meggs, Michelle Tanguay, Miss Van, Monica Canilao, Naturel, NNII, NoseGo, Ouizi, Persue, Rick Williams, Rone, Ryan Doyle, Shark Toof, Sydney G. James, Taylor White, Tead, Woes, Ron Zakrin and more… You can see some of the murals in the photos below, but head over here to check out the rest if you are interested. [caption id="attachment_286947" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Askew & Hannah Stouffer[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286946" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] 2501[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286945" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Beau Stanton[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286944" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Eugene Carland[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286943" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Jarus[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286942" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Fel3000ft[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286941" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Jesse Kassel[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286940" align="aligncenter" width="828"] Jonny Alexander[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286939" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Meggs[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286938" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Miss Van[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286936" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Naturel & Rick Williams[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286935" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Ouizi[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286934" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Persue & Kwest[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286933" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Rone[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286932" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Shark Toof[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_286930" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Angry Woebots & Nosego[/caption]

Rewind: Jul 14 – Oct 25

October 26, 2015, 4:00 am

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Presented by CARTIER, this latest edition of our Rewind article is headlined by a trailer for a new short film by JR (interviewed) starring Robert De Niro. Entitled Ellis, the footage follows the Academy Award Winning actor as he stars as an immigrant whose pursuit of a new life expired at Ellis Island. Traversing an abandoned hospital complex, De Niro is confronted with ghostly archival photographs of immigrants and hospital patients taken over a century ago pasted up by the JR, part of the French artist's Unframed series of works. Other notable videos for your enjoyment seen below include:

• A feature on L'Atlas by Perrier.
• Official recap video of POW! WOW! Long Beach.
• Another look at POW! WOW! Long Beach by Jordan Ahern.
• 20-minute documentary on Josh Smith.
• Brian Belott talks to Whitehot Magazine.
• A guide to El Anatsui.
• Creation of WK Interact mural at Pakhuis De Zwijger in Amsterdam.
• In the studio with Davina Semo.
• Parker Ito's A Lil Taste of Cheeto in the Night.
• Sanya Kantarovsky in conversation with Allison Katz at Studio Voltaire, 2015.
• Video of Secret Identities: Superheroes and Selfhood at Driscoll Babcock.
• Artnet interviews Budi Tek.
• A feature on Mike Shine from The Creative Lives.
• A look at Faile's Wishing On You installation in Times Square.
• Trailer for Nychos' Translucent Lives show.

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Streets: ABOVE –“Incognito” (Johannesburg)

October 29, 2015, 10:02 am

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Earlier this month, ABOVE (interviewed) was in South Africa painting a mural he has entitled Incognito for the City Of Gold Festival. Measuring 33 meters tall and 17 meters wide, the wall took six full days to paint and utilized over 20 colors. Located in Jeppestown, piece featuring the American artist's iconic arrow imagery and can even be seen from the M1 freeway framed by the iconic Johannesburg skyline. Photo credit: Cale Waddacor. Discuss ABOVE here.

Streets: Thiago Toes (Minsk)

October 29, 2015, 1:16 pm

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Belarus capital, Minsk, recently hosted the Vulica Brasil festival of Brasilian-Belarus street art. Along with Os Gemeos (covered), another artist from their infamous Vlok crew was invited to participate in the event - Thiago Toes. Straight from his month long art residency in Germany, the São Paulo-based artist visited Minsk and created one of his biggest murals to date. The piece titled To Risk is the End and the Beginning of Everything was painted on a main building of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus and it's a classic example of Toes' work. From the diptych-like composition to the mix of abstract and figurative elements, this large mural is artist's tribute to the infinity of the universe. With starry night as a background, the the wall features a single human character against the infinite space dotted with stars and meteorite-like elements. Using familiar pink, purple and dark blue tones, applied with rollers and spray cans, the mural surely comes to it's full beauty when lit up at night. Photo credit: Yulia Savich.

Streets: Aryz (Malaga)

October 30, 2015, 9:25 pm

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Maus Malaga project recently added a new piece to their collection of public artworks and murals. Last week, Aryz visited the city to paint a large mural on the seven story wall of a local Bahia Malaga hotel in the SOHO art district of the city. The Spanish artist spent seven days painting this large detailed piece that continues the more abstract direction he has been working on lately. Staying true to his goal to create massive scale works in the manner of his smaller drawings and sketches, the finished piece seems both geometrically sharp and precise as well as freehand imperfect. Consisting mostly of straight lines that depict pipes or wires as well as other tech-looking elements, the finished piece looks like an almost organic looking machine, especially due to the natural, pastel colors used. Playing with dimension, colors and layers, as well as taking the building's shape and viewers' standpoints into account, the finished mural crosses the common rules of perspective and creates an interesting illusion of depth, a view behind the cement walls. Discuss Aryz here.

Overtime: Oct 26 – Nov 1

November 1, 2015, 4:00 am

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More stories from the week that ended Nov 1 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Sotheby's to offer Carl Kahler's My Wife's Lovers, possibly the world's largest and heaviest cat painting.
• Islamic State executes three people by blowing them up on three ancient Palmyra columns.
• "Windows on Death Row: Art From Inside and Outside..." features work by those awaiting execution.
• Hobby Lobby family under investigation for alleged importation of illicit antiquities from Iraq.
• Installation by Goldschmied & Chiari accidentally thrown out after being mistaken for garbage. The work is subsequently restored.
• Ai Weiwei accuses Lego of censorship and discrimination after it refuses his bulk order of Legos.
• LA mayor Eric Garcetti seeking to hire an artist to help reduce traffic deaths on city streets.
• Unnamed individual arrested after repeated vandalism to artworks at the Villa-Musée Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
• Gary Crawford sues Sotheby's and consignor of Buddha statue he claims belongs to him.
• Christie's withdraws Richard Avedon photograph from sale after the Avedon Foundation says it was a gift.
• £35mil UK Rembrandt sold to overseas buyer could have export license application withdrawn. The Art Fund subsequently calls for overhaul of UK export regulations.
• UK government gives £3mil to protect Iraq antiquities from IS terrorism.
• Julia Peyton-Jones steps down as co-director of Serpentine Gallery.
• Happened in Cincinnati during obscenity trial over Robert Mapplethorpe's art.
• The contentious looting case between Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Jewish heirs.
• US federal appeals court sides with Yale University in dispute over ownership of van Gogh painting.
• Outdoor sign designating Andy Warhol's former home on Lexington Ave. scrubbed out by new owners.
• Judd Tully writes about the difficulties of operating a single-venue gallery.
• Mayor of Tel Aviv puts pink bra on Menashe Kadishman public sculpture to raise awareness of breast cancer.
• An explanation of freeports, use taxes, and sales taxes and its opportunities and risks.
• Artnet looks at 9 affordable art schools that are located in world centers.
• Dash Zhukova gives $1mil. to MIT to establish a new artist residency program
• Art Nouveau is receiving attention from museums and auction houses.
• Elephant automaton discovered inside Fabergé egg in British royal art collection.
• UK and Russia cultural exchange program embarks by trading masterpiece portraits.
• NY Times writes about the art inside the White House.
• Benjamin Genocchio's list of 25 ways to change the art world.
• Holland Cotter writes about how museums today need to update themselves for the 21st century.
• Ai Weiwei receiving Lego donations through the sunroof of a BMW at the Brooklyn Museum.
• The Art Newspaper writes about the opening of the Aishti Foundation space in Beirut.
• Chicago city council votes to unanimously approve Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
• Robert Smith reviews the Frank Stella retrospective at the Whitney Museum. Her husband Jerry Saltz also looks at the exhibition. The Guardian puts in their opinion. It's a Critic's Pick at TimeOut New York. Scott Indrisek explores ten works in the show.
• Tucson Museum of Art receives donation of artwork and $750k from Bernard and Jeanette Schmidt Trust.
• Crocker Art Museum acquires work by Andrew Schoultz.
• Gardner Museum names Peggy Fogelman as its new director.
• Hammer Museum set to expand as UCLA acquires adjacent land.
• The concerning relationship between performance art and money.
• Sotheby's efforts to restore positive image of A. Alfred Taubman's legacy.
• Judd Tully writes about the major November auction sales.
• Katya Kazakina writes about the $1bil. in financial guarantees in Nov auctions.
• How Sotheby's, Christie's, and other auction houses are adapting with the times.
• NY Times writes about how you can now buy art online.
• Auctionata acquires ValueMyStuff as it continues international growth trajectory.
• Paddle8 raises $34mil. in Series C venture capital funding. Aditya Julka discusses the company on news of the new investment.
• Forbes Lifestyle interviews Hikari Yokoyama about Paddle8.
• Andy Warhol $10 bill hat he gave to Dr. Robert Giller to be auctioned at Nye & Company.
• NY Times looks at the battle of Frieze versus FIAC.
• Art Basel Hong Kong 2016 exhibitor list released.
• NY Times provides coverage of the Lagos Photo Festival.
• A discussion of the market for Frank Stella's works on occasion of his Whitney Museum show.
• Sting selling works from his art collection after downsizing his home in London.
• Independent profiles Iwan Wirth.
• W Magazine has an extensive profile of Tony Salamé. NY Times also writes about Beirut and the new museum and art scene.
• Dan Desmond discusses Morgan Stanley's Blue Rider Group.
• Artinfo interviews Fritz Dietl on his new Delaware freeport.
• Pilar Ordovas set to reintroduce Eduardo Chillida to the market.
• Gagosian Gallery directors that have gone on to success after their time at the gallery.
• Lauren Geremia discusses selling artwork to Silicon Valley tech startup clients.
• Modern Painters interviews Jeff Wall.
• Nan Goldin discusses her sympathy for Amy Winehouse.
• Guardian looks at Christian Boltanski's show at Marian Goodman in Paris.
• Martine Syms featured in Scenes from the Studio.
• Interview with JR about his film Ellis.
• Sophie Calle's Secrets project at Fraenkel Gallery.
• David Shields discusses the depiction of war in the NY Times.
• Daniel Keller discusses four things he is interested in at the moment, including artist David Rappeneau.
• Scott Indrisek reviews Austin Lee's show at Postmasters.
• Melik Ohanian wins 2015 Marcel Duchamp Prize.
• Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme win Abraaj Group Art Prize, which includes $100k.
• Ben Davis writes about Bob Ross and The Joy of Painting.
• Artnet's game of quotes by either Donald Trump or Andy Warhol.
• Larry's List imagines 10 terrifying things that could happen to an art collector.
• Artinfo's list of nine gruesome artworks and performances, on occasion of Halloween.
• Artnet's art-inspired Halloween costume ideas.
• Giant inflatable jack-o'-lantern escapes Peoria Center for the Performing Arts and terrorizes town.
• Metro writes about nutscaping.
• The trend of using the art world as a setting for television shows.
• Woman saws her sofa into three pieces for an art project that never was.

Streets: Blu (Rome)

November 2, 2015, 10:46 am

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While the street art scene and the public mural-making trend is peaking these days through numerous festivals around the world, there are still artists out there that like to do things on their own. One of these is certainly the Italian legend Blu who just revealed his his newest mural painted in Rome the other day. After taking a break for a few months due to injury, the Bologna-based street artist recently finished painting a new wall on a six story building in the Italian capital. With the support of the local community and armed with nothing but a rope and painting equipment, he spent a few days completing another piece that is sharp commentary on modern society. Always engaged and very direct in his works, Blu painted a spiral that depicts the evolution and "progression" of mankind. From simple organisms on the bottom, to the dinosaur era, to apes, and finally humans, the big spiral ends with modern civilization that is crumbling back to the pit of the earth. Including countless details from different and accurate historic species, to numerous symbols of human activity such as pyramids, amphitheaters, windmills, army machinery, and plants, this piece is classic example of Blu's work - determined, straight forward and painfully on point. Discuss Blu here.

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Streets: INTI x Alexis Diaz // O.bra Festival (Sao Paulo)

November 2, 2015, 7:46 pm

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Recently in Sao Paulo, Chilean artist INTI combined his talents with Alexis Diaz, who hails from Puerto Rico, to create a new mural. Painted for the O.bra Festival, the wall highlights INTI's characteristic palette as well as Diaz's attention to detail to form a pretty interesting collaboration. Set to coincide with the week of ArtRua, the event wasn't the only thing of interest to us (also see Titi Freak & Brusk). Discuss INTI here. Discuss Alexis Diaz here.

Studio Visits: Brian Viveros –“Matador” @ Thinkspace Gallery

November 5, 2015, 11:01 am

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Coming up on Saturday night (November 7th), Brian Viveros will be presenting a comprehensive new body of work at Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles. Entitled Matador, the exhibition sees the Riverside-based artist further refine his imagery with more time-intensive detailing, drawing ideas from Spanish tradition to infuse his work with a consistency referenced by the title of the show. Along with accenting the imagery with fresh palette choices, Viveros has also embellish his femme fatales with a cross-pollination of different concepts and themes seen throughout his oeuvre. The solo from the American artist will include not only include new oil paintings, drawings, and exclusive edition prints, but also a large collaborative sculpt with Pretty In Plastic entitled Bullheaded and the release of his first ever art book published by the gallery called The DirtyLand. For this interested, he will doing a signing from 5-6:30 ahead of the opening scheduled directly afterwards. Take a look at more shots from his studio when we visited him a few weeks ago leading up to the show. Discuss Brian Viveros here.

Streets: Conor Harrington x JAZ // O.bra Festival (Sao Paulo)

November 5, 2015, 1:50 pm

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Last month, Conor Harrington (interviewed) & Franco Fasoli aka JAZ got together to paint a wall in Brazil for the O.bra Festival (also see Titi Freak, Brusk, and INTI x Alexis Diaz). Painted over the course of 10 days in Sao Paulo, the mural measuring 37 m high and 10 m wide featured an interesting composition of two horse and riders rendered in each artist's characteristic style. The piece references different conflicts in Latin America, the Paraguayan War, and the subjugation of native people. Photo Credit: Martha Cooper, Clarissa Pivetta, and artists. Discuss Conor Harrington here. Discuss JAZ here.

Art Focus: Parasite

November 6, 2015, 4:00 am

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Parasite's series of Black Things paintings utilize found & existing paintings and prints as a canvas where traditional works are over-painted with brutal new geometries. The original context of the source paintings are changed and subverted with distorted volumes and masses of 'anti-image' to create a new vocabulary. Portions of the original image are retained by the Poland-based artist as he plays with our sense of perception – depth and dimension present a renewed allegory that emphasizes unfamiliar details within the framing of the existing image. Equally, his outdoor work incorporates the substrate to create an imbalance of our perceptions of what presents itself as the foreground / background. The geometric shapes intertwine with layers of decay and graffiti, creating confusion in our recognition of the timeframe the piece was created. He has a solo exhibition of his gallery work opening this Saturday 7th November at Gauntlet Gallery in San Francisco, aptly entitled BlackThings.

Streets / POW! WOW! Japan 2015: Recap

November 6, 2015, 11:31 am

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Last month, the POW! WOW! crew completed the first leg of their Asia tour by hitting up Tokyo with live art, installations, and musical performances. The inaugural edition of POW! WOW! Japan featured work from Mark Dean Veca, Case, Colasa, Cook One (seen above), Kamea Hadar, Frankie Cihi, Jay Shogo, Hitotzuki (Kami & Sasu), Luise Ono, Dave Kinsey, Fafi, Ben Horton, Usugrow, Yoshiyasu Tamura, BAKIBAKI, Takizo, and Shizentomotel. As we speak, a new set of artists have moved on to the second part the event - POW! WOW! Taiwan (more on this later). Photo credit: Brandon Shigeta.