Streets: 1010 // The Crystal Ship (Belgium)

April 25, 2016, 1:57 pm

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After a look at what ROA painted for the Crystal Ship Festival on the streets of Ostend, we now can share some photos of 1010 at work for the event. The German artist painted his signature patterns on these side of a structure, providing a striking contrast to the drab building with this optical illusion. Take a look are more photos below at the details and get ready for more coverage of other artists and what they created for their fans in Belgium. Photo credit: Henrik Haven. Discuss 1010 here.

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Streets: Guido van Helten (Chernobyl)

April 26, 2016, 12:26 pm

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Guido van Helten recently visited a restricted area in Ukraine and painted a mural inside disused and unfinished Chernobyl Reactor 5. As a part of the ongoing ArtUnitedUs project, curated by Geo Leros, Iryna Kanishcheva, Waone Interesni Kazki, and Ilya Sagaidak, the work commemorates the 30th anniversary of the world's biggest nuclear catastrophe that happened on April 26, 1986. Known for massive photo realistic figurative murals, the Australian artist re-created a photograph taken by renowned photojournalist Igor Kostin during the disaster. Being the first to document the consequences of the tragedy in 1986 and years after, his photographs became the symbols of the disaster and serve as a warning for all of mankind nowdays. With this work, Van Helten "wanted to create a work that honored the sacrifice Igor Kostin made in the documentation of this disaster and for the importance of photojournalism as a medium of sharing of information with the world and in this case, showing the extreme dangers Nuclear energy can have."  Filmmaker Geo Leros from Ukraine documented the creation of this important work with a short film that we're bringing here as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-f2bZLDnM

Streets / Recap: The Crystal Ship (Belgium)

April 27, 2016, 9:46 pm

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From the 26th of March until the 10th of April, the Belgian coastal city of Ostend hosted The Crystal Ship festival on its streets. Better known for their beer festival, the town instead gifted their public space to world-renowned artists to create works through the city. Besides the pieces we have already shared with you from ROA & 1010, seen here are also large scale murals on large facades (Fintan Magee, Cyrcle, Agostino Iacurci, Franco Fasoli, Faith 47, Elian, Pixel Pancho), murals on industrial buildings (Guido Van Helten), a piece on a gigantic parking lot (Ella Pitr), as well as small sculptural installations (Isaac Cordal - seen above) along with witty and humorous interventions by Biancoshock, Our contributing photographer Henrik Haven was on location documenting the event, so we're bringing you selection of his photos along with couple of photos by the artists themselves along with Mark Rigney, Arne Deboosere, and more.

Streets: El Mac –“Desert Rose” @ Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum

April 27, 2016, 10:32 pm

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The Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Arizona recently commissioned gifted muralist El Mac to create a piece on one of their concrete exterior walls. Painted in the Los Angeles-based artist's unique rippled style of applying spray paint, Desert Rose depicts one of his good friends and features some background designs at the top by a local Mesa resident and graffiti artist from the early 90's - Mando Rascón. He further elaborates - "The image is based on my photos of Karen Bracamonte, an immigrant from Guatemala who is married to one of my closest friends. At the time of the reference shoot Karen was roughly seven months pregnant, so in a way, this painting depicts not only her but her baby as well (my soon-to-be godson). I was honored to paint for this museum something that can hopefully be seen as beautiful and affirming of love, life, and diversity." El Mac's show from the  Colorado Springs Fine Art Center (covered) will travel to the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum on May 13th and stay open until August 7th. Photo credit: Niba DelCastillo & the artist. Discuss El Mac here.

Streets: Pejac (Azraq Camp / Amman, Jordan)

April 28, 2016, 10:51 pm

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After recently creating new works in the Al-Hussein Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan (covered), Pejac continued travelling around Arab kingdom while creating more refugee focused works. Reviewed here are the pieces the Spanish artist painted in Azraq Camp and on the streets of Amman. The piece painted in Amman was inspired directly by Jordan's ongoing hospitality and acceptance towards others. In times when EU countries are putting barbed wire on their borders, the fact that a country of 9,5 million inhabitants is currently providing shelter to 2 million Palestinians, 1.4 million Syrian refugees and thousands of Iraqi Christians, is something that the world needs to know about. With this in mind, the Barcelona-based artist created a piece depicting a young boy spinning the Earth on his finger, celebrating all the children from different parts of the Middle East that found a new life in Jordan. The next piece Pejac created was in Azraq Camp for Syrian refugees where almost 40,000 people found their home running away from war. Directly addressing the admirable power of a mother's love and their ability to protect young children by modifying their reality, it depicts a woman bathing a baby in a bucket and telling stories about fresh ocean water on a sandy beach. Once again borrowing familiar motifs from art classics, the artist incorporated part of Valencia Beach: Morning Light painting by Spanish artist Sorolla into his work. Using this image as a universal language inside a text bubble, Pejac created an emotive piece that speaks on a global scale about the rough reality of refugee families. Discuss Pejac here.

Overtime: April 25 – May 1

May 1, 2016, 4:00 am

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

• Guardian has an early look at SFMoMA. Christopher Knight also reviews the new museum. Carolina A. Miranda visits and provides her opinion. Ben Davis explores and analyzes the museum as well.
• RIP: Abdul Aziz Raiba, who passed away at the age of 94.
• RIP: Connor Everts, who passed away at the age of 88.
• RIP: Terry Redlin, who passed away at the age of 78 after battle with dementia.
• Fire guts New Delhi's Museum of Natural History, destroying six floors of the building and everything inside.
• Pyotr Pavlensky refuses to give his consent for the closure of a criminal case against him.
• Babacar M'Bow sues Miami for wrongful termination from his job at Museum of Contemporary, North Miami.
• KPCC discusses the Doug Chrismas and Perry Rubenstein legal and financial controversies in LA.
• Allison Wint claims she was fired from her job for using the word vagina in describing Georgia O’Keefe's work.
• Fourth edition of Art International in Istanbul is postponed for the year.
• Westminster council rejects Timothy Schmalz's homeless jesus bronze installation.
• Lego admits it was a mistake to not sell bulk pieces to Ai Weiwei.
• School of Visual Arts mistakenly sends round of acceptance emails to people who never even applied.
• The richest art collectors in Britain see a decline in their wealth.
• Two arrested at Joshua Tree National Park for vandalism with spray paint.
• Steve McCurry studio assistant Bree DeStephano pleads guilty to stealing $655k worth of his work.
• New scientific study reveals that artists share common personality traits with psychopaths.
• Anish Kapoor says Carsten Höller addition to his tower was "foisted" on him by Boris Johnson.
• Picasso biographer John Richardson says Guernica bombing was birthday gift for Hitler.
• Ed Moses misses his 90th birthday dinner at William Turner Gallery due to leg injury.
• The growing San Francisco art scene. Anthony Meier discusses the scene in his town.
• Gagosian Gallery and Lisson lend works by their artists to Ab-Anbar gallery in Tehran.
• Maria Eichhorn closes Chisenhale Gallery and sends the staff home for the duration of her exhibition.
• Purple rain fell in honor of Prince in Random International's Rain Room at LACMA.
• UCLA's Fowler Museum receives a donation of $1mil. from Jay and Deborah Last.
• Elaine Wynn and A. Jerrold Perenchio donate a combined $75mil. towards LACMA expansion project.
• Yale Center for British Art, designed by Louis Kahn, reopens to the public on May 11.
• Tippet Rise Art Center, an open-air sculpture and music centre, opens in Montana.
• Wim Delvoye unveils plans for museum in historic Iranian city of Kashan.
• François Pinault plans to open new Paris museum in the historical Bourse du Commerce near the Louvre.
• Wang Wei and Liu Yiqian building The Long Museum Chongqing, their third and first outside Shanghai.
• Unseen Lucian Freud self-portrait acquired to settle tax bill heads to National Portrait Gallery.
• The Broad's art and artists is a featured category in Jeopardy!.
• Prince's Paisley Park home and studio to be turned into a museum.
• Yayoi Kusama plans three works for the Glass House.
• Cecilia Alemani announced as curator of the Italian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale.
• How major auction houses compete using the enhanced hammer tool.
• Preview of Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern sale in May.
• San Francisco Zoo offers work made by its animals in online auctions.
• The satellite fairs in NY during Frieze week.
• Karen Rosenberg's picks of artworks from NADA New York 2016.
• Armory Show to merge modern and contemporary sections of the fair in 2017.
• Susan and Michael Hort's artwork picks from Art Brussels 2016.
• Myrna Ayad will be the new director of Art Dubai.
• The Seattle Art Fair announces exhibitor list for 2016.
• Investing in artwork can reduce the volatility in your asset portfolio.
• 303 Gallery moves into 12,000 sq. ft. ground floor space of a Norman Foster building in NY
• Deloitte. releases Art & Finance report 2016.
• Artinfo interviews Michelle Papillion.
• Larry's List visits The Abel and Joaquin Collection.
• Berlin Gallery Weekend unofficially kicks off with Carsten Nicolai's Berghain installation.
• David Hockney on KCRW.
• ARTnews talks to Martine Syms.
• Carolina A. Miranda reviews Daniel Joseph Martinez's show at Roberts & Tilton.
• The Creators Project profiles Sophie Day.
• Artinfo visits Ed Atkins's Performance Capture at the Kitchen.
• Mary Simpson & Carroll Dunham talk while driving on the road.
• Elmgreen & Dragset discuss their Van Gogh’s Ear piece, currently on view at Rockefeller Center.
• Artillery provides "outsider" perspective on Paul Heyer's show at Night Gallery.
• The Prix Canson reveals finalists, including Njideka Akunyili Crosby and David Shrigley for 2016 edition.
• New Ryan McGinness products available from Agnes B.
• JMW Turner portrait with his painting in background to grace England's new £20 notes.
• Artnet profiles 10 of the Art World's Most Powerful Lawyers.
• Jeremy Irons reads excerpts from Francis Bacon’s interviews with David Sylvester.
• Artnet reviews the Hockney film on David Hockney.
• Prince's jacket worn in Purple Rain heads to auction.
• Marcel Duchamp and his relationship with chess.
• Rodney Graham's music listening pleasures.
• Hannah Rothschild on the best books to begin, or continue, an art history education.
• The Sistine Chapel and framing.
• Home stagers in Los Angeles using fine art loans to sell houses.

Andreas Englund –“Coffee Break” @ Grand Central Station (Stockholm)

May 1, 2016, 10:35 pm

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Last week at Stockholm's Grand Central Station, a new mural from Andreas Englund took shape on the second floor. Commissioned by No18, a business hotel opening in May, the piece painted on the 8 x 3 meter wall features a scene which includes one of the superhero characters that the Swedish artist is known for. In this case, he's taking a breather with a cup of coffee after dispatching some bad guys. Discuss Andreas Englund here.

Streets: Saner (Morocco)

May 4, 2016, 8:56 pm

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Along with with 23 other artisst, Saner was recently in Rabat, participating in the local Jidar Urban Art Festival. During his visit, the Mexican artist painted a vibrant figurative mural on the streets of Morocco's capital. Known for works that are strongly inspired by the Latin and South American tradition and history, Saner modified one of his familiar characters to fit the new environment. The bright colored image depicts a masked man serving tea in a traditional Moroccan way. By mixing the local head scarf and robe, along with characteristic trays, cups and teapot along with his signature Mexican face mask, he was able to create a subtle blend of distant cultures and traditions.

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Recap: David Choe // Igloo Hong (Morocco)

May 4, 2016, 9:29 pm

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Last month, David Choe (featured) led a group of artists into the wilds of Morocco on another Igloo Hong funded project (also see Cambodia). Included on the trip to Marrakech were repeat attendees El Mac & Andrew Hem along with newcomers Mars-1, Aaron Horkey, and DVS-1. As usual, it sounded like it was an artistic as well as a spiritually-revealing journey - you can read more from straight from the horse's mouth here. Discuss David Choe here.

Streets: DEIH (Morocco)

May 7, 2016, 10:53 pm

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After a look at what Saner painted for the Jidar Urban Art Festival in Morocco, we now turn our attention to the contribution by DEIH. The wall in Rabat was transformed by the Spanish street artist in his typical comic-inspired style and can be found in in Jacob Mansoir for those in the area. Take a look at more detailed photos below... Discuss DEIH here.

Overtime: May 2 – May 8

May 8, 2016, 4:00 am

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More stories from the week that ended May 8 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Max Frintrop exhibition opens at Lyles & King. Text and images are up.
• RIP: Marisol, who passed away at the age of 85 due to pneumonia.
• RIP: Carl Fredrik Reutersward, who passed away at the age of 81 after being treated for pneumonia.
• Illma Gore says that a Trump supporter punched her in the face for her anti-Trump artwork.
• FBI goes digging in search for stolen Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist works.
• Fire at Rosemarie Trockel's house may have damaged or destroyed about $34.5mil. in artwork.
• Art collectors pulling works out of Geneva Free Ports and transferring them to Delaware and London.
• Graffiti exploding in the streets of Los Angeles.
• Aby Rosen and others in NY pay fines for avoiding to pay taxes on purchased artwork.
• Moving Image fair cancelled this year.
• Met Opera struggling at the box office.
• Julian Schnabel leaves Gagosian Gallery for a return to Pace Gallery.
• Jonathan Jones thinks that Kate Middleton and the royal family are ruining British art.
• Study shows that less than a third of the biggest museum solo exhibitions in the US go to women.
• MoMA cutting staff. Offers voluntary buyouts to employees 55 or older with at least nine years of service.
• Install of Maurizio Cattelan's solid gold toilet faces technical issues and will be delayed for time being.
• Artists Space leaves SoHo space on Greene Street due to penthouse development.
• Martino Stierli of MoMA responds to architecture and design gallery closing criticism.
• Bendor Grosvenor criticizes Sotheby's collaboration with Vosges. chocolates.
• Shepard Fairey revisits an Echo Park Darby Crash mural after eight years.
• Galerie Gmurzynska donates £25k to fund restoration and maintenance of Kurt Schwitters' Merz Barn.
• Vulture visits Brussels on occasion of art fair week.
• A look back at the '90s in Los Angeles.
• Artspace provides a primer on the Harlem art scene.
• Xavier Veilhan to represent France at 2017 Venice Biennale.
• Italy allocating €1bil to restoration and building projects at 33 museums, monuments and archaeological sites.
• Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden at the Glass House is now installed and on view.
• Berlin Biennale announces artist list.
• São Paulo Biennial releases artist list for 2016 edition.
• Santa Monica Museum of Art moves to downtown and becomes Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
• Scott Indrisek visits the Nicole Eisenman show at New Museum.
• Christopher Bedford now director of The Baltimore Museum of Art.
• NY Times profiles Scott Rothkopf.
• Noah Davis' legacy lives on in three current institutional exhibitions.
• Houston Press previews Mark Flood's exhibition at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
• Painting believed to be by Baba Bishan Singh and initially purchased for £40 sells at auction for £92,250.
• Artwork for last two pages of Tintin's comic book King Ottokar’s Sceptre sells for €1.05mil at Artcurial.
• Hili Perlson's thoughts and observations on Berlin Gallery Weekend 2016.
• The possibility of a Frieze art fair on the west coast on occasion of WMG-IME investment in Frieze.
• Artnet previews works at Frieze NY. Sandy Rower's favorite works from the fair. Artspace chooses the ten best works. Dylan Kerr's picks for emerging artists at Frieze. Ben Davis' first impression of Frieze. Sarah Cascone provides us with a tour of the fair. Molly Gottschalk's opening day impressions of the fair. Judd Tully has a video walk-through of Frieze NY. Andrew Russeth's highlights at the fair.
• Judd Tully has a sales report from Frieze NY.
• Linda Yablonsky's adventures in NY during Frieze week.
• Benjamin Godsill's NADA NY artwork picks. Spencer Bailey gives his choices from the fair. Jenny Jaskey gets in on the action as well. Peter Knell joins the fun. Scott Indrisek's discoveries and steals at NADA NY. Brian Boucher highlights 11 booths in the fair. Artspace focuses on paintings there. ArtFCity shares their NADA thoughts. Video on some of the works at the fair.
• Eileen Kinsella visits Art New York, where Adrien Brody was exhibiting his paintings.
• Van Gogh Museum offers collection conservation, preservation advice, other services to collectors and more.
• Simon de Pury on NPR.
• The Art Gorgeous profiles Teriha Yaegashi and Juliette Premmereur of The New Art Advisors Alliance.
• Profile of conservator Gloria Velandia, who frequently can be found restoring works at art fairs.
• Larry's List visits and interviews Fashen.
• Artspace profiles LA's The Landing.
• Gagosian Gallery opens its San Francisco location.
• West Elm plans on opening gallery in Chelsea, NY.
• Judd Tully reviews Jean-Michel Basquiat show at Nahmad Contemporary.
• Observer profiles Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
• LA Weekly profiles Ramiro Gomez. LA Times interviews the artist.
• Judy Chicago to be represented by Salon94.
• It's Nice That shares expert of David Hockney interview.
• Michael Slenske profiles Louise Bonnet.
• Artnet interviews James Turrell.
• Christopher Knight reviews George Condo's show at Sprüth Magers Gallery.
• Carolina A. Miranda profiles and catches up with Betye Saar.
• The New Yorker shares Christian Marclay's sidewalk animations.
• Artnet talks to Tom Sachs about his show with Jeffrey Deitch.
• François Morellet and Pierre Soulages gaining increasing recognition around the world.
• Ai Weiwei making his first feature-length film, which will be a documentary about refugees.
• Martin Creed installs Work No. 2630 - UNDERSTANDING neon on the East river in Brooklyn.
• Paul McCarthy and Bobby Fisher talk art. Phaidon discusses McCarthy's non-icky work.
• Jordan Wolfson's new installation at David Zwirner in NY.
• LA Weekly reviews some shows currently on view in Los Angeles, including at Night Gallery and Wilding Cran.
• Artillery goes to openings in Culver City.
• How street artists are addressing the current US presidential campaign.
• Steven Mnuchin, son of Robert Mnuchin, named Donald Trump's campaign finance chair.
• What you should know moving back to NYC from LA.

Streets: Ericailcane (Mexico)

May 9, 2016, 11:01 pm

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While in town for his current solo show in Mexico City at Fifty24MX, Ericailcane found time to make his mark on the urban environment. Painted in his recognizable illustrative style, the new mural from the Italian artist features a fox and a rabbit entwined in branches. Cleverly utilizing the architectural connecting structures between his two anthropomorphic animal subjects, he shows once again why he's considered one of the most skilled street artists out there today. Photo credit: Alice Bettolo (via Gorgo), the artist, and the gallery. Discuss Ericailcane here. https://vimeo.com/164774713

Streets: Sepe –“Selfie in the Circus” (Poland)

May 12, 2016, 9:53 pm

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Recently at an abandoned structure in Poland, Sepe painted a new mural entitled Selfie in the Circus. The piece is dedicated to an upcoming show of the same title at Soon Gallery in Zurich scheduled to open on May 19th. Created in the same color palette as many of the originals in his new body of work, the wall features a circle of pointing individuals surrounding a single figure, continuing the Warsaw-based artist's commentary on society.

Streets: D*Face // The L.I.S.A Project (New York)

May 12, 2016, 11:01 pm

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For a recent mural in Manhattan, D*Face (interviewed) decided to go with one of his iconic Lichtenstein-inspired women holding two of his signature D-dogs. Sponsored by The L.I.S.A Project, the piece span several stories high in Soho while leaving some existing graffiti that the British artist remember from 20 year's past. D further elaborates on what he left intact on the wall - "I kept the small 'throw up' of the clown(?) in the bottom left corner of the wall, I first saw this on a trip to NYC as a student over 20 years ago, it became a sort of landmark for me and I'd check on it pretty much every time I rolled through Manhattan, so when I got offered this wall it felt incredibly relevant and apt to keep it." Photo credit: The LISA Project, Rebels Alliance, l_fougere, bushwickblues, suzanne_duckworth, halopigg. Discuss D*Face here.

Overtime: May 9 – May 15

May 15, 2016, 4:00 am

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More stories from the week that ended May 15 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Ugo Rondinone’s Seven Magic Mountains goes up in the Las Vegas desert. Reno Gazette Journal covers the public art installation.
• RIP: Martin Friedman, who passed away at the age of 90.
• RIP: François Morellet, who passed away at the age of 90.
• Dom Sebastiao statue in Lisbon destroyed after man attempts to take a selfie with it.
• Peter Gant and Mohamed Aman Siddique found guilty of selling forged Brett Whiteley paintings.
• Street Children in custody of Egyptian governemnt after they posted satirical videos on social networks.
• Megumi Igarashi found guilty of violating Japanese obscenity laws for her vagina kayak.
• Mark Ryden works cause outrage and possible censorship battle at Virginia MOCA.
• Vanessa Hudgens pays $1k restitution for vandalizing Arizona Red Rocks.
• Stefan Simchowitz and Jonathan Ellis King settle their lawsuit against Ibrahim Mahama.
• Tate to face information tribunal over payments from BP for sponsorship, since severed.
• Ai Weiwei is denied entry to Gaza and films in Israel and the West Bank.
• Antiques Roadshow appraiser mistakenly valued high school art project ceramic work at $50k.
• Mark Bradford takes a shot at auctions during Christie's-hosted event.
• The case of Jasper Johns' missing Flag painting from Robert Rauschenberg's Short Circuit combine.
• Vulture notices that auction houses are offering fewer works by younger artists in this week's NY sales.
• Mark Kostabi ends 23-year feud with Tadanori Yokoo after he receives some of the paintings he's owed.
• Police in Ukraine have retrieved the 17 Old Master paintings stolen from the Museo di Castelvecchio.
• Greece working at forging international alliances to further chances of retrieving Parthenon marbles.
• Richard Polsky now also authenticates Basquiat and Haring works.
• French mechanic may have purchased a long lost Pierre-Auguste Renoir for only $700 online.
• UCLA graduate art studios to expand with major donation from Margo Leavin.
• Carnegie Mellon University announces that Charlie White will be the new head of its School of Art.
• What can artists do for Detroit?
• Can the newly renovated and expanded SFMoMA boost the Bay Area's art market?
• Zaha Hadid retrospective coming to Palazzo Franchetti during Architecture Biennale.
• Kochi-Muziris Biennale reveals the first list of artists in the edition.
• The New Museum plans expansion after raising $43mil. of needed $80mil.
• Whitney Museum's upcoming gala dinner and Studio Party.
• Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art collection to be shown in Berlin from December.
• Beirut Museum of Art opening in 2020.
• Judd Foundation presents a James Rosenquist show at Spring Street location.
• NY Times previews the week in auction sales. Artinfo has an overview of the NY auction sales.
• Eileen Kinsella looks at the Christie's Bound to Fail sale.
• Judd Tully analyzes the Christie's Bound to Fail sale and Phillip's evening sale.
• ARTnews looks at the Phillips evening sale.
• Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern sale does not perform well. Wall Street Journal also covers the disappointing sale. Katya Kazakina gives her take for Bloomberg. Judd Tully thought it was a bumpy sale. Brian Boucher thought it was a sputtering affair.
• Judd Tully covers the Christie's evening sale. Katya Kazakina focuses her coverage on Yusaku Maezawa's buying. Eileen Kinsella also writes about the sale.
• Brian Boucher writes about the Sotheby's evening sale. Judd Tully calls the sale a success.
• Eileen Kinsella recounts the Christie's Impressionist and Modern sale. Judd Tully also has a take on the auction.
• Part 1 of Kenny Schachter's Frieze NY and auction adventures. And also Part 2.
• Yusaku Maezawa bought a crazy amount of art during NY auction week. Artinfo also writes about him.
• Speculation on who could have won the bidding for Maurizio Cattelan's Him sculpture.
• Artnet's list of the top ten artists whose work broke records this week at auction.
• Cheyenne Westphal to join Phillips as chairwoman.
• Sotheby's big ass diamond may sell for $70mil. in June.
• Paddle8 and Auctionata announce merger. NY Times also covers the deal.
• About buyer's premium at auction.
• The 10 best fairs at NADA NY, as voted by the Artspace audience.
• US election season a good time to buy but a bad time to sell artwork.
• NY Post writes about how prices for artwork are perceived and achieved.
• A list of Richard Serra's ten most expensive works at auction.
• Thaddaeus Ropac opening a gallery location in London.
• Gavin Brown’s Enterprise and Elizabeth Dee Gallery will open their spaces in Harlem this month.
• NY Times visits Steve Tisch's new "shed" mini-museum where his tennis courts used to be.
• Larry's List features Heidi Dillon.
• Michael Dean, Anthea Hamilton, Helen Marten, and Josephine Pryde selected for Turner Prize shortlist.
• Linda Yablonsky notices the popularity of artists that are of an advanced age.
• Interview with Olafur Eliasson, who just put out a cookbook.
• Mark Flood starts a diary on ARTnews on occasion of his CAMH exhibition.
• Pat Steir now represented by Dominique Lévy Gallery.
• Frank Stella revealed to be funny.
• NY gets its first Yayoi Kusama public art bronze pumpkin, in front of Sky development.
• Jeff Koons creates his first video work, for Google.
• David Pagel reviews Joan Snyder's show at Parrasch Heijnen.
• Nate Freeman's experience with Jordan Wolfson's Colored Sculpture work. Ben Davis analyzes the work.
• Artsy profiles Petra Cortright.
• Charles Gaines gives advice to young artists.
• Vogue interviews Cali Thornhill DeWitt.
• Some biographical facts about Fernando Botero.
• Tatiana De Pahlen and Gea Politi talk to James Franco.
• The Work in Progress artist residency at a office space in Times Square.
• Michael Mandiberg recorded logos of over 500 banks that closed during recession for FDIC Insured.
• Duke Riley releases 2,000 pigeons with LED lights over Brooklyn Navy Yard as part of performance.
• When an artist's mother is their muse or subject.
• Artillery visits an event at Daniel Rolnik Gallery.
• Brian Andrew Whiteley revealed as artist of Donald Trump tombstone in Central Park.
• Limited edition Jeff Koons phone case available from Google store.

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Recap: David Choe // Igloo Hong (Morocco) – Part II

May 15, 2016, 10:40 pm

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After a first look at the latest Igloo Hong funded project from David Choe (featured) in Morocco, we now have some more photos to share with you from the the trip. Granted creative freedom, El Mac, Andrew Hem, Mars-1, Aaron Horkey, and DVS-1 all did their best work getting up on whatever walls they could find, whether it be solo or with a collaborative effort. Take a look at more shots below of the action... Discuss David Choe here.

Streets: Colin van der Sluijs (Chicago)

May 17, 2016, 9:19 am

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While in town for his show at Vertical Gallery, Colin van der Sluijs painted a large mural in Chicago's south loop. The nine-story wall (1006 S Michigan Avenue) features a yellow-headed blackbird (now no longer in the area) & red-headed woodpecker (in need of conservation) amongst bursting foliage and is part of the Wabash Arts Corridor. The Dutch artist's debut USA solo exhibition Luctor Et Emerge will be on view through May 28. Via Colossal. Discuss Colin van der Sluijs here.

Streets: Anders Gjennestad aka STRØK (Paris)

May 19, 2016, 2:15 pm

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One month ahead of his upcoming solo show with Mathgoth Gallery, Anders Gjennestad aka STRØK visited Paris and painted his largest mural to date. After two days of work, THE Norwegian artist completed this 25 meters high piece that nicely presents his recognizable style. Depicting four break dancers in midst of their performance, this mural was like most his work - based on the photos the artist took himself. For this piece, he created realistic stencils from photographs, showing only the person and its shadow. Always playing with the light and shade as well as perspective, the simple idea of recreating these images in a different angle results in an effective optical illusion. Opening on 3rd of June, Enter Title Here will be STRØK's 2nd solo show with the gallery. https://vimeo.com/165979480

Studio Visits: Greg Simkins –“Beyond Shadows” @ KP Projects // MKG & Launch LA

May 20, 2016, 10:16 am

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Leading up to his show opening tomorrow night at KP Projects // MKG, we had a chance to take a peek at Greg “Craola” Simkins (featured) prepping for the show in his studio. Entitled Beyond Shadows, the new solo will include detailed works focused on his surreal characters, some “drip script” pieces, and some new paintings of his favorite switchblade Stab E. Mack. The exhibition will take over the entire West Hollywood Gallery as well as upstairs area where Launch LA is located. Photo credit: Birdman Photos. Discuss Greg Simkins here.

Overtime: May 16 – May 22

May 22, 2016, 4:00 am

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More stories from the week that ended May 23 (click on bolded words for more information):

• Tabor Robak - Sunflower Seed show at Team Bungalow a Must See Los Angeles pick by ArtForum.
• RIP: Morley Safer, who passed away at the age of 84.
• RIP: Darwyn Cooke, who passed away at the age of 53 due to cancer.
• Trollstation members receive prison sentences for pranks at London's National Portrait Gallery.
• Pyotr Pavlensky beaten and suffers cracked ribs while in police custody.
• ABC No Rio preparing for demolition and rebuilding.
• British Museum temporarily closes due to actions of BP activists protesting sponsorship.
• William Kentridge criticizes Europe's refugee policy, delivering a scathing condemnation of migrant crisis.
• Newly revealed letters show that Sotheby's contacted Helly Nahmad regarding looted Modigliani claim.
• EU withdraws millions in unused culture funding available to Italy for heritage site repairs.
• Judith Young-Mallin sues Peter Beard and his wife for $200k claiming he stole a journal that was gifted to her.
• Christie’s storage facility still faces $23mil worth of lawsuits for Superstorm Sandy-related damage.
• Phillips raising buyer commissions on everything it auctions except for watches.
• Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Denise Rich, Louise Blouin, & Dominique Lévy among the names in Panama Papers.
• Jho Low sells off Basquiat and Monet works at significant losses while he is investigated for financial dealings.
• Ten professors at the Corcoran School of Art and Design at George Washington University have been laid off.
• Art market in Singapore experiences growing pains.
• Abu Dhabi spending cuts heavily affecting its art museum development plans.
• Brooklyn Museum offers staff buyouts to cut costs after facing $3mil. deficit.
• W.A.G.E. sends letter to the New Museum regarding its expansion efforts.
• Sainbury's faces social media backlash after it advertises a request for an artist to work for free.
• Palestinian Museum opens this week, but with no exhibition.
• When pop musicians borrow or steal from other artists.
• Pratt Institute president Thomas F. Schutte will be stepping down at the end of the 2016–2017 academic year.
• Dozens protest Duke Riley's pigeon performance at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
• A discussion on the use of of live animals in artworks.
• Google finishes development of Art Camera that will help digitize museum art collections quickly and easily.
• Ben Davis looks at studying examining the link between art image sharing and property values.
• Brad Phillips discusses how Instagram is changing things for artists.
• Bruce High Quality Foundation to open a branch in Miami.
• Phaidon writes about The Düsseldorf School movement.
• Ai Weiwei show at Cycladic Museum of Art in Athens opens.
• Smithsonian American Art Museum acquires six works by Bill Traylor.
• Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art's collection to be shown at Berlin's National Gallery starting December.
• Scott Indrisek visits Storm King to see Dennis Oppenheim's Terrestrial Studio and Josephine Halvorson's work.
• Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney compound where Whitney Museum was born will now host visitors.
• Artnet writes about Damien Hirst's Jeff Koons show at Newport Street Gallery. Damien Hirst talks about art and money.
• The National Gallery of Art names Jonathan Bober as Andrew W. Mellon senior curator of prints & drawings.
• Donna and Donald Baumgartner gift $8mil to the Milwaukee Art Museum. It also names Dr. Marcelle Polednik as the new director.
• The Menil Collection names Dr. Rebecca Rabinow its new director.
• Observer interviews Yusaku Maezawa.
• Artspace interviews Michael Xufu Huang of private art museum M WOODS.
• Larry's List interviews Huang Yu.
• Market experts discuss the lessons learned from New York auction week last week. Adam Lindemann also provides some thoughts.
• Pablo Picasso’s Cubist Femme Assise painting headlines Sotheby's London evening sale.
• Phillips sells Diego Rivera painting privately for $15.7mil. A new record for the artist.
• Artsy's video: The Art Market, Explained: What You Need to Know about Auctions.
• A list of Basquiat's most expensive works at auction.
• Steven Cohen’s Point 72 increased its stake in Sotheby’s to 5.5%. Singapore-based investment group Shanda is also increasing its ownership stake in Sotheby's.
• Comparison of the May sales of the major auction houses from year to year.
• Exhibitor list released for Expo Chicago.
• Art Basel announces 2016 Parcours Sector artworks.
• Artnet visits Photo London 2016 and discusses its trends. Artinfo's list of the best things to see at the fair.
• Josef and Anni Albers Foundation now be represented by David Zwirner Gallery.
• Colin Gleadell looks at the Jean Dubuffet market.
• Artnet discusses Steve Martin's art collection.
• Artinfo provides a walk through the Feuerle Collection in Berlin.
• Luiz Augusto Teixeira de Freitas talks about his collection and the influence of money on the creation of art.
• Why you should hire an art transport company.
• Roberta Smith writes about Philip Guston's Hauser & Wirth show.
• Betty Tompkins talks with Marilyn Minter.
• Grayson Perry makes a giant ceramic weiner.
• Wilhelm Sasnal discusses his daily activities.
• Swoon's Pearly's Beauty Shop, which will raise money for her foundation.
• Chris Martin's second Saturn Return.
• Andrea Rosen discusses Felix Gonzalez-Torres and upcoming exhibitions at three galleries across the world.
• Michail Pirgelis & David Ostrowski's "To Lose" in Monopol Magazine.
• Linda Yablonsky visits Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains 
• Anish Kapoor exhibits small sculptures at Lisson Gallery in Milan.
• Antony Gormley shows body cast prints at Alan Cristea Gallery.
• Artnet wants us to See the 6 Most Haunting Humanoids in Art.
• BumblebeeLovesYou's Somewhere I'd Rather Bee lapel pin available at the artist's web shop
• Nicole Eisenman limited edition screen print available from New Museum.
• Stefan Haus' A Really Good Dictionary of Modern & Contemporary Art now available on Kindle.
• Dr. Bendor Grosvenor and Jacky Klein get a new show called The Art Detectives.
• Markus Klinko's never-before-seen photos of David Bowie.