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Messages From The Street
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 12:22pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Graffiti Steert art
Messages From The Street A cool assortment of graffiti and street art from the gritty city, including a few words of advice... Brooklyn Street Art You Go Girl Graffiti Graffiti For You & Me Messages Underground Have A Happy Weed...
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'Christ, what an asshole.' [Art]
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 1:02pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: art
Dr. Bernard Breslauer (pictured) had artist Lucian Freud paint a portrait of him years ago. Breslauer died in 2004. Freud finally decided to auction off the portrait—but when a friend went to retrieve it from Breslauer's New York apartment, they found that the dead man had destroyed it, because "Mr Breslauer, apparently, objected to the way Freud had painted his distinctive double chin." The price paid for a Freud portrait auctioned earlier this year: $33.6 million, the highest ever for a painting by a living artist. That would have paid for a lot of chin jobs. [Telegraph UK via Radar]
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FBI to Internet: "Hey, Do Any of These Priceless Stolen Paintings Look Familiar To You Guys?" [Art]
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 5:03pm CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
When patron of the arts William Kingsland died in 2006, he left a big stack of paintings behind. Guess what, some of them were stolen back in the 60s, Animal New York tells us. Now the FBI is—wait for it—crowdsourcing its investigation of the paintings' origins. They put photos of the paintings on their website. After the jump: do you recognize any of these paintings? Plz halp! Luv, FBI.Quoth the FBI,
"But because of the overwhelming size of the collection and the complex and time-consuming nature of provenance investigations, we decided the best and most expeditious course of action was to publicize the art work to the general public... If you have information on the provenance, acquisition, or ownership of any work of art from the Kingsland collection shown here—or if you want to make a claim—please contact Agent Wynne at (718) 286-7302 or by e-mail at James.Wynne@ic.fbi.gov."
Henry Aiken
This one's a Picasso!
Buzz Foto
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There Will Always Be Copycats!!
Posted: August 10th, 2008, 5:29pm CDT by BradElterman
Tags: paparazzi as an art Form
Seems like yesterday that we did the very first modern paparazzi gallery exhibition at the Seyhoun Gallery on trendy Melrose Ave in Los Angeles. We were the first!! Sure Galella does shows of his vintage sixties and seventies work, but Buzz Foto was the first to do a modern day exhibition with iconic fine art photographs of Lindsay, Britney, Paris & Nicole. Why were we the first? Because we have something that makes us standout. Creativity! Not only that but, we are patrons of the arts supporting local galleries, artists, the Armand Hammer Museum, MOMA and of course LACMA. Good luck ever seeing our competition at a museum opening or a board meeting! Hell would freeze over first.
So now the competition wants to do a fine art parparazzi photo exhibition. What a brilliant concept and how unique. We are flattered and they can always hire us as a consultant!
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All Signs Point To Fun
Posted: August 8th, 2008, 12:58pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Graffiti Steert art
All Signs Point To Fun Despite a lacking in vegetation, New York City has no shortage in street side color. Have a colorful weekend!... Photo du Jour: Finger NYC Graf & Steert Art Bouquet of Graffiti Local Color Photo via...
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Jennifer Garner Embraces Violet’s Artistic Side
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 9:22pm CDT
Tags: Jennifer garner violet art studio
We’ve been seeing Jennifer Garner routinely taking her 2-year-old daughter Violet to art classes over the past month or so. And it seems the little one has already begun to explore her creative side.
The “Alias” babe was spotted carrying her little daughter in one arm and what appears to be an art project in the other arm earlier today (July 29th) as they left the children’s art facility in Los Angeles.
cityrag
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Welcome to Life
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 12:45pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Graffiti Steert art
Welcome to Life And Welcome to Brooklyn. A graffiti birth announcement captured by the prolific Greenpoint blog - New York Shitty. You Go Girl Graffiti Graffiti Springs Eternal Messages From The Heart -
New York Subway Poster Art Vandal
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 12:56pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Graffiti Steert art
New York Subway Poster Art Vandal Profound new film commentary from NYC's fantastic "Poster Boy" spotted by Gawker!... Artist, Vandal, Maker Of Funny Things Outlaw Artist Hits NYC Museums Mini Kiss Mania Strikes In NYC Neckface Conquers Batman True Elf...
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New Art Exhibition a Literal Shitshow [Art]
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 11:36am CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Andres Serrano's show, titled "SHIT," will open in September at the Yvon Lambert Gallery. It'll feature five-foot photos of poo, including the artist's own! But it also has animal poo—"Bullshit" is the image on your left. The Post has already reacted predictably: "Controversial photographer Andres Serrano is again using his bodily excreta in his sickening 'art.'" (He's already used urine. What's next?) After the jump, Serrano's most famous work, 1987's Piss Christ. It's probably supposed to make us think, but mostly it just screams, "I want to get famous! OK?!!!"See? It's a crucifix, submerged in urine. Get it?!
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New Art Exhibition a Literal Shitshow [Art]
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 11:36am CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Andres Serrano's show, titled "SHIT," will open in September at the Yvon Lambert Gallery. It'll feature five-foot photos of poo, including the artist's own! But it also has animal poo—"Bullshit" is the image on your left. The Post has already reacted predictably: "Controversial photographer Andres Serrano is again using his bodily excreta in his sickening 'art.'" (He's already used urine. What's next?) After the jump, Serrano's most famous work, 1987's Piss Christ. It's probably supposed to make us think, but mostly it just screams, "I want to get famous! OK?!!!"See? It's a crucifix, submerged in urine. Get it?!
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Balloon Graffiti Can End Vandalism Forever [Art]
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 12:34pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: art
There's a street artist in NYC by the name of D. Billy, and I sincerely hope he is being subsidized by the NYPD, because he has come up with a way to rid our streets of "unsightly" graffiti. By doing it with balloons! Just imagine how much time the sanitation department could save—just send out one guy with a needle, and he could take down an entire city's worth of balloon tags in a day. Truly a win-win solution. Plus, it's a good way to communicate Batman-like sound effects. Two more pictures of D. Billy's environmental revolution:
[via And I Am Not Lying]
cityrag
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A Bouquet of Graffiti
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 12:31pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Graffiti Steert art
A Bouquet of Graffiti Growing up in barren areas of NYC, graffiti was like flowers. It added color to the neighborhood and it was fun to watch it spring up. A summer bouquet from our archives, click to see the...
Buzz Foto
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Brooklyn Museum To Exhibit Richard Creamer Foto!!
Posted: June 21st, 2008, 3:11pm CDT by admin
Tags: brooklyn museum of art
We just head the news that our friend and mentor, Richard Creamer will have one of his photographs included in the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s History Of Rock And Roll Photograph exhibition set for the fall of 2009! A book will coincide with the exhibition.
This is wonderful news. We owe so much to Richard and he is greatly missed. Richard was adored by all the rock stars from Alice Cooper to Robert Plant. He was funny, incredibly brilliant and wonderfully eccentric!
We will never forget when we would arrive and one of the hundreds of in crowd record company parties that we attended together and Richard would sing out, “there is a feedbag involved”!
Congratulations Ricard. You deserve it and we miss you.
Photo by Brad Elterman/BuzzFoto.com
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Angry Black Statue Given Smiley Face [Art]
Posted: June 20th, 2008, 2:09am CDT by Ryan Tate
Tags: art
The statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pictured on the left was a little, well, "confrontational" and communist looking (??) for the U.S. Commission On Fine Arts, which approves monuments on the National Mall in Washington DC. So the Chinese sculptor who carved the 28-foot memorial gave the civil rights leader a face lift, softening his brow and turning up his lips "to resemble the hint of a smile," in the words of AP. Now tourists will be spared the apparently undesirable site of an angry-looking black men, and the commissioners indicated yesterday they are happy. The foundation responsible for making the statue refused to release a before/after picture, but Rick McKay of Cox managed to snap the above photo, which ran in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [AP]
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Rachel Bilson: Sexy at the Skylight Gallery
Posted: June 18th, 2008, 12:39pm CDT
Tags: Rachel Bilson Whitney art Party
We’re used to seeing her milling around Southern California, but last night Rachel Bilson was on the East Coast mingling and hobnobbing with the artsy crowd.
The “Last Kiss” cutie was spotted at the Whitney Art Party and Auction at the Skylight Gallery in New York City’s Manhattan borough.
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'Crying Men' by Sam Taylor-Wood [Art]
Posted: June 15th, 2008, 2:16pm CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: art
"'Crying Men' is a collection of photographic portraits of famous film actors by Sam Taylor-Wood showing what it looks like when Hollywwod men cry. Taylor-Wood explains, 'Some of the men cried before I even finished loading the camera, but others found it really difficult. People can decide for themselves which they think are the authentic tears and which they think are fake. It's about the idea of taking these big, masculine men and showing a different side.'" More after the jump.
[ArabAquarius via Coudal]
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Everyone Who's Ever Been On Futurama [Art]
Posted: June 14th, 2008, 5:39pm CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: art
I just came across this and thought it was awesome. That is all. UPDATE: I can't seem to make the pic any bigger so just click the link to view full-size. Also? I'm pretty sure they forgot to include Lucy Liu's head. [DesignYouTrust]
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Artists Escape New York Via Internet [Art]
Posted: June 12th, 2008, 3:29am CDT by Ryan Tate
Tags: art
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Crazy Pink Bubble Gum Art [Gallery]
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 2:39pm CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: art
"Italian artist Maurizio Savini creates amazing sculptures from regular pink chewing gum. The synthetic fleshliness of the pink color, the obsessive square shape of the product unwrapped and ready to be shred to pieces by the power of the tongue, all compete in crashing on the senses." More of his sense-crashing work after the jump.
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MONEY CREATES TASTE [Twitter Art]
Posted: May 30th, 2008, 3:19pm CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Is this really conceptual artist Jenny Holzer's Twitter? She's famous for projecting her aphorisms like " A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS" onto every available surface. Add to the list of people worth following on Twitter, plz! [via Young Manhattanite] The most awesome Twitter feed ever after the jump.
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MONEY CREATES TASTE [Twitter Art]
Posted: May 30th, 2008, 3:19pm CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Is this really conceptual artist Jenny Holzer's Twitter? She's famous for projecting her aphorisms like " A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS" onto every available surface. Add to the list of people worth following on Twitter, plz! [via Young Manhattanite] The most awesome Twitter feed ever after the jump.
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Cate Blanchett defends controversial Australian photographer
Posted: May 28th, 2008, 10:47am CDT by Celebitchy
Tags: art
Controversial Australian photographer Bill Henson’s art opening in Sydney, Australia was shut down by police last Thurdday after complaints about photos featuring nude preteens and teenagers. 20 photos were seized and the police plan to interview the children and their parents. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called the photos “absolutely revolting.”The dark subject matter of Henson’s photographs often include half-nude children in disturbing, sometimes suggestive poses in low light and amid sweeping landscapes. Some call his work pretentious while others find it compelling and meaningful. He’s had photographs in galleries around the world for at least 15 years featuring the same subject matter. It’s only recently that anyone has begun to draw attention to his work and accuse him of being exploitive of children.
Cate Blanchett and 42 other prominent Australians have signed a letter questioning the police raid of the gallery and wondering what implications this may have for the future of artists in the country:
Henson, 52, a renowned artist whose work is displayed in galleries around the world, has not spoken publicly since the controversy erupted.
But his supporters have rallied around him. Prominent members of the arts community, including actress Cate Blanchett, and politicians have decried the police actions as censorship.
“The potential prosecution of one of our most respected artists is no way to build a creative Australia and does untold damage to our cultural reputation,” Blanchett and 42 others said in an open letter to the prime minister released Tuesday. Other signatories included writer Peter Goldsworthy, playwright Michael Gow and filmmaker Ana Kokkinos.
“The intention of the art is not to titillate or to gratify perverse sexual desires, but rather to make the viewer consider the fragility, beauty, mystery and inviolability of the human body,” the letter said.
Henson’s work, known for its use of light and dark shading, encompasses a wide range of subjects _ landscapes, cloudscapes, suburban and rural life, young people and old people.
“They’re all vehicles for a whole set of feelings to do with what it means to be in transition,” Judy Annear, senior curator for photography at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, told the AP. “That’s why he has often photographed young people, because they are the most obvious to be in transition.”
In 2004-05, her gallery held a major retrospective of the last 30 years of Henson’s work. More than 65,000 people viewed the exhibit _ and not a single person complained.
“A debate is good but it needs to be rational,” Annear said. “There’s a lot of emotional heat in this one.”
She has seen the latest exhibit and calls it “the most still, the most classical, the most formal” of Henson’s work.
[AP report as found on The Huffington Post]
You can see the photo of the 13 year-old girl topless (NSFW and you may feel guilty about looking at it, it’s up to your perspective) on the site for Australian newspaper The Age.
The photo captures a kind of vulnerability in the subject, and when I look at it I feel guilty and protective of the girl, which is exactly what Blanchett is saying. Other photos I’ve found (NSFW - scroll to the bottom right) do seem exploitive and I feel uncomfortable looking at them, but again that’s probably the point. I wish I took an art history or appreciation class in college so I could discuss this with more background. As it is I don’t know how I feel about it. Not all of Hensen’s photographs even include children and it is only the most controversial which have sparked debate.
An Australian politician, Malcolm Turnball, is quoted at the end of the AP article as saying “I think we have a culture of great artistic freedom in this country and I don’t believe the vice squad’s role is to go into art galleries.”
Cate Blanchett is shown at a photocall for Indiana Jones 4 in Cannes on 5/18/08, thanks to WENN.
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Taiwan's Decaying Futureland [Gallery]
Posted: May 25th, 2008, 2:03pm CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: art
"San-Zhr Pod Village, by photographer Craig Ferguson, is a project that features images of an abandoned hotel/housing pod development in the small town of San-zhr on the north coast of Taiwan." Have a look!
[File Magazine via BoingBoing]
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Telectroscope [Art]
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 5:18pm CDT by Nick Douglas
Tags: art
"The Telectroscope is a 21st Century realisation of a 19th Century design. A tunnel bored beneath the Atlantic connects London with New York and by the aid of a complex series of lenses and mirrors allows people at one end to see and be seen by those at the other." Of course this steampunk art installation is really two video screens at either end. The New York end is at Fulton Ferry Landing. [Telectroscope; photo by Charlotte Gilhooly]
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Mila Kunis: Out in NYC
Posted: May 20th, 2008, 2:00pm CDT
Tags: Mila Kunis art and Design
Everybody knows how hot Mila Kunis is, as evidenced by her many appearances on Hot 100 lists by Stuff and Maxim. And last night she charmed the folks at a swanky NYC party.
As the current cover girl for New York Moves Magazine, Kunis felt it was only right to stop by the mag’s “Art and Design” Issue launch party at trendy Big Apple locale Tailor.
cityrag
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Graffiti is Risky Business
Posted: May 20th, 2008, 1:12pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Graffiti Steert art
Graffiti is Risky Business Being a graffiti artist in NYC is a bit like playing the game of Risk. Establishing territories and not letting anyone invade and take over is an important part of the art of graf war. Vincent...
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The Art of an Empty Bed [Art]
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:26pm CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Installation artist Drew Burrows has projected a girl sleeping onto an empty bed. Visitors can then lay on the bed—and have the feeling of not being alone. [via Gizmodo]
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Master Subway Poster Artist Shows His Oeuvre [Things We Actually Like]
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:11pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: art
The mystery NYC subway poster artist whose works have instilled in us a new respect for cut-and-paste vandalism has a Flickr account! And it's chock-full of impressive works that have heretofore been seen only by those commuters lucky enough to happen upon them. But now we're bringing you five of the best new ad art remixes from his collection. Help "Fight marc ecko with one hand," after the jump:
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Russian Dictator's Crony Props Up American Art Market [Art]
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 10:11am CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Everyone was surprised when Lucian Freud's 1995 painting, "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," fetched $33 million at a Christie's auction—way more than was predicted. The anonymous buyer, who also bought a Francis Bacon work at Sotheby's for $90 mil, turns out to be Roman Abramovich, the dubious Russian billionaire who is one of prime minister Vladimir Putin's closest pals. WTF did he get the cash? "In 1995 Abramovich, one of Putin's closest allies, paid a mere $100 million for [state oil company] Sifnet; ten years later, the government shelled out $13.7 billion for it - an astronomical sum and far above the going market rate," reports the Daily Mail. Clearly, oil wealth is definitely not being used to "share the proceeds of growth," as Putin once promised, with Russia's vast poor, as well as their failing health and education systems.
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Neat Food Sculptures [Gallery]
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 2:11pm CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: art
I like looking at weird-ass stuff. It's fun! So here is a collection of food art. After the jump, egg babies, a watermelon in some sort of terrible trouble, a really creepy Mr. Potato Head, and an orange assisting in its own doom.
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Lucian Freud's $33 Million Painting Sets Sale Record for Living Artist [Art]
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:49pm CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.At Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale last night, "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" (1955) by Lucian Freud (Sigmund's grandson), went for $33 million. It beat the record auction price for a living artist—the last record was set by Jeff Koons' "Hanging Heart" sculpture, sold for $23 mil at Sotheby's last November. (P.S.: Fat- and appearance-mockers will be executed!) [WSJ]
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Kids' Drawings Made Real [Gallery]
Posted: May 11th, 2008, 12:29pm CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: art
Someone's taking children's scribbling and gussying them up with some kind of magical computure special effects. It think it's pretty nifty. However, I'm having tech woes and can't seem to publish more than one image in a post, so enjoy the gallery here. Stupid tech trouble.
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From the Freaky Brain of Michael 'Pooch' Pucciarelli [Gallery]
Posted: May 10th, 2008, 9:39am CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: art
Just in time for Mother's Day, a collection of paintings by pop-art psychopants Michael Pucciarelli is available for your viewing pleasure. What's it have to do with Mother's Day? I dunno, ask my shrink. Oh, wait, I don't have one! Some faves after the jump.
[MDolla]
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Bar Designer Taavo Somer's Fancy New House: Let Us Show You It [Art]
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 3:07pm CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Taavo Somer, the weirdo artist/designer/"method" architect (when designing the new nautical-themed bar Rusty Knot, he took to dressing like a drunken sailor) was profiled in New York this week. "In the profile he talks about the house he just bought upstate and how his parents were horrified at the price," whispers a tipster. "I don't know what he ended up paying exactly but the asking price was $1.295 million. It's on 38 acres just outside of High Falls in Ulster County." Oooh. Upstate-house porn! Click to see what designing hip Manhattan bars the Rusty Knot and Freemans will buy you... and what the profile says inspired Somer to maybe start, like, a farm-themed bar in Brooklyn..."It sounds corny," he says, "but I'm kind of into figuring out a way to be more self-sufficient. You know, like really getting back to the earth. I've gotten really into gardening, right? And the other day I was gardening—gardening!—and I started thinking, You know, what if I, like, become a farmer. I mean, seriously. Maybe the next thing I'll do will be a farm." But the more he speaks, the clearer it becomes that Somer already has a very particular idea of farming. "I'd like to have a farm where people could hang out and eat, and maybe there'll be, like, a kind of metropolitan outpost. A bed and breakfast, but more rustic. I've been looking at some spaces in Brooklyn..."
[Photograph of Somer: Chris Buck for New York magazine]
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New NYC Banksy Piece: Confirmed? [Art]
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 11:16am CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: art
Animal NY street chronicler Bucky Turco took the bait of our sighting this morning of the elusive British stencil artist Banksy. Bucky traipsed over to Thunder Jacksons in the West Village and captured THE FIRST PICTURES of this new Banksy piece, which have just increased the value of the building 25-fold [UPDATE: Or have they? Gothamist says this work is by Nick Walker, not Banksy. We're investigating. More to come.]. Click through for some larger pics of the three-part work, and then go over to Animal NY to read some more clues that Bucky gleaned about the artist . Journalism in action:
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The Heath Ledger Portrait that Won Art Prize [Art]
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 10:33am CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
This painting of Heath Ledger, by Vincent Fantauzzo, was done weeks before the actor's death, at his family home in Australia. It just won the "People's Choice" award at the Archibald Prize Exhibition. [UPI]
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Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon [Art]
Posted: May 8th, 2008, 9:39am CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Artist and designer of the now-iconic Vuitton handbags, Takashi Murakami, is auctioning off several pieces in Sotheby's upcoming spring auctions. The most valuable, estimated between $3-4 million, is a sculpture of a manga dude, um, "ejaculating in lasso-like form," titled "My Lonesome Cowboy." Hey, it's not NSFW if it's art.
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Shepard Fairey: I Can See! []
Posted: May 7th, 2008, 2:10pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: art
Graphic designer, street artist, and OBEY empire kingpin Shepard Fairey tells Bucky Turco that he's not going to go blind this year, as earlier reported, although he says he has had several eye surgeries. He recently "got the bleeds in both eyes." The bleeds! Obey your eye doctor, homeboy. [Animal NY]
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You Go Girl Graffiti
Posted: May 7th, 2008, 12:38pm CDT by cityrag
Tags: NY Graffiti Steert art
You Go Girl Graffiti We're digging the "you go girl" graffiti around New York City. Discosalt has some interesting info on the tags... I See "You Go Girl" Art From The Heart Where My Girls At You Go Girl!
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Shepard Fairey, Blind? [Obey]
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 4:06pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: art
Shepard Fairey, a.k.a. OBEY, the artist and graphic designer who plastered the world with "Andre The Giant Has A Posse" posters and is perhaps the biggest thing ever to happen to wheatpaste, is reportedly going blind. Fast. One source says he could lose his vision by the end of the year. Bucky Turco at Animal NY has the scoop. Sad news.
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$100,000 Whitewash: Store Owner Paints Over Banksy Art [Nooooooooooo!]
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 2:36pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: art
No matter how you feel about the British stencil artist Banksy, you have to admit one thing: his stuff sells for a lot of money. His works have been going for over half a million dollars lately. A homeowner in the UK with a Banksy mural on the side of her house decided to simply sell the mural through an art gallery, and throw in the home for free. But one NYC store owner lucky enough to have a Banksy piece on his building (pictured) was either too ignorant, or too stubborn to take advantage of it. Yes: he painted over it. I hope he loved his momentarily whitewashed wall, because it cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars. The kind of funny, and kind of painful pictures [via SuperTouch] of the man in the revenue-destroying act, after the jump. Ouch.
[final pic via Animal]
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There Will Be Sex Dolls [Art]
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:41pm CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
The girl on the left is not real. She has, however, been manufactured exclusively for your pleasure (or some weirdo that lives with his mom!) Lynn Hershman Leeson has a photo/installation exhibit at the bitforms gallery that is about sex dolls, and their "projected fantasies and the mythology of artificial women." After jump: another totally creepy photo from the exhibition!
[Photos by Lynn Hershman Leeson]
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The Art Market is Ready to Crash. Or Not. [Art]
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:16pm CDT by Sheila
Tags: art
Trend: predicting doom and bust in the art market, as the auction season is nigh. Slate asks why the art press seems to be "rooting for" disaster: "You don't usually see writers who cover, say, the price of wheat rooting for its decline. Are [they] trying to will the art market into failure? Probably not: They're more concerned with competitive pressures. Everyone wants to be the first to identify the next crash." [Slate]
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Pete Doherty Will Shed Blood For His Art [Arts And Farts And Crafts]
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:40am CDT by Richard
Tags: art
Like Koko the gorilla before him, musician and voodoo zombie Pete Doherty has manipulated his hands in such a way, across a piece of canvas or paper, that something resembling "art" has been created. An exhibit of his work launched in Montmartre yesterday, though sadly he missed his debut because he's, well, in jail for drugs. The work, though, really speaks for itself. Unlike Koko's seminal masterpiece "Pink Pink Stink Nice Drink," in which abstract paint smears represented deep and mysterious gorilla emotions, Mr. Doherty's work consists of clear and distinctive symbology and motifs. Notably, the use of his own image and his own blood. My favorite piece is the one in which he signed his name with blood (his own) found inside an old needle. Just lovely. Some images after the jump.Here's his bloody needle pen:
This is his own blood, and his ex-girlfriend, model Kate Moss:
"Ms. Moss Reclines"
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Flowing Pixels In The East Village [Art]
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 10:34am CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: art
This clever sidewalk art piece, on 9th Street in the East Village, has been removed. But not before Annamarie grabbed a photo (via Nick Gray).
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Damien Hirst Has Some T-Shirts To Get Rid Of [Fashion]
Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 4:55pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: art
Famous artperson Damien Hirst may sell the jeans he makes for $80,000, but he has some t-shirts that are much more affordable. They're 30 pounds, which is slightly less than $80,000. The catch is that all the money goes to support the ominous RED (Global Fund), t
