Monthly Archives: December 2009

Openings: Winter Group Show @ White Walls

In addition to Travis Louie’s (interviewed) opening at Shooting Gallery last weekend (covered), the Winter Group Show debuted alongside in the adjoining White Walls gallery.  Featuring some heavy hitters such as Shepard Fairey (featured), the Clayton Brothers (featured), and Anthony … Continue reading

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Basel Week Miami ’09: Nick Walker – Primary Flight Mural

One of the artists we got to hang out with this year at Art Basel was Nick Walker, who flew in all the way over from the UK. If you liked the “mood board” piece that Nick sent us a … Continue reading

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Streets: Os Gemeos Performance

Os Gemeos recently participated in a public performance in downtown São Paulo of “The Stranger” aided by a large balloon of one of their classic figures. The parade performance was done in collaboration with Plasticien Volants, a world-renowned French company … Continue reading

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Releases: Kehinde Wiley – “The World Stage: Brazil” Hardcover

You may remember when we covered Kehinde Wiley’s show at Roberts & Tilton back in April.  Well, the gallery has now released “The World Stage: Brazil” book, a 22 paintings from when Wiley was in the South American country looking … Continue reading

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Teaser: Andrew Hem – “One Leads To Another” @ LeBasse Projects

One of the shows we are looking forward to to start off 2010 is Andrew Hem’s (interviewed) show at LeBasse Projects. Entitled “One Leads To Another,” look for another exciting body of work from this young artist set to open … Continue reading

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Video: Kris Kuksi – “Plague Parade: Opus 2″

On a return trip to take in Kris Kuksi’s show “Beast Anthology” (covered) at Joshua Liner Gallery, we decided to take a quick video of one of the pieces to give you a better perspective of how incredibly detailed his … Continue reading

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Streets: TrustoCorp in Los Angeles

TrustoCorp, who we last saw in Miami, has just hit the streets of Los Angeles with a batch of seven new hand painted street signs.  With campaigns planned in San Francisco, NC, Miami, Atlanta, Detroit, San Diego and Chicago all … Continue reading

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Teaser: “Further Group Show” @ Joshua Liner Gallery

AM met up recently with Tomokazu Matsuyama (interviewed) at his studio to catch up and to take a look at his new body of work. While we were there, he showed us a couple pieces he completed for an upcoming … Continue reading

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Openings: Chris Berens – “The Only Living Boy in New York” @ Sloan Fine Art

Last week, Amsterdam-based artist Chris Berens made his New York debut with a brilliant solo show at  Sloan Fine Art. Chris has been working hard on this show and came through with 39 detailed pieces to show for his efforts. … Continue reading

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Sketchbook: Nate Frizzell

While visiting Nate Frizzell’s studio a while back, we had to opportunity to flip through some of his sketchbooks. It’s always a privilege to be able to look into the inner workings of an artist’s creative process and is one … Continue reading

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