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Releases: JonOne – “The Fall” Lithograph

Posted by SAL, June 30, 2017

John Andrew Perello aka JonOne or Jon156, recently teamed up with PrintThemAll.com and Idem Studio in Paris to produce his latest limited edition. The legendary American graffiti artist chose one of his original paintings which was then reproduced as a vibrant fine art edition printed using 27 colors. Representing how his work has moved from classic graffiti all the way to abstraction, The Fall is a piece features a harmony of colors and the movement. Symbolizing his evolution as an artist, starting with tagging his name around Harlem […]

Showing: David Shrigley @ Skip Gallery

Posted by SAL, June 23, 2017

Turner Prize-nominated artist David Shrigley is currently showing a small installation with Skip Gallery in London. The small scale bronze sculpture located at Hoxton Square is pretty much the exact opposite of his giant bronze ‘thumbs up’ sculpture that is now gracing the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square (covered). Skip Gallery is an interesting concept set up by artists Catherine Borowski and Lee Baker as a fresh way of showcasing art in otherwise inaccessible or expensive areas. For their second project, the two collaborated with Shrigley who was delighted with the idea […]

Showing: ELLA & PITR – “Au jour le jour pour toujours” (From day to day, forever) @ Galerie Le Feuvre

Posted by SAL, June 23, 2017

Galerie Le Feuvre in Paris recently extended the planned duration of the solo by Ella & Pitr as well as changed most of the works in the show, displaying some unseen pieces in the last few weeks of the exhibition. Au jour le jour pour toujours”(From day to day, forever) consists of a brand new work that the art couple produced in eight month of work and is titled after their personal maxim. This new show marks a slight step away from what the prolific art duo are known […]

Basel Week Switzerland ’17: Unlimited

Posted by SAL, June 20, 2017

Year after year, Unlimited is further confirming its position as an essential part of Art Basel week in Switzerland. Started as a unique platform that showcases art which transcend the traditional art-fair booths in scale by offering 16,000 square meters of exhibition space for monumental sculptures, video projections, wall paintings, photographic series and performances. This unique concept is becoming more and more popular both with the galleries that want to show the most ambitious projects by their artists, as well as with the visitors that have an […]

Basel Week Switzerland ’17: Volta

Posted by SAL, June 18, 2017

Coinciding with the main fair (covered here & here), Volta Basel opened its doors last week through this weekend presenting a selection of galleries included in their 13th edition. 70 international galleries presented a variety of latest works by their artists under Markthalle’s familiar and spacious cupola dome. The organizers pointed out that in a “global society of stress and strife, the possibility of art as means of social change, of balm to misunderstanding and beacon for the marginalized, is a very real and powerful thing.” With […]

Basel Week Switzerland ’17 / Scope Basel 2017

Posted by SAL, June 18, 2017

As one of the few satellite fairs of Art Basel week in Switzerland, the Scope Art Fair once again brought some of the world’s freshest urban and contemporary art to Basel. On two floors of the former Clarahuus, 70 international exhibitors from 52 cities and 27 countries presented works by large roster of artists working in different mediums, different scales, while pushing the boundaries of the movement. This year event included a selection of works by emerging and recognized artists from around the world. Some of […]

Basel Week Switzerland ’17 / Highlights: Art Basel (Part II)

Posted by SAL, June 16, 2017

With Art Basel in Switzerland in full swing these days, we’re bringing you a second report from the booths of the world’s premier modern and contemporary art fair. Presented across 27,500 square meters of exhibition spaces in Halls 1 and 2 of Messe Basel on Messeplatz, the fair has been opened to the public after major collectors, museum directors, curators, financiers, artists, and art world influencers got the chance for a first look. One of this year’s main attraction was a majestic sculpture by Urs Fischer (seen above) created from oil-based modelling […]

Preview: Jerkface – “Donuts” @ Over The Influence, NYC

Posted by SAL, June 10, 2017

From 16th until 23rd of June, Jerkface will be having a pop-up solo show in his hometown of New York at 393 Broadway, New York. Represented by Hong Kong-based contemporary art gallery Over The Influence, the show will set the foundations for their permanent gallery space in LA, while also offering a peek inside their vibrant roster (Invader, Shepard Fairey, Nobuyoshi Araki, Cleon Peterson and Vhils). Jokingly basing his exhibition on Homer Simpson’s quote “Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?”, the prolific NY-based muralist and world recognized artist has produced an […]

Releases: Katrin Fridriks Print For Avant Arte

Posted by SAL, June 5, 2017

Katrin Fridriks recently joined forces with the brand new digital platform for collectible arts, Avant Arte, and created two new fine art editions. Based on her previously shown originals, Waving Miracle & Magic Mind and Waving Force of Nature – Awakening, both high quality prints were produced using various high-end techniques at Coriander Studio in London. Avant Arte was launched in 2015 as a digital outlet and quickly gained a large following and created its own community. Compromising of curators, designers, and developers, their goal is to empower new art collectors and […]

Showing: Tom French – “Paralax” @ Unit London

Posted by SAL, June 5, 2017

On the 1st of June, Unit London opened a new exhibition of work by Tom French (featured) titled Parallax. Through this show, the London-based artist explores the literal, metaphorical and metaphysical manifestations of perspective and visual perception through his expressive monochromatic works. Stepping away from his previous work that used illusion and double images, French is this time focusing on the apparent displacement of his subject matter and its relation to the viewer. With this in mind, he snatches his figures, preserves them in oils with photographic clarity and incorporates them within abstract […]