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Video: Fame Festival 2010 & Os Gemeos Photo-zine

Posted by sven, October 15, 2010

In addition to AM’s coverage of the recently opened FAME Festival in Grottaglie, our friend at Babelgum, Laurence Billiet sent us this great video she took while in Italy for the festival. You’ve seen all the stills, so now take a look at some of the pieces from both 2009 and 2010 in wonderful moving pictures. Also, to make sure you catch every last tag, check out Hooked Blog’s excellent photo-zine featuring the works of Brazilian superstars Os Gemeos here. Discuss the FAME Festival here.

Preview: Mark Warren Jacques “I’m Here Now” @ Gallery Hijinks

Posted by sven, October 12, 2010

Mark Warren Jacques announces his formal arrival literally in San Francisco with his solo show “I’m Here Now,“ opening this week at Gallery Hijinks, and also metaphorically in the context of the wider art-world. AM has been keeping tabs on the artist, who was based in PDX before his relocation to the bay area. We’ve watched him go from strength to strength, with a series of both solo and group exhibitions over the last couple of years. Since we interviewed Mark around the time of […]

Video: Tonight’s Simpsons Episode Opening Storybooked and Directed by Banksy

Posted by sleepboy, October 10, 2010

Wow, how could something like this have been kept under wraps for so long? Guess it come with the territory. With one of the most closely guarded identities of all time for a street artist, Banksy must be used to keeping secrets. Take a look at this extended opening for the Simpsons that he storybooked and directed. Via Wooster Collective. Discuss Banksy here.

Preview and Giveaway: “Selections from The New World” @ Corey Helford Gallery

Posted by sven, October 8, 2010

Earlier this year, AM brought you coverage of Corey Helford Gallery’s “Art From The New World” summer exhibition at Bristol’s City Museum and Art Gallery in the UK. It was an exciting exhibition and a rare chance for UK art lovers to meet the group of artists in one place on our side of the pond. Since the doors opened, over 60,000 visitors attended the exhibit to get a taste of the art. Now it’s time for LA to have the favor returned. A selection […]

Video: Steve “ESPO” Powers – Love Letter to Syracuse

Posted by AM Editor, October 6, 2010

Building on the amazing success of his Love Letter project in Philadelphia (covered), Steve “ESPO” Powers and his sign-painting crew recently went upstate to the “Rust-Belt” city of Syracuse, New York, to transform the train bridges that divide the town’s poor Near West Side from the rest of downtown to display beautiful and inspirational messages of love from Syracuse to Syracuse. Powers, as seen in the above video, worked with local art groups and talked to people in the community to develop the words used […]

Supakitch & Koralie mural @ Varldskultur Museum, Gothenburg

Posted by AM Editor, September 30, 2010

AM friends and super French art duo Supakitch and Koralie were recently in Gothenburg, Sweden, for the set-up and opening of “Kimono Fusion,” an exhibition of Japanese fashion mixed with pop, street and graffiti culture at the Varldskultur (World Culture) Museum. In addition to having work in the show, the two spent a few days creating an amazing mural, documented in the video above. Check it out, as well as some still shots from Kimono Fusion after the jump.

Video: ABOVE – “Because Now I’m Worth It”

Posted by sleepboy, September 21, 2010

When ABOVE (interviewed) spotted a sweet opportunity on the streets recently in the form of what looked like a frame on a public wall, many different options ran though his head. He finally settled on creating a piece as a play on the fact that Banksy’s street work gets taken so often by unscrupulous “collectors” and the irony of the fact that originally before Banksy’s mass appeal, he painted his popular rat image that read, “Because I’m worthless.” Read more ABOVE’s thoughts behind the piece […]

Akino Kondoh on “the Shortlist” for Youtube Biennial @ Guggenheim Museum

Posted by juggernut3, September 20, 2010

AM friend Akino Kondoh has just been announced as one of the artists making “the Shortlist“ for the Guggenheim’s first annual Youtube Play: a Biennial of Creative Video. Wittled down from over 23,000 videos in over 91 countries, Akino will be one of 125 finalists to go before a panel of distinguished judges including Takashi Murakami, Marilyn Minter and Ryan McGinley. The panel will have one month to pick the 20 videos to be presented at the Biennial on October 21st. Murakami could be making it to […]

Video: Ryan McGinley – “Friends Forever”

Posted by Khoi, September 16, 2010

The warm weather season is almost over. We know what’s been on everyone’s mind: “what sort of magical goodness has Ryan McGinley been creating for us this summer?” Well, we can now start answering that question. The talented artist went to the Pitchfork Music Festival and documented his two favorite bands on camera. Smith Westerns and Girls are the subjects of this intimate film. It’s a wonderful experience with fantastic music, fun-loving youngsters, and beautiful scenes. Check it out for yourself after the jump…

Video: Takashi Murakami Exhibition @ The Chateau de Versailles

Posted by sleepboy, September 15, 2010

The good people over at OFIVE.TV have released some video footage of the Takashi Murakami Exhibition in Versailles. Watching this (and taking a look at photos) will give you better insight into the scale of the palace and how the Super-Flat master’s work fits in this setting. Also, for an insider’s look at the event, make sure you check out Pharrell’s BBC blog here, here and here. Via Hypebeast. Discuss Murakami here.