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Video: ARCO Madrid

Posted by sleepboy, March 1, 2010

ARCO, Madrid’s most prestigious international contemporary arts fair opened with over 220 galleries from 25 countries in town to display their “wares.” We recently showed you some work from KAWS at the fair, and although the fair is not closed, here is a video walkthrough of the event by Vernissage TV that might also interest you.

Ana Bagayan: Fan Appreciation Day Giveaway

Posted by sven, March 1, 2010

It’s always heartwarming for us to see artists acknowledging supporters of their work, but Ana Bagayan is going one further this week with a “Fan Appreciation Day” she is staging. Visitors to her blog may already be aware of some of the details, but check out the drawing above entitled “Little Miss Muffet” that Ana will be gifting to one of her lucky supporters this Thursday 4th March. Prints and t-shirts will also be on the gift list so make sure you check out Adventures […]

Preview: Mizuma Art Gallery @ Armory 2010

Posted by AM Editor, March 1, 2010

Tokyo’s Mizuma Art returns to New York City this week to participate in Armory 2010, and to whet our appetites before the fair, they sent us a few preview images. Unlike at Art Basel Miami, where the gallery had a solo show with conceptual/video artist Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (covered), at Armory, Mizuma will be showing a variety of works by their stable of emerging and mid-career Japanese artists, including such AM favorites as Ai Yamaguchi, Akino Kondoh, Tomoko Konoike and Masakatsu Sashie. See preview images, after […]

Openings: Haze x Stussy @ Known Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, March 1, 2010

After taking New York by storm last November, Eric Haze moved on to his next project, a show at the newly opened Known Gallery to coincide with the US release of the Haze x Stussy S/S 2010 collection. With Cut Chemist on the 1’s and 2’s, the gallery was packed with fans of the legendary graf writer and streetwear trendsetter. They were rewarded with framed pieces of the original art created for the collection, a custom built display of the finished products, video installations, and […]

Openings: Five-Year Anniversary Group Exhibition @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, February 28, 2010

This past weekend, Jonathan LeVine opened their five-year anniversary group show, featuring works from an extensive list of artists who have been instrumental in the New York gallery’s success, including Adam Wallacavage, AJ Fosik, Andrew Brandou, Andy Kehoe, Blek le Rat, Chris Mars, Dan Witz, Date Farmers, Dave Cooper, Doze Green, Eric White, Erik Mark Sandberg, Esao Andrews, Gary Baseman, Gary Taxali, Invader, Isabel Samaras, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Jim Houser, Josh Agle (aka Shag), Kathy Staico Schorr, Mark Dean Veca, Miss Van, Natalia Fabia, […]

Video: Banksy – “Lights, Camera, Banksy” Stencil & Interview

Posted by sleepboy, February 28, 2010

Readers of the The Sunday Times in the UK were greeted with a six-page spread on Banksy including a question and answer session with the stealthy street artist. The interview ended up being quite insightful despite the fact that he talks in his usual tongue-in-cheek manner about museums, CCTV, his reasons for anonymity, his hypocrisy, his family, his art background, his collection, and sure to disappoint fans everywhere, he says – “I won’t be doing any more big gallery shows for a while, it’s all […]

Weekend Chelsea Art Walk, Part 2

Posted by AM Editor, February 28, 2010

Continuing on with our walking tour of Chelsea (see part 1 from yesterday here), we stopped at Metro Pictures on 24th Street to see “Midnight Madness,” the latest show by painter Gary Simmons. Simmons’ “erasure” style – he uses oil paint, pigment and cold wax to produce ghostly smeared images on textured backgrounds – works perfectly with his current theme: horror-movie houses and old theater marquees. His rendering of the Bates House from Hitchcock’s 1960 classic “Psycho” (pictured above) was particularly effective: huge and looming, […]

Openings: Mike Giant @ Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea – Milan

Posted by Ken, February 28, 2010

Following his successful show last year at France’s Magda Danysz (covered), Mike Giant returned to the EU to open his “Welcome to Frisco” show last Thursday night at Milan’s Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea. Featuring his trademark clean lines and tattooed subjects, Giant’s showing looks to be a great introduction to the San Francisco aesthetic and culture for the Milanese people. More pictures after the jump.

Banksy – “Exit Through the Gift Shop” Lambeth Palace Special Screening

Posted by sleepboy, February 27, 2010

After screening at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop” documentary premiered in the UK at a some special screenings early this week in a tunnel underneath the Waterloo train station dubbed “Lambeth Palace.” Of course, anything the famous street artist puts on is not a simple affair. The evening came complete with multiple installations like a red carpet painted on the street, his “Paranoid Pictures” logo, the animatronics from his “Village Store and Charcoal Grill” pop up show, as […]

Showing: Victor Castillo – “Strange Fruit” @ Merry Karnowsky

Posted by sleepboy, February 27, 2010

Showing alongside a fantastic new body of work from Miss Van at Merry Karnowsky was the mischievous and devious (see what we did there?) paintings of Victor Castillo (previewed). His not-so-innocent sausage-nosed children could be seen feasting on some unknown meat dujour, perusing pornography, and partaking in some forbidden or “strange fruit.” All the photos we took after the jump…