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Overtime: Aug 19 – Aug 25

Posted by Khoi, August 25, 2013

More stories from the week ended Aug 25 (click on bolded words for link to more information): Egypt’s Malawi National Museum ransacked, looted and smashed up by vandals as result of unrest in country. Marx & Zavattero closes their gallery after twelve years in San Francisco. John Cleese sells off collection of art and memorabilia to help pay for divorce from third wife. Profile of Pei-Shen Qian, who is identified as artist who painted the Knoedler fakes. The story of Mark Landis, man who donates […]

Overtime: Aug 12 – Aug 18

Posted by Khoi, August 18, 2013

More stories from the week ended Aug 18: The Whitney recreates Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks on Fifth Avenue in NYC as part of exhibition. RIP Allan Sekula, who died at the age of 62. Jasper Johns’s former assistant assistant charged with stealing 22 Johns works and selling for $3.4mil. Trial to start for six Romanians accused of stealing seven masterpieces from Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum. The suspects have offered to return five paintings in exchange for moving their trial from Romania to the Netherlands. Jonathan Meese acquitted in court […]

Overtime: Aug 5 – Aug 11

Posted by Khoi, August 11, 2013

More stores from the week ended Aug 11: Andy Warhol Bridge yarn bombed. (above photo by CBS Pittsburgh) RIP: Ruth Asawa, first Asian American woman to receive recognition as a sculptor, dies at age 87 in SF. RIP: Israel Hernandez, killed by Miami Beach police for putting up graffiti on abandoned building. Experts investigating Rotterdam heist find burnt remains of at least three different oil paintings. Two men rush stage, kiss, gropes Yan Yinhong during her performance about sexual violence against women. Van Gogh specialists […]

Overtime: July 29 – Aug 4

Posted by Khoi, August 4, 2013

More stories from the week ended Aug 4: Jerry Vile makes statement in Detroit using giant Crisco can next to Joe Louis fist sculpture. The city removes the street piece quickly, unfortunately. Ashes found in stove in owned by mother of suspected Rotterdam art thief contained fragments of paintings. NYPD attempts to censor anticipated Park Avenue art project about free speech. James Franco criticizes LA for losing Jeffrey Deitch, who resigned himself from his position at MOCA. Los Angeles Downtown News wants Jeffrey Deitch out […]

Streets: Etam Cru (Richmond, Virginia)

Posted by SAL, July 31, 2013

Polish artists Sainer and Bezt, better known as Etam Cru, recently painted another fantastic mural on the streets of Richmond, for the local Richmond Mural Project. After gracing the grey, dull walls of many Eastern European cities with their bright, colorful images, they confirmed their reputation with another beautiful untitled mural for their fans in the US. Known for their surrealistic images, Sainer and Bezt made a piece showing a naked girl, sitting in a jar filled with unripe strawberry jam, accompanied with their familiar […]

Streets: Gaia (Rochester, Richmond and Baltimore)

Posted by SAL, July 31, 2013

Baltimore based artist and muralist, Gaia, is very busy this summer traveling and painting murals. After finishing a couple of walls in Montreal, he recently visited Rochester for the Wall Therapy project, Richmond for the Richmond Mural project, and Baltimore for the Wall Hunters project. Always focused on the social problems of the places he’s working at, especially housing issues, he created some pieces that are already triggering controversy online and within the local population. Here is what the artist himself has to say about his latest […]

Overtime: July 22 – July 28

Posted by Khoi, July 28, 2013

More stories from the week ended July 28: Shepard Fairey full-wrapped buses courtesy of L.A. Fund unveiled in Los Angeles. RIP: Walter De Maria, who died of a stroke at age 77. RIP: Ronnie Cutrone, who died at the age of 65. What happened during MOCA’s board meeting in which Jeffrey Deitch resigned. Christopher Knight guests on Air Talk, discussing the Deitch resignation. William Poundstone provides the local perspective on why Deitch did not work out in LA. A look at what Deitch may be […]

Overtime: July 15 – July 21

Posted by Khoi, July 21, 2013

More stories from the week ended July 21: Christian Marclay puts images from Maurizio Cattelan’s Toiletpaper mag on windows of Palais de Tokyo. Henri Matisse’s (previously banned) candid views from 1941 on his work & depression set to be published. Finnish museum refuses request from Iraq to return artifacts donated to president by delegation from Iraq. Looted art from Cypriot churches is returned by Germany after they were seized sixteen years ago. China shuts down $88million museum after discovering that it has had scores of […]

Streets: Remi Rough & Nawer (Poland)

Posted by sven, July 21, 2013

We recently came across the Traffic Design Festival currently underway in Gdynia, Poland – in particular the wall that kicked off the street art event jammed out over a few days by Krakow based Nawer and Remi Rough, from London. The huge mural collaboration between the pair works well, with the architectural emphasis of the dividing lines created by Nawer sitting comfortably alongside Rough’s bold slabs of colour. The resultant piece is a strong showing of geometrically biased post / abstract graffiti. We have some pics courtesy of […]

Videos: Paul Insect & Sweet Toof – ‘Clowning Around’

Posted by sven, July 20, 2013

Two notable London graffiti / street artists, Paul Insect & Sweet Toof have a long history of working collaboratively and jamming out walls together. Their latest collaboration is entitled Clowning Around. Check out the cool stop motion animated video they made of the piece coming together below… Discuss Paul Insect here. Discuss Sweet Toof here.