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Streets: Banksy – “Season’s Greeting” (Port Talbot, Wales)

Posted by sleepboy, December 19, 2018

Making a statement during the holiday season in his own unique way, Banksy has created a new piece in South Wales. Featuring a boy enjoying what appear to be snowflakes while trying to catch some on his tongue, the mural turns dark when you look around the corner and realize it’s actually ash from a burning dumpster, not snow. Surely a commentary on Port Talbot (one of the most polluted areas in the UK) where the piece is located, a video (seen below) from the […]

Overtime: Dec 10 – 16

Posted by YESNIK, December 16, 2018

More stories below from this week (click on bolded words for more information): The best public art of 2018 – Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The Mastaba (seen above). Here are 32 inspiring museum exhibitions to see across the US over the holidays. Here are 11 remarkable, witty, and utterly unique holiday gifts you can buy from museum shops across the US. Hoarding and spending at Art Basel Miami Beach. 5 Art Basel-featured women artists you need to collect in 2019. The 2018 auction market—price is right […]

Interviews: Camille Rose Garcia

Posted by SAL, December 10, 2018

Camille Rose Garcia has been recognized as one of the most important figures in the Pop Surrealism and Lowbrow art movements in the last two decades. Simultaneously, she has been somewhat a promotor of Mexican culture-inspired art with her vibrant and energetic works, filled with spiritual and psychedelic imagery. After years of creating quirky images that resonate with contemporary culture, as well as with the comics, music, and other alternative culture movements, Garcia has built a large following ranging from young aspiring creatives to high-end […]

Overtime: Nov 26 – Dec 2

Posted by YESNIK, December 2, 2018

More stories below from this week (click on bolded words for more information): 2018 Miami art fair week cheat sheet. How to buy at Art Basel in Miami Beach on a budget. Is Jim Carrey an outsider artist? With his debut at the Outsider Art Fair he may redefine the term. We asked 5 young art collectors how they landed their most elusive trophies. Here’s Cultured’s list of 30 artists under 35 to watch in 2019. 27 artists on the worst (and best) advice anyone ever […]

Basel Week Miami ’18 / Previews: Vhils – “Ethereal” @ GGA Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, November 29, 2018

Tomorrow (November 30th) is the public opening of Ethereal at Goldman Global Arts in Miami, Vhils’ (interviewed) latest solo show. Timed perfectly to coincide with this year’s Basel Week Miami, the debut solo exhibition for the gallery inside The Wynwood Walls will highlight the Portuguese artist’s unique mark-making as well as his skills with multiple techniques and mediums. To welcome in fans who come for a visit, he has also created an intervention on the facade of the gallery that mirrors the pieces he leaves on the streets all around the world. Vhils […]

Overtime: Nov 19 – 25

Posted by YESNIK, November 26, 2018

More stories below from this week (click on bolded words for more information): Banksy market accelerates following shredding stunt. Has the art market reached a stage of end-game nihilism? Kenny Schachter on NY’s $2 billion auctions. 5 key trends from New York’s $2 billion auction week. The biggest winner of auction week and 12 other takeaways from New York’s $2 billion sales. The highs and lows of New York ‘gigaweek’. Rembrandt painting featuring artist’s ‘fingerprints’ to go on sale in London. Why the Christie’s and […]

Overtime: Nov 12 – 18

Posted by YESNIK, November 19, 2018

More stories below from this week (click on bolded words for more information): David Hockney is now the world’s most expensive living artist. Exclusive PODCAST interview with David Hockney, the world’s most expensive living artist. Multiple records set for black artistst at $362.5 million night at Sotheby’s. Edward Hopper’s “Chop Suey” sells for $91.9 million at Christie’s sale of Ebsworth Estate. Phillips $88.5 million contemporary sale comes up short, with passes on Burri and Pollock. Broadening the sales strategy for Latin American art has been a […]

POW! WOW! Antelope Valley ‘ 18 / Streets: Amy Sol

Posted by sleepboy, November 15, 2018

Last month, Amy Sol (interviewed) had the opportunity to paint her first outdoor wall and her largest mural to date for this year’s POW! WOW! Antelope Valley. Curated by Thinkspace & Lancaster MOAH and created at the BLVD in downtown Lancaster, the piece features Sol’s signature female characters & creature companions created in a delicate muted palette. Take a look at more photos below… Photo credit: Birdman Photos. Discuss Amy Sol here.

Overtime: Nov 5 – 11

Posted by YESNIK, November 11, 2018

More stories below from this week (click on bolded words for more information): A guerrilla artist puts up her own wall labels at the Met to expose male artists’ bad behavior. Do museum wall labels hide artists’ misogyny? Gauguin and Picasso protested at Met. You may think you know Warhol, but his Whitney retrospective holds many surprises. There has been no greater artist since Andy Warhol than Andy Warhol. Everything is Connected: Art and conspiracy at the Met Breuer. The 10 best booths at Art021 Shanghai […]

Rewind: Nuart 2018

Posted by SAL, November 7, 2018

It’s been 2 months to date since the 2018 edition of Nuart festival officially started (covered), and the filming crews that were documenting it all are still putting out some amazing footage from the event. Namely, FifthWall TV, who were capturing the action and getting artists and panel members to say a few things about the festival and this year’s theme, as well as MZM Projects who did a series of four films so far, providing us an extensive look into some of the most interesting […]