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Streets: INO (Ibiza)

Posted by SAL, September 7, 2017

Ino was recently back to Ibiza for the 7th edition of the local Bloop festival. After his Funk the Power piece from last year got buffed by the city council of San Antoni, Greek artist came back to create another piece @ the festival’s new location. Melting Earth is the title of a new piece that carries a pretty straight forward message about the environmental issue of global warming. With the recent US political climate shifting towards ignoring the warnings of experts, Ino decided to […]

Streets: Ricky Lee Gordon, Stavanger

Posted by SAL, September 6, 2017

The biggest and arguably the most important outdoor piece of Nuart festival 2017 was the 4 story mural painted by Ricky Lee Gordon. For this large scale diptych the festival joined forces with Amnesty International, helping them spread the word about their Brave campaign. Through this campaign Amnesty is helping people that are taking enormous risks to stand up for our rights. As stated at the press conference held after the completion of the mural, it is important for these people to reach the wider audience with […]

Nuart 2017 / Murals (Part I)

Posted by SAL, September 4, 2017

Last week marked the 17th edition of world renowned Nuart Festival and AM was there to witness the making and the official reveal of the works created or installed. Matching festival’s ongoing efforts to use the public space as the platform for interaction and play, as well as the channel to speak up, this year’s edition produced some of the most original and thought-provoking pieces to date. Australian-born artist Ian Strange created a series of billboard takeovers, displaying his paintings created on found photos of […]

Overtime: Aug 28 – Sept 3

Posted by Khoi, September 3, 2017

More stories from the week that ended Sept 3 (click on bolded words for more information): White House review could shrink protected land around Michael Heizer’s City. RIP: David Tang, who passed away at the age of 63. Freymond-Guth gallery announces closure. Biennale de Montréal cancels 2018 edition due to financial situation. Texas museums prepare and brace for full impact of Hurricane Harvey. How they prepared for the catastrophe. Institutions assess impact of Hurricane Harvey on their venues and collections. Artnet also has a report. Widely circulated photo of […]

Previews: “Hand Luggage Only” @ Nuart Gallery

Posted by SAL, August 30, 2017

As one of the official opening events of this year’s Nuart Festival in Stavanger, Norway, Nuart gallery will be opening Hand Luggage Only! group show by festival artists and guests. The preview of the show is set for 31st of August and the show will last until the end of September. With the main theme of this year’s event being “power,” the artists were challenged to create work that can be brought to the gallery in their hand luggage. With airports and travelling by plane being […]

Overtime: Aug 21 – Aug 27

Posted by Khoi, August 27, 2017

More stories from the week that ended Aug 27 (click on bolded words for more information): Banksy’s Snorting Copper street work rediscovered and will be put on display again. RIP: Karl Otto Götz, who passed away at the age of 103. RIP: Masatoyo Kishi, who passed away at the age of 93. Barcelona attack suspects were planning to bomb Sagrada Familia and other major monuments. 12 art historians and scholars on the way forward after removal of Confederate monuments. Arrest of theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov alarms […]

Previews: Pastel – “Space-Landscape” @ Athen B. Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, August 25, 2017

On September 9th, Pastel will be opening a solo show at Athen B. Gallery in Downtown Oakland entitled Space-Landscape. For his debut solo show in the United States, the Buenos Aires-based artist, whose real name is Francisco Diaz, has prepared a selection of paintings and sculptures that mirror his work on the streets paintings large floral based murals. Take a look at more photos from his studio process below… Discuss Pastel here.

Previews: Nuart Stavanger 2017 (Part II)

Posted by SAL, August 25, 2017

With only few days left before the un-official start of the 17th edition of Nuart, we wanted to introduce to you the remaining 6 artists that will be participating in this year’s edition. Through site-specific murals, installations, interventions, and temporary exhibition, these artists will be discussing this year’s theme – POWER. Russian artist, activist and author of several projects and publications relating to urban art, Igor Ponosov, lives and works in Moscow as an activist, artist and independent curator of multi-disciplinary projects. After some early graffiti years and publishing several important […]

Previews: Nuart Stavanger 2017 (Part I)

Posted by SAL, August 24, 2017

As we’re getting ready for our yearly visit to Stavanger in Norway, for the 17th edition of Nuart, we wanted to introduce you the artists that will be creating exciting new works around town this year. The festival will take place from the the 31st of August until the 3rd of September, with their indoor exhibition at Tou Scene staying on view through the 15th of October. This year’s theme is POWER and through their work, the artists will discuss who has it, who doesn’t and how street […]

Overtime: Aug 14 – Aug 20

Posted by Khoi, August 20, 2017

More stories from the week that ended Aug 20 (click on bolded words for more information): Kara Walker’s press release for her upcoming Sept. show is a work of art itself. The story about it, from her assistant. RIP: Tshiamo Naledi Letlhogonolo Pinky Mayeng (1993–2017). RIP: Chiara Fumai, who passed away at the age of 39. RIP: Gunnar Birkerts, who passed away at the age of 92. All 16 of the artists, authors, performers and architects on President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities resigns. The secret […]