Art
Drawn by an over-900 people attending Facebook events page and a plug on GAYLETTER two months ago, I wandered into the opening of :) by FriendsWithYou at The Hole and left feeling a mixture of what Dr. Hunter S. Thompson described as "fear and loathing." Now, a few days before the exhibition's closi
Art
Thirty-five years after the release of The Ramones' debut album, a punk attitude has erupted on 23rd Street in the heart of Chelsea during the normally bleak and deserted summer gallery months with the Steven Kasher Gallery's "Rude and Reckless: Punk/Post-Punk Graphics, 1976-1982" and the I-20 Galle
Art
I really don't know what happened to Wynwood Walls, but this year's event was a major let down after last year's fun-filled festivities [http://hyperallergic.com/1353/fairey-los-gemeos-sissy-bounce/]. If last year's evening bash was an unexpected mix of murals, Sissy Bounce, and bold-faced art names
Art
There's no point in giving you a "review" of the mothership of art fairs in Miami, Art Basel Miami Beach, so I thought a photo essay with some observations were more appropriate. I admit that I got a little bored after three hours of wandering around. I found myself seeing the same thing and getting
News
Kenny Scharf, druggy painter of 80s fame, has covered a Bowery wall with his psychedelic blobs. This isn't just any wall, though. Previously curated by Deitch Gallery, now The Hole NYC, this wall originally played host a Keith Haring mural and has recently been the site of Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos,
Opinion
With the news of Jeff Koons new mansion rising on the Upper East Side comes the tantalizing thought of what it would be like to hang out in some other superstar artists' homes. Studios are cool and all, but the real fun would come with the art-installation living rooms and the nursery that looks mor
Books
In the world of graffiti, Martha Cooper is a cult figure. She's an old skool photog who, along with Henry Chalfant, documented the fast-changing world of New York graffiti and unintentionally helped make it sexy and digestible for public consumption. Her book Subway Art, co-authored with Chalfant, k