Opinion
Why Grammar Matters in Street Art
Street artist Above intended to make a strong anti-blood diamond statement with a mural on the facade of Johannesburg's largest diamond exporter but it just sounds sexist.
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Opinion
Street Artist Paints Away a Wall in Tahrir Square
LOS ANGELES — The image above has been making the rounds on social media this week. What you're looking at is a wall in Cairo painted to look like it's not a wall, like it goes through and enters into Tahrir Square.
Opinion
A Public Library Made From a Phone Booth
LOS ANGELES — His name is almost too perfect for an artist-architect engaging with urban space. John Locke, not to be confused with the late Father of Liberalism, has been marrying two soon-to-be archaic devices in a charming way. Traveling around Manhattan, he's been carrying objects called books a
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Water Calligraphy Street Art
LOS ANGELES/BEIJING — The sanlunche (三轮车), or tricycle, is ubiquitous in Beijing. A cart dragged along by either a human-powered or electric-powered bicycle, it zips around alleyways and highways alike, carting whatever it is the rider placed in back.
Opinion
Is Damien Hirst Lazy?
A spotted judgment pops up on the streets of Paris. And someone goes in stoned (we think) to the Hirst show in LA.
Art
Poster Boy Is Subject of Panel this Saturday
This Saturday, January 28, the multidisciplinary arts organization Real Art Ways will present a panel discussion on the controversy surrounding collage street artist Poster Boy, aka Henry Matyjewicz.
Art
The Wonderful Global Walls of Wynwood, Miami
Thanks to the efforts of organizations such as Primary Flight and Wynwood Walls, the Wynwood district in Miami is undergoing a radical transformation through art.
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The Best North Brooklyn Street Art of 2011
We decided to compile a list of some of the most notable street art from the area in 2011. This is not a comprehensive survey but a taste of some of the exciting work that has been appearing on the streets of our dear borough.
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Colorful Street Art Gives Rio de Janeiro a Fresh Look
Graffiti in Rio de Janerio is some of the most festive, whimsical and lighthearted graffiti I’ve seen anywhere. Though the street art feels like it’s being taken seriously, the pervasive style is bold, playful, colorful, and full of bizarre scenes, stylized characters and undecipherable situations.
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Lost in Buenos Aires, Street Art Got Me Home
On a recent vacation to South America, I accidently became lost in the middle of Buenos Aires. Separated from my partner who had the maps, money, hotel name and address, not to mention a command of the native language, I panicked.
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First Lady of NY Graffiti Traces Her Evolution
While everyone even loosely connected to the art world is in Miami this week, I want to stick up for those of us still stuck in the cold by taking a look at an artist and medium that could not possibly be more quintessentially New York: Lady Pink.
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AIDS, Art and Activism: Remembering Gran Fury
The collective used a heady combination of bold graphic design, guerrilla dissemination tactics, and art institutional support to communicate the urgency of the AIDS epidemic in light of disastrous government and political inaction.