The later hour seems to lend itself to behavior different from what you’d expect at a mainstream museum. One man in his 20s lay down on the floor while watching a film component of an anime exhibit. A couple, near the museum’s top floor cafe, did not stop themselves from making out as fellow...
I saw some very cool stencils and street art in Dublin and Paris while touring Europe with Damon & the Heathens in July 2009. A few examples below:
During a July 2009 tour with the Oakland punk-soul band Damon & the Heathens, I saw all kinds of amazing street art. Here’s a few pieces from Istanbul:
Some work leans toward the journalistic. Lucie Varekova’s series of photos capture the mood of the London neighborhood of Sipson, the center of debate over Heathrow Airport’s contentious third runway. During one recent visit, a young girl, there with her father, crawled around inside Sara Baydur’s exhibit, which featured a little tunnel with a...
The Banksy buzz is getting old. For years, we’ve debated the identity of this British graffiti artist, whose work began appearing on Bristol streets in 1993 and now sells for record prices. (Though his auction prices have fallen between 30-50% in the recession.) Is he a talented prankster from Bristol? A subversive art collective?...
The acclaimed comic artist was once banned from Robert Crumb’s house, loves chicken fat and hates the term “graphic novel”. He also takes very little pleasure from drawing. The full story at INTELLIGENT LIFE. (Image by Austin Kleon: http://www.austinkleon.com)
A year ago, in the middle of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, Brooklyn artist Mike Ross achieved rock-star status at Burning Man. He and his volunteer crew, after months of preparation, hoisted two 18-wheel fuel trucks into the air—welded together with 50,000 pounds of steel—and rigged them vertically into a base plate in the ground....