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Daniel Arsham — an American artist known for dream-like gouaches and sculptures — was one of four artists recently commissioned by Louis Vuitton for a line of innovative travel books. Arsham — who illustrated the Easter Island volume — joins Congolese artist Chéri Samba (Paris), Jean-Phillippe Delhomme (New York) and Natsko Seki (London) to tell…
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Widely recognized as Espo, Brooklyn’s own Steve Powers kicks off a new solo exhibition today, May 16th, entitled “Visual Blues” at the Alice Gallery in Brussels, Belgium. Featuring a mixture of both his impromptu pieces – which he calls “Daily Metaltations” – that just surface as he works as well as some of his classic…
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By now, Dame Dash‘s money woes are no secret. Nevertheless, the Hip-Hop mogul still has his hands in a variety of businesses, including art galleries. The Harlem native’s Poppington Gallery in New York City is exhibiting kiddie art. The New York Daily News reports. Dash’s Poppington Gallery, on Orchard St. on the lower East Side,…
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GOREY and PAL crew will be joining forces for the opening of Palingenesis exhibition in the Lower East Side of New York City. With the help from Klughaus, LRG, and Brisk, the pop-up exhibition will take over a space on 154 Stanton Street. PAL is an acronym for Peace And Love, and they are at…
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Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer, collectively known as The Lonely Island have officially announced their third LP, The Wack Album. It is due June 11 via Republic and is set to host an illustrious list of contributing guests that have collaborated with the fun-loving trio before. Hence, expect the likes of Justin Timberlake,…
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Thom Yorke graced the musical stage of London-based Jonathan Ross Show. The vocalist-songwriter frontman delivered a live version of Radiohead’s “Karma Police” as well as an intriguing piano version of Atoms for Peace’s AMOK-record “Ingénue.” If t his got you amped up, then also make sure to check out the Atoms For Peace live dates…
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Brandon Shigeta and Marat Shaya bring us an exclusive interview with Bert Rodriguez, who discusses his latest installation: “I Will Always Let You Win.” The exhibition was recently featured at GLIFE’s (the manufacturers of the G Pen) pool party series. Rodriguez’s latest work is delivered in the form of an arcade-style machine, where users are…
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KAWS‘ new solo exhibition opens tomorrow at the Kaikai Kiki Gallery in Tokyo, bearing the evocative title “Ohhh …” Previews of the show — courtesy of these install shots from the New York artist’s Instagram account — reveal a series of paintings in signature KAWS style, featuring the bold lines and colors that a young Brian…
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After a simple suggestion from Scotty Hundreds, photographer Van Styles is now in the midst of prepping for his upcoming show with The Hundreds. Dubbed #NotBadForAPhotoShow, the exhibition will go well above and beyond the photographer’s most popular genre of shooting “pretty women,” and encompass a more diverse palette of both street and landscape photography. In this short video…
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Frequently guarded, Andy Warhol was the subject of intense speculation during his career, not to mention posthumously. The artist was already at a comfortably legendary point in September 1981, when by chance, a young English photographer was connected with him to shoot a series of portraits. That photographer was Steve Wood and, for the past…