ART HK, Hong Kong International Art Fair

ART HK 11, Asia’s preeminent Art Fair and one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the international art calendar returns to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where 260 galleries from 38 countries will come together to offer the largest display of contemporary art ever seen in Hong Kong.

From 26th – 29th May, ART HK 11 will present works from modern masters such as Picasso through to important contemporary artists such as Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst, offering visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the very best and most extensive showcase of modern and contemporary art in Asia. READ mORE

KId Acne - Stolen Space - Coming Soon

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Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show 2011

This Friday and Saturday Edinburgh will be the hosting its 2011 charity fashion show, showcasing a range or fashion from graduates like Anna Piercy and Katie Barrett from the University for the Creative Arts Epsom (pictures below) all the way though to big brand names such as All Saints and Pringle, this should be an amazing event find out more here

Scion Installation 7 Video Art Tour

Scion installation has raised over $250,00 for art charities and non-profits since 2003 and return this year starting in Los Angeles this month. The exhibition features works from the likes of Franki Chan, The London Police, David Choe, Souther Salazar, Cheryl Dunn, Gluekit, Matt Goldman, Cody Hudson & Jared Eberhardt, Mackie Osborne and SSUR.


Scion Installation 7: Video / Brooklyn NY from Scion ART on Vimeo.

The Brief was given to 10 artists “to create non-narrative video installations that will eventually transform five unique exhibitions in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Wichita, Minneapolis and Austin.” READ MORE

TOO FAST TO LIVE, TOO YOUNG TO DIE

Artistes: Shepard Fairey -

From 25 February, 2011 to 26 March, 2011 Opening 25 February, 2011

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS Los Angeles

Featuring work by Edward Colver, Shepard Fairey, Glen E. Friedman, Jenny Lens, Dave Markey, Raymond Pettibon, Jordan Schwartz, Winston Smith.

TOO FAST TO LIVE, TOO YOUNG TO DIE is a selection of photography, art and ephemera from the California Punk & Hardcore scene with an emphasis on the explosive period of the late 70's and early 80's.  This exhibition features both photographers and artists who were present for the detonation of the Southern California scene.

PANCAKE LIVE VIDEO STREAM SPECIAL - Captain Crunch/Reeps One/Stig + Guests

Time	Today at 8:00pm - Tomorrow at 12:00am
Location	Boom City
Created By	DJ CAPTAIN CRUNCH, Stig OftheDump, Simba BlackMagic Hnic, Harry 'Reeps' Yeff, Steven LaytonShow all (5)
More Info	This week we're starting early with Kool DJ Black Magic and The Grandmaster Disco Steve dropping a truly gangsta pancake mix for Jesus as it's Shrove Tuesday - your last chance to confess and gain absolution for your sins. They'll be serving up fat doses of G funk, P funk, ghetto funk, soul, hip hop and pancakes throughout the night. The main event kicks off at 22.00GMT with another weekly dose of filth! Same as usual we got Reeps One doing some exclusive beatbox sessions, and Stig Of The Dump hosting the show. All of this will be streamed live via: http://www.stickam.com/djcaptaincrunch Warm up show from 20.00GMT and the mains start from 22.00GMT KOOL DJ BLACK MAGIC - http://www.facebook.com/Simzimma CAPTAIN CRUNCH - http://www.facebook.com/djcaptaincrunch REEPS ONE - http://www.facebook.com/reepsone STIG OF THE DUMP - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stig-Of-The-Dump/164799863557459 LIVE SHOW @ http://www.stickam.com/djcaptaincrunch

Get Back (Captain Crunch Mix) - Diesel Vs Ludacris by djcaptaincrunch

The Verge of Catastrophe: First Brooklyn Art Fair Debuts in Chaos

BROOKLYN— At the labyrinthine Armory Show mega-fair there is a popular nostalgic conversational topic bandied about from booth to booth, along the lines of: "Do you remember when New York art fairs were new and fresh and weird and someone was selling that up-and-coming blue-chip artist's works out of a briefcase in a hotel bathroom?" So when Verge announced that it was taking an edgy risk, branching beyond its traditional edition during Art Basel Miami Beach week to launch Brooklyn's first art fair, some idealists hoped that this market experiment in the land of food co-ops could revive some of that adventurous, questing spirit. Now that it has debuted, will we someday look back on the inaugural Verge Art Brooklyn as a cherished cultural moment? A proud Brooklynite myself, and a fan of such moments, I set off to investigate. - READ MORE - Emma Allen

LONDON MILES - NEEDLES & PENS VID

The Opening reception of Pens and Needles at London Miles. 25/02/2011 from London Miles on Vimeo.

London Miles Gallery presents the video from the opening reception of Pens and Needles- an international group art exhibition celebrating tattoo art and culture.

Location: London Miles, Westbourne Studios. 242 Acklam Road. London. W10 5JJ.

Opened on Friday, Feb. 25th 2011 at London Miles.
Exhibition on show until March 7th 2011.

More information: londonmiles.com
info@londonmiles.com

STF - EXHIBITION

A fun-filled funfair of art and the such, with the Shunt collective

The ICA is running a fun filled funfair of art and the such, with the Shunt collective, as part of their live weekends.

Shunt have been creating art and performance in unusual places around London since 1998, and will be taking over the ICA ground floor gallery, foyer, cinema and bar for this event. It’s all free, so why not pop down and have a look around.

“Building upon three years of vibrant and exciting programming at their former home, the Shunt Vaults, members of the Shunt collective invite artists to animate the ICA's ground floor with a fun fair of events, from tattoo parlours to pheasants, sewing machine races to passionate love bullets”.

They opened yesterday, and will be running till the 27^th of February, for more info click here.

Alex Young & Scott Move are having a print sale!

 

 

Alex Young & Scott Move are having a print sale! Thursday, February 10 · 6:30pm - 11:00pm

We've made all our prints as cheap as we can so our fans, friends and families can all get a slice of the action. £10. Can't say fairer than that.
This isn't a swanky gallery show with silly prices on paintings and pretentious strokey-chin meetings about the emperor's new clothes. It's a piss up and a way of bringing art events down off their high horse a bit whilst getting our artwork into the hands of people who really appreciate it. That's you, people.
In addition, we'll be doing a canvas each to be viewed as a diptych which we will be giving away, that's right, GIVING AWAY for free on the night. To be in with a chance all you have to do is buy a print and leave us with your email address. Winner!
Come and hang out, have a beer with us and bag yourself some quality artwork for next to nothing.

See you there.

Milkbar

3 Bateman Street

Soho, London, W1D 4AG

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Whitewash at MOCA: Jeffrey Deitch Censors Blu's Political Street Art Mural

LOS ANGELES— Is street art too hot for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art? The genre is known for its feisty, topical energy — fire that Los Angeles MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch, a longtime street-art evangelist, hoped to tap into with its much-anticipated upcoming "Art in the Streets" survey of graffiti greats. Now that show is likely to be stalked by controversy after the institution ordered the whitewashing of a mural by the well-known street artist Blu on the outside wall of the Geffen Contemporary building. The work had been commissioned as part of the run-up to the show's April 17 opening. Apparently, the erasure was an effort to avoid a political uproar. Instead, it seems likely to ignite one.

For his work on the museum's exterior wall, Blu created a massive panorama of coffins draped in one dollar bills — a provocative image considering that the wall faces an L.A. Veterans' Affairs Hospital, as well as the so-called Go For Broke monument, which honors Japanese-American soldiers who fought in the Pacific during World War II. The mural was whitewashed on Thursday, mere hours after the mural went up on Wednesday night. According to a statement issued by MOCA, "The museum's director explained to Blu that in this context, where MOCA is a guest among this historic Japanese American community, the work was inappropriate."

It's not clear whether the museum knew of the design in advance, or whether it actually received any complaints before erasing it. Los Angeles Downtown News contacted the veterans affairs center management, who said that they had not complained, while reps from the National Go For Broke Education Center said that while some members found the mural to be in poor taste, the organization had not voiced any objections to the museum.

Footage of the erasure has quickly circulated on street art blogs and became a sensation. In L.A. MOCA's statement, the museum says it has "invited Blu to return to Los Angeles to paint another mural." The Bologna-based artist, known for giant cartoon images that often deal with violence, is often listed as one of the brightest lights of the worldwide graffiti art scene. He has painted murals for such prominent venues as the Tate Modern, where he was part of a high-profile 2008 show. 

So, what does the artist think about all this? Apparently he was on the scene for the whitewashing. Street art advocate and curator Daniel Lahoda told Los Angeles Downtown News that the artist was unhappy with the development. Blu's personal blog, which features two posts dated the day after the take-down, strikes a comical, if cryptic, note. One post features a drawing of the museum as a giant coffee pot, with a punning line (in Italian) underneath: "Of course, the first time I heard 'MOCA' this is what I thought of." The second features a picture of the whitewashed Geffen Contemporary wall with a caption in English: "a really nice, big wall, in downtown L.A." 

UPDATE: Blu has said he is not going to return to MOCA to make a second mural, and he has issued the following statement to Animal New York:

"sad story
but watching the reactions is much more
interesting than giving my personal opinion

"the facts are known:

"Blu is asked by Moca to paint a wall
the wall is painted (not completely finished
unfortunately)
Moca decides to erase the wall
the wall is now white

"the images are already public
everyone can make his own idea about the event

"for everything else
time will tell…."

Thanks Art Info

 

StolenSpace Never Judge...? with Penguin Books

StolenSpace - ‘Never Judge...?’

A Group Show In Association with Penguin Books - Friday 3rd December

Artists exhibiting

Alex Fakso, Alexander Korzer Robinson, Alexone, Alex Trochut, All City Media, Anders Nilsen, Andrew Council, Angela Lizon, Anthony Burril, Anthony Lister, Arth Daniels,  Blek Le Rat, Brad Downey, Brian Cairns, Buff Monster, C215, Chris Stain, Chistopher Silas Neal, CUM, Cyclops, DEM, D*FACE, David Bray, David Gentleman, Dave Kinsey, David Walker, Dominique Holmes, Eelus, EINE, Elsa Mora, EMA, Evan Hecox, Faris Badwan, Filthy Luker, Gabriel Dubois, Gary Taxali, Gerald Laing, Graham Dolphin, gray318, Hanna Melin, Hellovon, Ian Stevenson, James Alexander Burbidge, Jaybo, Jeff Antebi, Jeff Fisher, Jim Houser, Jonathan Darby, Jon Burgerman, John Pound, John Slade, Julie Verhoeven, Hanna Melin, Kai & Sunny, Kate Gibb, Kathryn Macnaughton, Kid Acne, Kristian Hammerstad, KRSN, Mark Dean Veca, Mark Herald, Marta Cerda, Matt Eco, Matt Small, Methane Studios, Michael De Feo, Mike Stilkey, Mr Jago, Mysterious Al, Mudwig, Parra, Pete Fowler, Rico, Ripo, ROA, Ronzo, Roxanne Jackson, Rul/Vomitorium, Russell Maurice, Russ Mills, Ryan Bubnis, Sam Flores, SAN, Shepard Fairey, Sickboy,  Skull Phone, Steff Plaetz, Sylvia Ji, Tara McPherson, The London Police, Tim Bessell, Tom J Newell, Toshikazu Nozaka, Tristan Eaton, Usugrow, Viktor Vauthier, Vinnie Nylon, Will Barras, WK Interact, Word To Mother, Zosen

The age old proverb is easier said than done, when choosing a read who can't be swayed by good cover art the cover after all has the job of explaining thousands of words in an instant.
StolenSpace in association with Penguin Books plan to celebrate the art of the book cover
with a show entitled ' Never Judge?’ For this exhibition we will be filling the gallery with original book covers exclusively created for this show by our favourite artists from around the world, there will also by gyclée prints available from some of the pieces created. The show promises to be a visual feast working in conjunction with Penguin Books and their upcoming Penguin Essentials project

ALSO: Last Chance to See

It is the last weekend to catch the acclaimed show 'Crackney's Finest' by Ronzo

Daydream Magazine V2 - OUT NOW

New Edition Online Now!

Highlights of this issue include: The Addict X Bloc 28 project featuring David Flores and Aroe amongst others; An insight into typographer Jessica Hische and her Daily Drop Cap project; Free Downloadable track and interview with Phantom Beats; Morning Breath, Alex Youngs’ art from the Daydream Greats Event; LAB prints A cover image and editorial from fashion photographer Rebecca Litchfield, & more...

 

  

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An eclectic mix, definitely not to be missed. 

ABSOLUTE FILTH - Paul ‘Moose’ Curtis & Marc Cameron

Magazines get a dirty facelift courtesy of a cutting-edge wet and wild art technique, as seen in Dazed & Confused magazine.

Taking grafitti art to an entirely new level, these two art pioneers are taking to the dirty streets of Shoreditch to ingrain the names of 10 of the most influential independent magazines into the pavements. 

Pressure washing the well known logo’s into the filth is a quite ironic twist to the idea of graffiti, removing the dirt rather than adding to it, on par perhaps with the guerrilla gardeners of the world. It's the ingenuity and temporary nature of the Cleanart project that the Daydream team love. As Curtis says, “I think its more subversive than traditional graffiti, as you could do it in front of a policeman. If the authorities still take issue with it, they’re reacting illogically to a harmless temporary form of self-expression. That’s not okay, and that's the art for me.” A fresh bit of guerrilla art, and it won’t be around for long, so find it if you can.

HUH. Present at Counter Culture

On Tuesday 7 December HUH. are presenting a night at Counter Culture in London Bridge featuring three of our favourite new bands performing live; Porcelain Raft, Sunderbans and Professor Penguin. Alongside the live acts there will DJs playing great music until 2.30am, a projection exhibition curated by HUH. and a HUH. pop-up shop.

£5 TICKETS - BUY

FACEBOOK EVENT

Crackney's Finest' By Ronzo - 19.11.10 - 28.11.10

Ronzo’s second solo exhibition features a new series of paintings, collages, prints and sculptures showing the life in the ‘Ronzo Borough of Crackney’. It is a dark but funny place inspired by the experience of living in London’s East End borough of Hackney. READ MORE

Whats Going On

Pam Glew: Circus
. The artist Pam Glew finally returns to London with Circus – her long-awaited second solo show. 

Armed with a bold swathe of her layered trademark flags, awash with bright portraits of celebrities both beautiful and damned, Glew offers eye-catching artwork that is both technically spot-on and artistically stunning. Put simply, everyone wants one of these on their walls. Hosted by the Lock Up's Eddie Lock and events company Death by Daylight, this show is sure to attract a ton of attention in the urban strand of the art world. For more info peek at Urban Junkies here.

MUSIC

Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange - Weve all seen the morning after the night before adverts on tv, and now the London leg of the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange programme is upon us.

The international club switching extravaganza, featuring N*E*R*D rocking it in the headline role, is bringing a full-on Miami experience to East London, with Zane Lowe in the DJ slot and a stable full of Miami-themed cocktails. Check out the website for more info here.

SHOP Hermès Pop-Up
 in Spitalfields

Just when we thought Spitalfields finally had it all, yet another pop up shop goes and proves us wrong again… Thought be it a slightly more proper, luxury pup up than previously… Set in that corner store of Spitalfields that’s hosted its share of pop-ups of late, it’s now going all luxury with a dedicated Hermès temporary store packed with a full compliment of indulgent scarves and neckerchiefs, just in time for Christmas shopping. More here.

Thanks to Urban junkies

Os Gemeos “Viva La Revolucion"

Marking the current exhibition from Brazilian duo Os Gemeos entitled ”Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego here is a great poster. This great piece of work has been printed by Iconoclast Editions and is printed in limited quantities making - READ MORE 

Matt Eaton - Solo Exhibition Nov 6 - Dec 2

Matt Eatons mesmerizing, distressed and layered artworks come from his exploration of his surroundings, when moving around from city to city. While trying to find some familiarity and comfort in these new places, he became fascinated with local signage, lettering and advertising.

This quickly led to a deep admiration for graffiti and the layers of old ads plastered on walls of buildings and subway tunnels. The decay of once new and seemingly important information and how quickly it is forgotten and plastered over have become a major theme in his work. This imagery became a travelling companion of sorts, never having to be left behind and waiting to be enjoyed in every new place he found himself with bright friendly colours and interesting new themes.

His work is on solo exhibit at 323east, now until the 2nd of December. For more on Matt Eaton check out the 323east site here.