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  ARTBATTLES POP UP GALLERY RETURNS TO NEW YORK

  January 12, 2012

  ArtBattles returns to New York after a tour through France and Spain with the ArtBattles Pop Up Gallery NYC. The gallery is open for free to the public for a limited time from Thursday, January 12th through Saturday, January 14th and located at 159 Bleeker St. in the West Village.
  This exhibition of one of a kind originals will feature a live and silent auction starting at exclusive pricing that can only be found at the ArtBattles Popup Gallery. ArtBattles will

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  IS REMIXING CULTURE THE NEW DIRECTION IN MUSIC AND ART?

  November 15, 2011

  This Article Is A Remix: Is remixing culture the new direction in music and art?
  For better or worse, like most of my generation and those younger than me, I grew up voraciously consuming and interacting with pop culture. I spent endless hours holed up in my parents’ basement watching after-school cartoons, playing with toys inspired by my favorite movies and TV shows to create my own, unique story lines; scenes based on existing characters, reinterpreted and re-imagined by me. Years

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  URBAN ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: CT

  May 13, 2011

  For an urban artist, “CT” tells us that he didn’t grow up in a big metropolis. As a result,  he “wasn’t directly in contact with the more common writing dynamics, which at the beginning of 90′s established themselves in all European cities”.   CT’s environment took him in a different direction; influencing his way of thinking and  contributing to a different approach to “Graffiti” art. Without any stylistic references in his small town, he grew curious about the world of graffiti art in

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  URBAN ARTIST KID ZOOM EATING THIS CITY ALIVE

  January 12, 2011

  Aussie born/New York-based street artist Ian “Kid Zoom” Strange has been making some big moves in the urban art world. Last month, under the mentorship of Ron English, Strange put together his first international solo show: “This City Will Eat Me Alive…” at pop-up gallery in New Yorks Meatpacking district. The short run space was filled with a collection of work ranging from massive sculptures to even more massive paintings. Strange also put together a time lapse video this past

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  CHAD MUSKA SHOWS OFF HIS NEW DECK SERIES AND NEW YORK APARTMENT

  July 24, 2010

  Since pro-skater/artist Chad Muska’s x Element “Street Art” decks were so successful in February, hes put together a second round of 10 limited edition decks to be released sometime in the near future.
  You can take a look into Chad Muska’s world and his New York City apartment via filmmaker Kirk Dianda’s four-part documentary about the iconic skate brand element and his complementary 200 page photo book, which features photos of Chad working in his New York City apartment. The book

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  VISUAL ARTIST BOBBY HILL HIDES OVER $50,000 ON NYC STREETS AND TRAINS!

  July 21, 2010

  It seems as if there’s a grandiose game of hide n’ seek being played in NYC and no, I’m not talking about the kind played by grade school children in summer camp (although that’s fun too). Since July 2nd 2010, pedestrians and subway riders have been pleasantly surprised to find limited edition “Bobby Hill Multiple Original Art Prints” during their commute throughout the city. Each of these unique works of art is conservatively valued at $50 apiece (not considering prices

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  THE CREATORS PROJECT: LIVE MUSIC, DJ SETS, ART EXHIBITS, FILMS IN NYC

  June 9, 2010

  The Creators Project event series is a roving global celebration of creativity which launches this summer on June 26 in NYC, featuring groundbreaking live performances, art exhibits, discussion panels, and screenings by some of the world’s leading artists.
  Some Highlights:
  Live Music from Interpol, Neon Indian, The Rapture, Gang Gang Dance
  DJ Sets from N.A.S.A, XXXChange, Lemonade, Tame Impala
  Films from Spike Jonze, Danny Perez
  Art Exhibits from MOS Architects, Legs, Graffiti Research Lab, XX, Radical Friend
  Admission is free. Please register here to qualify

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  AAKASH NIHALANI: STOP POP AND ROLL IN BROOKLYN

  June 3, 2010

  New York based street artist Aakash Nihalani’s new project “STOP POP and ROLL”. Shot in Brooklyn, NY by Keith Haskel with music by Quantic. Check out more of Aakash on Discosalt HERE

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  CT’S URBAN STREET ART

  June 1, 2010

  CT is an Italian street artist with a really distinct new urban signature style he is developing in his hometown of Turin. CT takes a very bold  vector approach to characters using right angles, bubbly curves and bold colors, oversimplified to exaggerate their peculiarities and create something entirely new that resemble skate company logos.  You can check out an interview with CT at ekosystem or browse some more images below:

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  MR. BRAINWASH: “ICONS” (EXTENDED)

  April 1, 2010

  The somewhat questionable Mr. Brainwash, whose “Icons” exhibit has been on displays in the Meatpacking since Valentine’s Day has been extended through the end of April. Regardless of your thoughts on Mr. Brainwash, the exhibit is worth checking out. Yes, it’s a lame version of Banksy and yes it subsists on the tired and played out icons such as Warhol’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits, but the vinyl portraits alone are worth checking into and even the

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  BANKSY DOCUMENTARY: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

  February 13, 2010

  Keep on the look out in theaters this March, for the new Banksy film: “Exit Through the Gift Shop”, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year.  Billed as “The World’s first street art disaster movie”, the film is narrated by Welsh film star Rhys fans of “Knotting Hill” fame and stars the anonymous international renowned artist Banksy, himself, who has never spoken on film before. The soundtrack features some pretty cool artists as well,  like The Bristolians,  Roni Size and

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  THROUGH THE PAST, DARKLY: 70′S NYC GRAFFITI WRITER TEAM

  February 9, 2010

  In this short featured interview from Upper Playground’s Walrus TV,  Ricky Powell interviews his longtime friend, 70′s New York graffiti writer “Team”. Take a little nostalgic tour of Avenue C, hang at Team’s East Village apartment and learn the origin of his name and his attraction to painting and installation art.

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