“Bad Dads” is a pop up art show tributing the films of Wes Anderson. The show will display various original paintings, illustrations, prints, and sculptures. Check it out at the Joseph Gross Gallery in New York City August 7th-9th.
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Bless our lucky stars! A never-before-seen Dr. Seuss book has been discovered 20 years after the author’s death. Complete with a manuscript and illustrations, What Pet Should I Get will be published via Random House Children’s Books on July 28th.
“Despite what graffiti writers who view him as a sellout would have you believe, Banksy is nothing if not an artist of the people. His work widely appeals to the public, and it also plays with the community in subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways. Watching the entire month-long residency unfold in about an hour’s time, it becomes clear that the stencils left on buildings were just the beginning of what he intended to create. ”
Read the ArtNet review of HBO’s ‘Banksy Does New York’ documentary.
Lotus Woman mural by Shepard Fairey, seen in DUMBO, 2014.
Light Cave, installation by LA art duo FriendsWithYou. Currently on view at The Standard, High Line.
“FriendsWithYou is the fine art collaborative of Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, working collectively since 2002 with the sole purpose of spreading the positive message of magic, luck, and friendship.
As artists working in a variety of mediums, including paintings, sculpture, large-scale experiential installations, public playgrounds, published works and live performances, FriendsWithYou’s mission is to affect world culture by cultivating special moments of spiritual awareness and powerful, joyous interaction.”
Hippothames, designed by Florentijn Hofman, is 70 foot long hippo installed in the Thames river.It was built for Totally Thames, a month long celebration of the 42 mile river located in London.
“Art is a humanitarian act. Art should be able to effect mankind, to make the world a better place.”
Go check out Jeff Koons: A Retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art! It’s a great chronological oeuvre of his works, ranging from his most popular to lesser known works.
Who is the Alpha and Omega of emojis? What is Unicode? Read the article Why It’s So hard to Design New Emoji.
David Lynch: The Unified Field, a retrospective on the artist, opens at the Pennsylvania Academy on September 13th. Read more!
Images Adrift, glitch art by Sabato Visconti. Read more about the glitch aesthetic at Medium.
“You can say it’s like torturing an image.”
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Behind every great cultural institution or festival or reading series, is a greater person.
Open To The Public, mixed media series by the Clayton Brothers. Currently on display at the Mark Moore Gallery in Culver City, CA.
Illustrations inspired by decorative ornaments from Indian and African cultures. Drawn by Dicky Saputra for Indonesian studio, Kancata.
Instaxagram series by Kyle Steed.
Photographers finding new ways present their work.
The Fade of Fallen Memories, Kristy Mitchell, 2014.
Read more about the huge set build at her site.