Pepsi x Billboard Summer Beats Concert Series

Last Week Wednesday night, Pepsi and Billboard hosted the third installment of the Summer Beats concert series at New York’s Gotham Hall, where a wall at the entrances allowed guests to contribute their own messages, drawings, and signatures. Graffiti-style designs by Artkek Creative surrounding the series’ logo served as the eye-catching starting point, which attendees added to throughout the event.

Barry McGee Show

Leading off this week’s video goodness is a look at Barry McGee’s first solo show in the Bay Area since 1994. Along with some footage of the stunning and comprehensive exhibition, the short features interviews with the Director and Assistant Curator of the BAM/PFA.

• ArtnetTV interviews Robert Longo.
• THE ART UNDERGROUND – NYC SUBWAY – explore the art that’s in NYC’s subway system.
• Shepard speaks with Wayne Kramer about their connection to the Jail Guitar Doors collaboration.
• Bumblebee Loves You – recently premiered video by HANDi about Bumblebee.
• If any of the five real-life sleeping beauties open their eyes when they are kissed by their suitors at an art exhibit in Kiev, they are contractually obliged to marry them.
• VNA x Nychos.
• Louis Vuitton: Yayoi Kusama “Her Story: Signature Patterns” Video (via Hypebeast).
• The Making of Ephemicropolis by Peter Root (via ArtSchoolVets!).
• A video that documents the drawing of Drift by Melissa Cooke.
• LRG’s series Artist Driven with Dabs Myla.
• A video of the Nicola Verlato opening from Carlos Gonzalez.

 

Andy Warhol x Campbell’s Soup Cans

The Campbell’s Soup company will be releasing some limited edition (albeit 1.2 million of them) cans inspired by Andy Warhol’s imagery to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Warhol’s iconic 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans. Approved by the Andy Warhol Foundation, these new cans will be available starting Sunday at your local Target stores at 75 cents each.

A Word is Worth A Thousand Pictures” (Part I)

 

 

 

This  week, Steve “ESPO” Powers (featured) will be kicking off art season with a new body of work at Joshua Liner Gallery.  The show entitled A Word is Worth A Thousand Pictures is Power’s first New York solo exhibition in over seven years. The Brooklyn-based artist has been busy the past few years with a number of high profile projects such as Art in the Streets, as well as the Love Letters Project in Philly, Syracuse and Brooklyn.

Futura – Future Shock Artshow NYC

Future-Shock Exhibition @ Valmorbida
560 Washington Street
New York, NY 10014

Opening Reception: September 6th, 2012 (Wednesday) | 6 pm – 9 pm

Exhibition Dates: September 6th, 2012 – October 5th, 2012

Art of the Assassins LA Recap

A few weeks back I was in LA to kick-off the Art of the Assassins Art Exhibit Tour which featured myself along with four other great contemporary artist, below is my piece that i created along with a link to the video for the show, check it out.

Stay tuned and find out where the tour stops next!! Follow me @Arteknyc

Click Image Below to View The Video, Thank You!!

Even in tough times, art sells…

 

Julian Alexander x Morning Breath @ Apple Store

On Thursday, Julian Alexander will be moderating a discussion with Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto of Morning Breath at the Apple Store on W. 14th St. They will be sharing their body of work and talking about the creative process. The event info is below. If you’re around, come by.

Meet the Designers: Morning Breath

Join us for a discussion with designers Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto, proprietors of Morning Breath, a boutique studio in Brooklyn, New York. The two first met while working in the design department of Think Skateboards in San Francisco, and since then, their work has gradually grown beyond designing skate and snowboard graphics to include music packaging, apparel, posters, and advertising. At this event, moderated by Julian Alexander of Slang Inc., learn how Morning Breath has become one of the most talked-about design studios in the business.
March 29, 7:00 p.m

Fafi’s 1st Graphic Novel “The Carmine Vault”

(source: 12ozprophet)

ARMORY AND SCOPE NYC 2012

Went by the Armory and Scope shows this weekend.  Here are some of my favorite pieces from D*Face, Risk, RETNA, FAILE, and some others.