Is the world’s wealthiest street artist yucking it up at this year’s Sundance Film Festival with the rest of the rich people? Quite possibly. His work has been spotted on the mean streets of Park City, and a new documentary by Banksy called “Exit Through the Giftshop,” is expected to premiere at the snow-covered corporate clusterfuck. Update: more spotted, click below for additional sightings Read more »
The Big Picture continues to assemble startling collections of graphic photos from Haiti as people grow more desperate by the hour.
Photo: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
Scientists say that Neptune are Uranus are totally iced-out and the planets may have “diamond icebergs floating atop liquid diamond seas…” |PopSci|
This past weekend, apocalyptic artist Josh Keyes exhibited a new series of provocative paintings for his first solo show at Jonathan Levine Gallery. Building upon his “signature aesthetic” the artist’s work continues to evolve as he depicts “wildlife species isolated within habitats that foreshadow a theoretically dystopian fate.” Not to mention they just look cool!
Fragment, Jan. 16 – Feb. 13, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York
How can the good people of Haiti ever get back on their feet without a proper anthem? Thankfully, Bono, Hov and Swizz Beatz are up to the challenge and will rescue the island nation with a hot track. The rap producer announced the collaboration via Twitter and U2 confirmed it.
Have you heard that Tiger Woods is currently seeking treatment at a sex addiction clinic in Mississippi? Yes he is, according to sex addiction expert Benoit Denizet-Lewis, who claims that he’s confirmed it with sources at the clinic. Denizet-Lewis also describes exactly what Tiger is going through. Hint: no jerky-jerky! Read more »
At149st.com has the best bio for graffiti pioneer TAKI 183: “TAKI was by no means the first writer or even the first king. He was however, the first to be recognized by the news media.” The “news media” they’re referring to is the New York Times (PDF of article), who wrote a story about him back in 1971. It’s no doubt that this was a significant moment in the history of the outlaw movement, but is he going too far in this recent interview with author Roger Gastman, when he says that Washington Heights isn’t the birthplace of graffiti because it lacked media coverage? Read more »
Today in who’s doing more to inspire revulsion: on Team A you have Royal Caribbean Cruise lines still making stops at a Haitian private beach just miles from the devastation where passengers, protected by armed security, can disembark and enjoy tropical cocktails, tasty BBQ, and long naps in surfside hammocks while people lay dying in the nearby rubble. Read more »
Artist Mike Stilkey really likes books—well painting on them at least—and showcased some of his latest work as part of a recently opened group exhibit at Denver’s David B. Smith Gallery. Check out some more of his book-based sculptures over here.
2010 Group Exhibition: Part 1, Jan. 15 – Feb. 13th, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver
Attention secret societies, occultists, and Jay-Z: Beethoven’s skull is for sale. |Huff Post|
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