Earlier this week, Paris’ Fondation Cartier opened “Born in the Streets,” an exhibition of graffiti styles diverging from its inception to the present. The main gallery space and garden have been filled with pieces and other graffiti-inspired works by artists including SEEN, JONONE, Barry McGee, Evan Roth, QUICK, and PHASE2. Approximating what the museum could look like following an uninvited tag attack, parts of the building’s façade and interior have been bombed with graffiti, including Pixacao tags from Brazilian artists. The show is on view through the end of November, but if you can’t see it in person, a selection of photos is below. Read more »
SEEN Drops Bombs On New Canvases
Bronx-born graffiti legend SEEN recently released new paintings, part of series of 250 pieces that feature his iconic letters stretched and bombed across the canvas. Each painting is available to graffiti enthusiasts for between 600 and 2600 dollars. Click through the images above for a few from his various editions, including “MTA” which plays off well-known subway motifs. |BLKMarket|
Phillips de Pury’s Upcoming Graffiti and Pop Art Sale

This Saturday, a curated selection of urban art from the last 25 years, along with contemporary art, design, photos and toys hit the auction block at Phillips de Pury & Company’s New York sale. Offerings include paintings by graffiti artists from SEEN to Os Gemeos, pop art from Andy Warhol to Jeff Koons, fashion photos and nudie pics by Helmut Newton, Bert Stern and Steve McCurry—he took that famous photo of the Afghan girl. Plus art from Shepard Fairey and Faile. Prices range from a few hundred dollars for a plastic Godzilla to a few thousand for a Campbell’s soup dress to more than $15,000 for a set of signed KAWS prints. ANIMAL assembled some of the best investments from the pop art matrix of offerings below and you can view the full shebang here. Read more »




























