Tag: Street Art
Last we heard from Essam Attia, the artist who gained notoriety for placing forged posters advertising a fictional NYPD drone campaign around New York, he had been arrested and was facing a litany of felonies for his exploits, so we threw a party to raise money for his defense. At a court appearance Monday, he […]
In an effort to curb the amount of vandalism that visitors (and its citizens) have inflicted on the more ancient and popular sections of the Great Wall of China, officials have created a designated zone where people can etch and scrawl their names. “As many tourists like to carve words on buildings, we will develop […]
To celebrate the release of Yoav Litvin’s book “Outdoor Gallery,” the Brooklyn art exhibit featured works from more than 40 artists and included 3 collaborative murals and films from DEGA. “The book is my kind of document of my adventures in New York city,” Litvin tells ANIMAL. “I grew up here in the ’80s, so all the […]
Street artist BAMN created this witty temporary piece at Hancock and Broadway near the Bushwick/Bed Stuy border, uploading photos to his Flickr over the weekend. “This blows,” it reads, with snow arranged to look like lines of, well, you know. It even sports a giant, rolled-up dollar bill. (Photos: BAMN) […]
During a brief visit to New York, UK street artist Sweet Toof of the Burning Candy Crew got busy painting the town pink. He also collaborated with graffiti artist SMELLS. His signature gums and teeth and a few squiggly tags are all around Brooklyn — on the rooftops of Williamsburg, the freight trains benched at […]
Last night, the West 21st Street Gagosian Gallery started shipping out their Richard Serra installation. This meant that the throngs of people leaving opening receptions for bars and subways encountered a giant, famous slab of steel, strapped to a flatbed truck. Holy shit, you guys, Inside Out (2013) is outside! ANIMAL checked in on the truck this morning. […]
“I can crochet with my eyes closed,” London Kaye said as she finished covering a subway pole in a colorful web of yarn. It was Valentine’s Day and with a bag of mini yarn hearts she made during her lunch break in tow, she set out to cover the inside of the train car in crochet. “The goal […]
After an unsuccessful attempt at offloading outdoor works from Banksy’s NYC residency Better Out Than In at Art Miami in December, art dealer Stephan Keszler is trying once again to sell the pieces. The artist’s Red Hook heart balloon wall piece and “Crazy Horse” car door are up for sale at Miami’s FAAM auction house, for starting bids […]
As part of an initiative to curb illegal graffiti in Dorchester — a city in South West England — the local council enacted a program that commissions public murals from area artists such as Peter Sheridan. He was given permission to paint a wall underneath a railway bridge. And so he did. Armed with aerosol, […]
Artist Michael DeNicola aka Ink Lungs recently painted a construction trailer in the East Village to honor Philip Seymour Hoffman who died of an apparent drug overdose nearly two weeks ago. First reported by Bowery Boogie, the mural was picked up by several websites, all of whom failed to mention one glaring observation — it […]
