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April 2, 2013
A New Book Looks at How Banksy Got So Big
See also: *Banksy Revealed? Our 2010 cover story on Exit Through the Gift Shop Several weeks ago, the Internet exploded with stories about a Banksy piece removed straight from a wall and later found at a
Blogs
March 29, 2013
What Was Contemporary Art? A New Book Asks the Question
No matter how much new art continues to appear, an age-old question remains: what makes something art? No one knows that question better than art historian, author and professor Richard Meyer. The Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor in Art History at Stanford University recently released a new book ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2013
Baking Books: Modern Art Desserts, Where The Pastry Arts Museum Art Collections Collide
San Francisco pastry chef Caitlin Freeman's new baking book, Modern Art Desserts: Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Confections and Frozen Treats based on Iconic Works of Art, is an edible reflection of the museum curator's constant challenge: Finding the balance between popular exhibitions (and pastrie ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2013
Battle on Beverly: What Happens When One L.A. Street Artist Takes Another's Painting and Puts It Into His Own Creation?
Drama from Beverly Boulevard spilled onto the Internet on Sunday when CHOD, a street artist who has been working locally for about two years, remixed a painting created by Annie Preece and posted it on the building that once housed the Regency Fairfax Cinemas. Preece, herself a street artist who als ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2013
Graffiti House L.A. Looks to Be a Hub for the City's Graffiti and Street Artists
Graffiti. Mostly on the streets, sometimes in galleries and always in heated art conversations, this spray-can form of expression remains a huge part of Los Angeles' identity. Looking to create a supportive, communal space for experienced and budding artists, the recently-established Graffiti House ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2013
How Pink Floyd Financed Artist Clare Brown's Move to L.A.
Clare Brown says she might be the first artist ever to coordinate specific color hues into all of her paintings. It's a bold claim, but the Topanga transplant knows a thing or two about color. As a 10-year-old growing up in the late '60s, Brown spent her days immersed in giant plastic colored eggs. ... More >>
Film+TV
January 17, 2013
How Did Caravaggio Influence Movies?
A LACMA film series asks the question
Blogs
January 9, 2013
Shepard Fairey Street Art Mural Defaced on La Brea -- and This Goes on Globally
Everyone is a critic. Even taggers. Shepard Fairey, a widely known street artist who often garners mixed reviews, has been panned with graffiti spray-painted over a fifty-foot wall piece on 2nd Street and La Brea Boulevard. At the scene, a property manager was noticeably disturbed by the tagging ov ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2012
A Look Back at Norway's Nuart Festival, a Gathering of Street Artists From L.A. and Around the World
In Stavanger, Norway, every September for the past 12 years, Nuart, one of the largest street art festivals in the world, transpires. Closeted in the beautiful Fijords, Stavanger is a quaint, oil-rich community with a high standard of living, sometimes making the list as most expensive in all of Eur ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2012
Hammer Museum Examines the Evolution of Graphic Design
Graphic design isn't just about a poster with pretty colors. In today's world of visual media, it affects way we choose our clothes and what food we eat. The Hammer brings out everything from modern gadgets (lots of Mac products) to old-school methods (markers!) in its new exhibit "Graphic Design: ... More >>
Blogs
October 30, 2012
What Happened to Banksy's Buyers? Some of His Famous Works Flopped at L.A. Auction Last Night
Graffiti artist Banksy suffered an embarrassing evening Monday as a number of his greatest works failed to sell at a prestigious Los Angeles auction house. While his aerosol-powered contemporaries enjoyed strong sales at British auctioneers Bonham's on Sunset Blvd, Banksy's spray-painted rats receiv ... More >>
News
September 13, 2012
Readers Love Us! They Really Love Us!
Graffiti artist Banksy suffered an embarrassing evening Monday as a number of his greatest works failed to sell at a prestigious Los Angeles auction house. While his aerosol-powered contemporaries enjoyed strong sales at British auctioneers Bonham's on Sunset Blvd, Banksy's spray-painted rats receiv ... More >>
News
September 6, 2012
Street Art Skirmish: Readers Respond to Our Story
Graffiti artist Banksy suffered an embarrassing evening Monday as a number of his greatest works failed to sell at a prestigious Los Angeles auction house. While his aerosol-powered contemporaries enjoyed strong sales at British auctioneers Bonham's on Sunset Blvd, Banksy's spray-painted rats receiv ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2012
Sight, Graffiti Artist on Cover of LA Weekly, Suspended From His Job for Speaking Out Against L.A.'s War on Graffiti
The star of L.A. Weekly's current cover story -- a talented and gentle young man named Bryant Mangum, aka UPN member "Sight," fresh out of four years in state prison for scratching up the L.A. bus system as a teenager -- has been suspended from his job as a result of the story. As we revealed in "L ... More >>
News
August 30, 2012
Los Angeles' War on Street Artists
The art world sees a vibrant movement. Metro's cops see jail fodder.
Blogs
August 29, 2012
Fuck New York: Street Art Began Here in L.A.
This piece is part of our package on L.A.'s war on street art, including: *Los Angeles' War on Street Artists *The Secrets of L.A. Street Art: Bumblebee, Sharktoof and Linelinedot Discuss Their Work More stories on street art from L.A. Weekly: *Our cover story on MOCA's "Art in the Streets" exhibit ... More >>
Blogs
August 29, 2012
The Secrets of L.A. Street Art: Bumblebee, Sharktoof and Linelinedot Discuss Their Work
This piece is part of our package on L.A.'s war on street art, including: *Los Angeles' War on Street Artists *Fuck New York: Street Art Began Here in L.A. 1. The Boy From Downey: Bumblebee Street art isn't very big in Downey. "People go to work, go to school, do it all over again," Bumblebee says ... More >>
News
August 23, 2012
American Idol Meets the Museum
The Hammer's Mohn Award is a grand experiment in art-world democracy
Blogs
August 6, 2012
Cooper Black: The Story Behind Louie's Typeface
An overweight balding man exits a subway station and, as he walks, up pops his name in bold, cartoonish, drop-shadowed white letters: Louie. He stands alone in the doorway of a pizza parlor inhaling a slice, his eyes searching and expressionless, watching people pass by as people watch him, an urban ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
A Guide to L.A.'s Jewish Street Art
Most Angelenos wouldn't associate Jews with spray paint and wheat-paste, but what about murals? Twenty years ago, before the city began a war on street art and pushed murals and graffiti underground, targeting artists with lawsuits and jail time, the city's diverse communities embraced a flourishing ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2012
L.A. Mural Ordinance Postponed Into Oblivion
Last October, when L.A. City Hall started drafting an ordinance that would lift the city's oppressive mural moratorium, we tried to be patient. Even though it had taken the City Council over a decade to get the ball rolling, we said, hey -- better late than never. We set aside our skepticism. We gav ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2012
Radiohead's Artist Stanley Donwood's New Work Pictures L.A. in Flames
Stanley Donwood doesn't have the slightest objection to the term "commercial artist." Often considered the sixth member of the band Radiohead, the 44-year old Essex native is responsible for all of the band's artwork since 1994 and has the commercial marketplace to thank for part of his success. "It ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2012
10 Interpretations of Legendary Monsters at Hyaena Gallery
Hyaena Gallery is a small, Burbank shop dedicated to dark art, outsider art, pop surrealism and other unusual styles. Every year, the gallery hosts an exhibition at the annual horror convention Monsterpalooza. It's a different from the shows you'll normally see at the gallery, "more of a fun show," ... More >>
Calendar
March 15, 2012
A Chunka-Chunka Burning Moves
Hyaena Gallery is a small, Burbank shop dedicated to dark art, outsider art, pop surrealism and other unusual styles. Every year, the gallery hosts an exhibition at the annual horror convention Monsterpalooza. It's a different from the shows you'll normally see at the gallery, "more of a fun show," ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Shepard Fairey Guests on 'The Simpsons' For Episode on Bart's Graffiti-Art Obsession
Fox / obeygiant.comShepard Fairey and Bart Simpson.Forget Law & Order. It's The Simpsons that's ripped from the headlines. The show will ride the Art in the Streets zeitgeist that has hipsters popping into galleries and cops popping graffiti creators. The March 4 episode mocks the Banksy doc ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Shepard Fairey, Saber to Discuss L.A. City Mural Ordinance at Public Panel Discussion
An unprecedented meeting of street artists and political artists will happen tonight in downtown L.A. Expected to attend: Shepard Fairey and Saber. Los Angeles, of course, is a graffiti art hot spot and a onetime mural capital of the world. But a city law against public murals made putting one up i ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Can Paul Conrad's Mushroom Cloud Sculpture in Santa Monica Be Saved?
A controversy has been bubbling over Paul Conrad's anti-nuclear war sculpture in Santa Monica, Chain Reaction, and the latest fallout may spell the end of the 26-foot tall mushroom cloud near the city's Civic Center. With the deterioration of the steel, fiberglass and copper sculpture, mostly due t ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2012
Mr. Brainwash's 'Art Show 2011' Gets Populism Right
photo by Nanette GonzalesMr. Brainwash's "Art Show 2011" Update: Show has been extended, and will be open one more day, on Jan. 8. Doors open at 2 p.m. Location is 960 N. La Brea Ave. At "Art Show 2011," equivocal street artist Mr. Brainwash's 80,000 square-foot feat, Mr. Brainwash sat at a ... More >>
Art+Books
January 5, 2012
Hastings Plastics: Legendary Maker of Sculptures for L.A. Artists Closes After 55 Years
photo by Nanette GonzalesMr. Brainwash's "Art Show 2011" Update: Show has been extended, and will be open one more day, on Jan. 8. Doors open at 2 p.m. Location is 960 N. La Brea Ave. At "Art Show 2011," equivocal street artist Mr. Brainwash's 80,000 square-foot feat, Mr. Brainwash sat at a ... More >>
Art+Books
December 29, 2011
Hotel Art in L.A.: A User's Guide
photo by Nanette GonzalesMr. Brainwash's "Art Show 2011" Update: Show has been extended, and will be open one more day, on Jan. 8. Doors open at 2 p.m. Location is 960 N. La Brea Ave. At "Art Show 2011," equivocal street artist Mr. Brainwash's 80,000 square-foot feat, Mr. Brainwash sat at a ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2011
Top 10 Street Art and Graffiti Stories of 2011
Shannon CottrellJR in L.A.Yes, year-end lists. Not even street art is exempt. But hey, 2011 was a banner year for the Los Angeles street art and graffiti communities, as they enjoyed plenty of worldwide attention. LA Weekly put together the ten L.A.-related street art and graffiti stories th ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2011
Shepard Fairey Designs Wall for New District La Brea Shopping Complex
Wait, what? Is that Shepard Fairey putting up a mural in broad daylight on La Brea at 11 a.m.? The cops are going to stop him any second! Fairey is the street artist who rose to fame in 2008 when his Obama "Hope" poster became the emblem of an era, and was a major player in the 2010 Banksy ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
Banksy at Occupy London: See the Street Artist's Monopoly Sculpture Before It Got Vandalized
Colin Young-WolffAngelenos aren't strangers to the works of British street artist Banksy. His participation in MOCA's street art show was a (predictably secret) given, and the man plastered L.A. during the run-up to the Oscars, inspiring residents of Westwood Village to petition for his works ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
Street Art: 'Homo Riot' Angers Homophobes and Empowers Gays with Righteous Art
Patrick Range McDonaldHomo Riot, street artistIn the predominantly heterosexual world of street art -- possibly the most important contemporary art movement of today -- there are only a handful of artists in the world that consistently feature gay themes in their work, and only one is based ... More >>
News
October 13, 2011
Carmen Trutanich's War on Art Murals
Can a bumbling L.A. City Council revive the local street art form?
Blogs
September 30, 2011
Mr. Brainwash Invites You to Participate in his Latest Exhibit/Party, 'Art Show 2011'
Shannon CottrellThe site of Mr. Brainwash's upcoming show As if traffic along the La Brea corridor isn't already bad enough, L.A.'s beloved street artist Mr. Brainwash -- who first got attention through our cover story and later through the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop -- is staging ... More >>
Art+Books
September 22, 2011
Eight Reasons Why L.A. Art Is the Way It Is
Shannon CottrellThe site of Mr. Brainwash's upcoming show As if traffic along the La Brea corridor isn't already bad enough, L.A.'s beloved street artist Mr. Brainwash -- who first got attention through our cover story and later through the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop -- is staging ... More >>
Art+Books
September 22, 2011
Eli Broad: Blame My Wife
Shannon CottrellThe site of Mr. Brainwash's upcoming show As if traffic along the La Brea corridor isn't already bad enough, L.A.'s beloved street artist Mr. Brainwash -- who first got attention through our cover story and later through the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop -- is staging ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Shepard Fairey Sticker-Bombs L.A. Department of City Planning
Los Angeles City Planning - Code Studies via Facebook"Shepard Fairey sticker bombs City Hall," writes the department.Update: LA Weekly speaks with the recipient of the package, who is positively tickled. Interview at the bottom. Uh-oh -- the fight between muralists and the L.A political mach ... More >>
Calendar
September 22, 2011
Urban Art in Paradise
Los Angeles City Planning - Code Studies via Facebook"Shepard Fairey sticker bombs City Hall," writes the department.Update: LA Weekly speaks with the recipient of the package, who is positively tickled. Interview at the bottom. Uh-oh -- the fight between muralists and the L.A political mach ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Feds Arrest Matthew Taylor for Selling Forged Paintings of Monet, van Gogh and Rothko
Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Theses are some of the greatest artists in history and have produced some of the world's most expensive paintings. And according to the FBI, 43-year-old Matthew Taylor has forged them all and taken millions from unsuspecting art ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2011
C.A.V.E. Gallery's New Show is 'Street Art Saved My Life,' But How Exactly Does that Happen?
Courtesy of C.A.V.E. GalleryGerman street art duo Various & Gould's self-portrait, Street Art Saved OUR Lives Now that MOCA's "Art in the Streets" exhibition has finally shut its doors, where can you go for your next fix? C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice has the answer: this Friday, it opened "Str ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
Johnny Cubert White: Top Chef Art Director and Street Art Photographer
Photograph courtesy of Johnny Cubert WhiteBeautiful roadkill: Jonny Fenix's famous swallow, two lanes large Chinatown's brand-new Canton Art and Jazz Club is a peaceful, white-walled space on Hill Street, and looks somewhat unlikely as a gallery, wedged in among restaurants and tchotchke shop ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
MOCA's Jeffrey Deitch Talks 'Art in the Streets,' Widely-Acclaimed Exhibit Closes in a Week
Patrick Range McDonaldLee Quinones: "Debbie Harry" (1981)With the Art in the Streets exhibit closing on August 8 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown, MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch talks with L.A. Weekly about the impact of the widely-acclaimed show on the public and in the art world ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Banksy iPhone App Hits the Apple Store
Tech geeks and street art fans, take note: a Banksy iPhone app has just hit the virtual racks of the Apple Store. It's a beautifully-crafted gallery tool that allows you to immerse yourself in the World of Banksy -- and maybe soon, it'll even allow you to catch him in the act. Though it see ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2011
The Tattooer's Apprentice: Art Emancipates PostModern Cholo (VIDEO)
Luigi VenturaThe synchronicity between the opening of MOCA's "Art in the Streets" show and L.A. law enforcement's crackdown on graffiti hasn't gone unnoticed by postmodern cholo and tattooer's apprentice Sal Sanchez. Recent arrests of street artists Invader, Smear and Revok are on Sanchez's ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2011
Heroes & Villains, Tatiana Wills and Roman Cho's New Book of Badass Photos of Street Artists, Graphic Novelists, and Everyone in Between
Wills/ChoNatalia Fabia, painter Check out our slideshow of photos from the book: "Heroes & Villains: Los Angeles Painters, Street Artists and Graphic Novelists" In looking at the portraiture that encompasses the sublime new coffee table book Heroes & Villains by Tatiana Wills and Roman Ch ... More >>
Art+Books
June 23, 2011
Faile Comes to Venice
Wills/ChoNatalia Fabia, painter Check out our slideshow of photos from the book: "Heroes & Villains: Los Angeles Painters, Street Artists and Graphic Novelists" In looking at the portraiture that encompasses the sublime new coffee table book Heroes & Villains by Tatiana Wills and Roman Ch ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Faile Launches Steve Lazarides' Venice Venture Post No Bills, Which Proves Print Isn't Dead
Shannon CottrellMaster printmaker Ramon De Larosa oversees Faile's prints at Post No Bills in Venice This week's main art feature in LA Weekly's print edition comes from our resident street art expert Shelley Leopold, who looks into London dealer (and former Banksy gallerist) Steve Lazarides' ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
No "Art in the Streets" for Brooklyn Museum: New York Changes Mind About Street Art Show
Art in the Streets, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Photo by Gregory Bojorquez, Courtesy of MOCAWe've just been forwarded an email sent by the Brooklyn Museum to a street artist in the "Art in the Streets" show, currently on view at the MOCA. The Brooklyn Museum was scheduled to be the next ... More >>
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