Visual Arts

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 MOCA​We'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 >>

Yarning Is Not a Crime

Cirque Du Soleil Costumes

Judge Rules Run-DMC Photo, Used by L.A. Street Artist Mr. Brainwash, Protected by Copyright Law: What Will It Mean for Fair Use?

PHOTO BY GREGORY BOJORQUEZMr. Brainwash just got busted.​Forget the Shepard Fairey case. Music photographer Glen E. Friedman's lawsuit against Mr. Brainwash, the street artist profiled alongside Banksy in Oscar-nominated doc "Exit Through the Gift Shop," is the one to watch for legal fair-use ... More >>

Banksy Sponsors Free Mondays at MOCA's 'Art in the Streets' Exhibition

Ted SoquiBanksy really feels L.A.​We wouldn't blame Banksy if he hated L.A. After all, we took down his art, stole it and covered it up during his stay in our fine city in winter in the weeks leading up to (and after) the Academy Awards (where his documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop was up ... More >>

National Crackdown on Graffiti Art Reported in the Midst of L.A.'s Own 'Art in the Streets' Renaissance

Gregory BojorquezRevok.​In the wake of MOCA's groundbreaking "Art in the Streets" exhibit, is there a national crackdown on graffiti? The Wall Street Journal, following up on the recent arrest of "Art in the Streets" star Revok, says yes. While we reported that officials say it's simply a co ... More >>

Canlove Answers the Question: Where Do Street Artists' Spray Paint Cans Go to Die?

Lea LionCanlove founders Paul Ramirez (left) and DJ Neff​ When the mysterious British street artist Banksy left an image of a young boy holding a paint can next to the words "I remember when all this was trees" on the abandoned Packard Plant in Detroit last year, some fans interpreted it as an ... More >>

MOCA's 'Art In The Streets' Reviewed by A 10-Year-Old: 'I Really Didn't Like It'

Flickr/KayOne73​I took my son Ricky, age 10, to MOCA's 'Art In The Streets' show, which I'd assumed he'd enjoy. Ricky loves to draw, and is known as one of the best artists in his fifth-grade class. He's also no stranger to art museums, and he's savvy enough to comprehend the difference betwee ... More >>

RISK, Legendary L.A. Street Artist, Laments What He Sees As L.A. City Crackdown in Shadow of MOCA's 'Art in the Streets' Show

RISK on the wall.​It's a bittersweet moment for the street art community in L.A. MOCA's groundbreaking exhibition "Art in the Streets" has brought mainstream recognition not only for the evolution of graffiti as a serious medium but for L.A. as a new capital for the form. But even as spray ca ... More >>

Star Wars Street Art: Free Humanity Talks Barack Obama, Akira Kurosawa and Mr. Brainwash

Keith Plocek​See more posters at "Star Wars Street Art: The Works of Free Humanity."​Jabba the Hutt and Salacious Crumb, stenciled on top a page of the Wall Street Journal with the words "Greed is good." Boba Fett, standing alone with "I'm sorry for the deaths of the innocent but that happen ... More >>

'Free Revok' Movement For Jailed Street Artist as Supporters Organize Gallery Fundraiser

bert 23Revok, up.​Hours after spray-can artist Revok received a 180-day sentence for violating terms of his probation for vandalism, the L.A. street art community rallied and pledged to hold a fundraiser in his honor. Revok, a.k.a 34-year-old Jason Williams, was arrested last week as he attem ... More >>

Art in the Streets

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'Fame is Love': Mark Kostabi Premieres Con Artist, Waxes About Italian Living and Infamy

Having pushed a bevy of buttons back in the late '80s, earning himself fame, fortune and fans, all of which came at a price, the self-proclaimed 'World's Biggest Con Artist' is back and coming to a theater near you, whether you like it or not. Directed by Michael Sladek, Con Artist reveals an intima ... More >>

Street Art at MOCA

How Jeffrey Deitch convinced an outlaw art movement to show itself for the landmark retrospective “Art in the Streets”

Banksy Revealed as Man Caught on Camera Having Nude Sex Atop USC High-Rise

imgur.comIt's Banksy.​The true identity of British street artist Banksy, who graced L.A. with his work in the weeks leading up to the Academy Awards last month, has been a topic of debate, and no one, it seems, is 100 percent sure who he is. Well, in an LA Weekly exclusive, we can tell you th ... More >>

Banksy's 'Elephant' Tank Artwork in L.A. Was Home to a Man Named Tachowa Covington

Ted SoquiBanksy's 'Elephant.'​You can live in art (architect R.M. Schindler's work is often an object of desire in L.A.) if you have the means. But for an otherwise homeless guy named Tachowa Covington, artful shelter came to him for free. And then it was taken away. Turns out that Banksy-t ... More >>

Was Banksy's Sunset Blvd Billboard 'Livin' the Dream' Really Just a Slick Advertisement?

Ted SoquiBanksy's 'Livin' the Dream.'​Update: A spokeswoman for the billboard advertiser says it ain't so, after the jump. Was Banksy's "Livin' the Dream" billboard art all an inside job? That's the report being echoed in blogland this week following the British artist's whirlwind tour of L. ... More >>

Valuable Banksy Public Art Piece in Malibu Towed Away, to be Sold?

Ted SoquiBanksy's 'Elephant' as it once stood in Malibu.​It looks like another Banksy piece from his days in L.A. for the Academy Awards has bitten the dust. But at least this one might ultimately be saved:

Banksy's Valuable 'Crayon Soldier' Piece in Westwood Removed

Pia MiaBanksy has left town.​Banksy has left the building and so has much of his art, seems like. After his art was spotted on the back of a Westwood Urban Outfitters last month in the weeks ahead of the Academy Awards, where the Brit vied unsuccessfully for a best documentary Oscar, a Facebo ... More >>

Chiseling Away At Randy Finch, Star of the Food Network's Ice Brigade

Food NetworkRandy Finch putting the finishing touches on a frozen craps table​Tonight the Food Network premieres a show about extreme ice sculpting. Perhaps your first question is the same one we had: why does the Food Network have a show about ice sculpting? Sure, you often see ice sculptures ... More >>

Valuable Banksy Street Art Stolen From East Los Angeles Wall (Photos)

Ted SoquiBanksy's 'Caution.'​Photos by Ted Soqui. British guerrilla artist Banksy was robbed, and it wasn't at the Academy Awards, where is Exit Through the Gift Shop documentary was nominated but didn't win Sunday. No, another one of his pieces around L.A. was taken down. But this one appea ... More >>

#Banksy and the #Oscars: Our Fave Tweets About the Artist and the Big Show Are More Entertaining Than James Franco

OK MagazineBanksy?​Banksy seemed to get more positive buzz from the Oscars on Sunday than James Franco. And the artist wasn't even there. After a few weeks in L.A. in which the British wall painter saw his work taken down, stolen and vandalized, it was only fitting that he would then be dis ... More >>

Banksy Gets Uninvited to Oscars: Will He Show Anyway?

Pia MiaBanksy gets vandalized.​Banksy has had his L.A. artwork vandalized and even taken down and crumpled up like trash, and now he must endure a non-invitation to the Academy Awards, where his documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop, is up for an Oscar. The news, broken at The Wrap and The ... More >>

Banksy Boy-With-Gun Art in Westwood Vandalized; Singer Pia Mia Has the Photos

Pia MiaBanksy's boy soldier gets splashed with paint.​Looks like the latest twist for British guerrilla artist Banksy is Friday night/Saturday morning vandalism for his attention-getting boy-with-a-gun piece in Westwood. Teen singer Pia Mia, who has taken to serenading the work behind a Westw ... More >>

Banksy in L.A: 14-Year-Old Singer Pia Mia Serenades Banksy Artwork in Westwood (Video)

YouTubePia Mia sings for Banksy.​British guerrilla artist Banksy has stirred up quite a whirlwind of media, emotion and debate over his street pieces, spotted around L.A. recently in advance of his shot at an Academy Award for Exit Through the Gift Shop. A crowd gathered and hurumphed earlier ... More >>

Six-Figure Banksy Piece Ripped From Sunset Boulevard Billboard Just Not Good Enough For CBS Outdoor

Ted SoquiBanksy is just not CBS Outdoor material.​Banksy might be a world-renowned street artist whose work can fetch six-figure prices. But don't tell that to CBS Outdoor, the advertising company that ripped the Brit's "Livin' the Dream" piece from a billboard above Sunset and Crescent Heigh ... More >>

Banksy Art Worth Six Figures Ripped Down From Sunset Boulevard Billboard, Crumpled Up in a Ball

MELROSEandFAIRFAXBanksy blasts L.A.​Update: Video of the take-down added after the jump. British guerrilla artist Banksy has quietly been ninja-footing through town, putting up his signature images in the days before the Academy Awards, where his Exit Through the Gift Shop is up for an Oscar. ... More >>

Banksy Facebook Protest Erupts to Protect Westwood Graffiti Art (New Photos)

Ted SoquiBanksy's telltale work in Westwood.​Photos by Ted Soqui L.A. art lovers are banding together on Facebook in an attempt to prevent the removal of another Banksy piece in the city. This after ...

Taxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late 19th-Century American Art

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Severed Limbs, The Font: Mimi Traillette's Twisted Typeface

​ Mimi Traillette, 29, is an artist living in Montreal, Canada. She made this font, inspired by severed limbs. It was for a design contest at DesignSponge. She did not win. Why aren't the limbs dripping blood? Did you think about blood at all?

Raphael's The Small Cowper Madonna

Burri My Art in the Hollywood Hills

"Combustione: Alberto Burri and America" at the Santa Monica Museum of Art

Deliscript: A Font Inspired by Canter's Deli

Michael Doret​ In 2008, Michael Doret drove past Canter's Deli, but instead of lox and bagel chips, the ambitious designer found the long-awaited inspiration for his latest font: Deliscript. "Perhaps it was that mid century marquee vibe that called out to me," he explains, "but at any rate I ... More >>

Montana LA, Newly Opened Spray Paint-Can Store In Echo Park, Insists They're Promoting Art And Not Tagging

Steve La​Montana LA, a newly opened art boutique selling spray paint in Echo Park, caters to graffiti artists who create murals and other rich displays of creativity in Los Angeles. While the shop has become a hit with local artists, as first reported on the blog The Eastsider, some critics fear t ... More >>

Siqueiros Paisajista / Siqueiros: Landscape Painter

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A Punk Rock Interview with Shepard Fairey, Featured Artist for Alternative Press Magazine's 25th Anniversary Exhibit

Shepard Fairey, the DJ​Although his most recognizable (and controversial) work is 2008's Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, influential street artist Shepard Fairey's biggest motivation comes from connecting with music, not making splashy headlines. Old school album art, flyers and T-shirts from band ... More >>

Chinese Art

Alice Neel at L.A. Louver

Mark Bradford: Hometown Hero

Representing Mother******s

Keeping it realist at the old boys club

John Millei at Ace ... and Ace

The Power of Negative Thinking

Rachel Whiteread's inner spaces, Karen Carson's inflammatory paces

Banksy Revealed?

The Zorro of street art talks about his new film, Los Angeles and, of course, Mr. Brainwash

Matter's Most

Mercedes' nondealership

Deitch’s New Project

MOCA’s big gamble

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