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Another art show in the Hamptons?!?!?! Who would have thought! This Saturday from 5-10pm @ 307 Butter Lane in Bridgehampton the boys from Edgewood Goodies, Create Build Destroy, and Don Clothing are putting on a kick ass show titled: Mind or Material - The Journey from Inspiration to Fruition.
PJ Monte, Jake Patterson, and Alex [...]
If you are near Southampton this weekend you should defintely come down to the Parrish Art Museum for Project Sandstorm! Project Sandstorm is a one night art performance and sand installation inspired by the current exhibition on view at the Parrish Sand: Memory, Meaning, and Metaphor. Created by over forty artists from Long Island art [...]
If you didn’t make it to the 711 Gallery opening, then you need to stop slacking. The gallery is three floors, has a winding staircase, skylights, and 20 foot (maybe more, I forgot to measure) ceilings. The openings may be crowded and sweaty, but it’s okay, there are plenty of beautiful art pieces, hot girls, [...]
Anyone who’s ever been checked into a hospital knows they are both sterile and alienating environments. RxArt works with some of the most renowned and respected artists and arts professionals working today to provide exposure to the finest contemporary art in patient, procedure and examination rooms of healthcare facilities.
Their wonderful team of accomplished individuals have been [...]
A Print a Day features works by Yasmine, a female artist who posts her work, you guessed it, once a day. You can download her work and use it for your own tshirts, wallpapers, or whatever else you think of using it for.
Below is some of the work currently on her site, but make sure [...]
Sometimes life is capable of annoying its subjects with potholes, roadblocks, and random police checkpoints. However, the forced alternative paths we take because of these barricades, often lead to pleasant surprises. Such was the case on Saturday afternoon. I attempted to hit all the big galleries in Chelsea, like Gladstone, Rosen, and Shafrazi; yet, my [...]
Improv Everywhere, the same people who brought you Frozen Grand Central, have just released photos from their latest stunt.
This time the group of pranksters gathered a bunch of identical twins and had them sit across from one another, creating a mirror effect. The goal was to see how long it would take for fellow strap [...]
I have a love hate relationship with ’street art’. Half of me loves seeing people think outside of the spray can by creating witty cartoons, wheat pastes, sculptures, and other creative things on the street. The other half gets angered thinking about a 22 year old Pratt student from Wisconsin sneaking out of his college dorm to wheat paste [...]
This weekend LABL is teaming up with the arts 4 collective to bring to you another kick ass art show in Sag Harbor.
There will be FREE ICE CREAM and refreshments while you enjoy art that is inspiring, for all ages, involved with the community, and perhaps a little off beat. The show starts this Friday July 4th at [...]
To raise awareness for Nike’s sweatshop labor and Adam Brandejs has stitched together his own pair of basketball shoes with what looks like real human skin.
The shoe even moves, or better yet, twitches. The shoe is stitched together with multiple pieces of latex rubber cast out of moulds made from the artists own skin, as well as: steel, gear [...]
Those of you who’ve strolled down Houston Street in New York City within the past month have probably noticed the new art installation on both sides of the traffic heavy street. The artists used standard chain linked fences and inserted bright plastic diamond cutouts into each mesh, creating a “pixel” look. I’m happy to see [...]
7Eleven Gallery, a project envisioned by three native New Yorkers and friends.
The 3 curators Sabrina Blaichman, Caroline Copley and Genevieve Hudson-Price will hold their premiere art showing on June 26th from 7pm - 10 pm. The new Greenwich Village space in will house “Invasions”, the first showing of a summer art series. This show will feature the artists: Sebastian Black, Theo A. [...]
I’ve attended a number of trade shows around the world as both a spectator and presenter. One thing that has always baffled me is the relative monotony in almost all trade show booths. The formula seems to be: floor space + 4 walls + branding/signage + tables/chairs and thats about it. Considering the insane amount [...]
Sam Sanfiliipo has created a taxidermied utopia to help keep the minds of the grieving occupied. His world of dioramas exists in the basement of an unassuming funeral home in Madison, WI. The museum is also home to hundreds of other trophies including fish, raccoons, and at least a couple of badgers.
Apparently anyone can [...]
Kid’s draw the darndest things, but what are they actually trying to translate onto paper? Yeondoo Jung has transformed the imaginative mind of children into a beautiful photography series. It’s pretty.
Half Gallery (208 Forsyth St, New York, New York, 10002) will feature DoubleGard from June 10th - July 10th. It’s the first solo show for German sculptor Jay Gard, a former assistant to Tom Sachs. The chain of command, the grandeur of artifice and the empowerment struggle: all are themes you’ll find three -dimensionalized in this ambitious [...]
Serf and Mint of 1134NYC have moved from The Canal Chapter to a new location on Stanton Street. Guess what they’ve called the new gallery… The Stanton Chapter (located at 176 Stanton St - NEW YORK CITY). Unlike the previous space, they’re now in a store front.
For the launch they’ve converted it into a bedroom, [...]
Dan Wirtz is primarly known for his street paintings. Rather than spray painting walls, he paints various highly detailed imagery on walls around New York City. His most recent project features hands trying to escape from vents on the sides of various buildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
While he’s not the first person to do graffiti / [...]
The 11th International Architecture Exhibition entitled Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, directed by Aaron Betsky and organized by La Biennale di Venezia presided over by Paolo Baratta, will take place in Venice from Sunday, September 14th to Sunday, November 23rd 2008.
According to Aaron Betsky, six year director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam, [...]
Mike Rea has created a prototype mecha-suit of armor called the “A Prosthetic Suit For Stephen Hawking w/ Japanese Steel”. It’s composed of wood, rope, and pink foam and shows off the artists exceptional wood making skills, as well as his twisted sense of humor. Regardless of the bad joke, I can see Stephen Hawking [...]
Next Wednesday, the 28th, from 7 to 11pm, there will be a pretty amazing event. Held at the 10,000sq ft historic former space of the Dia Gallery (548 West 22nd Street) in Chelsea, 25 emerging photographers from around the country will showcase their best work; the photos they felt most represented who they are, and [...]
“Instead of using the current modes of expression associated with the advertising industry, Espo draws from an earlier era of words and images - the bygone idiom of the handpainted sign. Powers strives for authenticity in reviving this artisan’s pursuit, employing the richly vibrant, albeit highly toxic, One Shot sign painter’s enamel in his artistic [...]
Dutch artist Henk Hofstra, who is best known for his Blue Road, is back. He’s just finished an environmental art project called ‘Art Eggcident’ in Leeuwarden, a city in the north of the Netherlands.
Yesterday, several large eggs (each 100 feet wide) were spread on the Zaailand, one of the largest city squares in the Netherlands.
‘The [...]
Melanie Coles, a young web designer and artist, has set out to stimulate an intriguing viral game. She has hidden a huge painting on a rooftop somewhere in Vancouver, in hopes that it will appear on Google Earth. When users examine satellite photos of the Lower Mainland after the next Google Earth “Fly-by” they will [...]
Je Suis Une Bande De Jeunes is a photo lovers paradise. The site is composed of links to photographers “online shows”, which are (for the most part) presented in the simplest of ways, letting the work truly stand out. They have just updated their site with three new series: “You will never walk alone kid” [...]
Some are saying, “Show of the Year. Show of the Decade. Possibly Show of the Century.” Bansky is calling his show the “Cans Festival”, and is encouraging visitors to contribute their own graffiti starting Saturday. He has already brought together many artists like Faile, Blek, among others. It’s not a complete free for-all, as there [...]
LucyandBart is a collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as “an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body.” They share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless [...]
When I first saw Jennifer Maestre’s work, my jaw dropped. Not only is the work beautiful and well crafted, but the time she must have put into each piece is unimaginable.
Her sculptures were originally inspired by the form and function of the sea urchin. The spines of the urchin, so dangerous yet beautiful, serve [...]
Berlin street performer Johan Lorbeer has an unusual approach to street performance. Just by “hanging out” on the side of a building, thousands of locals and tourists marvel as they walk by. He calls the performance “Still Life.”
Not to ruin all the fun, but you can see how he pulls off this stunt in the [...]
That’s fractal 23, a chest of drawers by Japanese furniture designer Takeshi Miyakawa. I’m guessing from the name that it has 23 drawers (indeed, if you count them, it makes sense) but to make use of them all, you’d have to put it in the center of the room!
Checkout more f Takeshi Miyakawa’s work on [...]
Hotel Everland is a project by Swiss artist-duo L/B (Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann). L/B are known for their Installations that deal with architecture and space and invite the viewer to get involved and become part of the artwork.
Everland is a hotel with only one room including a bathroom, a king-size bed and a lounge. [...]
Jordi Vayreda of Spanish design studio Jordivayreda Projectteam created this floating staircase for a client’s home that somewhat resemble the floating glass stairs in the Apple Store.
Okay, so I wouldn’t want to have to walk on those on a daily basis, but they look soooo hot! Of course, once you’re in a wheel chair and [...]
Can you walk your bike and ride it at the same time? You can with Max Knight’s “Walking Bike.” Instead of tires, Max uses 8 pairs of sneakers, complete with black ankle socks!
The bike was designed for Max’s good friend Yorgo Tloupas at Intersection magazine.
Watch a video of the walking bike in action below:
Forget touchscreen, solar powered or even self-destructing coffee tables… Kyle Downes has modded the coffee table into its best version ever: a retro-tastic NES controller. Just look at the sleek lines, the high quality finish and classy glass top. And then giggle at the fact that it actually works. Don’t believe it?
Learn more and view [...]
Designer Jens Praet makes furniture from shredded paper. He compressed it with resin into a mold, and out comes a new piece of furniture. I’m not sure how eco-friendly that resin is, or how much paper it uses (I’m guessing a lot, which keeps it out of a landfill), but the material technique sure is [...]
A unique multi-functional dining table from Poggenpohl.
It works for you as a kitchen table, cooking top, oven and also a refrigerator. This multi-functional futuristic table also serves as a dining desk. The desk opens up to a steel plate, and a table to cut what you want to in the kitchen. It also comes [...]
Construction has just begun in Tribeca on Five Franklin Place in Manhattan, New York by Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio.
Van Berkel adds “The apartments at Five Franklin Place do not follow a strong grid. They are organically designed in how the stairs swoop upward, how the balcony loops you back indoors. There’s an [...]
The Fast Cup by Maxim Velokovsky is a drinking glass based on the generic disposable dixie cup, but taken to a very different place. Working in borrosillicate glass, Czech craftsmen hand form each one, working them on a lathe so each one is very slightly different.
It’s perfect for anyone fresh out of college, looking to [...]
