The United Nations showed its disunity this week—and the limits of its power against oligarchy, demagoguery, resource grabs, and the machinery of war. Then came the steaming pile of speeches, dissembling, and B-rate political theater, with one speech prompting 77 delegations to walk out. So unifying. Congratulations, us.
Cheering and reassuring proof that phones are not hypnotic to everyone, Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair returned to MoMA PS1 this week and was flooded with celebrants of its 20th anniversary, displaying hundreds of independent publishers, artists, zine-makers, and small presses together in Queens.
Also a fall tradition, the city is ablaze with art fairs at the moment, including The Armory Show, with some 230 galleries and a strong Caribbean focus; Independent 20th Century, spotlighting overlooked and under-recognized artists of the last century; and SPRING/BREAK Art Show, the curator-driven fair that takes over unconventional spaces and has long felt closer in spirit to street art and graffiti — provisional, site-responsive, independent, and comfortable operating outside the polished white-cube model.
Here is our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring City Kitty, COEY, Dan Bunn, Egore, Gasy, IMK, Jerkface, Jimbo is God, Jorit, Kuba, Lee Holin, Nimek, Ninja Turtle, Obey, Praxis, Slow, and Toofly.
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week, where New York keeps pushing forward through this stormy winter – although the amount of new street art and graffiti dissipates this time of year as artists stay in their creative caves, waiting for spring. Hang in there peeps.
Great news for New York artists this week: artists can now apply for a monthly stipend of $1,000. This is big news because unlike a lot of Europe, the US and its institutions do not support artists or cultural workers.
Speaking of exemplary New Yorkers, Jeffery Epstein’s friend Jean-Luc Brunel has been found dead in his prison cell, mysteriously. One of Epstein’s other friends, Prince Andrew, reportedly settled out of court this week. “Prince Andrew reportedly agreed to never again deny raping Virginia Giuffre”, says the New York Post, The Independent, and The Sun. The Times says: “A new nursery rhyme is doing the rounds at the Palace:
‘The grand old Duke of York, he had 12 million quid. He gave it to someone he’d never met, for something he never did’”.
Jesus, let’s go out for a walk and see if we discover some new street art.
Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Skewville, Specter, City Kitty, Adam Fujita, Pork, Jason Naylor, Below Key, Lexi Bella, Jowl, Nimek, Klonism, Harvey Ball, Eloy Bida, Kat Blouch, Timmy Ache, and Eyedao.
An impromptu mid-sized style meeting of talented graffiti writers hit up an industrial block in Bushwick last week and we’re lucky to have these fresh pieces for you today.
Locals, out-of-towners, and international visitors brought letterstyles full of spring energy, adding classic and fresh new licks together for a proper BK jam. It’s always good to see talents like these getting together to write on walls, paying tribute to their peers and catching up with old friends.
G. James Daichendt. Robbie Conal: Streetwise: 35 Years of Politically Charged Guerrilla Art. Schiffer, 2020. Reprinted from the original review. …Read More »
A vast aquatic landscape painted on the pavement becomes a collective artwork and an open-air playground.Artistic direction by Andrea Conte …Read More »
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