When Owen Maseko decided to explore President Mugabe-related violence, he thought it best to gather the photos of missing people, the pictures of the mine shafts where they are allegedly hidden, and the reports that document the 1980 massacre of thousands of civilians in the western Matabeleland district. But, the police in Zimbabwe weren’t very [...]
Today, Shepard Fairey, the once co-founder of BLK/MRKT Inc. (1997-2003) – which worked with high-brow clients like Pepsi, Hasbro, and Netscape – is so popular from his HOPE portrait of Barack Obama that he’s walking door to door at Deitch Projects in New York, searching for building owners that will premiss him to use their [...]
On March 18th, the human rights advocate – and internationally acclaimed musician – Carlos Santana recieved the 2010 Mayor’s Art Award from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Over 300 attended the regal Green Room of the War Memorial Opera House.
The famed musician moved from Los Angeles up to San Francisco in 1961, where his father [...]
Though a frenzied crowd of hundreds lined up hours before its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, the success of “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” a documentary by the English enigmatic artist, Banksy, still failed to find an interested distributer.
Banksy is the notorious creator behind spontaneous street art that is both politically jostling, [...]
They’ve been popping up all across Chicago for the past four months: saggy-eyed and highly expressive faces are tagged across the weathered walls of Chi-town, and they’re beginning to attract a considerable following. But, for the artist known by the humble pseudonym, ‘snacki,’ graffiti is an illegal addiction to child-like behavior, and not something that’s [...]
To say that the swedish cartoonist, Lars Vilks, seems a bit paranoid is to completely underestimate the circumstances surrounding this rather controversial character. Needless to say, it is with good reason that this 63-year-old artist had recently secured his property with a homemade panic room and a booby-trapped work of art; after all, not only [...]
Lions, and tiger, and bears…oh my!!! The North Dakota Museum of Art is bringing them to life through an extraordinary touring exhibit, “Animals, Now and Then”. The museum features artists’ works in the form of captivating video, stunning photography, numerous paintings, and sculpture. This contemporary exhibit highlights the work of twenty artists from across North [...]
If artists like Erin Stack get her way “Green” will paint the new color of art. Some people build solar panels, some put together sustainable buildings, and others like Erin Stack put a whole new spin on art and activism.
Erin is an artist and her medium is trash. She takes her passion for the environment, [...]
Peter Gabriel’s new album “Scratch My Back” looks great on paper, but is getting some pretty rough reviews. The legendary musician’s vision was to put together an album of covers, with songs from artists who will, on the next album “I’ll Scratch Yours” cover Gabriel’s songs. This is a pretty cool, collaborative experience. So what [...]
Aerosmith is planning a 2010 tour in Europe, after four decades and a nasty fall from center stage last year, you might think you’ve seen the last of Aerosmith. I did…I had tickets and was eagerly awaiting the Aerosmith concert, when the news came that Steven Tyler, lead-singer and front man for the band had [...]
