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Street art is fascinating enough on it’s own but, given it’s ephemeral nature, the act of photographing it is essential. And sometimes a photograph of street art, when it’s from an interesting angle or incorporates experiments with color, light, and/or...
And speaking of not detoxing, here's more shizzle from the Interwebs. Garfield Minus Garfield is exactly how it sounds: the lonely, depressing tale of John Arbuckle
or, as the GMG mastermind puts it: "Who would have guessed that when
you remove...
Incoming! Behold the big, beautiful baby heads, entitled Day and Night , installed in the lawn of the MFA. The sculptures, by Spanish realist Antonio Lopez Garcia, are emotive enough to stop traffic. MP3: MFA contemporary art curator Cheryl Butvan talks...
Tee hee! We're all a-titter over this week's Observer cover, although we can imagine Anna Wintour has an enormous bee buzzing in her bonnet right about now. Oh my! Here is this April's cover of Vogue , featuring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen...
Yes, I know, I should rename this whole street art series something like "Sporadic Street Art Updates," or "Sometimes daily street art." Let's just say I'm using the term loosely. This weekend I plan on visiting my favorite...
Obama the Giant Has A Posse Not bad for a guy who started out making "Andre the Giant Has A Posse" stickers, eh? Today, the campaign of Barack H. Obama unveiled its newest campaign tool -- a limited (but not too limited) edition poster of the...
We're really digging the Parisian artist C215 's mosaical, stenciled portraits, which are currently gracing bleak slabs of city concrete across the globe. Stenciling is the old stand-by for street art and graffiti artists, but when it's done...
Yesterday's New York Times travel section had an interesting piece about graffiti and street art in Berlin. From the article: "Nearly everywhere you go, from the cafe-lined streets of Kreuzberg
to the leafy schoolyards in Grunewald, hastily drawn...
Maybe it's just my inner cynic creeping out, but Valentine's Day seems like a holiday created by greeting card companies to make everyone feel bad about themselves. Okay, that's my totally subjective (and pretty much completely false) take...
In Boston (Cambridge): Stenciled-on musicians are brightening those bleak, concrete walls Awesome pics by sushiesque , who also captured a heartbroken Loch Ness monster. We miss Elliott and Kurt too, Nessy. Not in Boston (???): Christine Autturio, my...
Maybe not, but it could be a good distraction at least. From the inbox:
In Boston (Allston): I wrote about Goldenstash, the famed Hanna Barbera–esque, comically seductive, unapologetically womanizing cartoon creation of a local street artist ; back in September. To refresh your memory: Now, the man behind the stache is having...
I recently discovered that the Library of Congress has a Flickr page , and I can't stop looking at it. Srsly. I need to be banned, or I'm never going get anything else done. Here are a few of the best flicks - visit the actual page if you like...
