RON ENGLISH & Family Use His Illness to Inspire Facemasks for MedShare / Dispatch From Isolation # 3…“Like everyone in the world, my family has been affected by this pandemic,” says celebrated Street Artist, painter, pop culture jammer, and marketer Ron English. He’s reflecting on Covid-19 from…
July 30, 2022 Artists Thank god Saype finally gets to go to the beach! – after hanging around in those dreadful Swiss Alps painting on the side of a grass-covered mountain, he can finally get some surf. The “Beyond Walls” project takes him now to Rio de Janeiro, where his tenth stage of the campaign addresses those who take treacherous […]
I recently started collecting some art on Objkt and I’m enjoying how different it is than the other realms of the NFT space. I love seeing artists releasing affordable work so that other artists can actually own it—giving everyone a chance to experience being a collector. Can you talk about your experience with art on Tezos specifically? I started minting […]
Icy And Sot Stay True in “Familiar / Stranger” at Danysz in ParisHuman rights, unjust imprisonment, women’s equality, the plight of migrants and, the threats of climate change. The many pitfalls of unbridled capitalism. These have been issues that Icy & Sot hav…
A selection of work by Illinois-born, New York City-based photographer and filmmaker Barton Lewis. After making a film about the wall cuts in the New York City subway in 2017, Barton began documenting them as large format stills. The photo project features a variety of panels, found in New York City subway stations, where print advertising is displayed. As Barton […]
Based in Johannesburg, photographer Karabo Mooki showcases an authentic and honest side of life in South Africa with his photographs. Exploring race, gender, sexuality, and class, his work celebrates the power that thoughtful images hold — “utilizing the multilayered qualities that leave the audience with more ambiguous questions than steadfast answers.” Centered around themes of Black identity, equality in sport, representation, and […]
Some Gems from the Exhibition: “Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures” at UN BerlinMore than a hundred thousand or so visitors have come to our exhibition at Urban Nation in Berlin which takes over the entire museum. 350 photos, a few thousand more digitally, black books, drawings,…
A selection of images shot in China on Chinese manufactured discontinued film by photographer Orsolya Luca. Oscillating between Lucky and Shanghai, the collection of images takes on a distinctive aesthetic and sense of nostalgia, as Luca describes: “like fractures of my childhood memories of late 70’s and 80’s in Eastern Europe. The story is time traveling into the past and […]
Thea Magerand, aka Ikaruna, feels right at home among Nordic runes, mythical creatures, and cryptic symbols. In her art, this digital illustrator and book cover artist merges fantasy worlds with a touch of realism. Ikaruna collaborated with Displate on our latest Limited Edition – the mighty “Ragnarok Is Coming”. That’s why this week we sat down with her to follow […]
It’s the end of the world and we can’t look away! But who can blame us? Honestly, this design looks so good that it’s worth bracing the ensuing darkness just to fully enjoy it. Ragnarok is a defining moment in Norse mythology and it inspired this Limited Edition – a fierce masterpiece designed by Ikaruna. The coolest part? Once Fenrir […]