Museum of Graffiti Unveils “A Mouthful of Crome”: A Reflective Exhibition on the Evolution of a Graffiti Legend. Crome (image courtesy of the Museum of Graffiti) Set to debut on March 5 at Miami’s Museum of Graffiti, the “A Mouthful of Chrome” exhibition spotlights the work of Crome a graffiti artist who made his mark across South Florida in the […]
New paintings by artist John Brosio (previously featured here). Raised in Southern California, Brosio received a BFA from the University of California at Davis. Brosio gained recognition for his paintings of tornados. His work often reflects the chaotic duality of life, death, cosmology and the mysteries of the universe. Fuelled by an overactive imagination and insatiable curiosity, Brosio’s paintings often […]
February 27, 2024 Artists For the 4th installment of the Martha Cooper Library at Urban Nation Berlin’s series MCL Presents, the theme for discussion will be Graffiti and politics. Many people have argued that all art is political, and, graffiti wouldn’t be an exception. From the American writer Toni Morrison who famously declared “All good art is political! There is […]
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A selection of work by Philadelphia-based artist Zeinab Diomande. Using mixed-media, high-contrast colours and vibrating patterns, Diomande’s paintings explore themes related to her own personal experience as well as the Black experience at large through dream-like settings and the language of self-portraiture. For Diomande, the Black experience is ever-changing and ever-evolving, and her work is an attempt to reflect that […]
El Mac Brings Electricity to Creativity at Northeastern UniversityEl Mac, the LA based aerosol Caravaggio has just illuminated a university wall in Boston with a portrait of his wife as alchemist, a glowing vision completed on the side of Northeastern’s Meserve Hall…
A selection of images from a new book by multimedia artist duo Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein. “American Glitch” explore the slippage between fact and fiction, and how this manifests within the landscape of the United States. Especially in an era defined by screens, an over-abundance of information can often leave us questions what’s real and what isn’t. The idea […]
Hey Brooklyn Artists! This is your moment to shine and showcase your incredible talent at the iconic Brooklyn Museum, which is throwing a massive bash to celebrate its 200th anniversary. And guess what? You’re the stars of the show. The museum is rolling out The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition this fall, paying homage to the rich history of creativity and artistic […]
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda was directed by Stephen Nomura Schible and released in 2017. The film touches on Sakamoto’s response to the Fukushima nuclear accident and 9/11. While these historical events may feel removed from the conflicts and crises we are currently facing today, Sakamoto’s engagement with the world around him translates. And how he navigates these upheavals as an artist, even […]
A selection of paintings by artist Alexander Appleby, currently based in Lancaster, UK. Recreating nature in scenarios of his own making, Appleby’s work is influenced by the vivid colours and rugged terrain of Northern England. Not limited to any single perspective, Appleby fuses fictional data with real world inspiration. His smooth-surfaced trees, mountains, and plants capture the beauty of nature itself […]