Nearly one week after Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled artwork sold for a record $110 Million, unseen images of the iconic artist are scheduled to go on display at the Massachusetts-based art retailer House of Roulx. After a three-decade hiatus from the art world, Al Diaz — who co-founded the collective SAMO© with Basquiat in the 1970s — has emerged […]
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This year has seen some amazing photographs. Some are amazing because of what the photographer had to go through to get them, some are amazing because of the photo quality and some pictures just look really cool. We tried to find photographs that are not only pleasing visually, but stand for something that we believe […]
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Ron English‘s 10th anniversary “Charlie Grin” figure is officially set for a release later this week. Crafted in conjunction with Compound and Made By Monsters, the special figurine — the last edition of the iconic series — stands 8″ tall and sports a baseball cap with the letter “C” adorning Charlie’s head for the very […]
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Last night, Untitled, a 1982 piece by the late Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for $110 million at an auction held at Sotheby’s in New York. As well as breaking the record for Basquiat’s most expensive work, the sale also became the most expensive work by any US artist, the most expensive work by a black artist, and the […]
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In celebration of artist Ron English’s new “East Meets West” exhibition, he has joined forces with DOE to drop a limited edition figure. Dubbed “Mad Happy Monk Grin,” the figure is exactly what it sounds like: a monk paired with English’s skeletal grin motif. Here, the piece comes decked out in black while subtle DOE […]
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Last weeks MET Gala was filled with stars from all industries. Artistic genius Frank Ocean showed up with his Contax T3 35mm to shoot some of his A-List cohorts. The Blonde artist captured some worthwhile moments such as Jaden Smith holding his recently cut braids, A$AP Rocky giving Gwyneth Paltrow a kiss, Alexander Wang having […]
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Polarizing artist Jeff Koons has recently placed his 45-foot-tall Seated Ballerina sculpture in New York City’s Rockefeller Center. The inflatable structure is part of the acclaimed artist’s Antiquity series and was inspired by a porcelain figurine, as per a press release statement. The colorful piece made in collaboration with Kiehl’s is intended to raise awareness for National Missing Children’s […]
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Jeff Cole, also known as @jcolegraphix on Instagram, is an artist from Chicago currently based out of Los Angeles. He is best known for his incredible sneaker graphic art, which pairs hot sneakers with characters like Mario and Darth Vader. While the combination sounds a bit out of the box, Cole’s work brings the two […]
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Sotheby’s New York is anticipating that Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled painting from 1982 will sell for over $60 million dollars. The acclaimed art dealer also assumes that the aforesaid artwork — which is currently in private hands — will easily overshadow another Basquiat canvas that is set to hit an auction at Christie’s New York. Sotheby’s […]
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Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg takes us through the famous Japanese artist’s work. The book has a number of various essays and illustrations by the artist. Many of the pieces were unpublished, the book traces Murakami’s career from his training all the way to his current studio. Furthermore, the collectable book explores the artist’s […]
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Artists are always looking for new ways to innovate the industry, well photographer Gábor Kasza is attempting to do that by opting to encompass his latest product in concrete instead of the traditional cardboard. The book entitled Concrete Passages About Closeness and Coldness… and a Couple of Songs. Kasza meticulously crafted a slipcase using actual concrete, mimicking […]
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