Jean-Michel Basquiat breaks US art record with £85m sale
Painting by Basquiat, who died aged 27, is most expensive at auction of any US artist, also breaking record for a black artist
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Street art rejuvenates the urban landscape
In an age where Banksy’s work sells at major auction houses, street art is as big if not bigger than any modern art movement For years, street art & graffiti pumped power and succulent creative juices into an atrophied concrete world. For almost four decades, artists splash the urban landscape with color, beautifying grey spaces, … Read more
Haute en couleurs: JonOne’s contemporary take on Guerlain’s iconic “bee bottle”
American graffiti artist John Andrew Perello, better known as JonOne, revisited iconic Guerlain “Bee Bottle” created in 1853 as a special order for the marriage of Empress Eugénie to Napoleon III. Guerlain teamed up with JonOne for an arty reinterpretation of the “bee bottle” in a special limited series. The artist offered a contemporary take … Read more
Why Rio’s street artists hate the World Cup, and much more – the week in art
Brazil’s anti-World Cup graffiti, Antony Gormley’s hotel room inside a Transformer, plus Ai Weiwei sparks an internet craze of ‘leg-guns’ and Glasgow School of Art’s degree show goes ahead after the fire – all in your fave weekly dispatch
Graffiti artists took over Luxury London hotel
Luxury London hotel hands over marble walls to graffiti artists. Thierry Noir, BRK, RUN, Christiaan Nagel and Zomby, five strong artist line up from the worlds of graffiti and street art, took over luxury hotel ME London on the Strand. Organized by Street Art London, the five internationally renowned Italian, British, South African and Spanish … Read more
Louis Vuitton graffiti textile range
Louis Vuitton Dover Street Market Ginza Celebration Louis Vuitton commissioned international graffiti artists Aiko, Retna, and Os Gemeos to create the new Louis Vuitton Textile Collection presented for Louis Vuitton Dover Street Market Ginza Celebration. The space also features an photo exhibit from Olivier Zahm of French fashion, art and culture Magazine Purple, capturing … Read more