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REVOK and POSE’s Go “Uphill Both Ways” at Jonathan Levine

REVOKE and POSE have had no trouble keeping busy during their New York visit: Immediately following their work on the Bowery Wall was the opening of their joint exhibition “Uphill Both Ways” at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. Inspired by the late graffiti writer NEKST, this is the first ever NYC show for the duo. In […]

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Street Artist ROA Invites the Public to Play With Animals in New Chelsea Exhibit

Belgian street artist ROA is known for creating massive murals of woodland creatures (and their anatomies) in cities all around the world. The gargantuan animals he inserts into gritty urban landscapes make for some very interesting juxtapositions. When it comes to his galleries shows though, ROA doesn’t just mimic the stuff he does on the […]

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Dutch Artist Parra Unveils “Yer So Bad” In NYC

Parra, an Amsterdam-based artist who has a penchant for drawing strange bird-like characters just opened a show of new work in Manhattan. The title for the exhibit, “Yer So Bad,” was taken from a Tom Petty song of the same name and features bold paintings limited to a minimal color palette. Jonathan Levine Gallery explains: […]

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It’s A “Cruel Summer” In NYC

A group show featuring two dozen graffiti and street artists opens tonight at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. Curated by longtime author/documentarian/organizer-of-things Roger Gastman, “Cruel Summer” includes work from the likes of BLADE, HAZE, RIME, REVOK, POSE, Mark Bode, Shepard Fairey, DABS MYLA, and many other notables gaining ground on the graffiti/street circuit. The exhibit will be […]

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Meet Dan Witz, Street Art Pioneer

In the late 1970s, Dan Witz began painting hummingbirds on walls around downtown Manhattan. The work — created illegally, with acrylic paint and brushes — so predated any notion of “street art” that the term hadn’t even been codified yet. It was years before artists like Keith Haring would attract a mainstream audience to the […]

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Artist’s Notebook: Jay Shells

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Jay Shells — of Rap Quotes fame on both coasts — talks about his New York-centric, labor-of-love-intensive wood burning series, on view March 7th-9th at the Fountain Art Fair. A little over two years ago, while walking my dogs […]

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New Olek Exhibit Is a Girl-Power Crochet Paradise

Yarn Bomb Queen of the Universe Olek premiered her solo exhibition, The End is Far, at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in Chelsea this week. The show, inspired by her year-long house arrest following a violent altercation with that drunk guy in London, whisks visitors away to Olek’s pink-and-gold camouflage crochet heaven. Expanding on her signature […]

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Olek’s Latest Yarn-Bombs Make Vicious Political Statement Against the Weather

After a year of legal purgatory following a bogus (if not career-enhancing) assault charge in London, crochet-bombing street queen Olek has finally returned to her old stomping grounds — and she’s wasted no time reacquainting New Yorkers with her work. Apparently using the city’s recent blustery cold spell as her muse, Olek is back at […]

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Have a Good Weekend: Casanova, Dracula, Internet Dreams and a Massive Moog

Here’s some art, film, music and other stuff happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 58° F NIGHT 32° F “Of Landscape” looks into artificial and unstable images, represented by an aestheticized landscape idea. The exhibition explores, dissects, and re-informs the way we think about […]

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The Bowery Wall Changes Hands:
REVOK and POSE’s Turn

Just now, the ceremonial repainting of the Bowery Wall has begun. Next up on the highly trafficked spot — graffiti artists REVOK (Los Angeles) and POSE (Chicago). Coincidentally, REVOK and POSE have a show at Jonathan Levine opening on June 29th. They’ll begin soon. It’s too hot to paint during the day. Go home. We’ll update you […]

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