Book Signing / London show / May 28, 2009

Many events happen within the world of urban art, but every year a tremor flows through the market when Nick Walker makes work available. His work hangs in private museums, Hollywood A-lister’s walls and art collections the world over. →

The media have been abuzz last week over a seeming outbreak in pirate activity. First the American supply ship, the Maersk Alabama, was hijacked and later rescued dramatically in which three of the attackers were killed and the fourth – reportedly 16 years old – remains in U.S. custody. Then on Wednesday, the French navy  detained 11 suspected pirates off the coast of Kenya. →

U.S. & Canada Tour With Peanut Butter Wolf + Friends
Echoplex – Echo Park, CA
4/21/09
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Fresh off of their sold-out European Tour, Peanut Butter Wolf, James Pants, Dam-Funk, and Mayer Hawthorne are now touring the US & Canada.  Peanut Butter Wolf will be mixing music videos live, James Pants is performing live with his band The Royal Zodiac, and Dam-Funk and Mayer Hawthorne will be playing records. Mayer Hawthorne will also perform a few songs live.  →

Corduroy Mag recently did a sweet little interview with founder/creative director of 3sixteen, Andrew Chen.  Corduroy sits Andrew down to give you a look at the inspirations, work-process, and future for the rapidly growing contemporary men’s line that is by no means a newcomer to an industry that’s seen its fair share of troubles as well as success  Read about how the brand weathered the storms of change and where they’re headed today here.

The Arkitip Intel is an online publication that features unique voices in the world of art, fashion, music, design, and retail. Now, Arkitip is taking The Intel into the tactile realm. The Arkitip Intel Newspaper Supplement will feature all reporters expanding their online musings to the printed page. In addition to being made available individually through Arkitip, this supplement will be sent to all Arkitip subscribers, as a bonus to our regular issue editions and distributed to all our normal wholesale outlets. →

Is Meghan McCain a One Hit Wonder for the Republicans or a Nightmare Created by John McCain?

The daughter of Arizona Senator, John McCain, addressed a crowd at the Log Cabin Republicans gathering to discuss the future of the Republican party in Washington, DC last weekend. In the video above, she describes herself as “anti-Conservative” by having gay friends and having a tattoo.  She stated, “Simply embracing technology isn’t going to fix our problem either.  Republicans using Twitter and Facebook →

By transforming everyday industrial materials like rubber bands, electrical cables and washers into items of wearable beauty, Italian artist Paola Volpi creates pieces that are a new approach to jewelry design and construction. Her work is a juxtaposition between →

Above”s “Union Jack Arrows” are now available in print, available in two editions (red/blue “regular” release of 70 and orange/green “special” release of 20). →

Willard Wigan is a British sculptor whose work cannot be seen by the naked eye. To precisely carve out his figures, he uses a surgical blade to make sculptures as small as .005 mm (small enough to fit on the head of a pin). Ever-conscientious, Wigan paints his sculptures using only the hairs of flies that have died from natural causes. His sculptures have ranged from pop culture iconography (The Simpsons) to historical figures (Malcolm X). →

Amir H. Fallah of Beautiful/Decay magazine and creative agency Something in the Universe presents “Eclipse (Watch Tower).” The piece is a mixed media installation built along two stories of the Sharjah Art Museum in Dubai as part of the gallery’s biennial. Above is a time-lapse video of Fallah constructing his piece, a shrine-like sculpture made up of cacti and miscellaneous objects. The Sharjah Biennial will be on display until May 16. →