I just love to discover the work of great artists I never knew about before and Jo Brouillon is definitely one of them. He's currently showing a selection of recent drawings under the title of "Cante mon bel Ucello" at the gallery of his hometown Bordeaux's biggest book shop Mollat through the month of November and it looks just amazing. Visit the expo and comfortably get lost in his great detailing, cut-and-pasting, typography and use of materials that make you want to get started on some drawings too.

Autumn is here and it's back to school for the kiddies, but it seems like there's more than one of us here at Modart who is getting schooled a bit. I recently was lucky enough to be introduced to the work of an artist I hadnt known about before, Mizzo. Her linework and characters go from beautifully simple to mesmerizingly complex, sometimes in the same piece. And her work seems to be as versatile as they come, going from walls to sketches to canvases to digital and all back again. And now there's a chance to check out her work together in her new solo show in Basel, Switzerland.

Not really, but we’re wired, work in progress and sleep will come later …

Yesterday 2nd Hand Smoke opened up in Cologne and we’re pretty stoked. Smash137 is not just writing his name. The crude and refined crack technique he’s busted out, left a mark that every train passing through Cologne will see …

A very peculiar group show is launching this week, bringing together 11 French artists in their capital city. The list of participants looks very promising (a.o. Carakter Atypik, Julien Kedryna, LLCoolJo, N'Roll and Specio) and the concept is as well: the expo will consist of two parts showing for two weeks in total. One week an exhibition with artworks in black and white will be running, after that a colour exhibition will be mounted by the same artists. Let's check it out.

First some art from the 2nd hand smoke show ... people pictures and more detail to follow. stay tuned to this bat channel.

“Twinkle Twinkle little bat … how I wonder where you’re at.”

We showed some of the build up, we showed some of the art … here is a look at parts of the party … more still to come cuz this show felt massive … and it was massively fun to put up and share …

We finally got a hold of some pictures of the new show by excellent Belgian graphic collective Hell'O Monsters at Extrabold in Luxembourg that we announced a couple of weeks ago. Visit and weep!!!

For all of you who missed out on the opening night, there's only one solution... Go visit this amazing expo while it's still on! Using waste materials like cardboard, old newspapers, driftwood and found objects, these three artists working in different media were able to build a common world that is mesmerizing, inventive and inspirational at the same time.

This is not Cologne’s most eligible bachelor. This is the guy who seemed to enjoy himself at our party a few weeks back. This is also the guy who put a sloppy, useless, fat pen tag all over one of the artworks. Nice one buddy, way to destroy with purpose.

Labrona just launched a brand new show at the Carmichael Gallery in LA. As promised, he took a break from scrutinizing faces to try and formulate some words around them.

Modart has been invited to exhibit some work at the Scope-Art Fair next to Art Basel/Miami next month in what many refer to as the sexual Olympics of the art world …

Paris is always on the move, so at the end of November another interesting looking group show's opening up there (left). Exhibition organised by Arts Factory at Espace Beaurepaire + flyer design by the Jeanspezial collective = can't go wrong :)

On the other hand, also in Switzerland an expo has been running since a month or so that looks worthwhile (right): "An Exhibition of Unspeakable Things", works by 100 artists inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's "Commonplace Book".

As Tobias prepares his speedo and his Pink Shark for the beach, we’re going to introduce you to the artists we will be presenting at the Scope Art Fair.

Lead off batter is none other than Mr. Logan Hicks. Out of Baltimore, Maryland Logan single handedly appears to have reinvented a medium.

Zargorkian Spective coming to Antwerp.

As the international press proclaims the end of Belgium near, and Belgians continue to not really give a shit about anything in particular, a new nation has entered the debate on what will become of Europe’s capital … as of now their political position has not been clearly stated. It could be left left, which becomes right, or far right, which is way out in left fields, but most likely it will not be a position one can pinpoint on existing scales.

Barcelona is our new favourite city! Welcoming people, great skateboarding and one awesome bookshop / gallery in particular: RAS who are currently showing the third AAAAA group exhibition.

Two brand new solo shows will be presented this weekend at contemporary art gallery Perugi in Padova, Italy. Laura Paperina's illustrations and Damiano Nava's photographs are very different, yet share a common interest in the opposition between what things look like from afar and what things really are when you take a second look. It'll definitely make for an interesting combination, so make sure to stop by if you can...

Our friends at BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) have the pleasure to invite you to their newest group exhibition, Inner Realm, whose opening took place yesterday.

At the "Aggression" exhibition in the Kunsthalle Winterthur, The Centre of Attention (UK) presents a new video work of a performance in the museum: "La Discorde (Zwietracht)".

Amble Gallery & Books in Philadelphia have just opened up and are already having great artists over... Will Barras and Dave Anderson have created an intriguing universe with this "Witch Wagon" show that seems like it can't be missed if you're in the neighbourhood.

Jon Burgerman gets primary in Barcelona

It doesn’t seem to matter which arts or culture related magazine you pick up, nor does it make much difference if you are talking about doodles, character culture or the art of design , about Egg Qee Burgermenos, Dunny’s, WorryKnots or belts by the ever tasty Yummy Industries,… Jon Burgerman is as prolific as he is funny.

A couple of weeks ago, this Jeremy Fish show opened up in Rome and it looks like it's already in its last week! So get on a plane because this is your last chance to visit an exhibition that literally took the city of Rome as an inspiration - hence its name "Rome-Antic Delusions".

We teased it. Now you can see it.

right: Game Over | left: Untitled (gargoyle)

Explicit Lyrics, the long awaited solo show from Victor Castillo opened up last month at the Iguapop gallery in Barcelona.