Bruno 9li has returned to Anna Domini Gallery in San Jose, California to wow the crowd with his amazingly detailed psychedelic and animalistic imagery. The show, titled META, opened this past friday but will be on through September 20. Bruno 9li's work blew me away the first time I got to paint with him and see his work in person. I can guarantee you if you're able to make it to this you will not be disappointed.

Pas Pied. Show 7 , the new solo show by Alexone, will be opening this coming August 21 at Stolen Space Gallery in London. It's gonna be a paper pandemonium with new paintings drawings on paper (and a bit of canvas) and even a new hot off the press screen print dropping at the show. For more info click here.

Early Modart contributor Adam Maxwell sends out an email with a new short story, or Flash Fiction if you will, each month. Have a taste of what he has in store for you... Then visit his website and subscribe to his list too!

Elms Lester Gallery has been doing their thing for a long time now and certainly know how to do it well. So I was a bit surprised and also curious to hear they are about to put on one of the most unexpected two man shows I can think of: Anthony Lister and WK Interact. Two artists who seem worlds apart are coming together to make what we imagine will be a really impressive show.

For this project, artists were asked to customize blank Tagur sneakers and a canvas piece to go along with the shoe concept. Check out the fresh video by PaperMonster...

Dave the Chimp is non-stop and this time hit up the Vicious Gallery in Hamburg with his new solo show, Searching for the Perfect Line. Whether it be his skateboarding, his painting, or simply how he lives his life and views his world, a clean and fluid line is the essence of what the artist stands for and searches for and he gave it his damndest to bring it together for your viewing pleasure in this new show. There isn't much time left to see this one so check it out!

The first Napa Flip Book Competition goes international! Napa is a Finnish small press publishing house concentrating on comics and graphic novels since 1996. The winner flip book will be published and all the participating entries will take part in the exhibition at Napa Galleria in Helsinki, November 2008! Read all about it...

"Death of a Decadent Shore", an exhibition with delicate new works by Evan B. Harris, just opened up in Portland. Join us for some preview pictures that will definitely make you want to go on a boat trip there!

Buff Monster doesn't kill you with cuteness, he slaughters rips and mames with it. And the Corey Helford Gallery will be trying to contain the cuteness with a new solo show titled "The Sweetest Thing" by the pink beast himself. The show will open Saturday, August 23rd and will be on view until September 2nd. It won't be up for very long so if you're tired of internet porn but still need your fix of pink, black, squirting, and plenty of wood you won't want to sleep on this one.

Continuing on the short story wave we've started to surf on last week, the new novel by very talented author David Gaffney, responsible for the Sawn-Off Tales we publish in Modart, is being released next month. Take a peek behind the curtains of "Never Never"!

NNE was back at it last week. After a whirlwind trip to London and Coxheath, they welcomed Morcky Almost Troubles to Brussels for a commission from a local youth center. One neighbor appeared saying he would tag it all black by morning, but when his kids chimed into the growing voice of excited passerby's, he said his only wish was for a bit of green. You can't always get what you want mate, but the wall is there. Feel free.

News from Düsseldorf, Germany! Mr Penfold from England has invaded the Pretty Portal gallery with his colourful and outlined, multi-disciplinary artworks featuring the people he meets and sees around him for his first solo show "Zup Kapow".

This year, the Zurich Film Festival will again present both the largest and most renowned digital film festival “onedotzero_adventures in moving image” and its Swiss version “onedotzero_ch” and will inaugurate a competition fielding innovative films or clips from all over Switzerland.

All eyes have been on Brazil's street art scene for year now and there's no question about the heaps of talent pouring out of the country. While it's probably not the water that's helping breed these incredible artists it is obvious there's something going on down there. But without taking a closer look you might be mistaken in thinking that Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro are the only centers of urban art and culture in the country (obviously not true). I'm happy to present to you here a look at one of the largest Street Art and Street Culture exhibition to ever be presented in the southern city of Porto Alegre or anywhere in Brazil for that matter. Until September 28th Santander Cultural will be hosting TRANSFER, a show made up of four sections: the infamous Beautiful Losers show, old and new works from the finest Brazilian underground graphic artists, photograpic pieces of work by Os Gemeos, Nunca, Onesto and plenty more street artists, and to top it off new work from some of those named above and the soon-to-be-superstar Brazilian artists such as Bruno 9li, Carlos Dias, and Titi Freak who have all taken a slice of influence from their urban upbringings and their take on Brazilian aesthetics. And the icing on the cake... there's a fully functioning skatepark built right in the middle of the madness.

Just after the Olympics in Beijing, Avenue will be showing another aspect of Chinese culture: the graphic tradition that the land has been known for since ages. The young and talented illustrative artist Shan Jiang draws sensitive lines and combines these in strong compositions he colours in digitally. The modern elements and urban landscapes the artist uses in his illustrations are populated by immensely detailed and sometimes manga-inspired characters, people and animals in a breathtaking combination of lines, forms and colours.

Last weekend, the "Dot the Eyes" group show at the infamous MOHS Exhibit gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark opened up. Featuring the works of no less than 9 international artists it promises to be a very interesting show!