The New York Street Advertising Takeover (or NYSAT for short) has just had all their court cases thrown out and have been allowed by their lawyers to launch their new site. This project is amazing and has shaken up a lot of (advertising and police) people and excited a lot of other (more creative) people as it's a very direct and visible action against the illegal advertising in NYC. You can read more about the project on their new website: www.publicadcampaign.com/nysat

Only five years late this video documents the epic 'Urban Edge' show that happened in Milan, Italy back in 2005. Blu, Bo130, Microbo, Shepard Fairey, The London Police, Jeremy Fish, Abner Preis, The Barnstormers, and so many more artists (and friends) who have all continued to do unbelievable things since then. A flashback that doesn't feel so far back.

Man of mysteray Alex Diamond will be presenting his newest solo show, 'Don't worry 'bout a thing 2: Demon Circus' at Iguapop Gallery this Thursdsay, Feb 4th.

Roa and Joska just teamed up for (we think) their first time to bring their duo-show, 'We Like Darkness,' to the Arty Farty Gallery in Cologne. The show will be up until March 13th so you have plenty of time to go and enjoy this unique collaboration.

Abner Preis will be telling his stories and spinning the heads of anyone who dares enter the Galerie Gabriel Rolt booth at Art Rotterdam. The show will be open from this Wednesday Feb. 3rd through Sunday the 7th and Abner will be on location everyday in top form. The gallery will also be showing works by Anna Bjerger, Nadja Bournonville, Nik Christensen, Xue Mu, Gino Saccone, Anami Schrijvers and more.

You can check out more beautiful images of new works from L'Atlas in New Delhi at nonewenemies.net.

Non-stop curator, photographer, and girl around town (mostly NYC town) iO Wright will be presenting her newest curatorial work of art at the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco this Saturday Feb. 6th. In her own words she's "managed to swindle some of her favorite artists into working with her again" including Anthony Lister, Cheryl Dunn, Armsrock, Remi Rough, Sam Ash, Augustine Kofie, and plenty more.

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SpY from Madrid just released this beautifully shot video with a massive and pretty straight forward message, 'Lee' ('Read' in Spanish) . Not to diminish the piece in any way (it's great) but it is worth noting another New York-based artist/vandal who's pretty much dedicated his whole career to that same message.

Antisrot will be crashing down on San Francisco with their newest 'Solid Cold' show at The Shooting Gallery opening tomorrow, Saturday February 6th. Right next door to the "Never a Dull Moment" show at White Walls in fact, so take note if you're out that way. The collective have continued to grow and bring their work together in a very tight way, describing their inspiration as "docudrama." But you might simply recognize it as a mash up of pulp comics, media, fashion mags, porno mags, old films, and their own interpretations and remixes of all of the above.

72hours vs. 44flavours::Opening
NEW Video online!

Round 2 for the 72hoursgallery! - this time in Berlin with our friends from 44 flavours! Make sure to check their website or Facebook for the latest videos. Kai produces video and photo footage all day long about everything that happens during these 72 hours!

All videos from Friday + Saturday!!!

I was at the opening yesterday and i still enjoy that eve...met lots of old friends and had a great night there. 44Flavours did all that in 36 hours, which is still impressive. Thanks guys!

Roa rocked his first solo show ever at Galerie Itinerrance in Paris. They were nice enough to send over pics from the opening and a lot of the work on display. It looks great, just what we would expect from this prolific artist. The show is up through February 28th so go see for yourself if you're in town.

Recently our friend and skateboarding legend Scott Bourne sent us news and a photo report from his latest exhibition at the Spacejunk Board Arts Center in Bayonne. On show were his analog photographs and his poems from his book, Eclipse. His photos all brush on the theme of darkness, reflecting the same darkness expressed in his poetry. He was on hand at the opening to read excerpts from his book and bring his own words to life in the ears of the public. This will be the first of four exhibitions he will be having at the Spacejunk Centers throughout France, with the next opening on March 18th in Bourg-St.-Maurice. Read on for photos from the opening as well as all the info you need to make sure you don't miss the next one.

We love letters. Obviously those organizing the Letterheads show in Melbourne do too. This show of 26 artists' interpretations of their selected letter of the English alphabet sounds like something we'll also love. No New Enemies member Mr. Jago will be showing in it as well as Anthony Lister, Greg (SP One) Lamarche, Usugrow & Bene, Kami, Sasu, Mark Bode, Craig (KR) Costello, Meggs, Ghostpatrol, Reka and 14 more artists that have brought their A-game. The show opens February 26th but they're already posting about the run up, including interviews with all the artists, on their blog starting now. Check out more for a few preview shots.

Red Bull is hosting an action-adventure sports photography contest with a fat prize pack of a Leica S2 camera and equipment and plenty of other photography equipment to the tune of €30k. Submissions have to be in before February 28th and there will be a few different categories the entries will be judged on. Anyone can enter and although we're kind of on the tail end of things if you have something around this could be a nice opportunity. Check out more at their website redbullillume.com.

Faith47 is outspoken with everything she does, and she continues to show it in the streets with no fear. This last enormous piece from her is a great example of that. Via here, photo nicked from here.

this is love and hates poster for the them and us project...
which brings together 20 European and 20 African visual artists, designers, illustrators and photographers. The project aims to explore the similarities and differences between first and third world views and aesthetics by pairing up artists from Europe with their African counterparts. see more of the artists involved and the works on http://them-and-us.org/

from faith47s blog

They finished a bunch of new videos about the WallBreakers festival 2009. You can see all of them on artwallbreakers.com and also in our TV section here...

Chocolate and Roses are the world's most special band. Our own very special artist Abner Preis brought them to life last weekend at the Gabriel Rolt booth at Art Rotterdam along with a few of his other most special performances including 'Jave Jesse' and 'Sunset in the Jungle.' Check out the photo report here.

Hailing from Poland Peter Fuss is saying what we're all thinking.

Lyle Owerko was recently named one of the winners of the 2009 Hasselblad Masters Award, a prestigious photograpy award. In honor of this the Clic Gallery in NYC will be hosting an encore exhibition of his photographs from The Samburu series. The show will open on March 2nd. These beautiful black and white photographs document and portray the Samburu people, a nomadic tribe living in Northern Kenya. Part of the proceeds from the sales will also go to the Thorn Tree Project, which supports education for Samburu children. We've selected a few of our favorite photographs from this series for your enjoyment. Read on.

We met Davide Zucco (aka Rekal) a few years ago at the Wooster Collective's 11 Spring St. show and are always happy to hear from him. He's just redone his website and it looks great. Check it out for yourself: www.rekal.org

Just saw this new ceramics animation on Sam3's blog. He's continually pushing himself and where he goes with his work. Fantastic.

Another fine exhibition by our friends from ATM Gallery in Berlin:
Gogoplata shows new works.
Growing up in Berlin the comic book enthusiast Gogoplata taught himself the craft of drawing early on. On the streets of Berlin he developed his skills as a graffiti artist for years while at the same time working as a professional cartoon designer and animator.

these photos by Italian Francesco Giusti secured him second prize in the world press photo arts and entertainment category...
the photos are of the Societe des Ambianceurs et Personnes Elegantes
ie. the Society of Entertainers and Elegant People from the Congo Brazzaville.
froget new york london and paris.... africas got the true style...

from faith47s blog

The Latino Amor Tour, mostly made up of the Spanish/French/Belgian HDA Crew (Hartos De Arte: Fed Up With Art), will kick off on March 1st with a three week whirlwind tour from Argentina to Chile. Streets, two gallery shows, plenty of miscelaneous beautiful desctrucion, and lots of Argentine meat are all the menu. They've set up a website with interviews and news from the tour. Follow it all here: www.latinoamortour.com

Kenor & Gola's techniques for painting walls usually includes splashing everything within reach (and sometimes out of reach) with paint, including themselves, and the bit that happens to get on the wall is the final result. It's really more of an experience and a performance than the simple creation of an image. The two of them will be controlling themselves (a bit) with a two-man gallery show entitled 'Adventures Beyond the Ultra World,' in Barcelona opening this Friday February 19th.

Above was recently in Cuba, less than 90 miles from Haiti. He took the opportunity to paint a stencil for Cuba's nearby neighbor in need. As with all the artwork coming out now to support this country that has faced such devastation the most important thing is that it reminds us all to get involved! One fantastic group that has helped tremendously out there is Doctors Without Borders, find out more on their website.

The pioneer and master of photorealist spraypainting Andreas von Chrzanowski AKA CASE will be opening his newest solo show this Friday at Signal Gallery in London. The palindromaticly titled show, 'Never Odd Or Even' (read it backwards), will feature a new body of works based on Lewis Carroll's 'Alice Through The Looking Glass.'

Angelique Houtkamp will be presenting a three day pop-up show at Nelly Duff Gallery in London starting on March 4th. The show is entitled 'Bona Drag', Polari slang for nice outfit, and will feature only unseen works of hers including originals, little skull assemblage pieces, prints and her two books.

"I am as happy as I am sad... but as an artist I'm Fucking happy." Words of wisdom from Abner Preis as he put on his recent shows in Rotterdam.

Alex Diamond's newest show 'Don't worry 'bout a thing 2: DEMON CIRCUS' just opened at Iguapop Gallery and we've got the video and photos to prove it. The show will run through March 6th.

Born in Miami and now residing in Sevilla, Spain AXEL VOID has just opened his first solo show in Germany at Nice/Nice Gallery in Hannover. He works in a wide range of media always leaning towards bringing to light some dark and difficult subjects. The show is open now and will be up through April 10th.

Last week Abner Preis performed 'Java Jesse' in Brussels at the Mr. Ego Shop. Alongside it was the infamous Modart Book Launch. Lots of pictures.

Our friend Jiar from Lichtfaktor just sent his new animation. Check the Jiar Circus now...
The Lichtfaktor website.

Go to Zinecult website or email us for more information.

Zine STALL - bring your zines to swap or sell!
Zine WORKSHOP - learn how to make a zine from start to finish
Friday 26th February Exhibition launch @ 20h @ Streetlab Project Space
Saturday 27th February
Exhibition open 12-18h

Heliumcowboy and Factory Fresh have teamed up to bring Boris Hoppek and Alex Diamond to the white walls of NYC. Damage:Control will be opening on March 5th with new works on paper as well as an up the skirt installation from Hoppek.

Berlin-based ATM Gallery has brought a few of their favorite artists over to Vienna to do it up at the gallery of another friend of ours, Inoperable Gallery. The show includes work from Dave the Chimp, Artiste Ouvrier, Just, Emess, Prost, Leon Raid IV, and Eliot M. Henning and will stay up through April 3rd.

One day after the earthquake in Haiti Ripo went out and painted this wall in Barcelona with the simple message 'Heart for Haiti.' Soon after he asked his friends at Zubmarino Prodz. for help with releasing a print to benefit an organization that has already done so much in Haiti and around the world, Medicos Sin Fronteras (Doctors Without Borders). Since the earthquake they've helped more than 28000 patients, performed nearly 3000 operations, and have more than 20 sites set up around the country. And since being founded in 1971 they've worked in nearly 60 continues to provide independent and impartial medical assistance for people who suffer from violence, neglect, or catastrophe. Read on for more details about the print.