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Pic of the Day: Banksy Plays Monopoly at Occupy London

By Judy Berman on

Rich Uncle Pennybags — yes, that is the Monopoly guy’s real name — doesn’t seem so happy in the photo above, perhaps because his bank is floundering and he needs some bailout money to fill his top hat. The sculpture, which has been attributed to Banksy (who apparently won’t even show his face to radicals),… Read More

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The 30 Harshest Artist-on-Artist Insults In History

By Marina Galperina on

Our recent author-on-author, filmmaker-on-filmmaker and musician-on-musician insults have proved that creative folk are only human, and occasionally enjoy a good rip on their industry compatriots. Artists are no different, albeit they do it a bit differently. What they lack in media exposure, they make up in specifics, attacking “sickly” lines and “filthy” shades or, like Salvador Dalí, outright making up verbs like “outuglying” to drive their insults. Naturally, a good portion of these revolve around artists cutting down each others’ relevancy — yesterday’s Renaissance “daubers” are today’s graffiti “toys.” Looks like the battle of egos will never go away. (Oh, good!) Here are 30 harshest historical and contemporary artist-on-artists insults. We’d love to hear yours in the comments. … Read More

Pop Culture

Banksy Produces TV Show About Behaving Badly in Public

By Emily Temple on

Last year, secretive British street artist and growing, if elusive, media presence Banksy expanded his territory with the meta-documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, and now it seems, he’s decided to start spreading the gospel via television. He has produced an hour long special on Chanel 4 in the UK entitled “The Antics Roadshow” which is… Read More

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10 Notable Sell Outs in Cultural History

By Marina Galperina on

“Sell out!” Such a subjective yet indicting little term, isn’t it? For most artists or film auteurs, lending their skills and image to commercial causes is… risky. It could mean image suicide! Scorned fans! Mocking scoffs! Yet, sometimes, it works out awesomely. Sometimes, the final results of these commissions are so nifty, so shameless, or just so perplexing, that they’re fairly un-mockable and even praiseworthy. From Banksy’s dark intro to The Simpsons to David Lynch’s Playstation commercial, here are some notable recent-ish instances of cultural figures selling out, psyching out their clients, or just making us go “aw.” Who’d we miss? … Read More

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Banksy’s Latest Takes On the Phone Hacking Scandal

By Caroline Stanley on

While we’re going to go out on a limb and say that this silly Banksy piece inspired by the ongoing News of the World phone hacking scandal won’t be as iconic as creations like Bombing Middle England or Balloon Girl, it did give us a good chuckle. Anyone know where we kind find it in… Read More

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Start Exploring with the Flavorpill Street-Art Guide

By Doug Levy on

Graffiti may have been around for decades, but thanks to artists like Banksy and Swoon, street art has achieved new cultural significance — which means that, for many of us, some of the most stunning works of modern art are just around the corner. Of course, the city is a big place, so unless you spend your days wandering the back-roads and alleys, it’s easy to miss some of your local street-art masterpieces. That’s why we’ve teamed with Havaianas to create an extremely handy guide to a selection of the amazing artwork in NYC, LA, and Miami that doesn’t need a museum to shine — inspired by the brand’s new limited-edition Graffiti sandals. Check out a gallery of images from the guide here, then click through for the whole thing, including printable maps. … Read More

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What It's Like to Live with Banksy

By Caroline Stanley on

With Banksy, a photo series by Baltimore-based conceptual artist Julia Kim Smith, imagines what it would be like to share a home with the world’s most famous anonymous street artist. Donning his signature black hoodie, a domesticated “Banksy” reads a cereal box in the kitchen, flips through the latest issue of Juxtapoz in the living room, and even ventures outdoors to properly dispose of his aerosol can arsenal — all alongside of Smith, who’s busy doing household chores. Click through to check out a collection of the amusing images. … Read More

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Remixed Masterpieces: When Artists Pay Homage to Other Artists

By Marina Galperina on

Visual culture compulsively self-regurgitates itself… In other words, everything is a remix. We’ve rounded up the most déjà vu-inspiring works from contemporary artists who have painted, sculpted and shot homages to their predecessors. From Banksy’s Warhol to Ron English’s double Magritte to something other than a shark pickled in formaldehyde in David Černý’s Damien Hirst redux, here are some adoring tributes, biting rebuttals and unsettling homages to art history’s greatest and most famous. Partially NSFW! … Read More

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Photo Gallery: Famous Works of Art as Face Paintings

By Caroline Stanley on

Art nerds, prepare to fall in love with the work of photographer Andy Alcala; in a series of self portraits entitled FaceArtists, he pays homage to a group of famous artists who range from Van Gogh to Banksy, recreating some of their most beloved works with his own mug acting as a canvas. Interestingly, it was his ode to Jackson Pollock’s One: No. 31 that gave him the most problems. “You’d be surprised how hard it is to make this drip affect when you’re the only one working on it,” Alcala explains. “I had to think of creative ways to get the paint to act like it would with Pollock because simply using a brush and the paint wasn’t working.” Click through to see how it turned out, and to view the rest of the series. … Read More

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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we discovered what would totally be our new favorite flavor of ice cream if it really existed. We were as entranced as ever by the latest crazy mix from Pogo. We wondered if these Next Media Animation clips will ever get old after watching their latest, … Read More