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    How Has Desire Evolved in the Digital Age? A New Museum Show in Dublin Explores the Art of Lust—See Pictures Here

    “Desire: A Revision from the 20th Century to the Digital Age”Irish Museum of Modern Art What the Museum Says: “From the beginning of the 20th century to now, ‘Desire: A Revision’ develops through the lens of the Eurocentric male gaze of the Surrealist artists and their influence in shaping artistic depictions of desire in contemporary […] More

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    Ride by SS 108 in Chennai, India

    Chennai-based artist Karthick, better known by his artistic name SS 108, recently got to work on a new mural entitled  ‘சவாரி’ or Cavāri/Ride. His piece is a satirical take on the phenomenon of Artificial Intelligence, which seems to be gaining entry in all quarters of human life, and the notion of ‘autopilot’. SS 108 is […] More

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    Pilpeled in Salt River, Cape Town, South Africa

    Israeli graphic designer and artist Pilpeled just finished his brand new piece in Salt River, Cape Town, South Africa. Pilpeled was one of the artists that were involved in producing murals for this year’s International Public Art Festival in South Africa. Pilpeled has become one of the most notable forces in the Israeli Urban art scene. In […] More

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    “Dive” by Vesod in Port Adelaide, Australia

    Italian Artist Vesod just completed a new mural for the WonderWalls Port Adelaide Street Art Project. Entitled “Dive”, the Italian artist brought to life a beautiful new piece that will be enjoyed by the locals for many years to come Vesod’s artistic attitude has been fostered by his father Dovilio Brero, surrealistic painter, whose influence […] More

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    What Is the Role of a Museum in One of Polarized America’s Most Purple States? Oklahoma Contemporary Offers a Case Study

    Clad in a turtleneck and chic blazer, architect Rand Elliott—a dead ringer for the magician Penn Jillette, at least from certain angles—leaned back onto a couple of the 16,800 aluminum “fins” that comprise Oklahoma Contemporary’s facade. It was a gloomy day, but he explained that his design of the new museum reflects the city’s rapidly […] More

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    Ludo “BTC FlowerPower” Limited Edition Sculpture

    Later today, our friend Ludo will be releasing a brand new limited edition sculpture entitled “BTC FlowerPower” “BTC FlowerPower” is an edition of 50, each measures 15cm high and comes hand-painted by the artist. The piece will be retailing at 666 euros incl. tax and shipping If you want to secure a signature artwork by […] More

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    Fin DAC in Australia & New Zealand

    Globe-trotting urban artist, Fin DAC has spent the last 6 months on the road indulging in a ‘spraycation’ of sorts. As such he hasn’t really been keeping us up to date with his goings-on but, we’ve just heard from him on his return from down under in Australia and New Zealand. The Irish artists’ sponsorship […] More

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    Madame d’Ora Went From Being Vienna’s Premier Society Photographer to Europe’s Social Conscience—See Her Indelible Work Here

    “Madame d’Ora“Neue Galerie, New York What the museum says: “Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), better known as Madame d’Ora, was an unusual woman for her time with a spectacular career as one of the leading photographic portraitists of the early 20th century. This exhibition, the largest museum retrospective on the Austrian photographer to date in the United States, […] More