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How a Still-Defiant Shepard Fairey Turned Punk Rock Attitude Into 30 Years of Activist Art

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In the life and work of artist Shepard Fairey, social justice and the musical counterculture have always collided, igniting many of his most striking The artist behind Obama's 'Hope' poster brings his largest U.S. exhibition to L.A., showcasing 421 pieces that merge punk rock energy with social justice.

The World’s Fair That Wasn’t

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“Tomorrowland Amerifair,” a previously unpublished piece by the late artist and writer Bruce McCall.

Edward Gorey Killed His Darlings

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A show at the Society of Illustrators demonstrates his mastery at turning ghastly scenarios deadpan and winkingly absurd.

A Cartoonist’s Journey to the Scene of a Riot

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Françoise Mouly and Genevieve Bormes write about Joe Sacco’s “The Once and Future Riot,” including an excerpt from the forthcoming graphic novel.

Getty Acquires Raymond Pettibon Archive

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Getty Acquires Raymond Pettibon Archive

The trove comprises drawings, notes, concert flyers, prints, zines, skateboards, and a surfboard, filling 28 boxes, as well as paints and materials related to the artist’s process.

via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/996133/getty-acquires-raymond-pettibon-archive/

The trove comprises drawings, notes, concert flyers, prints, zines, skateboards, and a surfboard, filling 28 boxes, as well as paints and materials related to the artist’s process.

https://hyperallergic.com/996133/getty-acquires-raymond-pettibon-archive/

Ai Weiwei Knocks Down the Building Blocks of Empire

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ai Weiwei Knocks Down the Building Blocks of Empire

His toy-brick masterpieces are tributes to anyone terrorized and brutalized by the world’s great powers and their proxies.

via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/961351/ai-weiwei-knocks-down-the-building-blocks-of-empire/

His toy-brick masterpieces are tributes to anyone terrorized and brutalized by the world’s great powers and their proxies.

https://hyperallergic.com/961351/ai-weiwei-knocks-down-the-building-blocks-of-empire/

2024: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics. - The New York Times

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

2024: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics.

Selected Times graphics, visualizations and multimedia stories published this year. All free to read for a limited time.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/20/us/2024-year-in-graphics.html

This year, our visual stories covered a range of subjects: the U.S. presidential race and election, the Olympics, artificial intelligence, extreme weather events, and continued war in Ukraine and Gaza. 2024: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/20/us/2024-year-in-graphics.html

Art Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From Controversy

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Art Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From Controversy

The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.

via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/973444/art-spiegelman-wont-shrink-back-from-controversy/

The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.

https://hyperallergic.com/973444/art-spiegelman-wont-shrink-back-from-controversy/

“Here,” Then and Now | The New Yorker

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

“Here,” Then and Now

Richard McGuire’s project has a fixed view, but it spans several decades and mediums.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/here-then-and-now-richard-mcguire

Richard McGuire’s project has a fixed view, but it spans several decades and mediums.

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/here-then-and-now-richard-mcguire

The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World: 2023 Edition

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World: 2023 Edition

Our annual list highlights the people who exist outside of an art world that favors the wealthy and privileged — or are just shit out of luck.

via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/864342/the-20-most-powerless-people-in-the-art-world-2023-edition/

In Hyperallergic parlance, “powerless” conjures a very specific status. Historically, our Powerless 20 list has shone a light on those who exist outside of an art world that lionizes the wealthy and the privileged, whether that’s because they’re persecuted by their governments, trapped in a rigged capitalist machine that spews riches for the very few, or just shit out of luck.

2023: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics. - The New York Times

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

2023: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics.

Selected Times graphics, visualizations and multimedia stories published this year. All free to read for a limited time.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/2023-year-in-graphics.html

This year, our visual stories covered a range of subjects: artificial intelligence, war in Ukraine and Gaza, the transition to cleaner energy, natural disasters and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. 2023: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/2023-year-in-graphics.html

The Global Ambitions of Invader’s Street Art | The New Yorker

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The Global Ambitions of Invader’s Street Art

At any given moment, millions of people are attending his expositions, knowingly or not.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/18/invader-artist-profile

For twenty-seven years, Invader has been decorating the walls, bridges, monuments, tunnels, sidewalks, staircases, railings, gates, curbs, benches, bollards, posts, poles, pipes, columns, fountains, pools, docks, seawalls, roofs, chimneys, medians, bus stops, train stations, storefronts, bookshops, and bars of Paris and beyond with playful mosaics. They have depicted everything from winged insects to cartoon characters and slot-machine fruits. Invader calls his interventions “invasions,” and the mosaics themselves are known as “invaders.” He has executed more than four thousand in a hundred and seventy-two cities in thirty-two countries, grazing permanence in the traditionally ephemeral world of street art.

Jobless, Divorced, on Probation; a Pandemic Hobby Turned His Life Around - The New York Times

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Jobless, Divorced, on Probation; a Pandemic Hobby Turned His Life Around

Danny Cortes was at rock bottom when Covid hit. Then a craft hobby to stay sane during lockdown blew up on social media — and in auction houses.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/nyregion/ice-box-model-nyc.html

Danny Cortes was at rock bottom when Covid hit. Then a craft hobby to stay sane during lockdown blew up on social media — and in auction houses.

An Evocative Year in New Yorker Illustrations | The New Yorker

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

An Evocative Year in New Yorker Illustrations

A collection of some of the most striking images of 2022.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2022-in-review/an-evocative-year-in-new-yorker-illustrations

A collection of some of the most striking images of 2022.

Photographer Spends Four Years Drawing 1,000 35mm Film Box Designs | PetaPixel

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Photographer Spends Four Years Drawing 1,000 35mm Film Box Designs

It’s a trip down memory lane.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/08/24/photographer-spends-four-years-drawing-1000-35mm-film-box-designs/

Akil Alparslan recreated a staggering amount of film roll packaging for his own pleasure, including brands such as Polaroid, Agfa, and Kodak.