Skateboard Lessons and a MTA Card

Name that Mural on the corner of Houston and Bowery

If you don't know it was done by Barry McGee x Josh Lazcano

When legendary gallerist Jeffrey Deitch headed for greener pasture on the West Coast a few months ago, many pondered about the state of street art in New York City. Certainly the younger generations of gallerists, like Jonathan Levine and Joshua Liner, have become preeminent curators with their fresh take on street art as a whole. However, Deitch, with his inexhaustible resources still retain rein supreme in most people’s minds. That all changed last evening when artist Barry McGee and fellow graf writer Josh Lazcano (aka Amaze) started one of the most ambitious project thus far on the now exalted wall between Houston Street and Bowery (previous seen the works of Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, and Keith Haring).

The premise was a simple one, to tag as many graf writers call signs as possible. The task, however, was anything but. Started at midnight and continued till wee hours of the morning, the 2 writers worked in hurried yet familiar pace, adorned the wall with red tags of fellow writers, from distant past to present day, down to their cursive signatures. Like any suspicious activity, the duo draw the attention of NYPD several times, but completed project none the less.

via freshnessmag

Sleepover for one night at the Guggenheim

Recently Carsten Höller's had an installation in the Guggenheim called "Revolving Hotel Room" at the Guggenheim, for one night only you get to experience a

Date: Oct 25-Jan 6th, 1071 5th Ave (at 89th), one(1) night per person(s), for reservations call 212-360-4373.

If you happen to be in NY from now till the end of the month and you're into art, try to catch London’s legendary graffiti artist Bansky’s faux animal pet store installation The Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill. It’s a exhibition complete with actor’s as store assistants and through this exhibition, Bansky questions the relationship between humans and animals. The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill is on 89 Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York, until October 31

DJ Prince Klassen in New York this Saturday

If you happen to be in the big apple this weekend, check out Hiro Ballroom. We have a special guest from the big Tex.

New Balance 576 X Atmos - Face Off

I haven't been following the sneaker game in quite a while but recently I was just surfing sneakerfreaker.com and saw the collaboration by NB and Atmos.

The reason these caught my eye is because there's a feature where there's a color-changing affect on the upper shoe which changes into a turquoise, black and hot pink combination with a variety of colors relative to heat. Remember Generra hyper colors back in the late 80's when it was the hottest thing?

These are supposed to release in July at the Atmos NYC store so if you're in NY, you may want to take a up north trip to Harlem world.

Ricky Powell "Illy Funksters" at Milk Gallery

Ricky Powell has a dope show at Milk Gallery so if you're in town I suggest you popping through.

So who is this man if you may ask?



For over 20 years he has hit the streets of NYC, toured the world with hip hop's biggest acts from the Beastie Boys to RUN DMC, and party crashed celebrity-studded parties on both the East and West coast.

Equipped with his weapon "his camera", Powell made his way to the center of the scene with no shame. "It's for public access," which could be heard whenever he had to interview someone for his own cult cable TV show, "Rappin' with the Rickster."

Check it out with a scene of his show with the Beastie Boys.



Powell knows access is everything, and most of the time it delivered. Through his photographs, Powell presents musicians, artists, actors, & performers, that inspired him to who he is today.

You can see the open reception pics here:
(thanks to Educated Community)
Big up to Stretch Armstrong for holding it down at the Opening Reception