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‘ChrisRWK: Promise Made. Promise Kept’ to Open at Harman Projects

Comic Art, Graffiti, Harman Projects, Lower East Side, Street Art

ChrisRWK ‘True To The Blue’. Image courtesy of the artist and Harman Projects

Harman Projects is pleased to present Promise Made. Promise Kept, a solo exhibition by New York City-based artist ChrisRWK. This will be the artist’s first solo presentation with the gallery.

ChrisRWK creates layered mixed mediapaintings drawing inspiration from cartoons, comic books and his time as a graffiti writer. These paintings feature a selection of recurring cartoon-like characters that the artist has been developing over the last two decades. Centered in this cast of characters is the eponymous robot. The most iconic image in Chris’ work, the robot actually originated as a cube that began appearing in his work in the late 1990s and evolved into a television and then finally a robot around the turn of the century.

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‘Mixed Media Street Art Exhibit #2’ Opening at Hudson Yards Gallery December 9th

Graffiti, Hudson Yards, Hudson Yards Gallery, Street Art

Following last-years hugely successful event, Hudson Yards Gallery will open its doors to the exhibition, Mixed Media Street Art Exhibit #2, with over 30 of NYC’s top street artists of varying disciplines including textural work, mixed media, and 3D sculptures. The Event will open to the public on December 9th.

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John CRASH Matos: Shape of Things to Come to Open at JoAnne Artman Gallery in November

Chelsea, Graffiti, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Street Art

Installation view, John CRASH Matos: Shape of Things to Come courtesy of JoAnne Artman Gallery

JoAnne Artman Gallery will present SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME, featuring works by John “CRASH” Matos. In a playful evolution of color and form, CRASH’s recent works are spray painted on custom-made, shaped canvases. Emphasizing silhouette and the external form, he presents new dynamic compositions that meld the versatility of his canvas medium with the layered depth of sculpture. Wrapping around the edges as if spilling on to the wall, vibrant pigment and decisive lines are barely contained to the planes of each painted surface. An allusion to stylistic progression as well as the contoured canvases, SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME delivers immersive works with steadily unfolding narratives.

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Spray Painterly 2, Curated by Stickymonger, Opening at Allouche Gallery in Soho

Allouche Gallery, Graffiti, Soho, Street Art

UFO907, Legends of the Game – LDLR “As Above So Below, Everyone Is Safe Here,” 2022 Aerosol, acrylic, oil bar and graphite on shaped canvas, 92 x 71 inches. Image courtesy of the Gallery.

Continuing to advance the notion of spray paint as a fine art medium, Brooklyn-based artist Stickymonger will curate the second in a series of exhibitions exploring the beauty, range and messaging of spray paint as an art form. Spray Painterly 2 will open at Allouche Gallery on October 13th.

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Denis Meyers: New York 2022 to open at Galerie l’Atelier on May 5th

Chelsea, Fremin Gallery, Galerie l'Atelier, Graffiti, Street Art

SHARE CREATE I, Denis Meyers, 2022, 39″ x 63″. Image courtesy of the gallery.

Renowned Belgian Artist Denis Meyers will be presenting his first American exhibition “DENIS MEYERS – NYC 2022” at Galerie l’Atelier. Born in 1979, Denis Meyers is a Belgian urban artist. He studied at the National Superior School of Arts and Visuals of la Cambre, in Brussels, city where he currently lives and works.

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A Look-Back at DAZE: The City is My Muse at The Museum of the City of New York in 2015

Graffiti, Museum of the City of New York, Street Art

As we look forward to Chris ‘Daze’ Ellis’ solo exhibition #GiveItAllYouGot at P·P·O·W Gallery, we thought it a good time to reach back into our archives and take a second look at the Chris ‘Daze’ Ellis solo exhibition, The City is My Muse at the Museum of the City of New York in 2015.

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Chris DAZE Ellis: Give it All You Got opening at P·P·O·W Gallery

Downtown, Graffiti, P·P·O·W Gallery, Street Art

‘Chris ‘DAZE’ Ellis, Is this seat token?’, 2020; acrylic and spray paint on canvas; 51 x 53 in.; 129.5 x 134.6cm

P·P·O·W Gallery will open its doors to Chris ‘Daze’ Ellis’s second solo exhibition with the gallery entitled ‘Give It All You Got’. Born in 1962 in New York City, Daze began his career as part of the second of graffiti writers, painting New York City subway cars in 1976 while attending The High School of Art and Design.

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Curated by Stickymonger: Spray Painterly at Allouche Gallery

Allouche Gallery, Graffiti, Meatpacking District, Street Art

Artist, UFO907. Image courtesy of the gallery.

Allouche Gallery will open its doors to Spray Painterly, a group show curated by Stickymonger, featuring works by Gucci Ghost, Michael Reeder, Paul Insect and UFO907. The exhibition debuts on October 21st and continues until November 16th, 2021.

Spray Painterly aims to advance the notion of spray paint as a fine art medium. While some categorize spray paint with graffiti and vandalism, curator and artist Stickymonger challenges this perception and believes that spray paint is indeed a gallery medium. The featured artists are from diverse artistic backgrounds, all of whom utilize spray paint conventionally and unconventionally to express their character-based styles.

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The Audubon Mural Project adds a Stunning Mosaic ~ Trumpeter Swans

Audubon Mural Project, Graffiti, Hamilton Heights, Murals, Street Art, Washington Heights

Trumpeter Swan mosaic by Carlos Pinto and John Sear @163rd and B’Way (click on image for more) photo: Mike Fernandez/Audubon

in 2014, the National Audubon Society and Gitler & ___ Gallery collaborated to create The Audubon Mural Project. The project was inspired by the legacy of the American bird artist and ornithologist, John James Audubon, and the specific birds threatened by a warming climate. The project consisted of painting avian-themed murals on more than 300 gates and windows in the neighborhood, promoting the society’s climate-change-awareness campaign. Fast forward to 2020 ~ The Audubon Mural Project completed its first public mosaic, after two-years of work, unveiling in December, 2020 ~ Trumpeter Swans on Broadway and 163rd Street.

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Uptown Grand Central Unveils Blocks of Canvas Fencing ~ Continuing The Uptown Grandscale II Mural Project in East Harlem, 2021

Art, Graffiti, Murals

Uptown Grandscale on East 125th Street ~ BLAZAYny

The Uptown Grandscale Mural Project is back! Uptown Grand Central unveiled canvas fencing extending all the way to Third Avenue, kicking-off the opening of our City with color and fun. In this second edition of Uptown Grandscale, murals were painted by more than 100 artists in May, June and July, with a closing celebration ~ The Roller Jam ~ on Saturday, July 10th from Noon to 7:00pm at the newly renovated 125th Street Plaza at Park Avenue.

The Roller Jam will be headlined by D.J. Ted Smooth, D.J. Arson, the World Famous Brucie B. Kool D.J. Red Alert, Ninoflex and D.J. Kenny Maneuver. Roller skates will be available for rent, and the African-American Roller Skate Museum will also be on hand to share historical perspective. Participating artists will give a tour of the murals ~ art tour at 3:00pm.

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FUTURA2000 | FUTURA 2020, a Solo exhibition at Eric Firestone Gallery, Noho

Graffiti, Street Art

FUTURA2000, a solo exhibition at Eric Firestone Gallery

Eric Firestone Gallery opens its doors to FUTURA2000 | FUTURA 2020, the renowned American artists first solo exhibition in New York City in over thirty-years. Beginning artistic life in the world of illegal street art in the early 1970s, some of these very talented artists continued forward into legal public spaces ~ parks and commercial buildings, galleries, streetwear, and even museums. Leonard Hilton McGurr (c.1955) aka FUTURA2000, was among this elite group that moved from illegal to highly sought-after ~ creating artwork with a contemporary message ~ political, social, personal. Many of these artists are familiar to all of us and include the likes of Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Kenny Scharf to name just a few.

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CITYarts Begins Mural Restoration in Chinatown’s St. James Triangle Park

Chinatown, CITYarts, Graffiti, Lower East Side, Murals, Street Art

CITYarts restoration of ‘Flowering Vine & Us’ mural in Chinatown’s St. James Triangle Park. Image credit: Shirt Paamony Eshel.

CITYarts, a not-for-profit that connects local youth with professional artists to collaborate on public art, recently began the restoration of their ‘Flowering Vine & Us’ in St. James Triangle Park, located in Chinatown. In keeping with social distancing measures, the painting is being done in small groups, masks required.

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The 39th Edition of The Graffiti Wall of Fame, East Harlem ~ August 24-25, 2019

East Harlem, Graffiti, Graffiti Hall of Fame, Street Art

Once a year, the who’s who in street art gather for two-days in August to paint and play. The music is loud, spirits are high, and incredible murals are created. The Graffiti Hall of Fame stretches between 106th and 107th Streets, alongside the elevated Metro North train on Park Avenue in El Barrio. Known to Street Artists since 1980, and now a tourist destination, it is rarely open (except by private tour) to the public. But once a year, James Top, Executive Director of this iconic Wall, invites us to watch the magic.

Take a walk with us down the steps into the 2019, 39th Edition of The Graffiti Hall of Fame in East Harlem, August 24-25th.

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El Barrio’s Guerrilla Wall Speaking to Issues on the Minds of its Community

East Harlem, El Barrio, Graffiti, Harlem Art Collective, Street Art, The Guerrilla Wall

HART: The Harlem Art Collective is the creative force behind The Guerrilla Gallery, located on 116th Street in El Barrio. In a community with a history of welcoming immigrants, local artists use the wall, located between second and Third Avenues, to address pressing issues of our times ~ local, national and international. This month, they had a lot to say.

Join us as we visit the Harlem Art Collective’s Summer Wall Exhibition.

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Next up on the Bowery Wall ~ @QueenAndreaOne + Limited Edition ‘Believe’ Prints

Bowery Wall, by AFineLyne, Graffiti, Street Art

Right before a major thunder storm, QueenAndreaOne on the Bowery Wall, May 29, 2019

#TatsCru vanished from the Bowery Wall earlier this month, painted white ~ a fresh canvas for the famed Wall’s next artist ~ Andrea von Bujdoss aka @queenandreaone.

GGA on Instagram ~ #queenandreaone ~ photo credit @marthacoopergram

In addition, something special ~ Exclusive “Believe” prints will drop beginning 9am on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Only 50 prints available. Check out the link in bio for GGA.

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Beyond the Streets coming to Williamsburg in June 2019

by AFineLyne, Graffiti, Street Art, Williamsburg

Lady Pink, Death of Graffiti via beyondthestreets.com

Beyond the Streets is a true celebration of street as canvas featuring over 150 artists descending on 25 Kent Street in Williamsburg this June.

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El Barrio’s MonumentArt Project 2015

Bronx, by AFineLyne, East Harlem, El Barrio, Graffiti, Murals, Street Art

EVER for Monument Art Project, PS 109 at 99th Street & Third Avenue

MonumentArt2015 was the second installment of the International Mural Festival in East Harlem and the Bronx, sponsored by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, José Morales of La Marqueta Retoña and La Respuesta in Santurce, Puerto Rico, partnered with muralist Celso González‎ to produce and curate the festival. Eleven internationally known artists created nine murals throughout El Barrio from 99th Street to 138th Street. Many of the murals focused on El Barrio’s rich culture and heritage. Let’s take a walk, as we watched the artists create in October, 2015.

Looking back……

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Franco the Great Gates Arrive at East River Plaza ~ East Harlem

by AFineLyne, East Harlem, Graffiti, Street Art

The East River Plaza and Blumenfeld Development Group have given a permanent home to several of the Gates, created by beloved Harlem Artist, Franco ‘The Great’ Gaskin.

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Espo: 100 Stories Tall at The Strand High Line

by AFineLyne, Chelsea, Graffiti, Street Art

The Standard High Line has taken a page from the New York City art scene in the 80s, with a very cool 200-feet of construction mesh tarp and the well-known graffiti artist, Steve Powers ~ #ESPO.

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A Visit to a Pediatric Clinic inside an Art Gallery in Harlem

by AFineLyne, Graffiti, Harlem, Street Art

Martinez Gallery located on the corner of 135th Street and Broadway in Harlem

Is it a pediatric clinic inside an art gallery or an art gallery inside a pediatric clinic? Either way, it’s a fun and colorful way for kids and artists of all ages. Follow us inside……

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#TatsCru on The Bowery Wall

Bowery Wall, by AFineLyne, Graffiti, Street Art

#TatsCru highlights New York with a pictorial history

The well-known street artists known as #TatsCru just finished a colorful ode to New York, its street art and Lower East Side history, remembering the man who created the canvas we know today as the Bowery Wall, Tony Goldman, and Keith Haring, the first to create on the wall (1982). Let’s take a closer look.

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Quick! It’s the Most Illegal Art Show ~ Lower East Side

Graffiti, Lower East Side, Street Art

More than 50 of our favorite street artists will be wheatpasting the walls of this pop-up gallery from January 28th through February 3rd, celebrating the illegal street artists that “risk arrest and jail to have their work seen.”

Art Party, Thursday night, January 31st from 6-9pm, music by @djicflo from 9-11:30pm. and Film Screening on Saturday night, February 2nd.

The (Most) Illegal Art (Show) ~ Wheatpaste Edition will take place at 198 Allen Street, curated by SacSix. Follow SacSix on Instagram

Walk over to Bowery Wall & check out #TatsCru

Persue: Liminal Space at GR Gallery

Art Exhibit, by AFineLyne, Graffiti, Street Art

Dave Persue, Bunny Kitty,.. Image courtesy GR Gallery

GR Gallery will open its doors to the first solo exhibition by West Coast graffiti and urban culture pioneer, Dave Persue, with the exhibition Persue: Liminal Space. The work highlights Persue’s signature artwork, including the iconic Bunny Kitty and Wet Paint paintings, taking viewers through the artist’s career, and revealing a new body of work that will include 20 new pieces created specifically for this exhibition, along with a mural painting on the walls of the gallery.

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Stickymonger ~ at AFA Gallery in Soho

Art Exhibit, Graffiti, Soho, Street Art

AFA Gallery will open its doors to a collection of new works by vinyl artist, painter, and muralist Stickymonger. This exhibition of 15 paintings on canvas is a departure from the artist’s pre- vious monumental vinyl works, which have been the hallmarkof her public art installations in New York City ~ such as her stunning work in a group exhibit we call Graffiti in the Sky on the 69th floor of 4 World Trade, and her very visible work opposite The Oculus, entitled The Mural Project.

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‘Concrete Jungle’ by John ‘CASH’ Matos at JoAnne Artman Gallery

Art Exhibit, Chelsea, Graffiti, Street Art

John ‘CASH’ Matos. Pinup Collage (Triptych), Spray Paint on Canvas 36 x 48 in. Image courtesy JoAnne Artman Gallery

Throughout his almost four decade career, John ‘CRASH‘ Matos’ work has engaged with urban environments on a huge scale – ranging from his early murals on the sides of NYC subway trains in the 70’s, to more recent projects such as a large mural commission at Miami’s Hard Rock Football Stadium. This November, a new body of work will be on view, continuing the conversation around the scope, scale, and environment, through a continued exploration of the spray paint medium, in the exhibition Concrete Jungle at JoAnne Artman Gallery.

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Al Diaz/SAMO @ Same Old Gallery ~57 Great Jones Street ~ Once Owned by Warhol & Studio of Basquiat

Architecture, East Village, Graffiti, Restaurant, Street Art

57 Great Jones Street, home/studio of Jean-Michel Basquiat and current exhibition of Al Diaz/SAMO

57 Great Jones, once owned by Andy Warhol, was the home and studio of Jean-Michel Basquiat. This month, the ground-floor space has been converted to a temporary gallery, inspired by the late artist ~ with an opening exhibition by Basquiat’s friend Al Diaz, also known as #SAMO, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Basquiat’s passing.

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Kenny Scharf + Malia Scharf = The 2018 Scharftees Pop-Up at Allouche Gallery!

Graffiti, Street Art, Wearable Art

Love wearable art? Get ready for Scharftees ~ when Kenny Starf and his daughter, Malia will hold a pop-up at Allouche Gallery from October 25-27.

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The Graffiti Hall of Fame ~ 38th Edition ~ El Barrio 2018

El Barrio, Graffiti, Graffiti Hall of Fame, Street Art

Buckle-up for a plethora of Holiday Events, outdoor art installation and exhibitions this month ~ from Tree Lightings and Markets to the new car-free Fifth Avenue, there is no end to the fun to be had this Holiday Season. Here are a few suggestions for the month of December.

We were there from start (Saturday, August 24th, 2018 at Noon) to end of day on Sunday, August 25th. The 38th Edition of Graffiti Hall of Fame, El Barrio. Check it out.

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The Mural Project @ NYC’s World Trade Centers

Downtown, Graffiti, Street Art

We’ve been following the Downtown ‘Mural Project‘ in and around the 2WTC and 3WTC construction lots, now surrounded by a number of gorgeous new murals. With the Oculus in the background, the large-scale mural project takes viewers from Vesey and Greenwich Streets, down Church and Dey Streets to Cortlandt Street.

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Ride for Mongolia @ Made Hotel NYC

Art Exhibit, Graffiti, Street Art

Ride to Mongolia on view at the Made Hotel NYC

Dozens of acclaimed artists have come together for the charitable exhibit, Ride for Mongolia, in an effort to raise funds for the production of the first skate park in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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An Artist Focuses on Endangered Animals ~ Sonny: To the Bone

Graffiti, Greenwich Village, Street Art

We caught up with South African street artist, Sonny, on Eighth Street and Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village this week, finishing a mural as part of a worldwide mural tour, and prelude to his gallery exhibit this month.

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#100GatesProject + NHEMA in El Barrio 2017-2018

100 Gates Project, East Harlem, El Barrio, Graffiti, Street Art

andre trenier at sisters caribbean cuisine in East Harlem

During the summer of 2017, The 100 Gates Project and New Harlem East Merchant Association (NHEMA) teamed up to bring local artists together with local merchants, beautifying gates in and around East Harlem. The project, which also includes Staten Island, is part of the New York City Department of Small Business Service’s Neighborhood 360 grant opportunity program.

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Dream Street Park ~ East Harlem

Art in the Parks, East Harlem, El Barrio, Graffiti, Street Art

Who wouldn’t want to live on ~ Dream Street. Well, in this case, we’re on 124th Street between Second and Third Avenues ~ and the dreamy mural is a depiction of a multi-cultural city painted by local children, most of them homeless.

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Banksy Painting the Town ~ Today, The Bowery Wall

Banksy, Graffiti, Street Art, The Bowery Wall

The illusive, renowned street artist, Banksy has been painting the town. Yesterday, West 14th Street ~ today, The Bowery Wall.

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Kenny Scharf @ Deitch Projects

Art Exhibit, Graffiti, Soho, Street Art

Deitch Project, 18 Wooster Street, Soho

Kenny Scharf: Inner and Outer Space on view at Deitch Project Soho.

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Honors Jesús “Tato” Laviera with new Mural at Taino Towers in El Barrio

East Harlem, El Barrio, Graffiti, Street Art

Mural of Nuyorican poet Jesus ‘Tato’ Laviera by @donrimx at Taino Towers #ElBarrio

El Barrio’s Taino Towers celebrates the life of Nuyorican poet, author, playwright, and activist, Jesús “Tato” Laviera, with a mural created by well-known street artist Don Rimx.

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