Art

February 7, 2025

Self-Taught Artist Masterfully Spray Paints Large-Scale Hyperrealistic Portraits [Interview]

North Carolina-based graffiti artist JEKS ONE is known for his hyperealistic portraiture. Often accomplished on a large scale, these murals show JEKS ONE's incredible mastery of spray paint. His work is all the more impressive when one realizes that not only is he self-taught but that he also only picked up painting again about 10 years ago after a career in music.

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February 3, 2025

Nick Cave’s Largest Sculpture to Date Stands Nearly 26 Feet Tall in a Historic Clock Tower Building

In New York, space can be tight. Jack Shainman Gallery’s new Tribeca flagship proves otherwise. Housed inside the historic Clock Tower Building on Lafayette Street, the gallery stretches 20,000 square feet, all while preserving the building’s original 29-foot-high ceilings, lavish staircases, and arched windows. It’s only fitting, then, that Nick Cave’s largest sculpture to date inaugurates the space. At nearly 26 feet tall, Amalgam (Origin)

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January 31, 2025

Frieze Los Angeles 2025 Preview: Celebrating Global and Local Contemporary Art Scene

For the sixth year, Frieze Los Angeles is touching down at the historic Santa Monica Airport. From February 20 – February 23, 2025, over 100 galleries from 20 countries around the globe with spotlight their best work. In addition, emerging talent will be highlighted in a special area called Focus, and eight diverse artists will be tapped to make site-specific works.

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