Marilyn Minter Billboards

New York-based artist Marilyn Minter's grit-meets-glam photorealism is the kind of attention-grabbing painting that stands out in the current Whitney Biennial. But the series of three photo billboards that Creative Time has installed in and around Chelsea are perhaps a better venue (and medium) for the lush imagery. Each 20-foot photograph employs a familiar Minter trope—soiled high heels on women's feet—that stretch over New York …

Toby Neilan

Toby Neilan is an illustrator and screen printer with a clean, familiar style applied to modern buildings and fashion models. His process typically starts with his own photography before bringing in hand drawing and digital manipulation. His fashion work is in collaboration with make-up artist Sharon Dowsett, which gets him backstage at London, New York, Milan and Paris fashion weeks. More exciting to me, however, …

Spothunters: The Fine Art of Real Estate

The residents of Newton, MA, the safest city in the US, are in for a treat. The New Art Center is the host of this unusual show of graffiti artists who use streets, galleries and publishing to get their views across. Shepard Fairey, Monster Project, Greg Lamarche (designer of the above graphic) and Caleb Neelon are hooking up the art center, housed in a picturesque …