May Day

Shepard Fairey's continuing crusade closes out a street art institution

With new murals in downtown Manhattan and the Bronx, a pop-up store in the works, a project with City Kids, and new limited edition prints, the events surrounding Shepard Fairey’s upcoming solo show “May Day” almost amount to more of a city-wide residency. But the internationally-acclaimed artist, whose last major exhibit was a touring museum retrospective and whose Obama poster was one of the most …

If You Don’t Belong, Don’t Be Long

New works by revered tattoo artist Scott Campbell in his first NYC solo show

Scott Campbell, who’s inked the skin of celebrities, supermodels and Hell’s Angels, opens his first solo NYC show this week at Ohwow Gallery with an all-new series of sculptures, paintings and intricate drawings under the title “If You Don’t Belong, Don’t Be Long.” Owner of Brooklyn’s vaunted Saved Tattoo studio and the artist behind tattoos gracing the skin of Marc Jacobs, Lily Cole, Courtney Love, …

Post Fossil: Excavating 21st Century Creation

A new exhibit exploring how designers use the past to look to the future

Showcasing over 70 international designers, the current exhibit “Post Fossil: Excavating 21st Century Creation” at Tokyo museum 21_21 Design Sight is the upshot of esteemed Dutch trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort‘s examination of the future of design in all of its constituent parts. The content spans techniques, shapes, materials, colors and themes with 140 pieces demonstrating a new way of thinking—using the past to reinvent the …