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Lance Armstrong x Kaws x Barry McGee Art Bikes and Stages Show

With Obama in the White House, Shepard Fairey has turned his hopes and stencils to Lance Armstrong. Shepard is helping Lance with imagery to promote this summer’s “Stages” art show, which is a benefit for the LIVESTRONG foundation. KAWS, Barry McGee and Damien Hirst are supplying the transportation. From Supertouch: “Stages” brings together nearly 30 of [...]

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Shepard Fairey and Barry McGee Rotocast Vinyls Up For Auction

Tokion Magazine was founded in 1996 and began devoting many pages to the then still-taboo topic of graffiti. “Neo-graffiti” is a term they coined in the title of their Neo-Graffiti Project 2000, which featured classic subway graffiti artists working in new media. This was back in ‘99. It’s practically ten years later and a [...]

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Kaws Chum, Companion and Ad Art at Auction

I've got a few exclusive pics of the KAWS pieces which will be offered at auction. There's a yellow Chum, a 1999 Companion and a Kate Moss ad art piece. Get your bids ready because you know you'll be competing with Kanye.

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Buff Monster in Urban Art Auction

When I wrote about Buff Monster’s series 2 figures here, I was kind of shocked at a pricetag of $29.99 for a mini-figure. But that’s nothing compared to what’s about to occur over the next two months. Way back in April, Sunny brought news of Phillips de Pury & Company to ToyCyte regarding their auction [...]

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RVCA and Cinelli Cycling Collab with Kaws and Barry McGee

SoCal art & lifestyle clothing company RVCA, in conjunction with Italian cycling company CINELLI have announced a collaborative cycling art project, “Pressure.” The project features Cinelli bikes built and designed by Barry McGee, Ashley Macomber, Clare Rojas, C.R. Stecyk III, Dan Murphy, DMOTE, Jesse Geller, Josh Lazcano, KAWS, Madsaki, Phil Frost, PM Tenore and Stephen [...]

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