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ART NEWS: Surface, an Exhibition at Subliminal Projects

We here at Freeway Editions recently received an email about an upcoming photo show here in Los Angeles. We were so stoked on the show we decided to share it with everyone! Subliminal Projects is a gallery space promoting diverse forms of art. Originally created by Shepard Fairey and Blaize Blouin in 1995 the gallery space has grown to be a destination for art lovers. The group helped introduce the subculture of skateboarding to the art world and since then the space has hosted exhibitions for all types of artistic mediums including but...


ART NEWS: Art Happenings Near and Far

It is officially spring and creeping quickly into summer here in Los Angeles. This transition means a lot of things for this city but mostly that music and arts events start saturating the weekend calendars.We are trying to keep up and share relevant information about not only the street art happenings but all kinds of art events around LA and internationally. Here are some intriguing events from this past weekend as well as upcoming shows! Enjoy!  

Last week marked the start of Coachella Arts and Music festival, now spanning over two weekends, the festival has...


ART NEWS: Urban Art Biennale 2015

March 29th will mark the beginning of the third edition of UrbanArt Biennale, an art show hosted every two years at Völklingen Ironworks, a World Cultural Heritage Site located in Saarbrücken, Germany. This art show focuses on the evolution of street art, graffiti, and urban art throughout the world. These genres of art making have come to the forefront of contemporary art culture, slowly but surely making their way into the mainstream of the art world. The UrbanArt Biennale celebrates this aesthetic progression and the artists who have made it possible....


ART NEWS: Street Art at SXSW 2015

SXSW features street art for the first time! This year the festival community sponsored various art projects at the 28th annual music festival in Austin, Texas. Throughout the festival's history the focus has been on music, film, and technology, which all overlap with the visual arts, but this year was the first time there were scheduled, dedicated art projects throughout the city not just art happenings in the periphery. From interactive light art, tech community arts projects, to the most public of all, street art murals throughout the city's landscape.

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ART NEWS: Miss Van in Los Angeles

Miss Van has been in LA for a few weeks working on several new projects. Most recently she created a mural in West Hollywood at the famed Palace Costume and Prop Company. The building itself is a huge three story warehouse with the facade of a castle. The space is full of costume rentals for the film industry so the bizarre facade and privacy seemed to intrigue Miss Van. According to the artist's blog about the project she just walked in and asked permission to paint the mural! Along with a few of the...