News — Contemporary Art
ARTIST LOOK-OUT: Widewalls Features Most Viewed Urban Artists.
Widewalls is a great source for all things urban art. They recently did a print publishing house top ten list that we were honored to be mentioned in. In addition to keeping people informed about where and how to buy art, the growing website is continually sharing new and upcoming artists. This week Widewalls gave a breakdown of most searched for urban artists last month, some names on the list were obvious, but there were some refreshing new faces that we'd like to share with our...
ART NEWS: May-June Art Shows
Happy Friday to all! Freeway Editions would like to highlight some recent or upcoming art shows that are happening around the world, all featuring the work of our very own Freeway artists. If you happened to be in any of these places, make sure to check out these shows or openings!
First up is Gajin Fujita, a local LA artist, who currently has a show up at LA Louver entitled "Warriors, Ghosts, and Ancient Gods of the Pacific". This show opened earlier...
ART NEWS: Newest Shepard Fairey Mural in Detroit, Signs of "Hope"
In collaboration with Library Street Art Collective, Shepard Fairey is taking on one of the largest wall murals he has ever produced — 185 feet tall (about 17 or 18 stories high) and 60 feet wide.
Fairey had the overall design mapped out and a few of the background elements in place when he began the official work along with the help of three assistants and a window-washing rig last Saturday. From WWD’s recent article: “I enjoy doing these because you’re working up against a wall, then when you get back to see something that big...
FEATURED ARTWORK: RERO's HPM Series
Photo by: One Point Eight photography via Fabien Castanier Gallery
This week Freeway Editions would like to highlight the work of RERO. As mentioned before in previous posts, the artist was in LA at the beginning of 2015 and created a whole new series of HPM special edition prints. In case you missed them, take a look at these incredible hand painted screen prints, available now!
ART NEWS: A Round-Up of the Latest Art News
Freeway Editions had an incredibly busy first weekend in May. Show openings and art fairs galore! So today on the blog we are doing a bit of an art news round up, happenings, events, and art world news that caught our attention.
Last week marked the 5th edition of San Francisco’s Art Market fair which seemed to bring together a diverse group of established as well as young galleries from all over California.
More about the fair: “Art Market San Francisco will return to the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion this spring to celebrate its fifth edition. Following...
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