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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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The art fair season has slowed down here on the west coast but this week the frenzy starts in NYC. Despite the freezing temperatures and feet of snow, everyone is headed east for a variety of art showcases in New York City. Because it is such a hectic week and there are so many fairs to choose from, Freeway Editions has chosen a few to focus on, here is our art fair break down for this week. 

From the press releases: 

The Armory Show

"The Armory Show, a leading international contemporary...

After surpassing last year's predicted attendance by more than 10,000 people, this year's Printed Matter's LA is going to be quite the event. Opening the same night as Art Los Angeles Contemporary, the Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair will bring together artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and zines from all over the world presented by various publishers and booksellers. This event is truly a unique experience to be a part of the merging of literature, art, and publishing. 

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"Printed Matter presents the third annual LA Art Book Fair, from January 30 through February 1, 2015, at...

Art Los Angeles Contemporary celebrates its sixth year!

We told you, it’s art fair season! And here in Los Angeles we have a vast variety of art fairs to share with you. This week marks the beginning of Art Los Angeles Contemporary, a West Coast art fair that takes place each year in Santa Monica. The fair highlights LA’s contemporary galleries however international venues from all over are also present, to take in and communicate openly about the contemporary art world.

From the press release:

“ALAC returns to the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, a known...

It is that time of year! From the early winter months through the spring season art fairs are popping up everywhere offering up something new and exciting in the world of contemporary art. Last year we attended one of the largest and most iconic of fairs Art Basel Miami, Freeway Editions had several artists in Miami for the event and overall it was a great success. So far in 2015 we have already explored the LA Art Show that just wrapped this weekend and now we are talking...