Renaissance
I have soft spot for cartoons. I don't watch them often anymore, but in theory, I could. I guess it brings back fond memories of early Saturday mornings, of course as I've grown up (well, sort of), so have cartoons.…
Continue Reading →SpearTalks: Scott Rench
Scott Rench (aka: Yosoh) has the kind of story we like to read about. An accidental designer and an unconventional artist, Scott fell into his current jobs in advertising and ceramics by chance, when a friend introduced him to a…
Continue Reading →Frieze Art Fair
Londoners and jetsetters alike should do their best to make it to the Frieze Art Fair, a Regent Park-located event that introduces and showcases new and established artists to visitors from around the world. Happening tomorrow through Sunday, the fair…
Continue Reading →Custom 52 Cycle I Card Deck
"Hey, stop looking at my cards!" isn't an uncommon refrain heard during a friendly card game between buddies, but Custom 52's Cycle I cards are all but designed to prevent you from sneaking a peek. The group struck on an…
Continue Reading →Grant Hamilton
Back in the day when the Polaroid represented the most instantaneous means of photographic gratification, most people were using them to capture the moment when they pantsed their friend at their house party and then displayed it three minutes later…
Continue Reading →Baby Tattooville
If you've got, say, $1,500 lying around and count artists Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Frank Kozik and Jeff Soto amongst your heroes, you're probably already registered for this weekend's Baby Tattooville gathering happening in Riverside, California. Around 100 diehard fans…
Continue Reading →Ninja Cruise Update
Our boy Matthew Curry "” Spear Collective member, Grammy Award nominee, artist, occasional ad man and one-time vodka bottle designer "” has just updated his website, Ninja Cruise. Matthew's no stranger to the pages here; we've written about him a…
Continue Reading →The Shooting Gallery: Gallery Three
You know, a lot of galleries find it in their ad budget to brag about their amazing upcoming openings in Juxtapoz magazine. A bunch of talented artists are getting amazing exposure this way, and I think that's super. However, I…
Continue Reading →New Wants for Sale
Rock N' Roll deity Mick Jagger once sang the words, "You can't always get what you want." Justin Gignac and his girlfriend Christine, the masterminds behind Wants for Sale have shown the rock god to be fallible by proving the…
Continue Reading →Imaginary Foundation Art Prints
Twenty-first century surreal art pusher Imaginary Foundation is adding to its mondo-successful line of tees with the debut of a new art prints line, which takes the inspiring, progressive-thinking images and messaging that drive its apparel offerings and puts them…
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