The New Painting

Painting has been dead for years, but every now and then somebody trips over the rotting corpse and discovers that some sort of exquisite putrefaction has been taking place inside the lifeless carcass.  Case in point: check out the video above of the Graffiti Kings painting murals of Johnny Knoxville and Dave Grohl at London's infamous graffiti hot spot, the Leake Street Tunnel.  The 10 ft x 20 ft pieces were created using two paintball guns, 1000 paintballs and 30 gas canisters.  Brushes and spray cans are so passe...

Space Program 2.0: MARS

In 2007 it was the moon landing and "encounters with the terrible sublime".  Now. for 2012 Tom Sachs promises us MARS.  To call this epic will no doubt prove to be an understatement.  We can hardly wait...

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