TWIGGY

Posted on 2009-07-06

A new display at the National Portrait Gallery will celebrate Twiggy’s 60th birthday and the publication of a new photographic biography of her life. One of the best-known and most respected models of all time Twiggy has worked with many of the world’s leading photographers and a selection of the most iconic and important of these portraits will be on show at the Gallery.

Opposite – Twiggy, 1967 by Ronald Traeger, Cibachrome print from a transparency of a vintage print © Tessa Traege

The National Portrait Gallery
St Martin’s Place
London
WC2H 0HE
UK

www.npg.org.uk

  

WOODSTOCK

Posted on 2009-07-06

Four decades on from the festival that shook the world, Idea Generation Gallery celebrates the anniversary of Woodstock with an exhibition of amazing photographs, all taken from the artist-endorsed, limited edition multi media package; Woodstock Experience, published by Genesis Publications. Featuring over 200 photographs by official Woodstock photographer Henry Diltz, and unseen and unpublished images by a star-struck but quick-witted teen photographer Dan Garson, Woodstock Experience provides a visual trip through these legendary days in a field in upstate New York.

This exhibition runs until August the 30th, 2009

Idea Generation Gallery
11 Chance Street
London
E2 7JB
UK

www.ideageneration.co.uk

  

BORN IN THE STREETS

Posted on 2009-07-06

The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presents Born in the Streets—Graffiti, on view from July 7 to November 29, 2009. Occupying the entire gallery space of the Fondation Cartier, as well as the building’s façade and surrounding garden, the exhibition brings to light the extraordinary development of an artistic movement that was born in the streets of New York in the early 1970s to rapidly become a worldwide phenomenon.

This exhibition runs until November the 29th, 2009

261, Boulevard Raspail
75014
Paris
France

fondation.cartier.com

  

EXIT LOVES RAFAEL

Posted on 2009-07-06

Streetcast by Joel Bough

  

EXIT LOVES STEPHANIE

Posted on 2009-07-06

www.stormmodels.com

  

KAWS V HAJIME SORAYAMA “NO FUTURE COMPANION”

Posted on 2009-07-06

The much anticipated collaboration of Kaws’ Original Fake label and Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama on the Companion toy has finally been announced. This exquisite figure will measure in at 33cm high and weigh 3kg. It fuses the iconic character of New York artist Kaws and the robotic sculptures of the Japanese artist. Expect this beauty to rid you of around $1000.00

www.original-fake.com