Located in Leeds, Canal Mills has welcomed and celebrated all forms of artistic expression since its inception in September 2012. Together with curators Unit44, Canal Mills is pleased to announce its first permanent installation: an exhibition from acclaimed muralist Phlegm. The bizarrely cartoony but hauntingly enchanting mural from …
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Now in its third year, the Moniker Art Fair – sponsored by Boxfresh – returns to the Village Underground this week; running from the 11th to 14th of October.
The event is set to be focused on installations this time round and will feature the work of a wide number …
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Tags: 2012, art, G-Shock, Hush, jorge rodriguez-gerada, ludo, Luke Chueh, mark mcclure, moniker art fair, nancy fouts, Pakpoom Siliphan, pam glew, Remi Rough, Village Underground
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Lisa is an American skateboarder and founder of the Girls Skate Network, a website where you can find all things about women in skateboarding. Lisa explains the origins and purpose of the website, her childhood and skateboarding, as well as giving her opinions as to why the industry is …
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Tags: Elissa Steamer, etnies, female, girls skate network, Lisa Whitaker, pro, Skateboarding, skatepark, skaters, skating, Tony Hawk, women
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Dutch footwear brand HUB have joined forces with street artists Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas, aka Haas & Hahn, for the first in a series of documentaries inspired by the company’s ‘Challenge the Obvious’ motto.
The 30-minute short film, which documents Urhahn and Koolhaas’ endeavours to utilise art as …
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Tags: Dre Urhahn, graffiti, Haas&Hahn, HUB Footwear, Jeroen Koolhaas, philadelphia, rio, rio de janeiro, Street Art
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Inspired by a resurgent skate community and a series of exciting projects, we dispatched our Culture Correspondent Nina Hoogstraate to investigate the other side of skateboarding – the women. Were they (as with other sports) sidelined as per tradition, or did skateboarding offer a forward-thinking and equality-driven environment in which …
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Tags: Action Sport Alliance, Amelia Brodka, And What?, As If, Ben Powell, Elissa Steamer, Erika Kinast, Frauke Meyn, girls skate network, hoopla, Jenna Selby, Lisa Whitaker, Mimi Knoop, Patti McGee, Peggy Oki, Rogue Skateboards, sidewalk, sidewalk magazine, skateboard, Skateboarding, Skateistan, skaters, skating, Underexposed, women
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Vivi in Stile (iTunes / Google play), the lifestyle app, is an Italian style guide brought to you by Peroni Nastro Azzurro. Discover the best your city has to offer, from award winning restaurants and hidden coffee bars to exclusive events, galleries and openings. Vivi in Stile helps …
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Tags: Android, aperitivo, app, city, explore, giorgio locatelli, google play, guide, iphone, Italy, london, milan, nicola batavia, Peroni, peroni nastro azzurro, vivi in stile
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PlanetNotion sits down for a chat with artist Maximilian Wiedemann about graffiti, fame and why Miami is the best place on Earth for street art.
Planet Notion: Where did you grow up?
Maximilian Wiedemann: I grew up in Düsseldorf, Germany
PN: What, or who, influenced you to pick up a
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Tags: art, graffiti, Maximillian Wiedemann, media, Street Art
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This Spring 2012 sees the infamous and elegantly sharp and smart brand of Lacoste embrace New York City and all its talents. Creating a campaign for SS12 with photographer Mark Hunter (aka. The CobraSnake), 3 ‘soon to be big’ young creatives are being photographed and street casted in Brooklyn. It …
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Tags: 2012, Brooklyn, campaign, fashion, Lacoste, Lacoste L!ve, Mark Hunter, new talent, news, NYC, photography
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Brighton this year is set to hold the biggest visual arts festival at Pheonix in May! Hurrah! Not only do we love anything weird, wonderful and arty farty here at NOTION, but we also enjoy changing places from London once in a while. So this time it’s on the beautifully …
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Tags: art, brighton, creative, David Batchelor, festivals, HOUSE 2011, HOUSE 2012, installations, may 2012, Pheonix, visual arts
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“I was on my way back from deepest Narnia the other morning”
Hello you sunny bunch, sorry no speak for a while. I have been drinking strange brews from a polariscope glass in a galaxy far, far away. However I’m back now. Cosmic caravan has been parked up for now. So how’s …
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Tags: graffiti, Seeds, Street Art, the Wick, tramp ahead, Watching Paint Dry
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