getting fed up with the cold, creepy weather? then pack yr bags & head up to the favorite winter meeting place for the international art world! art basel miami beach takes place from dec 2-5 2010, surrounded by many other satellite fairs, events & initiatives, amongst which: scope miami, pulse miami, the sticker wall @ wynwood walls, new image art showing neck face, cleon peterson, os gemeos, judith supine, skullphone & more great folks @ ‘now i remember‘ @ cafeina, etc…
(photo by fliker_2000)

created by db burkeman & published by rizzoli, the publication is a massive chronicling of the history of sticker culture, with more than 4000 images and 30 contributing writers including martha cooper, stanley donwood, shepard fairey, carlo mccormick, clayton patterson, stephen powers and swoon.
available as paperback or as a limited, numbered hardcover deluxe boxed edition, including a folder pack of 23 exclusive die-cut stickers, many signed by the artist.
source: the fantastic ‘art collectors‘ blog, where u can also read an interview with db burkeman.

jonathan wateridge, who paints realistic genre subjects on a large scale (see above), is among six artists, now working with all visual arts (ava).
ava, the brainchild of hedge fund billionaire mike platt and art dealer joe la placa, provides artists with an alternative way of financial backing and sales of their work. sounds great (read the article in guardian & london evening standard); interested artists are nevertheless advised to ‘read the small print’ on the ava contracts.
(hat tip rick b)

if you follow this blog, you know we have a weak spot for inflatables. no wonder we love this life size inflatable replica of the artist’s 1977 smokey & the bandit trans am. more work of this sf based artist on his website & flickr.

the must-see nyc show of the moment opened yesterday @ swiss institute. rita ackermann and harmony korine show for the first time their collaborative work. expect paintings, drawings and two movies. a celebration & tribute to unorthodox and mischievous beauty. it sucks not to be in nyc!
(check the ever present artobserved for coverage of the opening)