Watch: Lady Gaga Performs While Being Showered With Green Vomit

Is it art, or some sick sexual extremism? During a live performance at SXSW last night, pop star Lady Gaga, let someone puke all over her.

Photos: Food Art and More By Artist Dimitri Tsykalov

Russian born Paris based Artist Dimitri Tsykalov can turn anything edible and basically everything else into amazing works of art. His amazing work has been seen at some of the major art shows/fairs. Check out some of  his crafty creations from meat masks to fruit skulls and wooden skins.

Someone paid $575k for This Kissing Cops Painting

from Reuters:

Reuters reported that Kissing Coppers, his iconic picture of two kissing “British Bobbies,” sold at Fine Art Auctions Miami on Tuesday for $575,000, at the lower end of its estimate. Last week in London, Banksy’s sculpture Happy Shopper (2009) fetched £506,500 ($831,691) at Phillips’ Contemporary Art Evening Sale, more than twice its low estimate. According to artnet’s price database, this was the third most expensive Banksy work ever sold at auction (the current record is for his 2007 Keep it Spotless painting, which shows a maid pulling up a Damien Hirst-like spot painting like a curtain).

Video: Architect Charlotte Perriand's Louis Vuitton Beach House

Eighty years ago, French architect Charlotte Perriand started designing prefabricated homes. Perriand was one of the first female architects, designers, and planners who made a name for herself. This year at Art Basel in Miami Beach Charlotte's daughter Pernette Perriand and Perriand historian Jacques Barsac built one of Charlotte's uncompleted homes, La Maison au Bord de l'Eau. The home built in South Beach, which will be sold, was sponsored by Louis Vuitton, which modeled its 2014 collection after Charlotte.

source›› artinfo

Meet 13-Year Old #StreetArt Wiz #Kid #SkylerGrey

Skyler Grey is one of the youngest artists around today. His unique creations sell for a minimum of $6,000 and can be seen in galleries all over the country and around the globe. His fan base is made up of some of today's biggest music and film stars. Fans include, Diddy, Ashlee Simpson rapper the game and actor/singer Evan Ross.

Grey’s work has been showcased at Graffik Gallery in London and Trace Gallery in Switzerland, and now the Baldwin Hills native is preparing to unveil his first solo show Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Lab Art Gallery, which draws huge crowds despite being located on the corner of La Brea Ave. and 2nd St. rather than tony Melrose Ave. He’s been commissioned by The Game to reinterpret his controversial album cover for “Jesus Piece,” as well as create pieces for Diddy’s girlfriend Cassie and Ashlee Simpson, who wants one made for her young son Bronx. All are expected to attend the show along with Evan Ross, the son of Diana Ross.

source›› The Wrap

#JayZ Fronts #Time Magazine's Annual #Time100 Issue

Jay Z is one of Time magazine's most influential people in the world along with other influentials like Christina Aguilera, Miguel, Frank Ocean, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Michelle Obama and others. The piece on Jay Z was written by non other than Mayor Mike Bloomberg who says "Jay Z embodies so much of what makes New York New York".The richest mayor in America pens a piece about the most famous rapper in the world. My, how far Mr. Carter has come.

See the full list at Time.com

#Men's #Designer Walter Van Beirendonck Kills at #DallasContemporary

Belgian men's designer Walter Van Beirendonck  wowed at Dalls Contemporary with his “Lust Never Sleeps,”presentation , a mixture of his fall 2012 and spring 2013 collections.

...A mishmash of voodoo talismans, fetishistic masks, leather, and piebald suits that evoked the sex-addled primitivism of proto-cubist Picasso. If his fall show stroked our lower chakras, Van Beirendonck’s spring collection, titled “Silent Secrets,” explored clandestine ritual, mixing freemason regalia with mad-hatter suiting and Folkert de Jong’s wonky ruffled collars.

source: AI

A #Woman's #Life In Stages, In #Photos

20 yr old French photographer Alexandra Sophie wows in her latest photo art masterpiece which shows a woman via her womanly regions going through the various stages of her life.  More at Flavorwire.com

Watch: 5,000 Manhattan Pay Phones Turned Into Time Machines Taking Listeners Back to 1993

Watch: The Making of "Watch The Throne"

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Perhaps one of the most talked about collaborations in hip hop history, Jay Z and Kanye West's "Watch The Throne" came and conquered like both artists knew it would. Now two of the world's biggest rappers are taking fans,critics,friends and family behind the scenes of the making of Throne.

Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne (Documentary) (2011)

Kanye's Gift to Father Carter

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If published reports are correct, then Jay Z cleaned up big for father's day. First his wife Beyonce bought him a $40 million Jet (this has not been confirmed) and now we hear his protege and rhyme partner Kanye West bought him a $34k solid gold Divora Skull with 1,680 star-cut red topaz gemstones.

Kanye wanted to see the look on his best friend’s face when he opened the gift, so he allegedly charted a private jet to hand deliver the gift.

source: AHH

Fashion Illustrations by Floyd Grey

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Straight outta Kuala Lumpur Floyd Grey is a fashion illustrator. The man has an eye for fashion and art and blends the two in his many powerful drawings. Here he captures not only the sharp lines and cuts of high fashion, but the curves and perfection of the beautiful creatures we all know as women.

source: Beautiful Decay

Boston's Tea Party Museum Reopening For Election Year

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In a case of perfect timing or total coincidence, Boston's Tea Party Museum will reopen just in time for the election year.

The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum is set to open its doors to the public on Tuesday. The facility closed about 11 years ago following a fire, according to a report in the Patriot Ledger newspaper. The museum, which first opened its doors about 40 years ago, received a $28-million loan from the state of Massachusetts, and has expanded its cultural offerings, including 3-D holograms that depict scenes of colonial struggles. 

source: LA Times

Art Insiders and Followers React to $120 Million Scream Sale

BY ART + TIMES:

So yesterday a shy deep pocketed individual dropped $120 million on "The Scream" an almost 120 year old painting basically paying $1 million for each year the painting has been around. With a major sale like this in the art world, comes many opinions, from art world insiders to art followers and lovers, and yesterday's sale saw an explosion across the social mediasphere. Some even questioning the math on the sale.

Robin Bew, Chief Economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit says of the $120 million: “That’s what massive global liquidity injections do to asset prices!” But it’s not just asset prices. The forward value of businesses are also being overestimated. Rakesh Agrawal ‏ of Venture Beat nailed that: “The Scream sells for 0.119 Instagrams. Pricey on a per-image basis. Few simultaneous uniques.” I’m not sure about the maths there.

Here is the animated version of The Scream by Sebastian Cosor:


source: Forbes

Naked Madonna Up For Sale

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Madonna is about to find out how much her 1990 sexiness is worth. A nude photo of the material girl has hit the auction block at Bonhams and is expected to fetch a modest amount between $5,000 and $7,000.

"Madonna" features the pop icon lying on her back, naked on a bed with a sheet loosely covering her nether regions. Her platinum blonde hair is in a mess of curls on her head, her eyes heavily doused with makeup. She stares directly into the camera while smoking a cigarette. It's provocative, it's sexy, it's direct -- everything Madonna was going for at the time. Despite the many evolutions of Madonna then and since, her "sex" phase was arguably the most memorable.

 source: Huffpo

Middle Eastern Art Market Continues Rise Above The Smoke and Rubble

BY ART + TIMES:
Parts of the Middle East may be in constant turmoil due to blooming revolutions and endless wars. But the people and culture remain strong. The art market in the region seems to be unfazed by all that is happening as you read this, thanks to global and local art collectors grabbing every worthy piece of work they can. Collectors are snapping up works by Iranian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian, and Egyptian artists at art fairs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, galleries in Tehran, New York, and London, and auctions in London and Dubai. 

With 91 percent of works sold in last night’s offering, prices soared above estimates for several pieces, including Mahmoud Said’s “Marsa Matrouh” ($602,000 against a $250-300,000 estimate) and “Regeneration” by Lebanese painter Saliba Douaihy (1915-1994) deaccessioned by the North Carolina Museum of Art and purchased by an “International private collector” (according to Christie’s) for $278,000 – more than double its $120,000 high estimate, and an auction record for the artist). Also notable was the sale of Turkish artist Azade Koker’s “And It Was My Life That Was Flowing Slowly,” a photocollage tribute to Camille Claudel, for $86,500.

source: Forbes

And Now, Dog Portraits by William Wegman

BY ART + TIMES: 
A man, his dog and his camera:

It was while he was in Long Beach that artist William Wegman got his dog, Man Ray, with whom he began a long and fruitful collaboration. Man Ray, known in the art world and beyond for his endearing deadpan presence, became a central figure in Wegman’s photographs and videotapes. In 1981, Man Ray died. It was not until 1986 that Wegman got a new dog, Fay Ray, and another collaboration began marked by Wegman’s extensive use of the Polaroid 20 x 24 camera.

source:Trendland

Cig Art!

BY ART + TIMES: 
They could kill you, but cigarettes when in the hands of creative minds, can also be a work of art.

An innovative anti-smoking campaign from Iris Amsterdam and Stivoro, the Dutch tobacco-control agency, uses cigarettes as art to ask: What are you giving up to smoke?Three prints are pictures  composed of thousands of cigarettes, illustrating the Pyramids, a shopping spree and motorcycles.

source: adage

Up Close and Personal With Rico The Zombie

BY ART + TIMES: 
Rick Genest -aka- Rico the zombie is a walking piece of art. But like every piece of art there is a story behind him and how he came to be Rico the Zombie. In this video the man gets personal, sharing bits on his battle for life against a brain tumor and how people didn't know how to process his appearance. Now thanks to numerous cameos in music videos, print ads, magazines and other media, Rico is enjoying fame and remains as humble as they come. German photographer Nadine Elfenbein got up close and personal with Genest exposing the normal man underneath all that impressive ink.

Yves Saint Laurent Invades Denver Art Museum

BY ART + TIMES: 
Fashion and art, art and fashion. They are related and more and more fashion houses continue to drive that fact home with some of their most famous creations on display in museums and galleries around the globe.

The Denver Art Museum is hosting a retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent's designs, from his avant-garde gowns to his artist-inspired ensembles. The collection features tributes to Matisse, Mondrian, Wesselman and Van Gogh, showing a seamless transition from the canvas to the human form. The exhibition spans 40 years, offering a selection of 200 haute couture garments along with photographs, drawings and films.

source: HP