Rock the Bells 2012: The Old School Meets the New School

The annual Rock the Bells Festival returns, this time boasting a line up fusing both the old school and new school. Seasoned veterans scheduled to perform include: Nas, Method Man & Redman, Dipset, Ice Cube, Slick Rick, Prodigy, and Big Daddy Kane. While the present day stars included line up are: KiD CuDi, Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Tyga, 2Chainz and more. The festival will span...

DOZE GREEN ‘Luminosity in the Dark’ Exhibition @ the Jonathan LeVine Gallery NYC

Pop-surrealist artist DOZE GREEN returns to New York city with a new exhibition. Doze is beast known as a breaker from the legendary Rocksteady Crew. In recent years DOZE has continued to evolve his style through new forms and media and this new exhibition, organized in New York at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, is a little ‘back on the scene after some time spent away from the USA...

Barry McGee Solo Exhibition @ PRISM [Photo Recap]

Contemporary Californian artist Barry McGee returns to the PRISM gallery in Los Angeles with a second showing since MindTheGap in 2009. Largely comprising work created at the gallery, the solo exhibition captures McGee’s unique graphic sensibilities with its striking geometry, strong tones and distinctive characters. Through a lively site-responsive installation, the gallery...

Lisa Leone “THEN” Photo Exhibition @ HVW8 Art + Design Gallery [Los Angeles]

Photographer Lisa Leone was fully ingrained into the Hip Hop culture before the early days of MTV, sold out performances or mainstream radio play. Through her lens, Lisa Leone has documented Hip Hop’s history. “THEN” is a new solo show from Leone featuring those deeply personal photographs of pioneering names like Snoop Dogg, Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Wyclef Jean, A Tribe...

“Hard Summer” Mixtape by Nick Catchdubs of Fool’s Gold Records

Coinsiding with the fifth annual HARD Summer music festival held in Los Angeles, California, Fool’s Gold co-founder Nick Catchdubs has formulated a rather extensive mix to further promote his outlet’s stage. This year’s events will take place on August 3 and 4 and highlight a lineup of artists that includes Skrillex, Bloc Party, Boys Noize, Miike Snow, Nero, Bloody...

Frieze Art Fair 2012 NYC [Video]

Incase you missed it, the Frieze Art Fair was held in New York City last week featuring work from over 180 galleries around the world. This exhibition normally occurs in London. For its New York edition, the show was housed in a special bespoke structure created for this event by New York-based architecture firm SO – IL Architects. You can take a tour of the show in the video below...

#WDesign: An Instagram Exhibit at the W Hotel Times Square

The #WDesign Instagram Exhibition opened yesterday at the W hotel Times Square Skylobby featuring the works of several famous and influential Instagram photographers as well as the music of DJ Mick Boogie and complimentary drinks by Kannon Vodka. Instagramers such as @astrodub, @bridif, @cxcart,@johndeguzman, @newyorkcity, and @uptwoneastnyc were the featured photographers of the...

Shepard Fairey Printing “Harmony & Discord” at Pace Prints [Video]

Infamous street artist Shepard Fairey exemplifies the ‘hard-worker’ in this video. In preparation for his upcoming exhibition at Pace Prints, Fairey does double duty and attends both the Pace Paper studio in New York and the Watanabe Press in Brooklyn in order to create for the show. In this video short below, he shares some of his inspiration behind the art direction with regard...