Check out these previews of some of the work artist Dan May will have for his upcoming solo show at Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica.

The Black Heart Gang are a group of South African artists who have created a fantastic hand drawn animation, visually inspired by eastern art. SEE VISEO

OMA just won the 1st prize in the international competition to build the new Performing Arts Centre in Taipei. New approach to relationship between stage/seats to give more flexibility to experimental performances.

inkbrushnme is an online portfolio of Harshvardhan Kadam. He is an independent Art Director, concept artist and an comic book illustrator.

Dazed Digital has the trailer of the Polanski film for Greed and the full 60 second version will be shown exclusively there on 6th February ~ featuring Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman

Harley Davidson Presents The Art of Rebellion! It’s been a long time since any real rebel rocked a Harley Davidson motorcycle but we applaud the fact that this cultural icon is throwing its weight behind a truly cultural event. One night only, Feb 7th, Santa Monica!

Nyehaus brings Ping Pong to the table in this exhibition. Celebrities of the ping pong world will play matches against one other and with spectators on this mirrored regulation sized table by Rirkrit Tiravanija.

From January 21 to 25, the City of Angels welcomed the 14th annual Los Angeles Art Show. See some photos from the event.

Gilles Eichenbaum, also known as Garbage, is a Paris based designer and artist who melds antique household items into captivating light fixtures

The A'KIMONO LS2.0 Concept is a design study of a futuristic vehicle inspired by light sculptures which uses an artificial lighting system to make the exterior body surfaces visible at night. Designed by Teodor Kyuchukov.

Schulz's Beethoven: Schroder's Muse ~ an incredible sounding exhibition at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa ~ a chance to LISTEN to the passages in old Peanuts comics that appear above schroder ~ they aren't random!

Artist Leslie Mutchler's Hothouse is a post-apocalyptic greenhouse/campsite installation featuring a Le Corbusier model made of repurposed paper.

Paper toy creator and artist, Shin Tanaka, has teamed up with Asian-American pop culture magazine; Giant Robot, and with car manufacturer, Scion, in an effort to provide cut-out templates of Shin’s paper toys, in various issues of Giant Robot magazine…

THE ART SHANTY PROJECT ~ These are the d-icehouses on frozen medicine lake.

Some pieces of art by argentinean artist Agustina Hubert.

New print on Modern Wallz from artist Ben Grace

Awesome sketch from Cuson

Nobody Walks in LA is a cutting edge contemporary art event opening this Friday, Jan23.2009. in BARCELONA. Exhibiting more than 20 top Los Angeles artists in Barcelona for the first time. Thru Feb10,2009.

ilovedust have released their stunning Bike Series of prints at ClickforArt.com. Even available as 2m x 1m canvases.

New Heinz label in 2009

Artist Alejandro Chavetta creates collages from a combination of vintage source paper and digital images reworked, printed, and cut out on vintage paper, mounted in small industrial windows. From the series PInt 'Picture I never took'

eBoy has an incredible backlit exhibition of pixel wonderlands in Barcelona at ROJO@artspace

FEATUREDManifest Hope: DC part 2.... here are my favorites from the many artworks (another 30 pics or so!) ~ and full gallery coming soon...

Andrew Wyeth, painter of Christina's World, amongst others, has passed away at the age of 91. The Times has an article about his life.

Original 1961 Playboy article about the masters of design.

My Dot Drops ~ Customizable luggage by Jump and Artoyz.

Washington Post's Philip Kennicott has a great article looking at the Obama portrait by shepard fairey ~ and the subtleties and what it may say about things in the long run...

Controversial and hilarious artwork depicting Europe. Art installation commissioned by the Czech Republic: provocative, funny, relevant, creative - everything art should be.

Zipper platter will have you come undone! Interesting pieces by ceramic artist/designer Lilach Lotan, of British Columbia, Canada.

Limited edition. The seraphine cage is forged by artisans using a sparkling metal cutting technique. Inspired by the Versailles gardens of the sun King, it is meant to be a small piece of paradise on earth.

Excellent speed-drawing from Public Spirit. Creates a machine in minutes. Follow for video.

Last weekend, artists, photographers, gallerists, and collectors flocked to Los Angeles for Photo LA 2009. More images from the art exposition can be seen here.

New project by polopgraphic is an illustration for 'Mar Abella', electronic music artist from Barcelona check it out!

cibins: new stylish outdoor cigarette bin available in stainless steel and powder coating mix (grey&black).

Wizard People, Dear Readers. The utterly hilarious unauthorized 're-telling' of the first Harry Potter movie by artist Brad Neely. Not to be missed, can be downloaded (free) and played as a voice over with the movie on mute.

One of the greatest artist of our time, also did the Album covers for Dance Gavin Dance

Engrave Your Book is back with new artist's series Moleskine jackets - designed by Justine Ashbee, Dan Funderburgh, Option-G and Jesse Hora, to name a few.

Melbourne/San Franciscan artist Luke Feldman aka Skaffs introduces his first modern fairytale for children (and grown-ups alike) with accompanying figurines.

Rodrigo LEVEL is an awesome artist!!!

ClickforArt.com. There is a 20% OFF with code JANUARYSALE at the checkout to receive the discount. These cracking faux suede feather filled pillow and cushion by Artist Jules.

I've been a big fan of a local artist, David Baker, for a long time. His figures are beautiful.

The cabinet lock keychain from New York artist, Alon Seifert.

Sausage & Mash in a cone. Great winter alternative to an ice cream cornet with mash, peas and gravy.

Sharikus - ornaments as only art lebedev can do them - so traditional yet subvsersively mine like

Mark Price’s works on paper present dark scenarios of technological chaos and deconstruction. Opening at GLOWLAB in NYC

Amazing dark paintings from Japan based artist Ryohei Hase.

Artist Hanna von Goeler has taken dollar bills and by painting upon them has created a whole new currency. See the series here as well as the 11 for sale at HANG gallery.

Gig Posters Volume I: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century is the brand new book featuring over 100 different poster artists. The book includes 101 perforated and ready-to-hang posters.

German-based artist, Andreas Nicolas Fischer, transforms scientific information into visual art. Stunning.

Vague Terrain 12: Device art is a collection of work by various machine artists as curated by Rob Cruickshank. Lots of info and eye candy here for electronics, hacking and interaction design enthusiassts.

Tattoo artist, Taren Meacham, displays his talents in the world of fine art.

Benedict Campbell is a professional CG artist. This covers numerous things such illustration, graphic design and photography.

FEATUREDAs promised, here's a close up look at the 8 exclusive artist designed Frankie's Tiki Room mugs as well as the adorable Tiki Stirrers, and the menu that has illustrations of all of the mug designs as well!

Artist John Kirchner uses his art as a means to bring attention to the material things our society holds reverence to. He takes Classic ideas and bastardizes them by implementing imagery of modern lifestyle such as the bookcase filled with wonder bread ...

FEATUREDFrankie's Tiki Room in Las Vegas ~ an incredible tiki bar with lots of lore and history behind it ~ and filled with gorgeous tiki artworks, sculptures, and exclusive tiki mugs made by some of our favorite artists!

A fancyful design for a feminine art museum in southern italy by Id-lab and Ghigos Ideas reviewed on Domus. An old building turned into an interactive and colorful environment. More info and pics on www.ghigos.com and www.interactiondesign-lab.com .

I can’t believe it took me this long to find the wonderful artwork of self-taught California artist Robert Connett. His surreal paintings are a lot like H.R. Geiger’s if he had a dollop of humor.

I am totally fascinated by Swiss Trompe L’oeil artist Felice Varini whom I just discovered. Don't be fooled by your first perception of this work. These are not photo rendered images, it is master craft!

Amazing series of Gothic inspired sculptures from Kevin Francis Gray. Pictured is the skull beaded curtain.

New steampunk goggles by crafter/artist Santi, from Russia.

Los Angeles artist Derek Albeck has his Solo Debut - "Its Just a Ride" - Opens next Saturday in Los Angeles.

From artist Jason Clay Lewis a 'Poison Buddha'. This piece is made with faux pearls, and on a more twisted note, also real poison.

U.K. based artist Jon Burgerman, best known for his great doodles, has created wallpaper for your home that you can color in or leave as is... We're getting some and inviting everyone over to help us out, as long as they color inside the lines!

new york based artist ebon heath makes typographic sculptures by cutting out paper letters and hangs them up on strings. unbelievable effort and great art.

Baby Phat makes a corset out of Doc Martens to celebrate the brand's 50th anniversary.

Conceptual tattoos from surrealist tattoo artist Jean Francois Palumbo.

Disney artist, Stef Kardos, is sketching with his iPhone. The miniature digital paintings were done using the Brushes iPhone app. I wasn’t convinced the iPhone would be a useful sketching tool until I saw these (see sketching video)

Limited edition print of 60 noses drawn from arrest photos by former NY forensic artist Shawn Feeney.

sametime715.com - A yearlong collaboration of photos at 7:15 from six different artists wrapped up on dec 28

Amazing picture by Bruce Yates named Cheshire Cat Grin.

"A futuristic designer(code name:Z)infiltrates the mega-design corporation headed by Commander C. Z battles designer drone army. No-holds barred action thrill ride, explosions, decapitations, martial arts mayhem."

Fantastic prints by Kazu Kibuishi. Very Miyazaki-esque, always a good thing! He really needs to setup his own website!

Artist Aurel Schmidt's "Supernatural" print is now available in a 6 Foot Long version. The detail is amazing.

New York City will soon be updating its streetlamps with new super-efficient LED units that stand to reduce the city's power usage by 25-30 percent.

ARTINFO's top 5 (actually, 6) stories from an exciting and turbulent year, including a photo gallery of some of the corresponding images like this one of Beijing's National Stadium.

Artwork submitted to the 2008 No Comply skateboard artshow is now online. Fantastic work from 70+ artists.

Strangely drawn to this "Peeling Impala" shirt by Das Monk ~ artwork by Tim Laing

Serbian born, Brooklyn based photographer Boogie's
incredible documentary photo work.

the work of the artist tony regazzoni: sculptural and sex laced. the young artist projects dynamic sexual tensions and beauty in form from his pieces. he's a french based up-and-coming artist

Great room drawings by artist Christine Rusche.

Brooklyn based artist Mu Pan and his Origamu.

French Art Director/Photographer Pierre Beteille (aka Monkeyman) said " I am not a photographer or an artist, I just make images ... I shoot very average or even bad photos that I try to improve thanks to Photoshop ..."

It's the 5th year of the exhibit of artist's interpretations of the traditional Christmas Tree at Germany's Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. Check out some of the best entries since the inception of the exhibit here.

Infamous London-based artist, Vinti Andrews, has developed quite a name for herself with switch-ups and custom apparel work. This time she’s created two life-sized pitbulls using Nike sneakers.

"Since her first exhibition of paintings in 1992, the Finnish born artist Mia Leijonstedt (b.1971) has pursued her interest in artist’s books and studied both traditional and modern bookbinding skills."

Australian artist Emma Hack's body art is just unbelievable. Her series in which she paints nudes against Florence Broadhurst wallpaper is really impressive.

Author and Artist Daniel Patrick Helmstetter has just released a brand new web platform for exploring his work and territories on the world wide web.

Vessels designed by Karim Rashid and made by serbian company Metalac.

A calendar designed for a stylish 2009, by artist Susan Connor of Susy Jack*. On recycled cover stock and printed with soy inks, they are eco-friendly and made in the U.S.A.

Gallery 1988's January show sounds incredible ~ "Under the Influence: An Official Tribute to Beastie Boys" - 100 participating artists

Most involved Augmented Reality video i just found ~ Next Wall's "Tagged In Motion" Project - Free Graffiti!!! ~ tracking graffiti artist DAIM in virtual space where he paints with the tracking codes and sees through a headset/monitor

Julie West letterpressed Artist's Series cards now available from Letter Pressed.

Tres Birds has some incredible inspiring architectural, artistic and interior installations/spaces!

Loving the new sculptural chair by dutch artist Parra!

The Brooklyn-based painter, Bettina Sellmann, digs deep and finds bolder, more conflicted work. In these intense, richly colored paintings, two opposing forces are at work: one of beauty and lyricism, and one seething with violence.

Leah Evans is a textile artist doing some innovative quilting. Each quilt features a map with intense, hand-sewn details that create abstracted patterns. The quilts map out imaginary places.

In "Skunk Hour" Seattle based artist Mike Simi captures your attention and has you wondering what will happen next. Be sure to watch the video!

Dutch artist Bart van Leeuwen (aka Im All Fake) Illustrations are just genius...

This complex NYC subway commission, three years in the making, features curved glass walls laced with silhouettes of trees, a marble mosaic topographic map of Manhattan, and imagery from nearby Battery Park.

Google Earth updates with Photo-Realistic 3D buildings, very impressive.

Seattle artist Parskid has 3 new Giclee prints of his vector illustration work available at Flatcolor.com.

The Indian Highway exhibition at London's Serpentine Gallery sees new and established Indian artists reflecting on the changes occurring in their country.

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen designed the newly relocated Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Ketchum, Idaho. Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, the building is designed to integrate into the woody surroundings.

Photographed by Stacey Evans, a detail from Harriet Arthur's "The Waiting Room," one of the light-centered art installations included in the Dec. 12 exhibition, "Let There Be Light," celebrating the upcoming winter solstice.

Amazing work by NY based Korean artist Jinyoung Shin - Jinyoung has developed a very unique* style strongly influenced by Japanese manga look but with a very decay feeling, very interesting and intense...

Wow - Julien de Smedt Architects' crazy proposal for the Mondri and Elano Hotel in Las Vegas. In most other locations it would be inappropriate, but in Las Vegas it is reminiscent of the big top circus tents and fits right in with Vegas' surreal architecture.

Pentagram's Angus Hyland designed this free bag for CassArt - how many well-known silhouetted artworks can you spot?

Created on the dome of the Human Rights room in the UN in Geneva, this gigantic multicolored canopy was designed by the renowned Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo.

Amazing knot & tangle sculptures in bronze by artist Joshua Harker

Artistic action imagined on the elevators of subway in Toulouse / France.

Hanna Backman designed the visual identity for these wines by Mont Tauch.

FEATUREDTequila, as art? Here's a closeup with the 1800 Tequila Essential Artists Bottles ~ and if you thought they were cool on billboards, they will blow your mind even more when you see them in person!

The Lunchbox Auction, by Gourmet magazine, is an online auction for hunger-relief organizations, featuring custom-designed lunchboxes by artists, chefs, and celebrities.

K6 is the brand new rib from Kardis shipyard. New ideas and solutions have been found in this project . Check it out!

"99 Denials" is the name of Belgrade artist Iva Musovic exhibition. On 99 photographs are 99 portraits pictured with long exposition. "I wanted to explore the denials of ordinary people", said Iva.

Superb veneer bows from artist Christine Tillman. Think of it as a bit of holiday cheer that can last all year without seeming cheesy. Handmade and very affordable.

Wonderful character-based vector work by 27-year-old German artist Aros.

Chronicle Books' artist postcard books are incredible, rounded corners, adorable, really nice thick stock, beautiful printing and 10$ for 30 cards! Just got the James Jean one (and have the crane and yamaguchi ones too!)

Listed by color depending on the major themes in international news, headlines of the New York Times from 1990 to 2005 were cut, then shortlisted by the artist AJ Bocchino, in order to form rolls of wallpaper. What a creative idea!

Yet again the guys from Uredd have managed to blow me away with their creative minds. This time it was Gaute and Ståle and mr Aasmund who went out in the streets of Trondheim to play with light.

Paul McCarthy's work ranges from intimate performance videos to spectacular public works - all without sacrificing its unnerving psychosexual tone. His most recent sculptural work is a Santa figure holding a tree-like butt plug.

Sigur Rós put out a delux edition of their fifth and latest album, Meó suó í eyrum vió spilum endalaust. The book is full of fun goodies, including 200 pages of artsy photos, a DVD shot in Super 8 of the band on the road and, of course, the CD of the album itself.

Scanners: R-Echos issue 2. A recent collection of articles on the topic of re-presentation/publication along with tools and devices to do so.

Grace Jones in chocolate - how the album cover artwork was made

Ashley G's new miniature porcelain artwork - already sold out since debuting yesterday!

Absolutely beautiful holiday-themed video for Stella Artois.

beautiful new installation at the Dior Homme store in Paris by young Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito. great photo gallery at Wallpaper!

Arcangelo Sassolino uses the language of energy. Yet not energy referred to in a new age kind of way, but real physical and mechanical energy.

A giant, firebreathing robot dog roams the streets of London! Courtesy of our steam-punk friends Mutoid Waste Company.

These massive falling Tetris block sculptures might be found somewhere on the streets of Australia.

Muju has an awesome felty entry in the United Nations of Cupco exhibition ~ where over 100 artist customized the dolls...

achariah Johnsen, is a young artist who specializes in watercolor, pen & ink, and mixed media works on paper.

'Trace a face' is a collaboration between konst & teknik and jonathan puckey. 13 fellow artist and designers were asked to trace a face using the 'delauney raster', a custom-written image vectorization tool for adobe illustrator by puckey.

Los Angeles artist James Jean's new book of illustrated covers from the famous series "Fables" is out and about and soon to be on my book shelf.

2009 Studio On Fire Calendar. Hair&Fur theme, editioned, 4-color letterpress, tree-free100% cotton stock. Featuring the work of artists Adam Garcia, Brian Gunderson, Rinzen, Justin Blyth, Clarimus.

FEATUREDBack to back giveaways today! NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #23 ~ Reform School is giving away one black viewmaster with a set of Vladmasters of your choice! Vladmaster = artistic handmade viewmaster reels!

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Ramdaq Photography.

Aislinn Leggett is a Montreal-based artist and photographer.

Graphic artist, Star RM, designs and distributes a new postcard artwork every month for subscribers to his Art of the Month Club. Enjoy tangy illustrations, photos of note, type explorations and other graphical candy.

Craft Hackers is a panel discussion among artists who use crafting techniques to explore high tech culture and the relationship between needlework and computer programming.

Designed by German artist Steffen Bauer for Crescent lighting, the Laluna fiber optic lamp connects to a bright halogen (which changes color with a turning color wheel) or color-changing LED light source.

Italian designers JVLT presented a collection of useless objects at gallery Spazio Libero during art fair Artissima in Turin, Italy, last month.

Toronto’s Resistor Gallery will open their latest exhibition, entitled “Domovo”, tonight. Featuring all-new work from artists Marek Colek & Pat Schewchuk, also known as Tin Can Forest.

An interesting article on the history behind studio logos