The upcoming book Forever: The New Tattoo edited by R. Klanten and F. Schulze documents tattoos that are still breaking new ground in a culture where the artform has gone mainstream. Any walk through Silverlake or Brooklyn (nevermind Nashville, Austin, Portland, San Francisco, etc etc) will quickly dispel the myth of the tattoo as symbol of […]

Renowned tattoo & graffiti artist Mike Giant has teamed up with Cannondale to create the Cannondale X Mike Giant Graffiti Bike, a one-off cycle to be auctioned for The Bahati Foundation. Their Giveback program works to inspire cycling in youth, which seems like a pretty solid charity — although when I was a kid, you […]

If you have been near, involved, curious or entrenched in the pop surrealism art scene that has exploded these past two decades, Juxtapoz magazine would be your bible and artists like Ron English, Todd Shorr and Robert Williams would be your spiritual guides. Matt Revelli, Editor of Juxtapoz and head man for Upper Playground has […]