D.I.Y. Damien Hirst

Thanks to iArtist London, for under a hundred bones you can recreate Damien Hirst's crystallized skull in the comfort of your own home. The company's boxed sets allow aspiring artists to make their own copies of works by Hirst, Banksy and more. Arts and crafts just got a whole lot cooler.
This post is courtesy of my dear Dana who wrote about the kits for Refinery29 today!

Banksy in the Big Apple

Did anyone really think Banksy would embark on a cross-country promotional tour without hitting up the street art capital of the continent? So far, pieces have been spotted in TriBeCa and Dumbo. If there's anyone who hasn't seen his new flick, Exit Through the Gift Shop, well, what are you waiting for?
Photos courtesy of ANIMAL

Houston gets Fairey-fied

Image courtesy of Wooster Collective

The wall space on the corner of Bowery and Houston which famously sported a Keith Haring mural (and was more recently replaced by the work of Brazilian artist-twins Os Gemeos) is undergoing yet another transformation. Shepard Fairey (he of the OBEY line and the now-infamous Obama HOPE poster) has created a promotional piece for his upcoming show at Deitch Projects called May Day. This will be the gallery's last show before closing, so Jeffery Deitch can take over L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art. The mural also happens to be directly across the street from the Landmark Sunshine Cinema, currently screening Banksy's "Exit Through the Gift Shop," which features Fairey. You've got six months to ogle this piece, just blocks away from the spot where Fairey once tagged walls - back when street art was, you know, illegal.

Banksy on film

The anonymous British street artist known as Banksy is giving the public a glimpse behind the aerosol can with his new movie, "Exit Through the Gift Shop." The film premiered at Sundance but didn't appear anywhere on the festival's cataloge. Nobody knows its director's identity. Still, it is already a smash hit that has generated as much buzz as his usually political, often tongue-in-cheek pieces of art. In characteristic guerrilla fashion, Banksy plastered buildings and boxes in Park City and Salt Lake City last week, working at night so as to remain invisible. Here's the trailer - see if you can figure out what the hell this thing is about, and why Rhys Ifans (the crazy roommate from "Notting Hill") is narrating: