Cedar Lewisohn has written the first account of Street Art, tracing its history from cave painting through to the vibrant art emerging today on the walls of London, Madrid and Sao Paolo, via Brassai’s photographs of 1920s Paris and Basquiat and Haring’s New York.

The book is illustrated with over 120 colour photographs of street art from around the world, containing interviews with leading street art proponents of the last three decades, including Henry Chalfant, Lady Pink, Blek le Rat, Mode 2, Barry McGee (Twist), Shephard Fairey (Obey), Futura 2000 and Os Gemeos.

Pre-order this book at Amazon (Available Sept. 17, 2008)

Teddy over at Popdrawer has the report on the San Diego Comic-Con which went down last week. The annual geek-fest features artists, prints, toys, and t-shirts. Artists that showed up this year include Jeff Soto (who was signing his brand spanking new book Storm Clouds), Gary Baseman, Tara McPherson and Joey Chou (Teddy’s favorite discovery).

Check out Teddy’s report

Artist Lena Gieseke has re-created Picasso’s 1937 landmark painting Guernica as a 3D movie using Maya, Shake and Photoshop. Guernica was Picasso’s response to the Nazi bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Lena was inspired by jigsaw puzzles of famous paintings, which force you to explore artwork examining details your eye might not have caught otherwise. View the movie ».

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I always love peeking at art collection installations, and stumbled upon an amazing one the other day. Leah over at More Ways to Waste Time has a virtual tour of the home of San Francisco art collectors Donald and Philip. Their collection includes pieces by Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, David Huffman and Christina Empedocles. It’s like a photo essay mash-up ripped from the pages of Dwell and Artforum … be prepared to drool.

Click here to check out it out

The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery hosts a BYO brown bag lunch discussion this Wed. July 23, 12 - 1p with Bay Area artist Tiffany Bozic and her husband Jack Dumbacher, Curator of Birds and Mammals at the California Academy of Sciences.

Tiffany and Jack will talk about their shared interests in adventure travel, strange animals, and unique intersections between art, politics and nature. Gallery Director and curator Meg Shiffler will moderate this sure to be lively discussion.

The SFAC gallery is located at 401 Van Ness Avenue (Veterans Building), San Francisco