Johnathan Levine Gallery has announced their participation in Art Miami they will be exhibiting at Scope Art Fair and Aqua Art Fair. Booth 370 at Scope Art Fair JLG will be a Solo exhibition by Shepard Fairey. And at Aqua they will be presenting two booths. Booth 7 works by Ray Caesar, Xiaoqing Ding and Adam Wallacavage, and Booth 8 a solo exhibition by WK Interact.

What does that mean for TWBE readers? The Enablist is making a brief detour on his return trip from his vacation to head down to Miami to cover the entire event and party scene. So hopefully his battery is charged and we will have a lot of loot following the opening night for you to see. In the meantime check out our interview with Ray Caesar.

“One of the things I’ve learnt as I’ve got older, about movements and working with other people, is that in pop culture particularly, but in any of the arts, it’s almost more important to define yourself by what you’re against than by what you’re for.”

A transcript of guitar legend Johnny Marr’s November 4 lecture at University of Salford entitled “Always from the Outside: Mavericks, Innovators and Building Your Own Ark” can be found here.

Above image via Spiegel Online

You have ink on your arm’s now on your plates. Designed by Paul Timman inspired by irezumi, the traditional Japanese tattooing style.  Timman is a tattoo artist in LA by trade; his work appears on Angelina Jolie and Mark Wahlberg.

Via:designspotter

“Adriean Koleric is putting together an exhibition called Herd: rat-ATAT-touille, based on a group of refurbished AT-AT toys from 1981. The herd also stars in related graphic depictions. The artist wants to bring out how pop culture influences art and design today, as he was more inclined to look at these pieces as art rather than mass-produced consumer objects when he was growing up. The exhibition is a salute to the nameless, faceless product designers who unknowingly inspired many artists to come.”

Via:Moco Loco

Big ups to Elbow Toe, stay up and stay art.

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photo: Jake Dobkin