Press | July 2, 2015

Phil Hale featured on Beautiful Bizarre

The Dynamic Works of Phil Hale By Allie Schaitel Phil Hale has been involved in the contemporary art scene for a few decades now. His impressive resume shows he has had his hand in many creative endeavors including illustrations in magazines, book covers, portrait commissions, and gallery shows. Even without the knowledge of his success,... read more
Press | July 1, 2015

Dan Witz Teams up with PETA

Monkey Street Art Takes Aim at NIH Experiments Street artist Dan Witz has painted baby monkeys across the Washington, D.C., area in support of PETA’s protest against NIH experiments By Kelly Seegers A street art campaign by artist Dan Witz has left paintings of imprisoned baby monkeys scattered throughout the Washington, D.C., area. The artist... read more
Press | June 15, 2015

Trifecta Preview on Beautiful Bizarre

  TRIFECTA @ JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY How could I resist sharing with you an early “taste” of this brilliant exhibition featuring three amazing female artists, two of which have been featured in beautiful.bizarre, collage artist Handiedan (issue 004) and digital artist Mimi Scholz (issue 008). The third is traditional painter, Sandra Chevrier, whom is confirmed... read more
Press | May 19, 2015

Eloy Morales featured on 20 Minutos

   The "Self-Portrait – Heads" from Spanish realist painter Eloy Morales debut in New York Eloy Morales (Madrid, 1973) refers to a quote attributed to Freud to explain his thoughts on self-portraits, that now, we should call “selfies” by imposition of the pseudo cultural rules of the silicon. “All artworks are self-portraits even if you... read more
Press | May 19, 2015

Josh Agle (Shag) in Paper Magazine

  THE 12 NEW ART SHOWS TO SEE THIS WEEK By Gary Pini Jonathan LeVine Gallery (557 West 23rd Street) presents their fifth solo show, "All My Bones," with SoCal artist Josh Agle, aka SHAG, opening on May 14, 6 to 8 p.m. The paintings — in his distinct mid-century modern style — were inspired... read more
Press | May 13, 2015

Scott Musgrove Interview on Hi-Fructose

Exclusive Interview: Scott Musgrove Discusses Upcoming Solo Show, “Wilder” by Nathan Spoor  Nature and the creatures that inhabit its delicate world have always been a fascinating subject for Scott Musgrove (previously covered in HF Vol. 2, 8, 24 and online). With a big solo exhibition coming up at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York on... read more
Press | May 12, 2015

ROA’s Mural featured on Juxtapoz

  ROA GOES BIG IN JERSEY CITY World traveler ROA has been in the East for a few weeks now, as his show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery was up and now he is painting murals. This one is a building sized piece in Jersey City, with some nice industrial vibes to go with it. Our... read more
Press | May 1, 2015

Dan Witz featured on VICE

  Under the Influence: New York Hardcore In the first episode of our series Under the Influence, we go from the streets of the Lower East Side all the way to South Korea to examine one of the most distinctive genres to sprout from the concrete of New York City: hardcore. Along the way, we’ll... read more
Press | April 14, 2015

Fuco Ueda featured on Spoon & Tamago

 Surreal and Morbid Paintings of Women by Fuco Ueda The girls who appear in Tokyo-based artist Fuco Ueda’s paintings are, in a single word, mysterious. They appear in surreal situations and seem to embody complicated emotions like guilt, aggressiveness, independence, and a subtle seductive eroticism. The girls are often accompanied by colorful flora or fauna.... read more
Press | April 14, 2015

ROA featured on Huffpost Arts & Culture

A Visit With Street Artist ROA, Readying For ‘Metazoa’  By Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington  Co-Founders, BrooklynStreetArt.com It’s unusual to capture a ROA inside. He is usually running free outdoors with the wildlife, climbing walls over multiple continents, perched within the industrialized margins of cities and rustling around the overgrown brush of rural regions. By... read more