25-year-old graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani is one of the handful of Afghan “art activists” who have been taking to the streets of Kabul to paint political pieces around the war-torn city. Her motivation is to bring art to Afghanistan and get people thinking. Before graffiti, the self-taught artist served as an associate professor of sculpture at Kabul University. Shamsia has traded traditional art for spray cans and ... Read More

Despite the sunny, but still freezing weather, the Vernal Equinox is here, and many New Yorkers are about to be on Spring Break! While we may not be ready to party Panama City style, there are a few ways to imbibe, hang with your homies, and maybe even spend some of that hard-earned cash on new Spring goodies. Grab your iPod, throw on the new JT, and check out this week's NYC events. First stop - Accessorize. In honor of the impending ... Read More

INCORRIGIBLE is a super eclectic group exhibition happening this week in NYC. The featured artists work with tons of different mediums, so you’re pretty much guaranteed to see something that’ll fascinate the pants off of your gallery-going self. But also because the emerging underground artists are showcasing some amazing, provocative work. There’s Adel Souto, a multi-talented zinester who’s interviewed the likes of ... Read More

Since 1993, artist Nina Katchadourian has been reworking books and their titles in her own ongoing visual and literary art project entitled Sorted Books.  Katchadourian combs through books, pulling particular titles and grouping books together to form short sequences of titles that can be read together.  She collects books from different places, ranging from private homes to public collections.  As Katchadourian states on her ... Read More

When some gross dude on the street yells at you on the street, calling you “baby” or telling you you’re looking fine or some crap like that, it’s hard to think of a good response. (I usually awkwardly avoid eye contact and start powerwalking away.) Tatyana Fazlalizadeh has created art installations that say what we’re thinking when that shit happens. Fazlalizadeh is a prolific artist who has worked with several ... Read More