After months of trying to make our new apartment 'just right' Carlos and I have finally gotten around to taking photos. We love our new spot and wanted to share the fruits of our labor! Check out all the photos!

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June 27th marked KAWS' first solo museum exhibition. The exhibit includes his most recent paintings, sculptures, and drawings, as well as a survey of his iconic street art, apparel, product and graphic designs.

I would have pictured this type of retrospective to be displayed at the Brooklyn Art Museum, MoMA, or even LACMA. It was very interesting to see the choice of venue for this exhibit. Never the less, it was nice to see it in a less hectic setting. You can check out all the photos that I took at the opening on my Flickr. Enjoy the photos and go see it in person now through the New Year!

Friday, June 4th marked the opening of "Disturbance in the Force" a Tribute to Star Wars at Hope Gallery. It was my first official show since I joined the HOPE crew and I couldn't be happier. We had over 65 pieces of artwork from artists including some of my favs like Joe Capobianco, Sket One and The Beast Brothers. We even had special appearance from the 501st Conn Squad!

You can see photos from the opening on the Hope Gallery Flickr

You can buy the artwork online at The Hope Gallery Shop and you can see it in person at the gallery through July 5th - so come on by!

Hope Gallery
835 Woodward Ave
New Haven, CT 06512

Tonight in SF was the opening of Scott C. and Nathan Stapley's latest show "Amicvs Monstrvm". I would have officially DIED to get my hands on "Drunk Frankenstein", but alas, at Scott campbell's prices they get swooped up quickly. I'm sure the others will get sold in no time, especially since the show is only up till the 18th!

If you aren't in the area you can check out the artwork on the Gallery 1998 site. I swear Scott's stuff is so fuckin cute it makes me wanna cry.

Amicvs Monstrvm
Gallery 1988 SF
Open now through May 28th

Faile and Bast have completely outdone themselves with their latest installation "Deluxx Fluxx Arcade 2010". 158 Allen Street in NYC has been completely transformed into an street art game room with 10 standing arcades and a black light room with a neon foosball table in the back.

The cabinets (which used original hardware from the 80s and early 90s) were painted and plastered with posters by the artists. Then, Adapted Studio in Brooklyn translated their artwork into a set of 40 game-like interactive pieces and Les Savy Fav supplied the accompanying music. You've got games that allow you to interact with artwork via wheels, joysticks, buttons, and guns. You can even buy custom tokens though a coin machine to take you to special levels or just to take home as a keepsake.

It's such a relief to go to an artists' event where you can interact with the art, actually touch it and have fun. Too much now a days art shows are very sterile and leave little for the fans to take home as an 'experience', but Faile and Bast have taken that concept to the extreme in this amazingly original and completely addictive concept. So thank you guys for not being boring, seriously, thank you.

Deluxx Fluxx Arcade
158 Allen Street in NYC
Open now through May 27th

For more photos of the installation visit My Flickr