Street Art Goes Global, Introducing The ImageBlog, Shepard Fairey In Space... And More!

March 21, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Street Art Goes Global Maybe you are familiar with the names of American street art's key players, from Barry McGee to Swoon, but can you name the equivalent artists revamping the streets of Chile, Egypt or Palestine? A new series from MOCAtv titled "Global Street Art" will pick up where "Art in the Streets" left off, providing a virtual tour of the world's most colorful urban canvases -- from Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Libya and Palestine. Continue reading... INTRODUCING... Shepard Fairey's Art Headed For Space The Mona Lisa Of Kitsch Sells For $1.5 Million LOOK: Action Heroes Reveal Thumbs, Not Guns There Is No 'Next Bjork' Artist Invites You To Try On A Burqa From David Jones To Ziggy Stardust WATCH: This Photorealistic Drawing Is Astounding LOOK: Action Heroes Reveal Thumbs, Not Guns Former Prima Ballerina: Bolshoi Ballet Was A 'Huge Brothel' WATCH: This Photorealistic Drawing Is Astounding KIMBERLY BROOKS One Small Step...Introducing the ImageBlog I'm thrilled today to unveil and launch the ImageBlog, a communal platform for artists from all over the world to share and engage. Featured artists submit images of their work -- in whole, in detail, or in progress -- with a caption of any length, but unlike a blog, the image is paramount. Continue reading... NORMAN LEAR None of My Business -- Or Is It? We veterans of WWII and everyone who remembers Eisenhower, this gentle man with the giant fist, the president who kept us out of conflict after conflict, often against the advice of those around him, have an investment in how he is remembered. Continue reading... PETER TURNLEY In Memory: The War in Iraq, Ten Years on (Slideshow)  Continue reading... EDWARD JACOBS Synagogue Design: Beyond Lions, Tablets and Stars of David (PHOTOS) So many of our synagogues rely on standard themes presented without subtlety and depth. They are immediately recognizable, instantaneously comprehensible and completely unambiguous. It may be that their ubiquity is precisely the problem. Continue reading... ROXANE ASSAF Opera vs. the Economy: Verismo 2.0 Pulls 'Wildcard' Verismo 2.0 cleaves to a motto of feasibility. Opera with full orchestra is exciting for a singer and alluring for a producer. But small companies have been brought to ruin by the insistence upon this luxury. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003