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Learning To Love Banksy

GOD, we've heard so much about Banksy this week. Yes, you know he's the supersecret anonymous world-famous street artist whose identity may have been revealed at last. But some people do not understand why this is the biggest art story of our generation. At least if you love democracy, freedom, and hilarity! Come along then, as we take a brief whirl through the world of Banksy: An artist that does not suck. With two dozen pictures, yo! More »

11:35 AM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
6,961 views, 76 comments

Latest by mcas: THE FACEBOOK IS A HOAX..... The photos are from the school, but are the wrong years and list people other than Robert Gunningham in them on THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE SCHOOL: [www.cathedralians.com] (originally pointed out in Gawker comments: [gawker.com] ) more »

Exclusive

Another Alleged Photo Of Banksy Surfaces

For years, there has only been one known photograph of the supersecret celebrity street artist Banksy, whose identity was (probably) outed this week. That one was taken in Jamaica in 2004 by a photographer who, we hear, leaked it to the media after getting angry at the artist. That was the picture that the Daily Mail used as the key clue in its yearlong investigation of his true identity. But we've just been leaked another photo that supposedly shows Banksy in 1999. More »

3:46 PM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
9,012 views, 40 comments

Latest by n/a: If this in indeed Banksy, I find his looks appealing in a Peter Sellers kind of way.. I am even more intrigued. more »

investigations

Evidence: Banksy's Facebook Page

I got some good news on the Facebook front last night: I am now friends with one Robin Gunningham of Bristol, UK—also known as Banksy, the formerly undercover world-famous street artist who was outed as Gunningham yesterday. (Or was he? No official confirmation yet, although the case is strong). Gunningham's Facebook page sports the same schoolboy picture that appeared in the Daily Mail's investigative story. And it has further evidence that he is, in fact, Banksy—unless the whole thing is part of a clever hoax, or the product of a third party with ulterior motives. Words and photos straight from the guy who might be a legend, after the jump: More »

10:54 AM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
8,876 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: Hoax - I went to this school and the photos on the facebook site are from years when Robin Gunningham (well the one I knew) wasn't even at the school. The rugby tour photo is from 1982 and the other photos more »

evidence

Banksy's Incriminating Facebook Friends

As a commenter points out, Robin Gunningham, the man the Daily Mail says is in fact supersecret street artist Banksy, has a Facebook page! And among his friends: Peter Dean Rickards—the photographer who took the only known picture of Banksy, in Jamaica. Well that's not how you leave no clues about your identity, dude. [More about Rickards and the famous photo at Animal NY]

10:38 AM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,300 views, 19 comments

Latest by Botswana Meat Commission FC: @gecko: I dunno. I sorta disagree regarding his anonymity. It's pretty hard to do these types of murals in public places when there are paparazzi and journalists and fans hounding you in the streets. There's an element of surprise that more »

mysteries

Banksy Revealed?! (Not By Us)

Could this be the end of the anonymous life of Banksy—British street artist -to-the-stars, darling of the underground and Angelina Jolie, and the most famous unidentified figure since Batman? We took a shot at solving the mystery ourselves a couple of months ago; but now the Daily Mail has done their own investigation, and we must say: it looks like they have him nailed. All the evidence is below—decide for yourself: More »

10:05 AM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
13,145 views, 34 comments

Artvertising

Stealing Celebrity Images For Fun And Profit

Street art, culture jamming, anti-corporate activism, celebrity loathing, celebrity worship—it's all mixed up into a vast cultural stew these days, making the individual messages of many artists hard to parse. When in doubt just assume the message is, "I'm trying to get famous." British artist James Cauty has taken a pop art style, combined it with an advertising-remix motif, and sprinkled in a little blatant fame whoring to cap it all off. He's just commandeering billboards with pieces about celebrities saying how much they love him, and you have to admit that really crystallizes pop culture circa 2008. Plenty of people with day jobs in advertising dream about having the balls to do this (illegally). Pictured, Cauty's image and billboard theft starring Kate Moss; below, another one with celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. More »

3:45 PM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
3,310 views, 21 comments

Latest by DigitalVersicolor: Good call, James Cauty, on putting Charles Saatchi's wife in your illegal campaign. more »

rumormonger

Tom Cruise Starting A Cable Company, Says Sketchy "Source"

In the world of newsgathering, there is thin sourcing, there is sketchy sourcing, and then there is this post, the sourcing for which is, admittedly, atrocious. It comes from what is said to be an internet conversation between a blogging anti-Scientology crusader and an anonymous purported member of the Church of Scientology. In it, the Scientologist claims knowledge of some big plans on the part of movie star and church bigwig Tom Cruise. So, right there, we have, like, a billion things that could go spectacularly wrong, accuracy-wise. That said, the source claims to know of a move Cruise is about to make on the business front: More »

4:52 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Ryan Tate
1,718 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: Jeff T.H. Barea continues his sad decline into denial, irrelevancy and insanity. Oh well, at least all the Cheetos and Ding-Dongs he downs each day give him some small manner of comfort. more »

advertising

Fragrance Woos Gays With Retro Beefcake

Will these waggish fragrance marketing types ever stop with their cheeky penis humor? Eleven-year-old cologne wearers sure hope not! San Francisco—a popular home to gays—is all atwitter because of a new campaign by the giant ad agency Ogilvy for Tom of Finland, a new scent inspired by the famous homoerotic artist of the same name. They took posters of Tom's drawings, see, and positioned them just so next to protruding objects—that to a dirty mind might resemble a huge, hard cock! Such sophisticated appeal to the target demographic. The gays like that stuff, right? So they'll surely open their wallets for this: More »

10:17 AM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
3,231 views, 37 comments

Latest by MyPetFly: Coming out of a shower, or coming in a shower? more »

sex sells

The Psychology Of Condom Art

Legends Rubbers, a small Australian company that sells its condoms in retro-looking tins for the cool effect, made national news by signing up controversial sex-positive artist Hazel Dooney to design some tins for them. It's not the first time prophylactics have collided with the art world; Keith Haring himself "considered ideas for designing condoms," and condoms are a staple medium for a certain breed of working artist. Sex-themed art as a marketing tool seems like a natural fit. And now, a new psychological study confirms its wisdom. Why "dirty thoughts" make men buy things—and a few of Dooney's (racy) past works—after the jump. More »

10:21 AM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,404 views, 14 comments

Latest by Steverino Begins: I think people who like these condom art tins should buy them and display them proudly. That way you'll know who not to have sex with. more »

snobs

Soho House Too 'Artsy' For Plastic Surgeons

Andrew Klapper, a New York plastic surgeon, applied for membership in Soho House, the private Meatpacking District club. But he was turned down, because Soho House said it prefers to cater "to an 'artsy' clientele." Uh, pretty loose definition of "artsy," Soho House! The membership manager there said "We would rather have a great person from IMG versus a plastic surgeon." Perhaps they're looking for a new angle; spies have said the club has been rather dead on recent weekends. (Disagree? Email us). Doree Shafrir once memorably said the club's pool "when not filled with children and their pee, is filled with money managers, mortgage brokers, and Eurotrash." Which sounds like a fairly accurate representation. And how can they say Dr. Klapper isn't artistic when he not only invented the Klapper Breast Scissors, but also pioneered the use of the Davinci (artist name!) Robot system?: More »

2:57 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,733 views, 30 comments

Latest by n/a: "Artsy types" at SoHo house? I dunno. Whenever I'm there, which used to be pretty goddamned often, the place is crawling with p.r.,wall street, residential brokers trying to sell me crap condos and of course cokeheads. more »

nick walker

Banksy Doppelganger Strikes Hipster Tea House

British stencil artist Nick Walker—whose name was recently floated by a leading website as a plausible answer to the question "Who is anonymous international superstar street artist Banksy, really?"—has been a busy man. Not only was he spotted painting a piece on the side of Thunder Jacksons in the West Village—which sparked all this Banksy speculation in the first place—he also did quite a nice giraffe-themed work on the side of Roebling Tea Room in Williamsburg. We're still trying to pin down the true nature of the Banksy-Walker connection, so if you happen to have spotted Walker at work, email us. After the jump, two larger pictures [via Williamsburg is Dead] of the towering ruminant. More »

5:12 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
4,635 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: @nowset - you do realize that Boundless and the Roebling Tea Room share that wall, right? That piece is actually right in the middle so yeah it IS on the Tea House wall. And it's on the Boundless more »

theories

Banksy Unmasked?

Banksy: millionaire street artist, fierce cultural critic, celebrity darling of the art world. The man's prestige has been immeasurably enhanced by his anonymity. He insists on it, and it gives him an air of mystery that only increases his allure to the media, fans, and collectors alike. An alleged photo of him was widely circulated last year, but it certainly didn't result in his real name being printed in his omnipresent media coverage. Those in his inner circle insist on strict concealment of his identity. Theories, of course, abound. But today, Bucky Turco at Animal NY believes he's stumbled upon Banksy's true identity. Combined with some corroborating evidence we got ourselves, the case is plausible—though far from proven. Now this would be big news: More »

2:59 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
16,641 views, 75 comments

Latest by lucidether: I was walking down Stanton and encountered a homeless man. "Aren't you the Fisher King"? I asked. "Why yes" he replied. and all this time I thought Jeff Bridges was the Fisher King. more »

obey

Shepard Fairey, Blind?

Shepard Fairey, a.k.a. OBEY, the artist and graphic designer who plastered the world with "Andre The Giant Has A Posse" posters and is perhaps the biggest thing ever to happen to wheatpaste, is reportedly going blind. Fast. One source says he could lose his vision by the end of the year. Bucky Turco at Animal NY has the scoop. Sad news.

5:06 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,920 views, 15 comments

trends

The Creative-Underclass Expats in Berlin, Again!

Berliniamsburg: everybody's doing it! The European sister of Williamsburg is perfect for a perennial trend piece on the antidote to gentrification: you know, just chillin' while being a beatiful loser or an artist or a creator in Berlin. (Even me. I'm so going on vacation in two weeks!) And then T magazine tortures us with photos of two stylish musicians in a Berlin apartment to stab for. As it turns out, "What New York was in the 80s, Berlin is now," is a cliche, according to an interviewee. More »

1:41 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Sheila
2,755 views, 27 comments

Latest by n/a: @TiaMaria: I only know one person here who gets money from her grandmother. The rest of us work. @Papa Lazarou: So who's your wife now? more »

books

Your Future Boyfriend Was At the Neil Strauss Pickup Seminar

Self-styled creepysexycool pickup artist, The Game author, and sometimes Rolling Stone-writer Neil Strauss was working his magic for a rapt crowd of mostly men at Barnes and Noble last night. Radar reports that he handed out advice on how to get the kind of girls you want (sluts mostly), and how girls with emotional needs are bad for your game. No word yet on the obvious homoeroticism of the PUA community. (Semen stains, and methods for their removal, were also discussed). [Radar]

3:06 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Sheila
2,738 views, 36 comments

Latest by drunkexpatwriter: What ever happened to just getting drunk with a girl and then getting naked? Is it really that hard to keep asking the bartender for chardonay/gin and tonics? more »

it's not working

Neil Strauss: "Wear Something Extreme And Ridiculous"


I've read The Game two times: Neil Strauss, I've got your number. Actually, we all do now, and if it seems like I have a bone to pick, maybe it's because I've been assaulted by the very same lines from your book countless times by guys in bars! And now comes Neil's latest stunt challenge to all his clearly homoerotic minions: videotape yourself picking up a women with a dildo strapped to your head. And he makes poor David Faustino, of "Married With Children," wear the dildo. (As if he hasn't been his whole life!)
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2:10 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Sheila
3,420 views, 49 comments

Latest by magneticfields: @Niaiserie: Is that some kind of neg? Very charming. Don't you have some douchebag email list to go play on? more »

making the internet a prettier place

Gawker Artists

For the last year-and-a-half, we've run the Gawker Artists program. In our ad spaces, we sometimes rotate images by participating artists instead of ads. (You'll probably see a lot of that on the site today.) Why do we do this? Just for kicks! Because it's the internet, and we can. Take that, magazines! Anyway, now we're recruiting more artists and asking folks to come take a look through everyone's work. Artists can submit their work here; site owners and exhibitors and even dealers can display artists' works by applying here.

1:20 PM on Fri Nov 2 2007
1,652 views, 27 comments

Latest by n/a: Gawker Artists is about branding, not altruism. If you ask to license or display images- with equal credit to the artists and direct links to artist web properties- acceptance is contingent on, instead, linking to the Gawker Artist page. And more »

re: treats

Is Ruth Reichl Writing A Gothic Novel?

Gourmet editor and former Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl just got back from the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire where she was working on a non-food-related novel. Though Observer eat, drink, pray reporter Doree Shafrir notes Reichl's at-rest aesthetic is "vaguely goth," she doesn't ask how the food was up there. A shame really, because this is how author and former Colony resident Andrea Cohen described it in MacDowell's pamphlet on what to expect from the experience. More »

10:58 AM on Wed Oct 24 2007
By Joshua Stein
2,026 views, 21 comments

Latest by fileunder: i will still hope the book is about olive oil, because i certainly didn't get enough of her on the Lopate show yesterday. more »

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