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Graffiti Brawl: Kenny Scharf Fights Back After His Houston Street Mural Is Defaced

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, New York-New York, The Bowery, Street Art, Graffiti, Kenny Scharf, Deitch Projects, Shepard Fairey, New York, New York City, Arts News

Under cover of New York's holiday season blizzard, a crew of graffiti writers carried out a rude sneak attack on a godfather of their own scene when t...

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Censorship! MOCA Has a BLU Tiger by the Tail

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonah Freeman, Censorship, Black Acid Co-Op, Jeffrey Deitch, Steven P. Harrington, Blu, The Geffen Contemporary, Brooklyn Street Art, Justin Lowe, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Street Art, Deitch Projects, Jaime Rojo, Smithsonian, La Moca Censor, Moca Censorship, Los Angeles MOCA, Moca Blu Censorship, Arts News

If Jeffrey Deitch was being sensitive to the Veteran Affairs neighbors and cognizant of the history of the Japanese community in the US, his timing was a bit late.

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Deitch Alumni Return For Large Benefit Show

Alexandra Peers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Contemporary Art, Artists, Art, Deitch Projects, Benefit, Shepard Fairey, Galleries, New York News

A handful of artists and dealers known for working with Jeffrey Deitch, now the director of the L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art, have reunited for a l...

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STREET ART: Specter Spot-Jocks Shepard Fairey in New York City

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Specter, Elbowtoe, Brooklyn Street Art, Swoon, Ice-T, Body Count, Brooklyn, Gaia, Richard Belzer, Che Guevara, Jaime Rojo, Elbow Toe, Nubian Signs, Law and Order: SVU, Bast, Skewville, Faile, Steven P. Harrington, NY Culture, John Munch, Soho, Deitch Projects, Shepard Fairey, Arts News

Ice-T is still stylin' like an American Che Guevara, but he's officially joined the force 19 years after "Cop Killer". (photos © Jaime Rojo) ...

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Deitch Alums Fill A "Hole"

wsj.com | ERICA ORDEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Deitch Projects, Nyc Galleries, The Hole, Meghan Coleman, Kathy Grayson, NYC Arts, New York News

Later this month, an exhibition featuring the work of at least nine artists culled from the recently shuttered Deitch Projects, one of the most influe...

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Shepard Fairey May Day Opening (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Art Galleries, Jeffrey Deitch, Deitch Projects, May Day, Adrien Brody, Shepard Fairey, Slidepollajax, New York, New York Art, New York News

Hundreds showed up for Shepard Fairey's "May Day" show Saturday at Deitch Projects. The show will be the last for Jeffrey Deitch, and attendees Adr...

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The Art of Compassion or Compassion as Art?

Christal Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: May Day, Art, Dalai Lama, Tibet, Obama Hope Poster Shepard Fairey, Shep Fairey, Shepard Fairey, Deitch Projects, Obey Giant, New York News

It wasn't the only reason Obama won, but the fact that the original is in the Smithsonian gives some indication of the role Shepard Fairey's then-ubiquitous and now-iconic HOPE poster played in the 2008 election.

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Artlog's Top Art & Culture Picks

Artlog | Posted 05.25.2011

Artlog.com brings you a weekly selection of New York's best art & cultural exhibitions, events, parties and benefits.

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Shepard Fairey To Paint Houston Wall

vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Os Gemeos, Houston Mural, Keith Haring, Deitch Projects, Shepard Fairey, New York City, New York, New York News

The graffiti wall on Houston is scheduled to undergo another change, from the Os Gemeos mural to something from Shepard Fairey. (He's also looking for...

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Jeffrey Deitch Leaves And Kathy Grayson Steps In To Fill The Gap

artinfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Deitch Gallery, Kathy Grayson, New York Art Galleries, Deitch Projects, New York, New York City, New York Art, New York News

When Jeffrey Deitch was named director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art this January and declared he'd be closing his gallery in June, th...

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MAC Presents Kembra Pfahler And The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black (NSFW PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kembra Pfahler, Deitch Projects, Slidepollajax, New York City, New York, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, New York News

M*A*C presented The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black, a sensational theatrical rock group, at Deitch Projects Thursday night. The outrageously out...

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Jeffrey Deitch Named New MOCA Director

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Art, Deitch Projects, Museum of Contemporary Art, Moca, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Noted New York gallery owner Jeffrey Deitch (DY'-ch) has been chosen to head the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. MOCA ann...

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Art Dealer to Run Art Museum; MOCA to be Latest Deitch Project

Brady Westwater | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Philharmonic, Jeffrey Deitch, Franklin Sirmans, Contemporary Art, Paul Schimmel, Gustavo Dudamel, Moca, Los Angeles, Deitch Projects, Eli Broad, Los Angeles News

When the LA Times revealed mega-art dealer Jeffery Deitch is to be the next head of MOCA, my reaction was the same as everyone's in the art world. Painfully bruised toes after my jaw dropped on them.

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