Martin Wong, Medici of the Aerosol Art Set

[ad_1] Martin Wong got in with the graffiti writers in the early 1980s at Pearl Paint, the long-gone Canal Street art supply store, where he had a job in the canvas department. Wong would slip them markers or cans of spray paint or sell them supplies on deep, unsanctioned discounts, which endeared him to artists … Read more

Angelina Jolie Wants to Pick Up Where Warhol and Basquiat Left Off

[ad_1] It was a Saturday night, and behind the graffiti-scrawled facade of Atelier Jolie, her downtown creative space and gallery, Angelina Jolie was in conversation with the artist Shirin Neshat. The topics were heady: the plight of refugees, the rights of women, how to wrench meaning from exile; the value of art in all that. … Read more