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Gleaming the Cube got nothing on this. Heck, even the Electric Boogaloo steps back to witness. Untitled #23 (Old School) is going to set your cardboard on FIRE with continious back spins and some rock solid b-boyin this Friday night, July 31st. You do know about the DAM’s Untitled series, right? Untitled events keep the museum open late, [...] Tags: art museum, DAM, the fabric lab, Untitled

With the untimely death of the Great Gloved One, and the 24-Hour news cycle endlessly covering every detail, it got me thinking… Yes, the King of Pop was an icon. He was a cultural icon, he was an international icon – but has he ever been a desktop icon? Surely during his heyday, someone somewhere kicked [...] Tags: desktop icon, icns, ico, icon, icon file, michael jackson

Here is an example of why I love technology so much: Jorge Colombo drew this week’s cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square. The Brushes application costs $4.99 and allows for painting on the touchscreen using a variety of brushes tracking your fingers. Mr. Colombo [...] Tags: Brushes, finger-painting, iPhone app, magazine, New Yorker, technology

To support the current dino-riffic exhibit “Jurassic Gardens: Evolution and Extinction”, the Denver Botanic Gardens talked Ivar Zeile, owner of Plus Gallery and Simon Zalkind, curator of Singer Gallery to jury a show featuring Colorado artists. The end result of all their hard work is “Extinction: Artitsts Respond,” a introspective look into the concepts, problems and [...] Tags: art, artist reception, denver botanic gardens, extinction

Our favorite underground superstar Shepard Fairey is in the news again, this time via everyone’s new best friend: Twitter. Lance Armstrong posted photos of Mr. Fairey’s “Tour of Italy Trek Madone”, a stark Livestrong-yellow with intriciately laced black graphics, last night on his Twitter stream and they’ve been re-appearing all over the net today. Read the entire [...] Tags: art, bikes, Design, Shepard Fairey

Kick your First Friday off downtown! The Center for Visual Art is showcasing Metro State’s BFA Thesis show: Sm’ART. Featuring over thirty emerging artists… “Sm’ART is a diverse exhibition of works that showcases talented metal smiths, ceramists, photographers, painters, and digital artists. The MSCD art department is dedicated to providing their students with an unparallel urban learning environment [...] Tags: art, BFA, Metro State, Thesis

This week Boulder gets back to the future with the 2nd incarnation of the Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts. Featuring over 35 new media artists and electronic musicians – either performing, offering up software workshops, or both… Read the entire article at Examiner.com Tags: art, Boulder, electronic arts, Examiner.com, Festival, new media

It’s Artcrank. Celerate the spring with a totally sweet poster party for bike people. That’s you right? Dig this: Bikes plus affordable collectable local artist posters all smashed together on the best street in Denver – Colfax… Read the entire article at Examiner.com.   Tags: art, colfax, Examiner.com, plastic chapel, poster show, the fabric lab, the shoppe