In conjunction with the 18th annual Art-A-Whirl, Abstract Gallery in Minneapolis will host a group exhibition entitled “It Was All A Dream” curated by artist Deuce 7. The show will feature an eclectic group of artists coming from various backgrounds and working in a variety of mediums. Their opening reception is tomorrow, May 17, 2013 from 5-10 p.m. Be sure to check them out if you are in or around Minneapolis.

Last week in New York, JR and Jose Parla opened their collaborative exhibition “The Wrinkles of the City, Havana” at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery. The two traveled and created murals in Cuba the previous year, and this exhibition showcased the work that was made. 

Is this not the best thing Barry McGee has ever been a part of, a fake bonfire with teenagers interviewing him? The Teen Arts Council in Boston began their “Around the Campfire” artist interview series and starting strong they had McGee participant. Endearing and sincere.

Steve Powers aka "Espo" just opened a new solo show on May 18, 2013, entitled “Visual Blues” at Alice Gallery in Brussels. In Powers’s own words, “I’m in awe of the power and the reach of music. To compete with the majesty of music, I make paintings that are visual blues. I distill my everyday experience into paintings I call Daily Metaltations. They are painted very fast, fresh from the epiphanies that inspired them. The larger paintings draw from those metaltations and go to a deeper understanding of the transactions we make everyday to live our lives.”

On Monday, we posted photos of an abandoned billboard that artist La Pandilla had brought to life for the Painted Desert Project. The ongoing project organized by artists, Yote and Jetsonorama, has brought numerous artists to the Navajo country region of Northern Nevada to meet local residents and create murals. La Pandilla has added another piece to the barren landscape, this time the images of a Buffalo and a Bear with a small town on their backs. This mural is located somewhere on the side of a merchant stand in Bitter Springs, AZ.

Geoff McFetridge, an artist who has done fantastic projects recently with Heath Ceramics and Bushmills, just completed a new mural piece at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. As the Walker notes, "In conjunction with his talk for the 2013 Insights Design Lecture Series, the Walker commissioned McFetridge to create artwork to cover construction fencing during the Walker’s rebricking project."

Australian-born artist, Anthony Lister, has been spending time down in sunny Miami and making murals all across town. Check out some his pieces, each one different from the next one.

Last Year David Choe became worth an estimated 200 million after taking cash instead of stock options for painting a mural at Facebook headquarters in 2005. Since then, the artist has been working on a range of different creative projects with no signs of any new work being created. As Choe stated today on his website, “Tomorrow I'm going to release "Stockholm syndrome." My first print in almost 2 years (sorry I was busy).” So here is your opportunity to get yourself a David Choe print or who knows, you might have to wait another two years. 

Brooklyn-based sign painting company, Colossal Media, has recreated the letter collage artwork of Greg Lamarche aka SP ONE on the side of a building off the Williamsburg Bridge. The mural is part of an ongoing project entitled “Big Brush Project.”

With assistance from Namaz and a lift, Liqen painted this incredibly dark, highly detailed mural for a local street art festival in Chichester, U.K. We are curious as to how long it will take for someone to complain about the “negative imagery” and organize a group of people to get it painted over. You know it is inevitable with work like this, but we hope we are wrong.