This Friday “Stencil Art Norway!” opens at at Reed Projects Gallery in Stravanger, Norway featuring work from artists Dolk, Pøbel, Martin Whatson, DotDotDot, Stein, Mir, Anders Gjennestad and more. “Part museum show, part contemporary art exhibition and part exclusive consumer goods nightmare.”

Last year, we showed you a Banksy mural from the time around teh Queen's Jubilee, ridiculing child labor under the her reign. Well, the piece has been chiseled from its original location in London and is now up for Auction in Miami. Valued between $500,000 and $700,000, the extraction of the piece has angered the local community who were proud to have it on their streets.

The highly talented Parisian stencil artist, C215, did a wonderful job with this portrait.

The highly talented Parisian stencil artist, C215, did a wonderful job with this portrait.

    Feline friendly Parisian stencil artist, C215, has the best cat stencils we have ever seen. The highly detailed pieces are wonderful depictions of the animal, our favorite domesticated animal (sorry dogs!)  This newest one was painted in the streets of Lisbon.  

Being released today, September 6, Shepard Fairey and Obey are releasing the Americana Box Set, featuring the album of the same name by Neil Young & Crazy Horse. The work in the box set initially made its debut at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The Box Set includes 12 signed & numbered screen prints of the Americana Paintings (Edition of 450), 1 signed & numbered Americana song lyric screen print (Edition of 200), a certificate of authenticity, and a CD of the Americana album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

C215 has shared photos of his installation and work at the Centre de la Gravure et de l'image imprimée for a group show entitled Vues Sur Mur being held in La Louvière, Belgium.  The show which opens tomorrow May 26th, 2012 will also feature works from Shepard Fairey, Evol, Swoon, Jef Aerosol, Sten & Lex, Ludo,  and Space Invader.

Polish stencil artist, Marius Waraz, aka M-City, recently finished painting this large-scale mural in the city of Plock.  As always, his work contains an immense amount of detail, patterns, and strong line work.

Tonight in Paris, famed stencil artist C215 will be opening an exhibition of works that are stained glass windows at Saint Louis chapel, in La Salpétrière public hospital, Paris. Considering C215's stencil works already appear to be mosaics when created on the street, to see him transform into stained glass works seems like a natural progression for the French artist.

It’s starts with some doodles on the bathroom walls in the first grade and ends up being a lifelong addiction. Happy New Year to everyone who gets started in 2012.