Heads-Up NYC:

There are three shows closing this Saturday that we recommend you catch while you can -
1) Apolo Torres, Loro Verz and Mundano at Factory Fresh - be sure to see the backyard (Bushwick, Brooklyn)
2) Gaia and Imminent Disaster at Ad Hoc Art (Bushwick, Brooklyn)
3) Invader and WK at Jonathan Levine Gallery (Chelsea, Manhattan)

And in openings -
Ellis G. will be at The De L’Autonomy Mission (LES, Manhattan) opening tonight (Thurs, July 23) at 7pm
Arrested Motion has a great interview with Ellis G. here.

Cute… timelapse for Invader’s upcoming Jonathan Levine Gallery solo show, opening June 27.

Private Property, Public Ideas: Street Art in Transition is a panel taking place at the SCOPE Art Fair on Sunday, March 8.  There’s a screening of Bomb It just before.  Its moderated by Carlo McCormick (editor of Paper magazine) with Pedro Alonzo (Independent Curator), Ron English, Steve Powers (aka ESPO), and Marc and Sara Schiller (of Wooster Collective) on the panel.  Admission for the fair is $15 ($10 for students).  Visit the SCOPE site for more info.  This is curated by Jonathan Levine, who will be featuring Camille Rose Garcia at the fair.

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Brazillian Stephan Doitschinoff, aka Calma, has a show opening at Jonathan Levine Gallery this Saturday, November 22.  The show runs through December 20, and Shag will be showing simultaneously.  I’m also excited to see he has a new book out entitled Calma: The Art of Stephan Doitschinoff.  The book is retailing for US$65 and you should definitely check out the preview.   Update: Stephan Doitschinoff is doing a book signing from 6-7pm, immediately followed by the opening at Jonathan Levine.

Photo from Calma’s show at Choque Cultural in São Paulo, Brazil last year.

Calma: The Art of Stephan Doitschinoff

• Check out an interview with him over at subaquatica

Two shows just opened at the Jonathan Levine Gallery: NYC’s own Doze Green’s N.O.O.N. and French stencil artist Blek le Rat’s Paris-New York, New York-Paris.  Blek le Rat’s version of the last supper was quite nice, and Doze Green’s pieces were great all-around.  You can’t miss the huge collab between Doze Green and Brazilain Fefê Talavera (they recently did a show together in Amsterdam, where this piece was made).  Here are a handful of pix…

Doze Green

Doze Green

Doze Green and Fefê detail

Doze Green

Blek le Rat

Blek le Rat

• Blek le Rat interview at UK Street Art

• Blek le Rat and Doze Green video interview at Radio Bungalo

• Alternate Fefê Talavera link and Subaquatica interview