Buke And Gase play at ATP curated by The National this December. Taken from full lenght cd/lp “Risposte” out on Brassland records.
Kate Singleton is art blogger based in Brooklyn who left the corporate strategy world behind to merge two passions: discovering new art and exposing people to creativity. Maybe you know her as the founder of Arthound a blog with the purpose of bringing visibility to under-the-radar art. Alongside this fantastic blog Kate created Buy Some Damn Art whose mission is making original and affordable work by up-and-coming artists available to a new generation of art buyers. Kate cultivates her relationships with artists and carefully selects participants who have both real talent and compelling stories. Each show features the artist’s most recent work – in most cases the artwork has been created under Kate’s guidance specifically for Buy Some Damn Art. Shows launch every Tuesday and remain online for a total of six weeks. Follow the link below to see what’s in store!
Lhasa de Sela, was an American-born singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States, she divided her adult life between Canada and France where she joined her sisters in a French circus troupe. Her activity (three albums and one book documenting her life on the road) spans from 1997 to 2009 when she was diagnosed with cancer. She endured severe treatments but these did not halt the illness. She died on New Year’s Day 2010 at 37. A memorial program of her music was put together in January this year, performed in Montreal by artists who had worked with her.
THINGS TAKE ON A LIFE OF THEIR OWN: NICOLA YEOMAN
In Waiting, artwork and photo by Nicola Yeoman
Nicola is London based artist with strong Yorkshire roots. Her works lie somewhere between installations and set design dealing with stark contrasts and using countless materials: top hats, ripped up floorboards, birds, shirts, doilies, paper. She’s worked for editorial projects as well on magazines such as British Vogue, Creative Review, Wallpaper, New York Times Magazine, Livraison. Nicola recently had her first solo show at The Wyer gallery in London presenting the installation in waiting. Find out more after the break!
UNUSUAL AESTHETICS: OXANA BONDARENKO
Zevs' artwork at No Limits In The Streets exhibition, Moskow
Oxana Bondarenko is a Russian-born, Paris-trained curator and art manager, her mighty organization “the July 16″ pushes the art scene forward with a mix of fearless DIY attitude, professionalism and ambition. After showing St Petersburg squat artists at the Venice Biennale in 2007, introducing the chic Parisian quarter of Saint-Germain to Russian artists and bringing French street artists to the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art 2010. Oxana has also created a new art app called Biennale Way whose task is to create a community of art-travelers so that to plunge them into the world of art.
The Berlin-based artist Sarah Illenberger has developed a very unique and strong visual language. For her meticulously-crafted work—including commissions for Vanity Fair, Time, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Wallpaper*, and Nike—she mostly uses simple materials and household items such as paper, food, textiles, and wood. Now you can buy fine art limited edition prints of her amazing works through her new webshop, just follow the link below!
Carboard Cities is a site of illustration and art by Laura Redburn. Many of her collage works focus on dreamy, symbolic scenes with her newest showcasing women and nature. Laura also did an animation featuring some of her collages. Check it out below.
IDEAS THAT GROW: MONICA NELSON
Wilder Quarterly covers
Monica Nelson graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY in 2008. She designed the catalog and other books for Urban Outfitters from 2008-2011. Monica lives in Portland since currently working as an Art Director at Wieden + Kennedy. She is also the Art Director of the print publication Wilder Quarterly.








