Craft Cartel is a Melbourne-based craft collective for “crafty types who don’t dig rose scented doilies”.  Celebrating all that is irreverent, ironic, kitschy, delightfully offensive and made lovingly by hand, Craft Cartel supports craft creatives who would normally sit outside the retail space by using avant-garde techniques and recycled materials, whilst dealing with subject matter that doesn’t quite fit the ‘craft’ mold. Craft Cartel is constantly working to promote a new image of ‘craft’ – interesting hand made objects rather than “mass produced plastic crap.” They proclaim: “We do not subscribe to art wank and we are prone to [...]

Athens just announced that the long-anticipated New Acropolis Museum will finally open this summer on June 20th. The ambitious museum and conservation project, almost 30 years in the making, calls for a state-of-the-art facility in the middle of the city’s historic center.
Although we were disappointed to have to wait another few months, our recent sneak peek of the galleries left us more than impressed. Instead of throwing up columns and attempting to blend into the ancient cityscape, the museum is completely abstract and modern. The controversial design resembles a stack of mislaid books, with the top floor [...]

FX from Ruby Pseudo’s team shares “23 New York Teenagers You Ought to Know About“, an inspiring set of young folk who “are all amazing at what they do” – whether it be photography, design, music, acting or art. While barely (or not even) adult, these kids have more self-made accomplishments under their belt than most twice their age. Here’s a few:

Hannah Khymych, Photographer: Ukraine import Hannah has the accent that throws you off, and the talent that turns you on. She’s a junior in High School, but that doesn’t hold her back from real life real work. She’s also [...]

From 2005-2007 The Homeless Museum of Art, aka HoMu, was housed in Director Filip Noterdaeme’s Brooklyn Heights walk-up apartment. When the landlord found out about the museum, and the visitations became as intrusive as a homeless person camped out in the front door well, the museum, fittingly, found itself without a home.
HoMu was created by Noterdaeme—a trained artist and curator himself—to critique an art world where artists often pander to the rich and art museums become houses for larger and larger gift shops and corporate logos. As he told the New York Times, “I am not anti-museums. But [...]