Wynwood Walls at Miami Basel

There were so many exhibitions and galleries to see at Art Basel Miami Beach. Deitch's Wynwood Walls was among our favorites. Street artists contributed their flare to the concrete walls of Goldman Property's warehouse walls in the Miami Design District. Artworks by Barry McGee, Kenny Sharf, Shepard Fairey, and Stelios Faitakis are pictured below.

Tavi for Rodarte

We love the Mulleavy sisters' Rodarte for Target collection and we love 13 year old fashion prodigy Tavi Gevinson's enthusiasm for all things Rodarte. Take a look!

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Chanel Boutique in Shanghai

Chanel's new Shanghai boutique opens November 25th 2009 at the Peninsula Shanghai on the historic Bund riverfront promenade! Legendary city of Shanghai is known as “the Paris of the East”. Architect Peter Marino designed the store in the sophisticated, warm style of Mademoiselle Coco Chanel’s fabled Parisian apartment, the residential feel enhanced by hand-picked artworks and antiques including original works commissioned by French artist Jean-Michael Othoniel.

"AFRICA? Una Nuova Storia"

Leading African Art collector, Jean Pigozzi, celebrated another opening in Rome this weekend, with "Africa? Una Nuova Storia," featuring works from his private collection. Showcasing 20 different artists, the pieces will be on show until January 16, 2010 at Complesso del Vittoriano.

Performa09: Terence Koh

In his signature white tux, Terence Koh took center stage at the National Arts Club last night as part of Performa09. Koh's memorable cocktail hour, serving up chocolate covered ants, thousand-year-old duck eggs, mussels, and cold Campbells tomato soup straight from the can, preceded a lecture reminiscent of those you remember from art history class: 45 minutes in a dark room watching slide projections of noteworthy art. Koh's surprise twist, however, was delivering the entire lecture in Gibberish. It's safe to say, none of the students dozed off in this class, the room was filled with laughter throughout the performance! Image of Terence Koh pictured with Stacy Engman, in a ThreeASFOUR couture dress and headpiece inspired by Goya, and O. Aldon James Jr., President of The National Arts Club courtesy of Getty Images and The National Arts Club.

RxArt Coloring Book

Last night RxArt celebrated the launch of the second volume of their coloring book Between the Lines with Mickalene Thomas, Inka Essenhigh, and Wade Guyton at a book signing at Gagosian Shop. Featuring over 50 original commissioned line drawings and a series of stickers the diverse roster includes today's best-known contemporary artists: Takashi Murakami, Ed Ruscha, Raymond Pettibon, and Karen Kilimnik, to name a few. Between the Lines is distributed free of charge to children in RxArt's participating health care facilities as an extension of their philosophy to provide creative outlets to relieve patient anxiety about illness. Buy a copy and create your very own artist collaborations!

Koons for Kids

Jeff Koons' next installation will not be in a museum or gallery but rather in a Hospital! RxArt, a New York nonprofit group headed by Diane Brown, will install several pieces by Jeff Koons in the pediatric CAT Scan room of Advocate Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, as part of an initiative to bring contemporary art into health care facilities. Koons has created a work of four of his signature smiling monkeys directly on the CAT Scan machine itself and every other wall in the room will be filled with Koons' iconic images. Brown explains, "Rather than a scary experience in a cold white space, we hope children undergoing this test will feel like they are entering into a fantastic visual adventure."