Banksy 'Jungle Book' Painting Revealed

This never-before-seen painting by British street artist Banksy was commissioned by Greenpeace in 2001 as a part of their 'Save or Delete' campaign, which aimed to bring attention to the current deforestation crisis. Featuring the famous Jungle Book crew awaiting execution, it was intended for use on posters, billboards, and postcards, but was never used due to copyright issues with Disney. The piece was recently revealed when Banksy donated it for an upcoming auction at Bonham's in January.

Rob Pruitt's Art Awards 2010

Hot off the heels of Art Basel Miami Beach, Rob Pruitt hosted the second annual Art Awards to benefit the Guggenheim Foundation. Playing off the format of a Hollywood awards ceremony, the performance based artwork, honored notable individuals, exhibitions, and projects that contributed to the contemporary art scene over the past year. 2010 winners include; Artist of the year, Louise Bourgeois; Best New Artist of the Year, Tauba Auerbach; Blogger/Critic of the Year, Jerry Saltz; Curator of the Year, Chrissie Iles.

The Rubell Family Collection: Contemporary Arts Foundation

Jean Pigozzi and ARTCO's Cary Leitzes enjoy artworks at The Rubell Family Collection during Art Basel Miami Beach. Many thanks to Tierney Gearon for sharing her photos!

Breakfast of Champions: Saturday at Miami Basel

What better way to start off the day then with a breakfast of champions? Saturday in Miami, Soho Beach House hosted an intimate artist brunch at Cecconi's to celebrate Art Basel and the club's impressive art collection. Since opening back in October, the Soho Beach House has acquired over 150 original works by artists including Miami-based Hernan Bas and Jim Drain, as well as Elizabeth Peyton, Glenn Ligon, John Baldessari, KAWS, and Jack Pierson. Curated by Soho House Group Curator Francesca Gavin and Art Director Jonathan Yeo, we've included a few of the many artworks on display throughout the property. Additional highlights from the day included SPiN and MOCA's Art Star Ping Pop, hosted by Susan Sarandon at The Delano, where table tennis talents Wally Green, Kaz, and Sooyeon Lee made a splash showing off their skills at a table set up in the hotel's pool. With great music to keep guests SPiNning on the dance floor, it was exactly the sort of fun filled evening that makes Art Basel Miami Beach great.

A Game Show, A Movie & A Lap Dance: Friday at Miami Basel

Having spent the day marooned on The Island, highlights from Friday night in Miami included Assouline's Art Game Show hosted by Peter Tunney and Brooke Geahan at the Delano's Water Salon. Fashionable attendees including Nicole Miller, Marchesa's Edward Chapman and personal favorite, Kembra, celebrated David Rosenberg's book while being schooled in art trivia during this competition for an enviable Van Cleef & Arpels watch. Meanwhile, at The Standard, Jefferson Hack and Andre Balazs hosted guests including Francisco Costa and Michael Stipe for an outdoor screening of Marco Brambilla's Evolution (Megaplex). During intermission from Brambilla's 3D video eye candy we were treated to DJ sets by Leigh Lezark and Geordon Nichol of The Misshapes. Last, but certainly not least, after celebrating avaf's Labyrinth at Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, with a dinner hosted by artist Eli Sudbrack and Suzanne Geiss, Club Madonna hosted the opening party for Ryan McGinness' Women: The Blacklight Paintings. I think it's safe to say visiting the Miami gentleman's club was a first for Jeffrey Deitch, where he was spotted congratulating former Deitch Projects artist McGinness. The project, made possible by Country Club and The Standard, exhibited the first four blacklight paintings in his new series alongside projections of the artist's illustration studies.

The Island: Miami Basel

The invitation read "those who should be there, will be there" and Friday in Miami everyone was on The Island. From Jeffrey Deitch to Cecilia Dean guests were escorted by boat from the chic Mondrian Hotel to Flagler Memorial Island where LAND in collaboration with OHWOW partnered to bring art to life in the sandy island settings. For one day only fair goers escaped the convention center to roam the beaches and uncover site-specific installations by artists including Scott Campbell, Hanna Liden, and Terence Koh. Check out ARTCO's exclusive photos from the art happening!

Turn Up The Heat: Thursday at Miami Basel

From a boat to a psychadellic trailer, day two of Art Basel Miami Beach picked up speed with the opening of some of the most highly anticipated installations of the art fair! In the design district, Kathy Grayson and Meghan Coleman's The Hole with former Deitch Director Suzanne Geiss, and some help from ARTCO, welcomed pARTy goers back to Tony Goldman's Wynwood Walls with the expansion of their murals. Guests danced to DJ's Andrew Andrew while taking in new murals by Ryan McGinness, Ben Jones, Dearraindrop, and assume vivid astro focus, and exploring installations to include a magical life-sized labyrinth of wallpapers by assume vivid astro focus and an Airstream with black light interior, realized by Kenny Scharf. Meanwhile, back in Miami Beach, The New Art Dealers Alliance, NADA, celebrated installations at the NADA Sculpture Garden and its 7 For All Mankind Best Booth Prize Winners at Canyon Ranch, which awarded a cash prize of $7,000 to Kate Werble Gallery & Francois Ghebaly Gallery for the most innovative NADA booth presentation. ARTCO's Cary Leitzes was also among the artists and collectors including Kehinde Wiley, Larry Gagosian and Jay Jopling, at Aby Rosen & Samantha Boardman's star studded dinner at Soleá. Followed by an after party at Wall hosted by Vito Schnabel, Alex Dellal and Stavros Niarchos. Special thanks to Billy Farrell Agency for providing pictures of the event!

Welcome to Miami

Last night in Miami Beach, André Balazs and Dom Pérignon were joined by friends including MOCA's Jeffrey Deitch and artist Sante D'Orazio at The Standard to toast the innaugral US sea launch of Marc Newson's Aquariva and kick-off Art Basel Miami Beach. The boat, designed in partnership with Riva, is an edition of 22 and will remain on view at the hotel for the remainder of the art fair. Stay tuned for ARTCO's full coverage of Art Basel!

"Dirty Little Secret" INDICA ON 11TH

Now open in New York, Alex Mallick Williams' INDICA ON 11TH pays homage to London's Indica Gallery from the 1960's. With programming to facilitate the dialogue of what's happening in contemporary art, exhibitions will pair the work of emerging artists alongside their established counterparts. Featuring works by Tobias Keene, Laura Keeble, Paul Hazelton, K-Guy and Nicholas Bowers, check out innagural exhibition "Dirty Little Secret" on view now through December 22nd.

Photo of the Day by Tierney Gearon

Jean Pigozzi at Gagosian Gallery

Bon vivant and photographer extraordinaire Jean Pigozzi's photography show opens at Gagosian this Sunday to celebrate his new book, Catalogue Déraisonné. Book signing from 5:30pm-6pm and opening reception from 6pm-7:30pm. His photographs are also on display at Colette in Paris this month. An absolute must see!

The Armory Show 2011 Artist Commission: Gabriel Kuri

Last night at The Top of The Standard in New York The Armory Show with Casa Dragones Tequila announced Gabriel Kuri's commission for the 2011 fair. Guests including Vincent Fremont, Paul Laster, RxArt's Diane Brown, and designer Nicole Miller joined The Armory's Paul Morris and Katelijne De Backer along with artist Gabriel Kuri to celebrate. Currently in its tenth year, former artists honored with the commission include Karen Kilimnik (2002), Barnaby Furnas (2003), and Pipilotti Rist (2007). Image courtesy of Patrick McMullan.

Art & Fashion MOVE at PS1

On October 30 and 31^st, MOVE! will debut in Long Island City at MoMA PS1. Organized by style journalist David Coleman and Visionaire Co-Founder Cecilia Dean, the event presents installations and performances created by world-renowned artists and fashion designers. Some of the notable collaborations include; Kalup Linzy and Diane Von Furstenberg, Rob Pruitt and Marc Jacobs, Olaf Breuning and Cynthia Rowley, and Dan Colen and Proenza Schouler. MOVE! Is part of PS1’s Free Space, an on-going program that provides gallery spaces for exhibitions and live presentations for “uninhibited artistic exploration and fresh contemporary art programming.” Watch the video clip for a sneak preview of Olaf Breuning's collaboration with Cynthia Rowley!

OLAF BREUNING AND CYNTHIA ROWLEY FOR MOVE! AT MOMA PS1 from V Magazine on Vimeo.

Mediums Collide at The Guggenheim

Thursday night in New York, in collaboration with HP, YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video made its debut at The Solomon R. Guggenheim. Receiving an impressive 23,358 submissions, Nancy Spector chaired the jury to curate the top 25 talents working online today. On view at the museum's New York, Bilbao, Berlin and Venice locations now through Sunday, October 24th, videos are also available online at YouTube.com/play. With two billion YouTube views daily, the exhibition comes from largest library of content in history, making for a fascinating and impressive display.

JR Wins 2011 TED Prize

French photograffeur, or graffiti artist, JR, will be honored by TED as the recipient of the 2011 TED Talk Award. Recognizing "exceptional individuals devoted to changing the world," JR was chosen for his use of artistic self-expression to draw attention to slums in cities around the world. Mounted on deteriorating architecture the black and white photos celebrate local peoples, and have inspired communities around the world to work together to realize the ambitious public art. As part of the award TED grants JR $100,000 to devote to his work. We look forward to the announcement of this inspiring artist's next project in February 2011!

View: JR's Trailer for "Women Are Heroes"

TRAILER " WOMEN ARE HEROES" from SOCIAL ANIMALS on Vimeo.

MoMA Meets Hollywood

On November 10th, for their third annual film benefit, MoMA will honor Academy Award-winning Director of The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow. Co-chaired by Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, and Ralph Fiennes with an after-party featuring Canadian indie rock band Metric and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the celeb-filled benefit will raise money so the museum can continue to acquire influential films for their archive. For details and ticket information visit MoMA's website.

Bart Simpson and Banksy: A Pair of Mischief Makers

This Sunday British street artist, Banksy, lent his talent to iconic TV family "The Simpsons" for a controversial opening sequence. Tagging buildings and billboards throughout the show's credits, Banksy injects his signature subversion with commentary on consumer culture, animal mistreatment, and child labor. The real surprise is that FOX allowed such a self-critical piece to air on prime time television (perhaps in response to reports that the show outsources much of its production to a company in South Korea), but executive producers appear pleased with both the outcome, and the attention. In typical Banksy fashion, this public social critique is bound to create a buzz in the pop culture world.

RE:FORM SCHOOL Pop-Up NYC

Last night in Nolita Terence Koh, Cynthia Rowley, Bill Powers and Kim Hastreiter were among the hosts for a preview of the RE:FORM SCHOOL, a pop-up art exhibition and public awareness campaign in support of Redu.com. Open to the public TODAY through this Monday, October 11th artists including Shepard Fairey, Swoon and Chris Johanson in conjunction with The Hole gallery installed new works in the former St. Patrick’s School to highlight the need for reform in the American Public Education System. With the belief that it is the right of each and every child in the United States to have access to a high quality education programming workshops throughout the weekend include print making sessions with Faile and break dancing class for kids and teens. For details visit RE:FORM SCHOOL and get involved at letsredu.com.

Seydou Keita Online

With over 10,000 negatives in Bamako born Seydou Kieta's (1921-2001) body of artwork his photographs tell an impressive narrative. From families to professionals his formal and intimate portraits illustrate the transition of Bamako culture to a cosmopolitan French colony. Having received international recognition in exhibitions worldwide the historical images have been archived for easy browsing on an impressive new website: http://www.seydoukeitaphotographer.com

Tauba's Treasures

Designers Flora Gill and Alexa Adams of quirky label Ohne Titel have collaborated with artist Tauba Auerbach to create a collection of modern jewelry for their Spring 2011 line. From bright lucite bracelets to stiff, winding necklaces, the result of this creative partnership is sure to turn heads!

Lisa Eisner x Tod's Fay

Now at the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea in Milan one of the most fashionable photographers we know, Lisa Eisner, shows a series of new portraits. From Ed Ruscha to Rene Russo each of the notable subjects shares Eisner's flair with equally impressive style. Commissioned by Italian outerwear company Fay, the exhibition runs in conjunction with the brand's Spring/Summer 2011 presentation.