A selection of the biggest names in international graffiti culture will be taking to the streets, including Faith47 (South Africa), DALeast (China), C215 (France), Peeta (Italy) as well as Bristol natives Turroe and Inkie.

Upfest will be based at the Tobacco Factory and throughout North Street, Southville, Bristol throughout the May Bank Holiday weekend between the hours of 11am-9pm.

For more information on events and locations visit www.upfest.co.uk and follow the festival on Twitter @upfest #upfest2013

The entirety of Andy Warhol’s photographic artistic output from the mid-1960′s until the time of his death in 1987 include polaroids, photo booth strips from times square in the 1960′s, stitched photo collages, and unique 8×10 silver gelatin prints.

Andy Warhol used his cameras unlike any artist before him, and possibly ever since.  Often called “his date,” Andy’s camera was with him at all times: late nights at Studio 54, art gallery openings, travels to Aspen, LA, Europe, China, weekends at his Montauk beach estate and, mostimportantly, in his studio, “The Factory,” where he relied on the camera like other artists use a pencil, a paintbrush, or a sketchpad, but ever diaristic.

Warhol used either his Polaroid or Minolta 35 mm camera to document the worlds he moved in:  sports stars like Pele or Kareem Abdul-Jabarr, fashion designers like Halston or Diane von Furstenberg, film and tv stars like Liza Minelli and Farrah Fawcett, rock ‘n rollers like Mick Jagger or Debbie Harry, artists like Francesco Clemente or Man Ray, politicians like the Kennedys or Regans and the very rich all populated Warhol’s universe.

The prices for Polaroids range from $10,000 -$50,000 and are available from this site.

Alongside Art Rotterdam gallery The Kunsthal will be hosting a retrospective of the work and creations of renowned designer Jean Paul Gaultier. ‘The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk’ (pictured above) looks at how the designer has helped shaped fashion over a 35 year career.

‘The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier’ is more of a contemporary installation than a retrospective. Over a hundred and forty original creations from the early 1970s to the present day, and from both his haute couture collections and his ready-to-wear lines, can be seen at the Kunsthal. Most of these pieces are being exhibited for the first time in the Netherlands, with exceptional loans from Madonna and Pedro Almodovar to name a few.

ART ROTTERDAM
Cruise Terminal and Las Palmas, the Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam
Thursday 7 – Sunday 10 February 2013
Opening hours: Thu 7 Feb 12.00 – 18.00 hrs., Fri 8 Feb 12.00 – 21.00 hrs.,
Sat 9 & Sun 10 Feb 11.00 – 19.00 hrs. www.artrotterdam.com

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk
Museumpark, Westzeedijk 341, 3015 AA Rotterdam
10 Feb – 12 May 2013
Opening hours: Tuesday till Saturday: 10am-5pm, Sunday: 11am-5pm, Closed on Mondays

“EMPIRE OF DREAMS” is PHUNK’s celebration of “Dreams”. It is inspired by the epic stories of the “Dreamers”.  They see things differently. They are not fond of rules. They do not conform. They invent. They imagine. They love. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the boundaries. They move us forward. They change the world, building it around the grandest, wildest of dreams.

Making great works and pushing creative boundaries is an ethos that has stayed true to the PHUNK collective. Their work includes typographic art, graphic design, animation, visual iconography and digital vector illustrations that have informed and culminated into their new artistic vision and fine art making techniques.

ART SEASONS Singapore
1 Selegie Road, PoMo, Singapore 188306
Gallery hours: Mondays to Saturdays 11am – 7pm, Closed on Sundays and public holidays.

This year’s theme is ‘Identity’ and Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, comments:

We use design to define who we are, both as individuals, and as societies. In this sense, design is a signal of identity. It can be a personal signal, which users are themselves responsible for – an example would be the customisation process. Or it can be a ready-made identity that reflects, for example, the characteristics that contribute to a sense of civic or national identity. Designers shape objects and places and processes to reflect the values and the identity of those who use them. This year, the Designers in Residence programme at the museum will be based on an exploration of how design in any field can be used to convey, to create, or to reflect a sense of identity.

Now in its sixth year product, furniture, fashion, graphic, spatial or interaction designers are welcomed to explore the idea of identity in an object, an environment or an experience.

Designers can apply online at Designmuseum.org deadline for all applications is 5pm on 28 February.

The Designers in Residence exhibition will run from 4 SEPTEMBER 2013 – 12 JANUARY 2014.

Their latest collaborative bit of fun sees the cream of the UK’s leading designers, artists, creators and graphic-heads getting a chance to customise the iconic La Sardina DIY camera. The cameras will be on display in London and Manchester throughout the year with names like Supermundane, Lazy Oaf and Kid Acne taking part.

Here’s a peek of a couple of our faves so far….

From the top: Hattie Newman, Chris Howker, Felt Mistress, Kirsty Mitchell

Exhibition details

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Lomography Gallery Store East London
117 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BG
020 7426 0999
http://www.facebook.com/lgseastlondon
Opening hours: 10 – 7pm Monday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm Sunday
Nearest tubes: Oxford Circus / Piccadilly Circus / Leicester Square / Tottenham Court Road

End April 2013 moves to
Lomography Gallery Store Soho
3 Newburgh Street, London, W1F 7RE
020 7434 1466
Please check http://www.facebook.com/lgslondon for full details

June 2013 moves to
Lomography Gallery Store Manchester
20 Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JN
0161 228 2360
Please check http://www.facebook.com/lgsmanchester for full details

The exhibition will focus on 50 hand drawn portraits of icons who died before their time. Lucy comments on her style:

Throughout my time at university my work has progressed and developed into my own stylised illustration style. This combines the use of detailed pencil drawings, created using a cross hatching method with mechanical pencils, and collage, which I use by applying sourced vintage fabrics and papers to the original drawings, to provide clothing and backgrounds to my compositions.

All of the 50 original portraits will be exhibited and available to buy. In addition a gift shop selling postcards, greetings cards, limited edition prints, posters and tote bags will all be for sale throughout the week.

EXHIBITION DETAILS
24th-29th November
Open 10am-6pm
Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B94AA.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Thanks to Craig Bush who made these great videos of the Festival.

So popular were several of the works produced including pieces by Jon Burgerman, Pete Fowler, Golden Boy (above), Lucy McLauchlan and Tankpetrol that they will be sticking around the area for quite a while longer.

While 10,000 people were in Southside over the weekend one of the most talked about pieces had to be the 16ft giant green tentacles that appeared creeping out of the undercroft of the Hurst Street gateway. The piece by Filthy Luker was commissioned by Eye Candy.

Make sure you check out the pieces around Southside while you can.