Curated by Jan Corey Helford, this past May 15th marked the opening of the “Art From the New World” group exhibition at the Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery. This show will run until August 22nd, but for those of us that aren’t able to see it in person, we now have some images of the art and even behind the scenes photos of the preparation and build up to opening day (see here).

Last year the Bristol City Museum featured the works of Banksy, and during the course of the exhibition over 300,000 visited the museum. Now for the “Art From the New World” show, there have been over 5,000 visitors in the first 6 days of the opening. This is not only a very exciting show, but an important one for the future of the art we love so much. Originally referred to as a scene filled with “illustrators”, this art is now gaining more momentum than ever. Museums are taking notice, and the fan-base is becoming larger than ever. There is some amazing work in this show, from artists such as Kent Williams, David Stoupakis, Joe Sorren, Brandi Milne, Buff Monster, Camille Rose Garcia, Dave Kinsey, Travis Louie, Mercedes Helnwein, Ray Ceasar, Sas Christian, Melissa Forman, Jason Shawn Alexander, Dave Cooper, Liz McGrath, Mike Stilkey, Gary Baseman, Craola, Luke Chueh, Coop, Natalia Fabia, Chris Anthony, AJ Fosik, Joe Ledbetter, Todd Schorr, Van Arno, Martin Wittfooth, Josh Agle, Lola, Sylvia Ji, Marion Peck, Mark Ryden and many more. How is that for a lineup? I really wish this show was going to travel and come to some museums here in the states. Take a look at the preview images here, and then head over for the full preview.

Art From the New World: Here and Here

Dangerous INK magazine is having an auction to help keep the mag on the stands. A bunch of original artwork as well as prints have been donated. It’s got to be hard competing with mags like Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose, but there’s always room for another publication about art. The auction has an original painting by Chet Zar and Leslie Ditto, and prints by Liz McGrath, Gary Baseman, Amy Sol and A.Andrew Gonzalez.

Head on over and take a look. Dangerous INK auction

There are some really stellar shows happening this weekend.

“Uncommon Gardens” opens this Friday at Thinkspace in LA. It’s a group show that features work by Caia Koopman, Kelly Vivanco, Lilly Piri & Catherine Brooks, and Kris Chau is in the project room. The show online to check out, there are a lot of great pieces and a good majority of them have sold so far. Check it out: Thinkspace Gallery

This Saturday at the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery there are two shows opening, Scott Musgrove and Liz McGrath. The work from both of these artists look amazing, Liz has all new watercolor works and from the looks of it the show has sold out! Scott Musgrove has sold a huge amount of work as well. Both of these shows are online so head on over and check em out. Billy Shire Fine Arts

At the White Walls Gallery in Sf there is a dual show with AJ Fosik and Kelsey Brooks. The show looks pretty good, and the work is online for your viewing. White Walls Gallery SF

“Pop Pollution” opens at the Lab 101 Gallery this Saturday. It features “small” artworks by Isaac Bushkin, Matt Stallings & Jacob McClure. Check it out Lab 101

“La Femme” is a group show that opens this Saturday at the Gallery Nucleus. It features work by
Marguerite Sauvage, Brandi Milne, Mari Inukai, Julie West, Amy Sol, Kukula, Junko Mizuno and many others. Check it out here: Gallery Nucleus

And the big one this weekend is at the Copro Nason Gallery. Three solo shows, Luke Chueh with “She’s my Heroin(e)”, Mari Inukai with “Infiltration” and Chet Zar with “We Are the Shadows”. I really dig the work by Mari Inukai and the new work from Chet is quite amazing. I see he is using some new colors in his works and I think it looks great. All three shows are online for you to check out. Copro Nason Gallery