We told you how Google's Art Project brings you inside some of the world's top museums virtually through its Google Earth-like street-view technology. Take that same idea and apply it to graffiti and murals and you have Street Art View.

The site, created by Red Bull and Brazilian ad agency Loducca, shows sick street art from all over the world. Although the resolution of the shots isn't as good as Art Project, you can be the curator of this display and upload any eye-catching graffiti you see.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-02-23T09:01:30-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/5/3/135730/6182

On Saturday night, Deitch Projects, located at 18 Wooster Street in New York City, celebrated the opening of their last exhibition, Shepard Fairey: May Day. The event, which brought out hundreds of Shep fans including Russell Simmons, was a far cry from the days when this once unknown street artist would have to hide from crowds (and the police) to display his work.

The exhibition features Fairey's latest pieces including tributes to Iggy Pop and Muhammad Ali. The show has also given the artist an excuse to install several murals around NYC, the largest can be found at Houston and Bowery, but it may not be there for long, at least not in one piece. Graffiti artists have been bombing the piece nightly, forcing Shepard to go back and fix it up several times. ]]> cmb 2010-05-03T14:40:31-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/12/1/11571/8012

If you're Brazilian, or, a Cariocaphile (a Rio lover) then you've already started the countdown for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Back in October, we were down in the "Marvelous City" and right smack in the middle of Copacabana Beach with the rest of Rio for the world announcement. Don't worry, our writer Shira Levine cased the joint to check things out for those of you considering getting your Olympic Games on in, uhhh six and half years. Questions or suggestions? Let us know.

Brazil is home to two legit and exciting graffiti artists. Meet Os Gemeos which is Portuguese for The Twins.

The artists: Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo are in fact twins and responsible for the mural on the corner of Houston and Bowery streets in Manhattan, that replaced the now whitewashed famed Keith Haring mural.

It didn't last long, but commuters in Raleigh, North Carolina were treated to a whimsical display of street art recently, as a 22-year-old NC State student (allegedly) assembled a barrel monster out of bright orange traffic barrels and put it to work directing traffic on a busy public street. Police say Joseph Carnevale is being charged with larceny for stealing and damaging the traffic barrels on May 31 for the purpose of building a statue, and I guess they're right, but it always seems unfair when it's vandalism you actually like. ]]> Victor Ozols 2009-06-13T13:11:53-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/6/12/11551/9874

· 70 Cities Around the World: One time during our travels, we had the (mis)fortune of crossing paths with a World Naked Bike Ride. This Saturday, 70 cities in the northern hemisphere (the southern hemisphere does theirs in March) will host bicyclists in the buff to protest oil dependence. To join in or just station yourself along the route, check out the WNBR's Google map featuring all of the cities and links to their wiki pages for information. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-06-12T16:44:54-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/6/12/91839/2952

True to his reputation, super-secretive British street artist Banksy is keeping his new show, opening somewhere at sometime in Bristol this weekend, under wraps until the very last moment. That moment came and went this morning actually, and now we know that his "Banksy Versus Bristol Museum" exhibition is happening at the Bristol Museum starting tomorrow through August 31st.

As a homecoming for the street artist-turned-cultural icon, the show will be Banksy's largest yet in Britain with over 100 works and the animatronic pieces from his New York show last fall. And what's better than taking in a new museum ehxibition? Taking in a new museum exhibiton that's free! ]]> JetSetCD 2009-06-12T10:45:23-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/4/2/23548/36690

Artist Barry McGee’s name may not be familiar but his drip designs and iconic male figures with sagging eyes are universally recognizable. McGee, a native Californian, began as a street artist known by the tag name Twist in the 1980s. But by the 90s, he had branched out and began creating paintings, drawings, and mixed-media installations that include empty liquor bottles, tagged signs, scrap wood, and metal.

Since then, McGee has become the most respected street artist turned legit artist (sorry, Shep) in the country and has had his work displayed in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Armand Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

Despite his success, McGee is still known to tag a few buildings now and then because he feels Graffiti keeps him in touch with a larger, more diverse audience. ]]> cmb 2009-04-03T11:38:53-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/