We received the following note from faith47 in Cape Town South Africa and wanted to share it:

"We are facing a new anti-graffiti by-law in Cape Town which takes away the house owners rights to give permission for any artworks on their walls besides a house number.

The new, proposed graffiti by-law makes no distinction between vandalism and public art that is done with the permission of the owner of the property.

Please can you assist us in our efforts to amend this by-law by signing the petition and forwarding it on... As we need to present it to the council during the public participation process.

Here is the link and below are the details of the two points...

You can see more of Brian's work here.

When we opened up our email today and saw this stencil, from Czarnobyl in Berlin, all we could say was - "Wow!" The latest in his "Oldboy" series is 8 colors, 7 separate stencils and is 250 x 150 cm. It took six months to create.

CREATIVE DATABASE - 2009

Over the years, as the Wooster site has grown in popularity, almost on a weekly basis we're contacted by brands and companies from around the world looking for our thoughts and recommendations for artists and designers for a range of amazing projects, both...

Excited to hear that David Choe's currently painting in China. This latest piece is one of our favorites.

(Click to see the full effect of the brush strokes)

To see more of David's travels in China, click here.

WNYC’s Joel Meyer (left) and WNYC’s Benjamen Walker (right} making today’s podcast from SXSW.

On today’s podcast, host Benjamen Walker and Soundcheck’s Joel Meyer go for a walk down 6th Street in Austin, Texas. If you’ve never been there, apparently it’s a lot...

IVOR GOES GOTH Had a great day - I had tea with the charming and clever Kutlug Ataman, who is now showing with my friend Thomas Dane, at his gallery. I was very proud to be one of the first to acquire his videos. Tea was followed by dinner at Ivor Braka's house. Ivor was on full form: he converted into a goth for the night and we ended up headbanging around the billiard table.

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January - April 2008

Gerry Fox’s opening at 176 was a great success. There had been only 2OO guests invited and over 700 guests turned up. Beer was served from Dinos Chapman’s ice cream van which was incredibly theatrical as the bar tender happened to be the Shah of Iran’s...