Dave MacDowell has taken on one of the greats of all time, Vincent Van Gogh. See him attack Sid Vicious and Go Go Yubari, hear what he has planned for the future. And A SPECIAL EDITORIAL about the current state of and THE FUTURE OF URBAN-MUSE.com. You don't want to miss this one guys...

Presenting the newest member to our team. Join us as we explore Megan Wolfe's fascinating and beautiful world of horror movies, aggression, tight photorealism, and late night drafting sessions. Learn why the concept of "Division" is so important and key to understanding her universe. Be inspired. Make Art. Paint Things. Be Awesome. 

GET AWESOME!!!!!

We're having a HUGE 50% off sale at Urban-Muse Commerce! But it's until 9/15 only. MAKE ART. PAINT THINGS. BE AWESOME. hoodies and tees are only 14.99 and 24.99. Cuca Refugia's painting "Let's Talk About Hate" is 50% off. All Decimus Watercolor's 50% off! 
only at http://www.Urban-Muse.com/commerce

We're running out so snag them while you can!

CucaRefugia.com and Urban-Muse Commerce are having Special "Fan Appreciation Sale' - Until July 6th 2011, "There is no Blind Faith" is available at 50% through Urban-Muse Commerce Online. Click the Image for More information/Purchase information.

Come with us on a journey to our Buddy Dave MacDowell's huge show at ThinkSpace LA. "Low Brow Love Letter" Awesome art, marriage proposals, and Carson Daly! (Hulu Link included) Enjoy!

Urban-Muse artist, Xiau Fong Wee is fast becoming one of the strongest voices in art. Join Urban-Muse as we take a secret glimpse into her studio, her mind, and her life. The process that goes into her beautiful destruction. Find out why we call her "The Destroyer." And watch her work be taken from San Francisco, all the way to Singapore for a Landmark event, at GJ Asian Art Gallery inside the Four Seasons. Watch as this young artist rises towards the highest heights. Read and view this here on Urban-Muse. - "Xiau Fong Wee - Rebirth: The Destroyer Rises."

BIG WEEKEND SALE on our Fashion Lines at Urban-Muse Commerce. Make Art. Paint Things Be Awesome Tees 50% off! Make Art Paint Things Be Awesome Hoodies 50% off! Atomica Undead Weep/Miscreant 67% off! All Shirts/Hoodies printed on sexy soft American Apparel cotton. Free Shipping on Orders over 100$, Comes with Sticker Pack. THIS WEEKEND ONLY. (2/24 - 2/27)

MAKE ART. PAINT THINGS. BE AWESOME.

http://urban-muse.com/commerce/fashion.html

We are pleased to have part of the Urban-Muse Family participating in Warholian.com's BIG first show! Warhol Reimagined: The New Factory. Come see Decimus, Dave MacDowell, Xiau-Fong Wee, and Gabe Larson's take on Mr. Andy Warhol, with some delicious cans of Soup! Sweatshop Free! Opening night Thursday March 10th! at Project One Gallery San Francisco. For Details/Directions/Purchase visit http://www.WarholReimagined.com/

We are proud to present a very special Urban-Muse feature on master artist and illustrator Chiara Bautista (Aka Milk) titled "Purity, Love, and the Impossible Dream." Complete with an exclusive interview for Urban-Muse.

From Street Fighter, King of Fighters, SNK Vs. Capcom, Resident Evil to Marvel Vs. Capcom. The most comprehensive look at the outstanding career of master artist Toshiaki "Shinkiro" Mori. A massive retrospective chronicling his most important and classic works in the past 20 years.

We are beyond honored to present our exclusive interview with the greatest living artist, Mr. Chuck Close.

Urban-Muse is pleased to announce a new series of features, featuring the best artists in the world. We proudly present Caroline Westerhout from the Netherlands as a Urban-Muse Featured Artist. Please continue reading to see some of our selected favorites of hers. Be warned the imagery contains a fair amount of nudity and may not be suitable for viewing at a workplace environment or places where nudity is frowned upon.

Mellisa Forman - The Keepers of Creation

Read Gabe Larson's impressions, and see the show below:

We are pleased to present our latest Urban-Muse Commerce "It" girl Julia Wang. http://urban-muse.com/commerce/ Julia is a wonderful young model and actress working in NYC and studying Fashion and Design at Parsons. She has been a friend and collaborator of ours for many years now. This promo shot comes courtesy of our friends Nikko La Mere for upcoming fashion/jewelry line ROMEINGPANDA, Julia wears their art.

In addition to our wonderful family of artists, please look forward to many more "Muses of the month" and covergirls for Urban-Muse Commerce. And as always if you are a gallery, brand, or high level artist and want to work with UMC, Apply via commerce@urban-muse.com

MAKE ART. PAINT THINGS. BE AWESOME.

Introducing Urban-Muse Commerce. This is the biggest thing we've ever done. And could make a very very large splash in the global art market. It's an entirely new sales platform for Urban-Muse's artists. And here's the best part. We want you to be a part of it. Browse around to see what we mean. http://www.urban-muse.com/commerce We are selling our new Tee/Hoody line, and have new work availible to buy instantly, from Decimus, Michael Shapcott, Nichole Camarillo, Xiau-Fong Wee, and Cuca Refugia. In the coming weeks look forward to seeing more work from our other wonderful artists us availible on Urban-Muse Commerce. We also look forward to exclusively stocking all of Biafra Inc, and Give Up's merch. And if you browse Urban-Muse commerce you can also see a glimpse of our upcoming intercontinental alliance with Fine Grime UK. This is big guys.

A couple weeks ago we heavily tested our slogan "Make Art. Paint Things. Be Awesome." to overwhelming response. So we put our money where our mouth is, (Literally) and printed an entirely new line of Mens and Womens Tees and Hoodies screenprinted on American Apparel. These things are NICE. And what better way to launch Urban-Muse commerce than by practicing what we preach. They are made in extremely limited quantities and we expect them to sell out QUICK. So snag one while you can.

This is a pivotal documentary that anyone in the arts owes it to themselves to see:

It is as much a scatching indictment of the current art commoditization scene as it is a fanciful look back at what might have been; had certain artists, institutions and collectors not changed everything.

"The Mona Lisa Curse"
Courtesy Oxford Film and Television for Channel 4 UK Presented by Robert Hughes Produced and Directed by Mandy Chang

The entire documentary (Parts 1-13 ) is availible on the following page are on the following page:

Urban-Muse is proud to Welcome Dave MacDowell to our family of Artists! Dave, is one of our favorites, and we're sure he's one of yours as well. Dave is currently working hard on the massive Sanrio Show, and the upcoming London Miles show. He's coming fresh off the Thinkspace 5th Anniversary show, and the Bad Dad's Wes Anderson Show. When his busy schedule permits look forward to Dave working with us on our upcoming shows, and making some posts here on the Urban-Muse Blog.

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 "Thinkspace 5 Year Anniversary Show" featuring new works by various artists

Joshua Petker

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Stopped by the newly opened Lopo Gallery to see this incredible show put on by Spoke Art Editions. The gallery was slammed, and there were so many wonderful paintings. Wes Anderson + Badass art + San Francisco +Halloween = Hipster Magnet. Lot's of wonderful themed costumes were in attendance. The audience at the show was half of the fun/attraction... You know how Blizzcon and Anime Expo have alot of nerds/geeks? Well imagine that but with hipsters. Everyone was dressed to the nines in their favorite Wes Anderson costumes. (some may have not been dressing up) The showing was very strong, we overheard one of the artists mention they were approached about the show over a year ago, the time spent and dedication put into this show was really apparent.

Congratulations to all the phenomenal artists involved! It was really an impressive and memorable show.

These are just some of our favorites, there was so much more art.  It was so full it was difficult to get photos and we couldnt get everything.

Dave MacDowell - "Fly" (Detail)

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Greetings all Earth Beings!

We are very pleased to announce our latest artist Xiau-Fong Wee. Xiau-Fong is our most prolific artist, who also happens to be our youngest. She is incredibly strong, and incredibly dangerous. We believe Xiau-Fong represents the very best type of artist who has benefited from hardcore, intense art training in a academic setting; while still retaining a very powerful and truly unique aesthetic all their own.

Xiau-Fong has a very strong reputation as one of the new powerful forces in her school. During conversation we would often hear her name pop up many times in the whisperings of other artists, and see her name consistently pop up in group showings. We became familiar with her work initially via facebook and her blog well over a year ago, and have been watching her consistently deliver exceptional works of art. Her work feels like it might fit in well among dark artists such as Chet Zar, Paul Booth, and Last Rites type dark artists. Xiau Fong’s work is dark, dark, dark and frankly a bit scary. She ...

I had all these thoughts pouring through my head, reciting word for word of what I was going to post. Days of thoughts, day's of opinions, days of bullshit. When the time finally came that I would have approximately one hour to upload my drawing, post it on here and share on other sites my mind went blank. As usual....

We are proud to announce the newest member to our family of artists. Mr. Gabe Larson. Gabe will be working with us on 2 of our upcoming shows and posting on Urban-Muse. We are ecstatic!

We have been admirers of Gabe Larson's for over a year now. We first became aware of his work during our Involvment with the Second Death Cheater benefit for Benny Diar.  Benny "King" Diar is a quadrapalegic street artist/rail car legend. Benny was kind enough to ask Decimus (this sites founder) to participate in the Second death cheater show, and we were more than happy to donate two of our best large works.

For both shows Gabe painted rather awesome and very compassionate portraits of Benny. The show was primarily comprised of some of the hardest hitting street artists from all over the world, and Gabes highly detailed/modeled portraits really stole the show. We still didn't know much about Gabe, but we were fans of his. Urban-Muse has existed since 2007, but in less than a year it has really exploded. We've...

My mom told me the average mother loses a total of six months of sleep in the first year of having her child. 

NO WONDER!

Urban-Muse was at Carles Gomila's triumphant first solo show ever in the United States, at Christopher Hil Gallery in Napa Valley.

"Love is in the Hair"

"Anatomy of a Pagane System" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Continue reading for our photos and impressions of the huge show