January 14, 2009 · 1:05 pm

We Just Did Jesse Thomas 2009
Get down with the Crooked I: The St. Ides commercials (via Aesthetic Poetic)
Ricky Powell chats up George Kalinsky, Official Photographer for Madison Square Garden (via Interview)
You can always tell when a graff writer is going for the golden ring they start giving their legal name. Arrested Motion has a good interview with James “Dalek” Marshall.
Gas Masks, Israel & Human Rights: An Interview with Street Artist Mike Marcus (via Hrag Vartanian)
Obama’s economic relief for artists: Sell crap with his image on it. It’s worked for Shepard Fairey. (via Blackbook)
“You say you had a good Frieze? You say you shifted units? You say the credit crunch won’t effect your gallery? You say that sculpture is made of real gold? – NANG DON’T BELIEVE YOU!” UK’s NANG Gallery never bought into the Balloon Market Hype (via Frieze Magazine)
“When one thinks of a slum, one has this monolithic image of it is as a den of hopelessness, crime and poverty, But one billion people live in them today. I thought this bleak picture could not really be the case for everyone.” Photographer Jonas Bendiksen sheds light on the worlds slums (via GuardianUK)
Bad Bwoy Hercules Battles Banksy Inna Tenement Yard:( via Ekosystem)