When David Choe was commissioned to paint the inside of Facebook's first offices in Palo Alto, CA back in 2005, he was given a choice between being compensated in cash for what is rumored to be 'thousands of dollars', or stock options in the company then worth about the same. He chose the latter, and is about the reap the rewards of that decision when his shares are expected to be worth upward of $200 million when Facebook stock trades publicly later this year. So dope!! He is the kind of dude that can frickin change the world given this situation. Read a more in depth article here...

Part of the $200 million mural. Below are a couple of murals he did with DVS-1 and Joe To in Denver recently. The guy is on a good one...

From the spectacle that is Art Basel Miami, to all of the shows going on overseas, here are images of some of the amazing work being shown all over the World right now...

Berlin based street artist Evol has a stencil series he calls buildings. You may not even notice their beauty until you see them in perspective or close, but once you do, you'll probably flip. These miniature stencil illusions are the freakin goods! Check more of his work here. So Dope...

Billed as 'Europe's largest permanent street art project' See No Evil is an event held in England whose basis is to help 'revitalize one of the more drab streets in the heart of Bristol.' El Mac painted another amazing mural he calls Clothed With the Sun. 'You could interpret it as an updated Madonna painting, or an homage to single mothers in a country that has the highest rate of single mothers in Europe.' Incredible stuff, I put another piece he did almost a year ago down in Mexico...

A few (of many) amazing murals that Anthony Lister did while he was in LA last month. The guy is a freakin machine...

Ironlak

De La Barracuda

Melrose Rooftop

Venice

There is a Soviet millitary memorial located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and it, 'commemorates the Soviet "liberation" of Bulgaria’s capital city in September 1944, which opened the way for the communist regime that was to rule until not long after the fall of the Berlin Wall.' Earlier this week the monument was radically transformed by an unknown artist(s) who painted over the soldiers depicting them as Western pop culture icons with the slogan 'Abreast with the Times' spray painted below it. The monument seems to be rather controversial itself, 'since the advent of democracy some pressure groups have been lobbying for its removal.'  I'm not sure the exact intentions of the artist, but I think the immediate social narrative about the influence of Western culture is quite interesting, as well as it being visually and aesthetically intriguing. Would love to hear how the artist intended it to be seen...

Ron English has been a busy man lately, not only has he been preparing for his solo show, 'Skin Deep: Post-Instinctual Afterthoughts On Psychological Portraiture' that opened last night at Lazarides (Rathbone Place), but he has also taken his 'Popaganda' antics to the streets of London. Here are some images of his most recent work, both on and off the streets. If you are in the area I would highly reccomend checking out is show, his work is ridiculous...