Curated turns us onto this exhibition:

“American Street photographer Simpson Kalisher is celebrated in a small exhibition, Simpson Kalisher: The Alienated Photographer, on view through September 18, 2011 at the MFA Boston. Kalisher’s no-nonsense street scenes capture the spirit of 1950s/60s New York City. In 2009, the MFA received a gift from Kalisher supporter Gloria Richards of 100 photographs. 59 of these works make up the current exhibition, a selection that is at once “instantly familiar” and capable of inspiring a thousand questions.”

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That’s right, we’re into portraits of cats now. As Curated says, “Philadelphia-based photographer Andrew Pinkham has updated his site and shares some of his 19th-century style animal portraits.”

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Curated recaps Jessica Rohrer’s ‘Oakridge Road’:

“Jessica Rohrer’s third solo exhibition at P.P.O.W runs through July 23, 2011. Through 24 new paintings, Oakridge Road, depicts a series of domestic interiors and suburban life from the artist’s own immediate surroundings. Influenced by photographers like Thomas Demand, Rohrer paints with staggering precision and deftly balances what is and is not rendered in the vignettes. Rohrer’s spaces are, to an extent, sanitized – her version of hyper-realism idealizing her subjects.”

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Curated lets us know about Jeremy Fish’s latest exhibition:

“His second solo showing at New York’s Joshua Liner Gallery, celebrates stories and story tellers. For the project, Fish tapped a few friends for inspiration – among them Snoop Dogg and artist Mike Giant. Fish realizes all participants stories in his signature, richly detailed narrative painting and for the enjoyment of the gallery visitor, he’s placed an audio recording of each subject’s story next to the respective work of art.”

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Curated gives us the exclusive on this new JR mural. “Next up on the corner of Bowery and Houston… TED Prize winner JR.  Fresh on the wall today, the Frenchman’s signature, powerful style once again arresting.” See more over at Curated.

Curated lets us know about this piece of big news:

“On Wednesday night, June 22nd at 10:15 pm Beijing time, Xinhua produced a statement that Ai Weiwei had been released on bail because of “his good attitude in confessing crimes as well as a chronic disease he suffers from.” Hours later, Ai had returned to his home-studio compound in northeastern Beijing and responded to a flurry of text messages and phone calls. He has told the Guardian and other media outlets that he is “fine” and happy to be home. The first photos of Weiwei following his release appeared in the New York Times. The conditions of Weiwei’s release have yet to be confirmed, but Weiwei’s legal counsel, Liu Xiaoyuan, did suggest over Twitter that the artist would not be allowed to exit Beijing city limits. Weiwei himself has stated that he will not be allowed to conduct interviews or use social media for at least “one year.” Many have speculated about the timing of Weiwei’s release, which occurred just days before Wen Jiabao’s visit to Hungary, Germany and Britain, countries that have been particularly critical of Weiwei’s extrajudicial detention.”

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Here’s another fashion break:

“Salon 94 is pleased to present For the Kids, an exhibition of sports lithographs from the archives of John and Tock Costacos. Opening on Thursday, June 23rd 2011 at Salon 94 Freemans and curated by Fabienne Stephan and Adam Shopkorn, the show serves as a mini-retrospective of early Costacos posters from 1986 through 1990. In addition to these works, pieces will be presented from Jeff Koons’s first solo exhibition, Equilibrium, the 1985 show that included basketballs floating in display tanks, cast bronze standard scuba diving tanks and framed advertising posters that appropriated imagery contained in Nike advertisements that preceded the earliest Costacos work.”

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Apparently there is some cool stuff happening that has nothing to do with Pitti. We’re as shocked as you are:

“During the early 80’s, Sophie Bramly stood witness to the first commercial flowering of hip-hop in the Bronx. She photographed her friends – Afrika Bambaataa, Futura, Kurtis Blow and Fab Five Freddy – both in public and private. These photographs are a rare document of hip-hop’s early days. Filled with energy, they embody the raw spirit of the era and the endless talent of the participants. Paris’ 12mail Gallery shares Bramly’s work beginning this weekend and running through September 2, 2011.”

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One of our favorite street artists, Swoon, has an amazing new installation on view now at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Titled “Thalassa,” the sculpture spans the museum’s great hall and is inspired by the artist’s reaction to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Made from mostly found objects the work will be on display through September 25, 2011. Arrested Motion has some fantastic photographs (which we’ve pulled from), including all the preparation work for the sculpture.

Check out the finished piece in full after the jump.

Curated turns us onto that stuff, that sweet funky stuff:

“Forgotten & Undisturbed” by Bob Chisholm opens July 1, at The Popular Wokrshop. The gallery discovered Chisholm’s prolific body of photographs while rooting through a half-abandoned home in the hills above Woodside about 5 years ago. Bob has led an atypical life to say the least. As evidenced in his work, he has been traveling and prolifically documenting these travels from the late fifties until the late nineties. For weeks, the curators sorted through 7500 slides to pick the 22 pieces in “Forgotten & Undisturbed”. This show aims to showcase the breadth of his work and the depth of Bob’s interactions with his subjects.”

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