Animal shares Lush’s recent work. The Australian artist takes on a popular topic – the debate about street art vs. graffiti – using simple narrative and a quick one to one comparison.

What do you think? Photographs from Mercyful Fate.

“Graffiti” after the jump.

Jeff Newman, of The Art Collectors, reports live from the corner of Houston and Bowery, NYC, where Barry McGee has just completed his commission on the Tony Goldman sanctioned art wall. McGee (aka Twist) worked with long-time collaborator Amaze, and the duo follow in the footsteps of Os Gemeos and Shepard Fairey as the third official exhibitors on the space.

You may recall the wall opened with a reproduction Keith Haring mural and that there were reports of vandal graffiti tagging to the work. Is McGee responding to this in his tag heavy mural?

More images from Mr. Newman after the jump.

Jetset Graffiti profiles Dabs and Myla, new faces on the LA street art scene, in this lovely video.

The duo are also gearing up for an exhibition at ThinkSpace.

Full info after the jump.

From Wooster Collective – “We are very excited to debut PaperGirl-NY to New York City! PaperGirl-Albany was a good practice run for the amazing event that will take place at the Dumbo Art Center from August 24-25 and at The Armory from August 27-29. The show will also be in Albany at the Marketplace Gallery from September 3-6 as a part of a show that will also include Chris Stain, Billy Mode, and Scout in addition to other artists. PaperGirl-NY (PaperGirl-Albany combined with the newly formed PaperGirl-NYC) 2010 will include at least 90 artists from 11 countries. The art will be exhibited for 8 days in 3 galleries and will be distributed in the 2 cities of Albany and New York.”

Russian constructivism is the stated influence of these new outdoor installations by Spanish street artist Skount. The sculpture and collage are found in Almagra, Spain, and I love both the juxtaposition with building and with nature. Additionally, the color pop is effective in the local, though I’m responding more to the shapes. (via Unurth).

More images from rural Spain follow.

Brooklyn’s Bast is presenting new works on canvas at Lazarides Rathbone Place, London, space. The work follows the artists recent collaborative effort with Faile, Deluxx Fluxx.

Bast has titled the new collection Botulism, much of which plays on old fashioned food advertising. The exhibition, the first solo showing from Bast, will be on view until September 30, 2010. (via Nowness).

More Bast after the jump.

Since 2003, Hurtyoubad has covered the global graffiti scene (with a little London bias). The site has now partnered with Topsafe London on a limited edition run of artist driven t-shirts.

Topsafe represents some of the worlds most prolific graffiti writers. Hurtyoubad is one of the most established graffiti resources. The t-shirts make sense.

The line features artwork from an international lineup of artists; Horfé from Paris, Egs from Helsinki, Finsta from Stockholm and Hefs and Siege from London. Using the Hurtyoubad name as a common theme the artists have lent their well established aesthetics to the tees.

The full range is shown in full graphic glory after the jump. There are also some shots with a gorgeous model. Hurtyoubad t-shirts are available here.

The exterior of the Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo has received the Krink treatment. Image from KR.