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H&M makes nice after poaching local artist's work

Debbie Michaud — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:16:00 -0500

The other week the Internet rushed to the aid of local artist Tori LaConsay after H&M poached a billboard design she painted in East Atlanta Village in 2008.

After initially blowing off LaConsay with the robo-response "We employ an independent team of over 100 designers.…

H&M thieves from EAV artist, gets caught by the Internet

Wyatt Williams — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:40:00 -0500

See any similarity between the images above? If you answered yes, that's probably because you have eyes and a functioning brain.…

Atlanta Midget Wrestling returns for two nights of small-scale action

Jonathan Williams — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:48:00 -0400

Wrestling has always been big in Georgia. But with Atlanta hosting events like WrestleMania last April and the National Wrestling Alliance Legends Fanfest Weekend next week, this form of athletic theater has never been bigger.…

UPDATE: Forever 21 found RLand's "Loss Cat," adopted without asking

Wyatt Williams — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:25:00 -0400

Few Atlanta-based artists have as much visibility as RLand. From coffee shops to movie theaters to galleries, his distinctive graphic style has been a recognizable and celebrated part of Atlanta's local arts scene for years now.…

Micro Championship Wrestling turns wrestling's absurdity up a notch

Jonathan Williams — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:52:27 -0400

As pro wrestling’s biggest event, WrestleMania, descends upon Atlanta this week, some of the industry’s tiniest grapplers were at Wild Bill’s last Tuesday, March 22 as Micro Championship Wrestling was there to film an episode of its upcoming TruTV series debuting this summer. Though competitors such as Blixx, Justice, Short Sleeve Sampson and the lucahdor-masked Demo (billed at 3 feet 5 inches and 75 pounds) are clearly outsized by the guys that will be doing battle this weekend, MCW also had one of the biggest wrestling stars of all time, Hulk Hogan, providing commentary during the matches.…

AP and Shepard Fairey have a posse

Wyatt Williams — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:56:02 -0500

The Associated Press and Shepard Fairey have officially settled their courtroom beef and decided to make friends. The whole mess got started when Fairey appropriated an AP staff photographer's image of Barack Obama for his now-iconic Hope poster, leading to a lawsuit, a countersuit, and some dicey-looking criminal investigations into destruction of evidence.…

More Beltline art vandalized

Debbie Michaud — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:28:00 -0400

Seriously? More Beltline art vandalized?…

Haven't you caused enough damage already Sarah Jessica Parker?

Debbie Michaud — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:12:55 -0400

As if Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2 weren't enough of a sensory abomination, tonight SJP (via Bravo) thrusts the new reality TV competition "Work of Art" upon America.

Will I watch?…