This Saturday there is a great benefit at New Image Art Gallery to help complete the film Dear & Yonder.  After the jump, a couple pieces that will be included by Barry McGee and Clare Rojas.

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Two great artists, two shows (Doze Green giving a nod to the Apocalypse), one gallery.  Opening Saturday night, don’t miss it.

Jonathan Levine Gallery

529 West 20th Street, 9E New York, NY 10011

Blackest of the Black Festival feat. Danzig comes to NYC October 15th.

The Roseland Ballroom’s celebration of dark, metal is not for the faint of heart or weak of ears. Glenn Danzig’s headlines, along with Norway’s Dimmu Borgir sound like turbocharged chants from the Middle Ages, with raspy verses and captivating orchestral passages — they’d be perfect for a horror-movie soundtrack. Portuguese metalheads Moonspell wield guttural screams and driving bass lines, while Winds of Plague and Skeletonwitch bring more variations on the theme. For more info check out Flavorpill.

I first became familiar with Mike Giant‘s work in 1993 when a package arrived in the mail from San Francisco.  The contents of said package included a bunch of 11″ x 17″ photocopies of drawings made on freight trains, from that moment on I was sold.  Fast forward to 2008, those drawings are lost but Mike Giant keeps on.

His latest solo show at White Walls in San Francisco opens tomorrow night and contains a vast amount of his crisp, black on white drawings that have come to define his style.  After the jump, some of my favorites that are still available for purchase.

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Opening tomorrow night at OK OK Gallery is Josh Keyes‘ latest show ‘Mist’.  Half of the pieces in the show reference the areas native population in various studies of totem poles, my favorite being the one above.  If you’re in the Pacific Northwest, make the trek out to see this. No disappointments.

Previewing tonight and opening tomorrow is Dan Witz’s latest show ‘Night Paintings’ at Stolen Space in London.  Witz’s oil paintings are unbelievable in person, so if you happen to be in the future capital of finance stop by for a look.  A quick preview and press release after the jump.

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José Parlá‘s much anticpated show Adaptation | Translation opens this Friday at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London.

This Saturday sees the opening of two respective solo shows at Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC.  Amused Loon is an exhibition of new paintings by Damon Soule and Chris Mendoza’s Daily Habit is comprised of twenty ink-on-handmade paper and carving-on-Masonite works.  Both are talented artists and these shows are a must see.

Fucked Up is playing a show with Vivian Girls October 15th at the Bowery Ballroom.  It is not sold out yet, if you’re in NY you should see both groups play.  Info here

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Opening at Galerie Magda Danysz this Saturday for a brief two week period is a two man show featuring Shepard Fairey and D*Face.  Some words after the jump.

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If you’re in San Francisco this weekend make it over to Fecal Face Dot Gallery for West, Wester, Westest.

To our Detroit readers, the Scion Art Tour is coming to the Motor city. If you’re there, check out Installation 5: Self Portraits including artists from Miami, New York, Portland, Minneapolis, San Jose, and Los Angeles, comes to Detroit.

The Scion show has been making its rounds, it’s a corporate sponsored event but, its helping emerging artists. We all need a voice! Get all the info here.

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All San Francisco, all the time.

Richard Kern’s latest show opens tomorrow at Feature Inc., and will be great.

Aurel Schmidt is one of my favorite working artists, so I personally am excited to see her new show Man Eater that opens at Deitch Projects this Saturday.

Press release after the jump

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Any group called the ‘Enablers’ is alright with me

Not to be overlooked, ElTono and Momo’s Plaf has its opening reception tonight at Anonymous Gallery, located on Broome Street between Bowery & Christie.

Steve Lazarides bring his caravan of artists to the Bowey for the London Gallerists latest extravaganza.  This will be good.