Also “greater than fear” and “protect each other.”

This morning, members of the press, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), the Podesta Group, the Boeing Corporation and friends of the Smithsonian gathered in the National Portrait Gallery’s Kogod Courtyard for the unveiling of Shepard Fairey’s iconic Obama Hope portrait. The courtyard was abuzz with the well-dressed (oddly more gala than press conference), and photographers scrambled to get a piece of the suddenly-ubiquitous Fairey. Fairey spoke briefly, stating that he made “this illustration…

We spotted this new Shepard Fairey mural on 14th Street NW between U and V Streets last night, on the side wall of popular restaurant/bar Marvin. The artist put up another one yesterday on P Street in Logan Circle. Unfortunately, the view of the mural is a bit obstructed by construction fences and accompanying banners, but it’s definitely cool nonetheless. This mural is actually a made of many posters pasted up on the wall….

Al Farrow will accompany Shepard Fairey tomorrow night in a discussion on political art at the Corcoran. Mausoleum II (front view), is made of bullets, artillery shells and steel, and will be shown alongside the work of Fairey and Paul D. Miller in Regime Change Starts at Home. Image courtesy Irvine Contemporary. Phew, it’s a busy week for artlovers. If you dig political art, graphic design, or street art, head to cloud nine, and…

Shepard Fairey was out in Logan Circle today touching up a mural he put up overnight on the alley wall next to Logan Hardware on P Street NW, between 14th and 15th. Fairey is most well-known for his “André the Giant Has a Posse” stickers, which morphed into the ubiquitous Obey Giant street art project, and more recently for his graphic work depicting Barack Obama. The mural he’s put up in the alley is…

The first in what will hopefully be a series of posts highlighting odd or interesting pieces of pop culture we find popping up around Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to D.C. and New York this week. Did you love Shepard Fairey’s Obama posters? Artist Michael Ian Weinfeld has created this limited edition copycat “POPE” print of Benedict XVI in honor of the pontiff’s visit to the United States this week. It’s available for purchase for $99….

From the tallest skyscraper in the City of Brotherly Love to Canadian tourism copywriting brilliance, here’s what you should know from our -ist cities: This week, Phillyist took a gleeful listen to the White Stripes’ exciting new release, watched in awe as their new tallest skyscraper was finally completed, found a cheaper way to get to Gothamist, invented a tasty new dessert, and brought back their Craigslist Round-Up feature with a bang. Bostonist watches…

Andre the Giant, Schmandre the Giant. The other day we noticed one of these stickers on a lamppost at about 13th and R Streets NW. It’s good to see some grassroots (lamp roots?) support for the D.C. United star, and Dan Steinberg over at the D.C. Sports Bog has been on the case for some time. For those who don’t know, “tiene un posse” is a reference to the Andre the Giant Has a…