Four years ago, Dr. Lou Robbins found a mug shot and started collecting original images from the dark side of the food world. He found bartenders, cooks, and waiters who had been pushed over the edge and were accused of murder, theft, pimping and pandering, and drunken and disorderly conduct.

Now he presents his collection for the first time to the public in his show “Food Industry Mug Shots 1899-1954”, which opens Friday at Rabelais Books in Portland, Maine. Via

An audiovisual installation during the Mutek festival in Montreal by Olivier Ratsi, Joanie Lemercier and Thomas Vaquié. Via

Joe Peacock has been collecting Akira cells and production art since he was 14 years old and has now collaborated with ToonSeum to launch an exhibition series, starting in April 2010.

Photographs by this guy right here.

Odyssey Two, showing at Münzstr. 19, Berlin from September 24 – 27th runs throughout Art Forum Berlin and brings together 20 years of Futura’s work. New pieces will be on display alongside key works such as the original iconic Pointman canvas and a collection of early Pointman sketches.

On the evening of August 28th and August 29th, 2009, Ralph Ammer and five computers will be collaborating in drawing thousands of stick figures onto the walls of Zionskirche in Berlin. What sort of pictures will emerge when a huge crowd of individuals plays by simple social rules? In these digital cave paintings mass phenomena dominate singular protagonists and form moving social images.ss

This year Venice is hosting the 53rd Biennale, which includes an international art exhibition, an architecture exhibition and festivals of contemporary music, dance, and theater – as well as the Venice Film Festival. Official site.

Mr. Superblast and Jay One: “The end of the world is coming February 12th”. This Thursday at the LODOWN Gallery ‘West Berlin’, 7pm.

Casting a Shadow – Alfred Hitchcock and his work.
From January 29 to May 10 at the Filmmuseum Berlin.

Maripolarma is a polaroid excursion of the 80s in New York. Vernissage at Sevenstar Gallery Berlin, Friday, 30th Jan. at 9 pm.

Photography by Olivier Fermariello and Sandro Di Camillo at Gallery Neox. Vernissage Jan 18th, Berlin, Bergmannstraße 59. Via

Coarse Toys hit Berlin with their new designs. 4010 Gallery, tomorrow December 10th, 8pm.

Photographs by Andreas Gehrke, Majo Ertel and David J. Hotz. Kunsthalle m3, Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, November 8 to 22.

For more than 50 years Richard Avedon was one of the biggest names in the fashion industry being the first to break down the barrier between so-called serious and non-serious photography. He was employed by Harpers Bazaar, later by Vogue, then in 1992 ended up as the weekly New Yorker’s first regular staff photographer.

Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, 19 October 2008 to 19 January 2009

An exhibition showing the fantastic work of British graphic designer Alan Aldridge is currently running at the Design Museum in London. Via