RCA Secret 2009

If you have ever fancied owning work by the likes of Gerhard Richter, Bill Viola, Julian Opie or Grayson Perry but haven't been able to afford it, then RCA Secret could be your chance to own an original.

RCA Secret is an annual exhibition and sale of original postcard sized art made by professional artists, designers an illustrators along with the Royal College of Art's current postgraduate students.

The postcards are for sale for £40 each and all proceeds go to the RCA Fine Art Student Award Fund. The Secret aspect is that you don't know who it is by until you buy it as the artists signature is on the back.

The postcards can be viewed from tomorrow at the Royal College of Art until 20 November, and on the website.

The actual sale takes place on 21 November, and to be able to buy you must register in advance, which you can do online until 17 November.

Find out more on the RCA Secret site

London Street Art Anthology by Alex MacNaughton

This new book London Street Art Anthology by Alex MacNaughton brings together the best and most current images of London Street Art with many of the photos being taken this year just prior to printing. The book captures the essence of the street art culture which is vibrant, constantly changing and a colourful backdrop to life in the capital.

The Anthology features photography by MacNaugton and covers the different techniques used such as stencil and trompe-l'oeil, as well as highlighting the work of the major artists themselves.

Buy it now for £14.99 from Magma Books.

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This Artist is Deeply Dangerous - Bob and Roberta Smith

We've featured the work of Bob and Roberta Smith quite a few times before, and we thought it was about time we featured their latest exhibition, This Artist is Deeply Dangerous before it finishes on the 5 September.

This exhibition is part of the Edinburgh Art Festival and is inspired by last years Guardian newspaper experiment where the arts and sport correspondents were asked to swap roles for the day. Steve Bierley reviewed a Louise Bourgeois exhibition and it is this review that is the subject of the exhibition.

The thoughful article has inspired them to make one of their largest text based works to date at 11 metres, broken down into 9 panels.

Find out more on the Grey Gallery website

Invader Low Fidelity exhibition at Lazarides

I pass one of Invader's Space Invader mosaics everyday on my way to work, so now that his fame has spread worldwide I'm pleased to see he has a new exhibition entitled Low Fidelity at the Lazarides.

The exhibition which runs until the 17 September features sculptures, mosaics, drawings and a new series of Rubik classic album covers. Even better news is that 3 small hand finished print editions will shortly be release from SHOP at Lazarides, so I'm really looking forward to seeing those.

Find out more on the Lazarides website

Shag and Disneyland introduce the 40th anniversary Haunted Mansion art and merchandise range

For Shag fans, Christmas has come early, just as long as you happen to be near the Disneyland in California, which is selling the 40th anniversary Haunted Mansion art and merchandise range.

The original paintings, limited edition prints, and special limited edition apparel and merchandise has all been designed by Shag over a two-year period and will go on sale to the general public on Sunday, August 9th, 2009 at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Quantities are limited, and will be issued on a first-come-first-served basis. Which leaves little chance for the rest of us.

In the meantime, Disney has helpfully photographed and priced everything from the sale, including the original painting above (yours for $16,000), some more affordable prints (from around $275) and some bizarre merchandise, including glassware and a limited edition Shag-inspired Mickey ear hat, a snip at $40. Both of those are pictured over the page or you can go here for images of everything. Shag will be on hand at Disneyland on August 9th for a meet-and-greet. Details of that via the link below.

Find out more at the Disney website

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