Bjarne Melgaard at His New Exhibition in Helsinki

His first solo exhibition at Galerie Forsblom, entitled Puppy Orgy Acid Party, Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard, engages viewers with the rich colors and forms of his strange, macabre and heartbroken worlds. The new paintings’ compositions are dominated by organized chaos, which he has materialized via the momentum of creation: acrylic paint is poured on the floor and splashed directly onto the canvas. photograph by Rio Gandara

Dallas Art Fair 2015 Highlight: Harlan Levey Projects

Brussels, Belgium based gallery Harlan Levey Projects shined at the 2015 Dallas Art Fair with a booth that explored American nostalgia and the dark under pinnings of memory and the soul. For instance, T.R. Ericsson's haunting silkscreen images of his mother and his childhood are silkscreened on canvas with ink, cigarette nicotine, and ash to represent the gritty minutiae and detritus that add up to the sum of our earthly existence. Other artists included Radek Szlaga, Willehad Eilers and Abner Preis. photographs by Whitney Loren 

Read Autre's Candid Interview With Actor Lou Taylor Pucci →

In our candid interview with indie actor Lou Taylor Pucci - most well known for Mike Mills' debut feature Thumbsucker –  the innately actor talks about his unique upbringing as an altar boy, his dichotomous entrance into the world of independent cinema and his future goals as an actor in the Hollywood machine. Click here to read the interview. 

'Fatal Dad' @ Brand New Gallery In Milan

Brand New Gallery presents Fatal Dad, a two-person exhibition featuring a new installation of works by Brian Kokoska with sculptures by Zack Davis. For this presentation, Kokoska has altered the gallery in shades of baby purple and incorporated Davis’ sensitive, achromic sculptures that are both bodily and diagrammatic in their exploration of space and form. Davis’ works press into the carpeted floor surrounded by purple, a non-spectral color that demands psychophysical efforts in the human brain to differentiate from violet. Fatal Dad will be on view until April 25 at Brand New Gallery in Milan. 

A Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Howl at Ace Hotel

Nick Cave, Courtney Love, Peaches, Devendra Banhart, Will Forte and more join forces for a night of music, words and laughs to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Allen Ginsburg's seminal poem Howl at the Ace Hotel Theater. Proceeds from the event benefit the David Lynch Foundation. photographs by Jessie Askinazi

Read Our Interview with Cozette McCreery of Sibling →

Read BJ Panda Bear's interview with Cozette MCCreery, one third of the design collective and London-based fashion brand Sibling. MCCreery, who was once a muse to the late artist Lucian Freud, talks designer clothes, raves, and 80’s era Madonna. Read the interview here. And keep up to date with everything arts and culture by following Autre on instagram: @AUTREMAGAZINE

Young Fathers Premier Music Video for 'Shame' Off New Album

Edinburgh based Young Fathers, who last year won the Mercy Prize for their album Dead, premier a new music video for the track 'Shame' off their new album - entitled White Men Are Black Men Too (Big Dada). The video was brilliantly directed by Jeremy Cole, who remarks that it "...reflects the dichotomy of the track’s mix of intensity with joy and euphoria." The band has a grander statement about the video and about the Post Pop genre as a whole: 

"What.  Now? Can’t we just leave it to moulder away in the corner?  Do we have to keep prodding it with a stick?  Frankensteining it? Remember the melodious sweet times, the soundtracks to the moments, the whistling and skipping along, the arm in arm, girls together against the world, the boys trash it up, smash it up, school leaving day, first day at the desk-face, did we just make a baby groovy times? It died, didn’t it?  Just passed slowly away.  In its sleep. We’re feeling mischievous, though.  Wanna mess it up.  One more time for daddy.  One more dance around the maypole.  Do the zombie twist.  For the memories. No shame. Squeezing the last few drops before it’s over-analysed into the very computer screen, a shadow burn of an ecstatic smile.  Just another product.  This, is just another product and that’s the way you should take it.  There’s no shame in that."

Victor Moscoso 'Psychedelic Drawings' @ Andrew Edlin

Andrew Edlin Gallery presents a retrospective of drawings by Victor Moscoso, one of the pre-eminent graphic artists of the 20th century, and widely renowned for his 1960s psychedelic posters and comics. The gallery will publish a 96-page catalog to accompany the exhibition. Victor Moscoso 'Psychedelic Drawings' will be on view until April 25, 2015 at Andrew Edlin Gallery, 134 Tenth Avenue New York, NY

Barbara Kruger 'Early Works' Show Extended @ Skarstedt

Skarstedt gallery in London has extended its exhibition of seminal early works by American artist Barbara Kruger. The exhibition features Kruger’s large-scale black and white photographs, overlaid with provocative captions in bold Futura type. This group of works, selected from the 1980s, examines the cultural constructions of power, identity and sexuality through their juxtaposition of text and imagery. Barbara Kruger 'Early Works' will be on view until April 25, 2015 at Skarstedt Gallery, 23 Old Bond Street, London. 

Richard Prince 'New Portraits' @ Blum and Poe in Tokyo

Blum & Poe presents Richard Prince: New Portraits, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Japan in almost twenty years. Prince has pioneered appropriation since the mid-1970s, mining images from mass media, advertising, and entertainment to subvert and redefine concepts of authorship and ownership. The new portraits update this strategy and continue Prince’s exploration of photography through the platform of Instagram. Richard Prince: New Portraits will be on view until May 30, at Blum and Poe, 1-14-34 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku Tokyo. 

Bizarre Life VIP Opening at the Taschen Gallery in Los Angeles

Opening of Bizarre Life – The Art of Elmer Batters & Eric Stanton at the Taschen Gallery in Los Angeles, a controversial and essential exhibit that traces the artistic struggle of these two pioneers of fetish art, from the gritty post-war streets of Times Square to their position today as cultural icons. On view until May 24th, 2015 at the Taschen Gallery, 8070 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper

Autre Issue Three Launch @ Ace Hotel In Los Angeles Part Two

Autre Issue 3 launch party at Ace Hotel with MAMA gallery. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper

Autre Issue 3 Launch @ Ace Hotel in Los Angeles Part One

Autre Issue 3 launch party at Ace Hotel with MAMA gallery. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper