New York graffiti writer and artist Futura 2000 opened his latest exhibition this week at Galerie Jerome de Noirmont in Paris. At the exhibition, entitled ‘Expansions’, the artist presents an entirely new series of strong works in his signature style, yet with interesting layering techniques used in most paintings. The exhibition is open until February 29th, 2012, so make sure to pass by.

Futura 2000 ‘Expansion’ Exhibition
Galerie Jerome de Noirmont
36-38 Avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
Monday to Saturday 11H -19H

Photography: Mathieu Vilasco for Highsnobiety

Check out the full recap after the jump.

With 2012 being the alleged end of the world, you better plan accordingly. If art exhibits are your thing, then this list of 25 of the most anticipated exhibitions of 2012, as put together by Complex, can help make sure you are set for the year as far as that goes. Some big shows are happening globally this year including a large-scale exhibition chronicling Keith Haring’s early career, Rosson Crow at Honor Fraser, Kaws’ Down Time exhibition, Os Gemeos at Prism LA, and about 21 others as shown here.

Take a look at the others after the jump.

After a first preview the other day, we can give you a full recap of the Mr. Brainwash ‘Artshow 2011′ exhibition, which opened to the public this weekend. Much talked about, much hated, French artist Mr. Brainwash aka Thierry Guetta, certainly managed to attract the masses with this massive event that he put together.

Next to a huge amount of large scale sculptures placed on the ground floor of the 80′000 square feet building, local artists were invited to present their works on the first floor of the building.

Mr. Brainwash’s work will certainly continue to split opinions – he presents pretty much every single cliche that one can think of in the show. The execution is certainly not bad and if it was not him and not all so overwhelming, critics might have turned out differently. He might be the perfect mainstream street artist and is working that to his advantage – we cannot blame him for that. The show must go on!

A full picture recap of the Artshow 2011 follows after the jump.

With all the controversy around artist Mr. Brainwash, made famous in Banksy’s Oscar-nominated documentary “Exit Through The Gift Shop”, he still manages to attract loads of attention, especially with his latest show opening in Los Angeles in a massive old warehouse. Officially opening its doors to the public on first Christmas day, December 25th, 2011, we take a first look today at the large scale works by Mr. Brainwash, that will be on display at ‘Art Show 2011′.

The four story warehouse will not only display the latest works of Mr. Brainwash, aka Thierry Guetta, but also the works of other volunteering artists, ranging from The Seventh Letter crew to unknown amateur artists.

In this preview we get a look at massive sculptures, each referencing pop art in one way or another, exactly what one would expect from the artist. We can certainly not wait to read the first critiques of the show.

Take a first detailed look after the jump.

On Friday the latest Kaws museum exhibition opened its doors at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Entitled ‘Focus:Kaws” the exhibition includes a series of new monotone and colorful paintings by the Brooklyn artist, along with some new supersized sculptures, including a monotone Dissected Companion sculpture. The exhibition will be open until February 19th, 2012.

Take a tour of the exhibition after the jump.

The MADE team also stopped by the Jonathan Mannion exhibition in Miami last week.

Jonathan Mannion, NYC based photographer, director, designer and artist, who has photographed some of the biggest names in the hip hop world such as The Notorious B.I.G., Outkast and Jay-Z, came down to Miami during Art Basel and exhibited a selection of some of his classic photographs from through out his career. During the opening night of the three day exhibition at AE District in Miami, which also featured a live performance by up and coming rapper ASAP Rocky and a DJ set by Clark Kent, Jonathan showed them around his exhibition and talked to them about his craft.

Thankfully they caught it all on video for you to check out as well.

The Made team continues to make their way through the Art Basel Miami madness and yesterday visited the much anticipated ‘It Ain’t Fair’ group exhibition, hosted every year by the OHWOW crew. This year Materialism is the subject of the exhibition.

“The 2011 installment of this annual group show, now in its fourth year, takes on a thematic focus: materialism. The exhibition features work by over twenty artists, including: Daniel Arsham, Justin Beal, Anna Betbeze, Ashley Bickerton, Scott Campbell, Peter Coffin, Dan Colen, N. Dash, Sam Falls, Michael Genovese, Luis Gispert, Angel Otero, José Parlá, Sara Rahbar, Ryan Reggiani, Bert Rodriguez, Amanda Ross-Ho, Aurel Schmidt, David Benjamin Sherry, Lucien Smith, Agathe Snow, Jessica Stockholder, Nick van Woert, and Aaron Young, including a special, live performance by New York-based artist Michael David Quattlebaum, Jr., during the opening reception.”

The video gives a nice review of the show and also includes interviews with some of the artists shown. The exhibition runs until this coming Sunday, so make sure to pass by.

Check out their other Art Basel Miami adventures here.

The MADE team already gave you a tour of the Wynwood Walls and Doors spaces from Miami. Along with Art Basel Miami, Wynwood Walls is also hosting an exhibition at one of their in-door spaces, featuring works by the very same artists that also contributed to the Walls and Doors project. The 2011 exhibition includes works by Shepard Fairey, Futura, Nunca, Neuzz, Ron English, Gaia, Retna, Jeff Soto, Sana, Invader, Logan Hicks, How & Nosm, Kenny Scharf, Martha Cooper and many others. Also the space is hosting a Wynwood Pop-Up store, including some nice little items and gifts that you can pick up.

Photography: MADE/Highsnobiety.com

The exhibition is still running for the rest of the week, so make sure to drop by if you are around. More pictures follow after the jump.

Over the weekend, JR’s much anticipated exhibition ‘Encrages’ opened its doors at the Galerie Perrotin. Just yesterday we reported about the Massive Attack Live Set that went down for the occasion.

The opening night was jam packed with fans of the artist, who manages to attract an incredible amount of eyes to his socially conscious art projects. Here we now give you a small recap of the art that was on display at the gallery show. Make sure to pass by the show, it is open until January 7th, 2011.

JR ‘Encrages’ Exhibition
19. November 2011 – 7. January 2012
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
76, Rue de Turenne
Paris

Photography: Mathieu Vilasco/Highsnobiety.com

More images of the exhibition follow after the jump.

We preview some works that artist JR will be showcasing at his upcoming ‘Encrages’ exhibition at the Galerie Perrotin in Paris, starting November 19th, 2011. JR has made a strong name for himself these recent years, not only because of his incredible artworks, but more importantly because of the way he uses them to make statements about society around the globe and the impact his work has had on local communities. Emmanuel Perrotin represents among many other also Takashi Murakami and Kaws – JR will nicely fit into this line-up.

JR ‘Encrages’ Exhibition
19. November 2011 – 7. January 2012
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
76, Rue de Turenne
Paris

A further preview of works follows after the jump.