Part of an excellent series of graffiti and street art found on Moganshu Lu, the industrial complex turned art haven here in Shanghai. more ›

• Shanghai street artist Sail has painted an exhilarating new piece called "plum blossoms." It's a tree that also manages to spell out his tag. Find out more about Sail on Neocha Edge. [Neocha]
• Ever thought 1933 was too far a trek out just to buy some gold lame stretch pants? Luckily, another American Apparel has opened, this one in downtown Huaihai Zhong Lu. [City Weekend]
• Friends passed it by on our way to Spot the other day, but now that someone has talked to the staff, it seems it's official: Ming, that short-lived nightclub on Tongren Lu, has now turned into Maxmo. [SmartShanghai]

Image credit: Nature abhors a vacuum more ›

Graffiti and urban art have always, at their cores, been intimately tied to the human condition. Today, in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, bids of “it’s time to go” are scrawled on buildings near the dictator’s home. In tattered Lebanon, chimera-chasing artists spray images of carefree children flying kites on Beirut’s bombed walls. In Northern Ireland’s blood-bathed tug-of-war, both Republican and Loyalist camps produce iconographic murals to mark their territories. Even in politically stable climates, urban art is telling of present social reality. After all, art pursued purely in aestheticism’s noble name is an indulgence afforded only once certain degrees of social, economic and political comfort have been met. more ›

As the world holds it's breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. more ›

As 2006 ends and 2007 begins, the -ists look back not at the past week, but at the past year. So here it is, your Best of 2006 Spectacular. And from all of us at the -ists, happy New Year! more ›

Streetwear retailer Source opened its doors two weeks ago. To announce their arrival on the Shanghai scene, they threw a grand fete, replete with red carpets and media crews. Shanghaiist was there to ogle the models sashaying and skateboarding down the runway, to ooh-and-ahh at the impressive retail space—it’s one of them fancypants “concept stores”—and to nod eagerly each time someone offered us yet another beverage. more ›

Slin - slin is a 13 year old, that like graffiti and goes pieceing daily with his friend dism and was born in New Zealand , Auckland he chose the name slin because he found s was one of his stronger letters and he chose the n because he was also good at n's he chose the i because he thought you could be creative with an eye more ›