Miss Van is one of my favorite artists and I’m excited to announce that she has a show opening with new works opening in Berlin. I’m so sad that I won’t be able to go! If you live in Berlin, or are traveling there soon, this is a definite must see! Here is a description of the Canto Negro y Brujerias:

Merry Karnowsky Gallery Berlin is proud to present Canto Negro y Brujerias, featuring the paintings of Barcelona-based artists Miss Van (France) and Victor Castillo (Chile). The two unfold their unique but harmonious iconographies in a pictorial exercise of intersecting ideas. These artists approach from their personal perspectives subjects like seduction, desire, enchantment, and the game of infantile cruelty. The title of the exhibition attempts to unite these proposals and at the same time, alludes to Spanish culture, superstition and witchcraft as basic context, and dark invocations of common ghosts.

Details and more sneaky peak of some works after the jump . . .

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The July issue of Juxtapoz features the work of, fine and street artist, Miss Van on the cover…in all her glory…oh my! Gracing both the newsstand (left) and subscriber (right) covers, it’s been a longtime coming for Miss Van to be on the cover story.

Buy Issue 90 now in the Juxtapoz online shop!

One of my favorite artists is Miss Van. The girls she paints are so iconic that she’s been copied many, many times. The themes and settings that her ladies are painted in change with each series, but her girls always have the haunted, mysterious expressions that captivate me. Lucky for us, now we can all get a little piece of the Miss Van world. I’m excited to announce that Miss Van has recently opened her own online shop, Princesas Market, where you can purchase postcards, prints, books and jewelry. The postcards and prints feature works from previous exhibitions Princesas, Bestial and Atame. The book is her first catalogue printed for one of her latest exhibitions, Atame, and is limited to 1000 numbered copies. The most exciting items I saw on the site were jewelry pieces that made by Katrin Bauer. The ladies chose “la biche” character as the main subject for the project and all of the pieces are sterling silver. I’m so happy that there’s finally a place online to get Miss Van stuff and it’s so hard to choose, I want it all!

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Fornarina hosted it’s latest Urban Beauty Show in Paris this past Monday. The seasonal party is a celebration of fashion, music and art. The party included runway shows of and sneak peaks of Spring 2009 pieces. Fornarina has worked with Miss Van (my favorite!) in the past but at the Urban Beauty Show they unveiled projects with Miss Van and 5 other artists including Junko Mizuno (another fave!), Mijn Schatje, Angelique Houtkamp, Glenn Barr, Moebius, and Tokidoki. They selected a great line-up of artists to work with and I’m very excited to see the rest of pieces!

The day was filled with big news as the brand announced that Lindsay Lohan would be the face of Fornariana, appearing in ads for the Spring 2009 campaign. With new flagships slated to open this year in London, Paris and New York, Fornarina has big plans!

Info: WWD
Image: Nylon

Just in time for Bread & Butter Barcelona, Iguapop is hosting a group art show curated by Miss Van called “Bestial.” For this exhibition Miss Van has selected 15 international artists: Jeremy Fish, Aiko, Mike Giant, Herbert Baglione, Fawn Gehweiler, Ciou, Mademoiselle Kat, Landry & Limbo, Kev Grey, Nano 4841, Poppy
Jabianski, Angelique Houtkamp, Sunny Buick, Kid Acne and Junko Mizuno. M.I.S.S. Crew’s very own Fawn Gehweiler sent us a sneak peek of her piece (pictured above). I wish I could be there for this show it’s an amazing line-up of artists. If you’re in Barcelona this is definitely a must see. Details after the jump.

Image: Fawn Gehweiler

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Photographer extraordinaire Landry, and his sidekick dog Limbo, have posted new photos of Miss Van in action on his site, MyDogIsPolite. Check out the photos here and there.