the keith haring figure went up last night (co-inciding with world aids day) upon the exterior of mister brainwash’ studio on la brea avenue which was already covered with his iconic image of madonna (her latest album cover) and news of his upcoming show in new york slated for february 2010. watch this space for more updates on one of my favorite artists of the moment, the deepak chopra of the street art scene, mister brainwash.

i’m leaving los angeles in 48 hours for some serious art basel miami action. as part of the fun every year i like to see where i can fluff my pillow for a few hours each night and this season i’m headed to eden roc, the latest ‘it’ hotel and fontainebleau’s neighboring competitor. i just wrote an ode to the establishment for paper magazine (1800-HUGS KIM HASTREITER!!). to check it click HERE