The fraught relationship between corporate sponsorship and street art will once again be on display this Thursday, when 20 emerging street artists from all over Southern California compete in a Red Bull-sponsored competition. The stakes? Three all-expense paid trips to a “Red Bull Curates” group show during the Art Basel season 2012 in Miami, a massive international art fair where they’ll be able to exhibit and sell their works to tens of thousands of artists, art gallery reps, art fans, and, of course, art buyers.
The energy drink company is partnering with the Arts Fund, a branded entertainment company, to produce this contest and three more in Chicago, New York and Miami throughout the rest
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