Shepard Fairey has tweaked his iconic 'Hope' poster for the Occupy Wall Street movement, replacing Obama's face with that of Guy Fawkes mask. While it serves to show support for the movement, he also has a message for the President.

Last night, art lovers and history nerds alike gathered at the Phaidon bookstore in Soho to celebrate the release of Steven Heller's Iron Fists: Branding the 20th-Century Totalitarian State. In honor of his book, Phaidon and Esopus Magazine hosted a panel discussion with Heller, Shepard Fairey, and Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky) to discuss propaganda, modern advertising, and oppressive political regimes. Thank god for the open bar.

Oops! Shepard Fairey's wife Amanda, accidentally revealed something to TMZ that frankly, everyone's kind of known for a while: Fairey no longer goes out on the street and puts up his own works, but hires people to do it for him. Watch the video to see the artist's face when his wife drops the bomb.

Not everyone in Los Angeles is headed to Coachella this weekend. Last night in West Hollywood, MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch, Fab Five Freddy, Lee Quiñones, and Shepard Fairey held court at Soho House to give members and art fans a sneak peek at a buzzy new exhibition, “Art in the Streets.”

Street artist Thierry Guetta, a.k.a. Mr. Brainwash from Exit Through the Gift Shop, is being sued for copyright infringement over an image of Run DMC. Guetta allegedly used a 1985 photo by photographer Glen Friedman in artworks, prints, promotional materials, even postcards, without paying any licensing fees. Guetta is claiming "fair use," which would allow him to use the image for things like parody even though it's copyrighted. So, this must be conclusive evidence that Mr. Brainwash actually exists, right? How do you sue a fictional character made up by Banksy?

Somebody once said, “If you’re yearning for the good old days, turn off the air conditioner.” Now, lets not get hysterical—or in today's 100+ degree weather, suicidal—longing for times gone by. When we look back in envy, we must remember the shortcomings of the eras past. Another dude once said, “Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.” Then there’s that gal who offered, “These are the good old days.” The funny thing about quotes is that they are almost always true, even when they pitch opposing views. Tomorrow night, I will DJ at the fabulous Hudson Hotel. My set will be sandwiched between my favorite misnomer, Miss Guy, and that heartbreaker Kelle Calco. The evening is called Ladyland, and its as good as I remember it—almost. The thing about this kind of night is that it is pure and perfect. Great music (except maybe for my set), beautiful, well dressed, stylish people, and a great room. It’s a wonderful crowd that would have fit in well “back in the day.” The difference today is that it is self-contained. Back in days of lore, this crowd would have mixed with a dozen other pure and perfect crowds in a large club. A mix of fashion, art, and ideas would have driven the fashion, art, and ideas to new levels, and new directions. Now you have a room that basically agrees with each other on most things.

Like Shakira, have you ever thought to yourself, "Where are all the men in this town? / And what's a girl supposed to do? / Did they all run off when they knew / That I was coming round, coming round?" Well, that's likely a personal problem. But one you can rectify to the tune of $30,000 or more! Dreamy Hope purveyor Shepard Fairey is auctioning off a chance to sit for him. And if you can get over the fact that he may illicitly cop your snazzy pop-art mugshot the way he did with Obama's, there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to splash out some cash for a good cause.

Shepard Fairey, the graffiti artist and illustrator famous for his Barack Obama “HOPE” poster and “Obey Giant” graffiti campaign, recently unveiled his latest piece. Titled “Eye Alert,” the print offers a pretty damn striking yet ambiguous critique of America’s healthcare situation: an angular faced woman stares at the viewer, the irises of her eyes a pair of skulls, while she cries tears filled with caducei.

• So in news regarding the finest non-Lady Gaga-related moment to happen in music this week, Solange is encouraging everyone to pirate her well-done do-over of The Dirty Projectors' "Stillness Is the Move" after Universal keeps taking down free downloads of the cover across the web. To that end, here's a great place to start. [Jezebel] • Barf bags at the ready please: Jon Gosselin may or may not have filmed a sex tape wherein he does a couple bumps. His flack is devastated that us gossip folks are running with this rumor. He'd be devastated to know that most of us would run with rumors of J.Goss turning out to be swine flu patient zero, too. [Us] • While on the topic of crowdsourced pornography: Carrie Prejean's total swag count now includes eight sex tapes and 30 photographs. You'll remember that some fraction of this entire package was being shopped around for $100,000 earlier this year. [New York Daily News] • Having humbled everyone from Kanye West to country stalwart Wynonna Judd, Swift has the entire world rolling around in her palms. Her next conquest: A quick cash-in on vampires via a potential stint on Vampire Diaries [Digital Spy]

People are understandably disappointed in artist Shep Fairey for lying in court about which Associated Press image he did or did not borrow in creating his iconic “Hope” poster of future president Obama. Whether copyright infringement or instance of fair use, the important argument will now become secondary to the (seemingly deserved) public skewering of Fairey. Of course, this kind of debate would never come up in the literary world. Why? Because they actually have things like “plagiarism software”!. Initially designed to ferret out cheaters, it’s recently graduated to identifying brand new Shakespeare plays.