This week on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert debuted an illustration drawn of him by street artist Shepard Fairey. A free download of the image is available at Colber Nation homepage and the talk show host has posted an announcement encouraging everyone to support his cause. “Nation! Join Stephen on his quest for Olympic glory LIVE at Creekside Park next to Science World at 1455 Quebec Street in Vancouver, BC on February 17th and 18th at 9:15am. To help spread the word about his historic visit to Canada, download the exclusive commemorative poster and post it all over Vancouver!” After failing to win the Presidential nod in primaries in 2008, Colbert is making plans for global glory with his slogan on the poster, “Defeat the World!” Maybe we will see this cool Illustration available in print form in the near future.

Check out this upcoming preview from Arrested Development of a new mural installation being put up during Art Basel in Miami. Located at Deitch Project’s Wynwood Walls, their photographer covered featured artists Futura, Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, Kenny Scharf, and photographer Martha Cooper. The huge project is a great collaborative effort that is sure to result in a sick installation. More pictures after the jump.

Famed street artist Shepard Fairey has made his mark all over the world with his signature Obey logo, which has landed in places like Tokyo, New York, Mexico City, London, Madrid and practically every nook and cranny that you would least expect to see the artists mark. Levi’s invited Fairey to take part in the design process of a collection centered around the Obey trademark. To observe this special occasion Levis welcomed Shepard Fairey to their flagship store located in New York City’s Times Square district. Shepard was putting up wheatpastes in front of a very jovial crowed cramped in front of the Levis campus. Check out the post for the rest of the images.

Photos by Richard Bassett

The recent induction of Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan, marks a very pivotal point in the NBA legends career. He currently holds some of the most notable records in the NBA and is recognized as one of the premiere athletes during our lifetime. This print series is expected to go on sale starting Thursday, Sept. 17th. The initial offering consisting of just the high-end, 26” x 36” silk-screened master prints signed by both Jordan and Fairey (limited to 50 versions each) for $4,499.99 collectively. For anyone who purchases the three-part master print series, they will receive the same edition number in the limited-to-50 series for each print (UNC, Bulls and the HOF induction). Additionally, on Sept 17th the three-part sets signed by Fairey-only, which also measure 26” wide x 36” high and are limited to 123 apiece, go on sale for $1,349.99 collectively. On Sept 22nd, individual versions of the dual-signed master prints will go on sale for $1,499.99 each, with the Fairey-only signed versions also being made available for $499.99 apiece. Lastly, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, an 18” wide x 24” high Fairey-signed print that’s limited to 523 will be made available. Complete sets of the three single-signed, 18″ x 24″ prints will retail for $215.99 each with individual pieces listed for $79.99.” Make sure you head over to the Obey Giant website to purchase these great pieces.

In honor of one of the best athletes of all time Michael Jordan, street artist Shepard Fairey has produced this very special screen printed poster of the great one slam dunking. This particular piece is meant to commemorate the official induction of Michael Jordan into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Fairey took interest into this particular event and has put his artistic touch on this screen printed piece.

Illustrator and graphic designer Shepard Fairey was sentenced to two years probation and fined $2,000 on Friday for the images he has created on public and private property during his career. He was arrested in Boston in February at the opening night of his retrospective show at the Institute of Contemporary Art. He pleaded guilty to three charges of vandalism and the other 11 charges were dropped. Fairey’s work is well known (he is responsible for OBEY) but his most recent contribution was the ‘Hope’ poster he designed during the Barack Obama campaign, which became a symbol in the 2008 presidential elections, and is still selling on t-shirts in stores like Urban Outfitters.

Arkitip Magazine is set to release Issue .0051 which will be a feature issue on Shepard Fairey. To celebrate this great combination, Alife has teamed up with Arkitip and Shepard Fairey to produce a limited edition t-shirt. This shirt will only be available for purchase through Arkitip’s web store. If you are interested in one of these cool shirts you can get one at the Arkitip web store. You can also purchase the highly anticipated Arkitip x Obey issue at the Arkitip web store.