Leslie Wayne, One Big Love #32, 2009. Oil on wood, 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. via Jack Shainman Gallery.com.One Big Love: This ongoing series of small paintings by Leslie Wayne was inspired by an article in the New Yorker entitled “The Eureka Hunt.” The writer articulated a condition of mental acuity not unlike an artist's moment of inspiration. Wayne's own process of "letting go" or "getting in the zone" by listening to music underlies her latest works in this series. @ Jack Shainman Gallery through July 16.
Summer Jam: Hip hop officials rate Kanye West's (crazy-good and supposedly unfinished) new single "Power" in teddy bears.
Paddington Bear: An exhibition about the famous stuffed character (who frequently indulged in marmalade sandwiches) is on view at the Reading Museum in Berkshire through July 4.
Seditious Sweets: Shut Up, Foodie brings street art to cupcakes with Banksy-inspired toppers, including a panda whose packin' heat.
To Believe: Curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak for Visual AIDS, this exhibition brings together a stellar group of artists and artworks around the subject of metaphysical belief. @ La Mama La Galleria, June 3-27. Companion videos screen every Sunday @ 4pm.
Two-Minute Film Fest: Filmmakers are invited to submit their "finest" and shortest video to Carnegie Museum of Art for a screening at the museum on July 15. Submission deadline June 15.
The Bad Food Awards, created by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, acknowledge mind blowingly unhealthy meals from The Cheesecake Factory and other restaurant chains.
BonBonBonds: The U.K.'s first ever "chocolate bond" offers investors returns in chocolate rather than cash.
Chocolate Malt Cake.
Delightfully Disgusting: Beautiful/Decay has launched a three-part series on artists who play with their food.
Blech!: Sushi made to pop in your mouth like Pez.
She's All Ears: Artist Christina Kelly will plant corn in the Boerum Hill area of Brooklyn as part of her project Maize Field, which examines the borough’s agrarian history.
A Vernacular of Violence: This group exhibition, devoted to artists who use images of violence as a sort of vernacular source material, includes works by Claire Fontaine, Lisa Kirk, Walid Raad, among others. @ Invisible Exports through June 20.
Artists are Insane: BBC reports that creative minds mimic schizophrenia.
Mars Moves East: Rising demand for confectionary in the Middle East has led to a new $40 million chocolate factory in Dubai. The site will produce Mars and Snickers bars.
Tea with Mike Tyson.
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