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Robert Montgomery hijacks public advertising space with poetic text-based posters and signs powered with “recycled sunlight” (shown above).

Saturday at ICY SIGNS (200 Livingston Street, Brooklyn), Stephen Powers and Todd James will be exhibiting 5400 sq. feet of paintings and signs from MOCA’s Art in The Streets show. Looks like a super event. If you can’t make it, check out this great talk with Powers from VICE, or read more about Powers’s newest public project, Love Letter to Brooklyn.

A show-stopping “I” by Pomme Chan for Illustrated Type, an exhibition at Gallery Nucleus of hand drawn letterforms and experimental typography created by over 30 artists. Unfortunately the show ended June 6, but you can take a look back at all the lovely work here.

News from Issue 1 featurees Triboro — the dynamic duo will open a new storefront in Greenpoint this weekend. Check out the studio’s debut exhibition, Superfund, on Saturday, June 18, from 12-8 pm.

Woah. Fresh-looking type from artist Ivan Crush. Love it all, especially those color palettes. (via It’s Nice That)

Nice article on some of North Brooklyn’s indie art publishers. Of note: Brainwaves is a curated showcase of artist books, ‘zines, and prints at Storefront Gallery in Bushwick. Also really excited to learn about Booklyn, an artist-run, nonprofit that promotes artist books as an art form and educational resource. Both organizations have exhibitions opening this Friday. A great opportunity to check them out if you haven’t had the chance to before. (Photo by Hrag Vartanian via Hyper Allergic)

Mark your calender for June 11—Volume Number, presented by Triple Canopy and Printed Matter, will offer a discussion of the past, present, and future of artists’ publications. Participants include Paul Chan (Badlands Unlimited), Angie Keefer (The Serving Library), Matt Keegan (North Drive Press), David Platzker (Specific Object), and Colby Chamberlain (Triple Canopy), who will moderate. Event begins at 6 pm at Dia:Chelsea in New York City, admission is free.

What doesn’t look good in neon? (Nothing.) More by Tracey here.

I’m digging Evan Gruzis’s trippy type. Check out Site Unseen’s chat with the artist.

Mark your calendars for Glenn Ligon: AMERICA, opening March 10 at the Whitney Museum of Art. Prep with Jason Moran’s interview of Lingon for Inteview, or try Glenn Lingon: Some Changes.

Proclaiming my love by Justin Kemp

Trey Speegle solo exhibition at the Benrimon Contemporary gallery opens tonight in New York. Through March 5. (Pictured: It’s Not About You, 2010).