Interview with Ben Eine Following his Collaboration with Zippo
Zippo and Ben Eine, the world-acclaimed typography street artist, have unveiled a massive 188,368 square foot mural of the word “CREATE” – to celebrate the release of a limited-edition windproof lighter. The mural is located on the ground of an industrial compound in East London, where for over two and a half weeks a team …
HERAKUT, coming to Corey Helford Gallery in LA this Feb. 24th
On Saturday, February 24, downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) will proudly present the latest exhibition from leading German graffiti artists and storytellers HERAKUT ; HERA (Jasmin Siddiqui) and AKUT (Falk Lehmann). Titled “Herakut’s RENTAL ASYLUM,” the exhibition of all new works will inhabit CHG‘s 4,500 square-foot main gallery, with the artists in attendance. Regarding their …
Mural by MP5 for a feminist project in Naples, Italy
Known for her incisive black and white and feminist driven drawings, Italian Artist MP5 just painted a mural on the premises of the Women’s Documentation Center in the Spanish quarters in Naples, Italy, which unfortunately, only a few people are aware of its existence. About The Mural The Women’s Center contains a gender library and an archive …
NEVERCREW in Phoenix, Arizona
Known for their environmentally charged murals, the Swiss duo NEVERCREW just finished working on a Series of three interconnected pieces in a historical building in downtown Phoenix (AZ), that once housed a radio station and two newsrooms, and was a filming location for the movie Psycho, by Hitchcock. This project was curated by Anne-Laure Lemaitre (FatCap). About The …
Belgian Street Artist Joachim’s Solo Show is coming to London in March
GraffitiStreet are proud to announce ‘Born to Paint’, the debut London solo show by hugely successful Belgian street artist Joachim. The show opens on Thursday 1st March 2018 (18:30-22:00) for a Private view, then will be open daily from Friday 2nd to Saturday 11th March 2018 (10:00-18.30) at Unit 11 Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick …
Interview with Nicolás Sánchez AlfAlfA
Nicolás Sánchez AlfAlfA (born in Mérida, Venezuela, 1983) is a muralist that specializes in large size paintings and draftsman. He became interested in art at an early age, and later studied Plastic Arts at the University of Caracas. He also attended the National School of Fine Arts in Montevideo. However since 2008, he has focused on urban-street art, painting murals of different sizes. His …
SAVE OUR SOULS: an art campaign denouncing the destruction of Indonesia’s forests and wildlife
Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic returns for a second year of Splash and Burn with a giant SOS distress call carved into the landscape of an oil palm plantation; calling attention to the ongoing destruction of Indonesia’s forests and wildlife. About The Project In tribute to the last 14,600 orangutans remaining in the wild in Sumatra (Indonesia), the cosmetics company Lush, in …
ICY & SOT Gift Wall St a Large Sculpture of Crumpled Cash
The iranian artist duo, ICY and SOT, two brothers based in Brooklyn, New York recently surprised Wall Street with an impromptu installation featuring a giant wad of crumpled cash. The car-sized wadded-up $1 bill popped up in the Financial District last weekend, ironically after the GOP Tax Reform Bill which President Trump signed into law earlier …
Last Horizon by Jerico Cabrera Carandang in Civita Castellana, Italy
Filipino born, Italian artist Jerico Cabrera Carandang recently painted a new wall for “PUBBLICA” project, an urban art residence created by Kill The Pig for the city of Civita Castellana, Italy. About The Mural Jerico Cabrera Carandang spent three months in the city of Civita Castellana for an urban art residency. During this time he …
Moniker is Coming to Brooklyn, NYC May 3 – 6, 2018
Moniker Art Fair is pleased to announce it will debut a New York City edition during New York Frieze week, open to the public May 3-6, 2018 at Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY. In the United Kingdom, Moniker has established itself as the leading fair dedicated to Urban Art and its related subcultures, bringing …
Catching up with Kevin Ledo
Kevin Ledo – November 15th, 1978 – lives and works in Montreal, Canada. Ledo finished his studies of Illustration and Design at Dawson College in 1999, and since then his artistic practice has crossed back and forth through the boundaries of mural, street art, fine art, and art installation, focusing on the human form interlaced …
Julieta xlf and Bifido Paint New Mural in Requena, Spain
The Street-Artist duo Julieta xlf and Bifido recently collaborated on a new mural in Requena, Spain. Sponsored by Ayuntamiento de Requena, the new work, titled “Le Baccanti” blends their different techniques of photorealism and illustration. About The Mural To bring the Athenian playwright to life, “Le Baccanti” depicts a girl looking at her reflection …