Interview with Wasp Elder
Wasp Elder is a socially engaged artist who paints pictures populated by enigmatic figures and unstressed backgrounds, enticing a sentiment of an obscure journey. His paintings present an evocative combination of solitary figures, collaged scenes, close-ups, obscured features, and potential catastrophe. Through this working process he is able to present often marginalised figures through a …
8-Acre Blighted Area in Boston transforms into Cultural Playground
Underground at Ink Block is the successful transformation of an 8-acre underpass located between Boston’s South End and South Boston neighborhoods into an active urban park, cultural attraction and parking amenity. The park opens to the public on Saturday, September 9, 2017 with a full day of programming and events including the Underground Mural Project …
Fintan Magee in Saarbrücken, Germany
Australian artist Fintan Magee just completed his latest installment a few days ago in Saarbrücken, Germany. This mural is part of an Urban Art project called Artwalk – Saarbrücken taking place in the inner city of Saarbrucken, under the artistic direction of the Saarbrücken gallery owners Patrick Jungfleisch (Reso) and Benjamin Knur. About The Mural The Australian artist …
Grizzly Bear Mural Tribute by Sonny in Canada
The second installment of the South African Street Artist Sonny’s global mural tour, To The Bone was painted as part of the Cambridge International Street Art Festival in Canada and aims to raise awareness of the brutal trophy hunting of grizzly bears, which may threaten their long-term survival. Although grizzly bears have been saved from the brink of extinction in North America, …
Kevin Ledo in Beirut, Lebanon
Montreal based street artist Kevin Ledo just completed his brilliant mural in Sin El Fil, the eastern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. This mural is part of aptART‘s latest project in Lebanon called Paint Outside The Lines: street art beyond the borders of race, religion, class and conflict. About The Mural Entitled “Facing The …
Saner and AEC collaborate on a mural in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Justkids recently closed its third edition of The Unexpected, taking place this year from July 23 through the 30th, bringing together world renowned artists including Mexican master muralist Saner and Ukrainian oneiric decoder AEC from the world famous duo Interesni Kazki to create larger than life art experiences in Fort Smith, Arkansas. About The Mural …
Ernesto Maranje in Beirut, Lebanon
Miami based Spanish street artist Ernesto Maranje just finished a wonderful mural in West Beirut inaugurating the launch of aptART‘s latest project in Lebanon called Paint Outside The Lines: street art beyond the borders of race, religion, class and conflict. About The Mural Entitled “The Rhino And The Oxpecker” the mural depicts a rhinoceros defaced with flowers …
Moniker Art Fair triples in size
Moniker Art Fair triples in size to meet unprecedented growth in urban art collecting Moniker Art Fair’s eighth edition will consolidate its position as the leading global art fair dedicated to urban art and its related subcultures, welcoming a wave of existing and new collectors keen to collect and interact with the art world’s fastest-growing …
Fintan Magee in Istanbul, Turkey
After spending some time in Italy working on 2 murals, Australian Artist Fintan Magee made his way east and just completed a stunning mural in Istanbul, Turkey for Mural Istanbul. About The Mural “Pray for rain” is the title of Fintan’s mural in Istanbul. The artist uses humor and realist imagery to tell an Australian story …
Interview: Mohamed L’ghacham
Mohamed L’Ghacham (1993) is a painter and muralist from Mataró (Barcelona), born in Tangier (Morocco). Mohamed was always interested in the plastic arts. He discovered the world of graffiti during his school days and years later he became attracted by the most classic painters and the language they use. His work is mainly figurative with …
Dulk’s Mural at Pow!Wow! Long Beach.
After Luxemburg, Spanish artist DULK just wrapped up his trip stateside with his mural in Long Beach (California) for POW! WOW! Long Beach. About The Mural Entitled “The Poacher”, this mural is about animal poaching which has traditionally been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. But …
“Pachakuti – if the walls could talk”
“Pachakuti – if the walls could talk” is a documentary recorded on December of 2016 featuring Inti Castro in the city of Arica, Chile. On december of 2016, Inti Castro arrived to Arica, as a border city in the northern part of Chile, which is for many people, the end of a long and homogenic …