D*Face in Fort Smith, AR
JUSTKIDS, led by curator Charlotte Dutoit, continues its mission and collaboration with local non profit 64.6 Downtown to bring high quality contemporary art to Arkansas. This time guest artist UK Artist D*Face created a large-scale mural and a massive public sculpture made of five 40 foot long wooden arrows that each weigh more than 1,000 …
Interview: Fin DAC
In a relatively short urban art career, Fin DAC has defined and perfected an atypical paint/stencil style that ignores the accepted visual language of street art almost completely – he calls it Urban Aesthetics (a modern-day take on a 19th century art movement). Hailing from Cork (Eire), Fin Dac lived the majority of his life in …
Skount in Almagro, Spain.
Spanish born, Amsterdam based artist Skount just finished painting a mural in his hometown of Almagro in Spain. About The Mural Entitled “Time Layers”, this wall is a surreal representation of the layers generated by the passage of time in our inner selves and that are part of our identity. “Over the years, we live different …
Logan Hicks – Bowery Wall Mural
In August of last year, stencil artist Logan Hicks was invited by Goldman Properties to paint his largest ever mural on their historic wall at the corner of Houston and Bowery in Manhattan entitled “The Story of My Life”. “This new piece is about my time in New York. Doing a mural on the Houston Bowery …
Back to School! Art+China
Back to School! Art+China is an art initiative conceived and curated by Seth Globepainter. The main purpose of this wonderful project is to make it pleasant for pupils living in disadvantaged areas of the country to come back to class. This year, the initiative saw the participation of many international artists, from July to September, …
OUR 2016 TOP 20 IMAGES ON FACEBOOK.
In many ways, 2016 was a year of extremes. The world saw a massive wave of political change brought on by right-wing populists in both Europe and the United States. A dizzying number of beloved celebrities took their last breaths. We survived an election that was both hopeful and shocking. We watched in horror the Syrian conflict …
Mantra in Ambato, Ecuador
The French artist Mantra ended 2016 with his largest mural to date in Ambato, Ecuador for EMA16, currated by Central Dogma. About The Mural Entitled “La Fomule Scerete” (The secret Fromula), the mural is painted on the National Library’s side building wall in downtown Ambato, and depicts a woman in traditional clothes picking up books from …
INTI in Jishou, China
Back in September, Chilean artist INTI created a brilliant mural for the Back To School! Art + China Art initiative in Jishou, in the Hunan province, China. This project was curated by Seth Globepainter. About The Mural The artist said: “Since the first astronomy records 4000 years ago in China, until today with modern mathematics, we are observing …
Astro in Jacksonville, FL
French artist Astro completed a twin-mural in Jacksonville (Florida) for Art(Re)Public 2016 art program. About The Mural The artist said: “Art(Re)Public selected a very interesting size of wall, a rather large one, which is one of my favorite size. I have adapted my self to the shape of these 2 walls in order to …
“Master of Puppets” by Sebas Velasco in San Pedro de Macorís, DR
Earlier this month Spanish Artist Sebas Velasco was invited to paint a mural in the neighborhood of Playa de Muerto in San Pedro de Macorís (Dominican Republic) and to take part of the Artesano Project for the second year in a row. About The Mural Entitled “Master of Puppets“, this mural is based on different pictures …
“Le Bien Commun” by Rouge in Bordeaux
The Bordeaux based, French artist Rouge painted a mural on a Library Facade in the neighborhood of the Grand Parc in Bordeaux. Entitled “Le Bien Commun” (The Common Good), the mural took from September to November to complete. The project was curated by Pôle Magnetic, with the support of Drac Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in collaboration with MC2A, The Bordeaux Libraries, …
Strange Bird by Lonac
Strange Bird by Lonac Early morning sessions at one of the walls in Manhattan by Lonac.