Wallspot, More Than An Urban Art Platform
Growing global appreciation for street art has animated every set of eyes that interacts with the medium. As this art form has gained widespread renown, studio artists have taken their talents to the streets in search of fresh air and increased connection with viewers. Tourists have come to understand public art as a visual face …
Global Creative Initiative Stay Art Home By PEJAC
The spectacular Spanish artist PEJAC occupies a special class of public artists who pushes their medium to new levels. He has painted Spain’s oldest prison with a project that declared the existence of common, uniting humanity. He has installed climate change awareness in the middle of the sea. The artist’s own biography states his commitment …
Mural By Fintan Magee On Aboriginal Struggles To Coexist
Australian street artist Fintan Magee recently returned to his home country, where he finished a stunning new mural titled ‘Meeting Point.’ The artist painted his endeavor in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 752 kilometers from Lismore, the town where he was born in the same state. In an Instagram comment regarding the mural, Magee explained, …
Coronavirus Sucks!
Greetings, it’s great to see you here! Have you been scouring the internet, waiting for your favorite outlets to publish new content, waiting for Street Art United States to bring you the latest and greatest artistic interventions from around the globe? Of course you have. We all have. For the most part, we’re all locked …
Portrait Of A Spanish Civil War Militiawoman By Roc Blackblock
Last month, revolutionary graffiti writer and muralist Roc Blackblock brought his anti-fascist message to a massive facade in Barcelona, Spain. The artist’s latest mural, titled ‘Barcelona Antifeixista’ stands tall amongst the city’s health district, “on a dividing wall of the Kasa de la Muntanya, a busy health space,” according to local news source Beteve. In …
The Webster Court Project In Newton, MA
“An old Victorian house sits vacant in Newton, Massachusetts,” begins a press release from the Webster Court Project. The innovative endeavor capitalized upon an otherwise unused, relatively ancient home purchased by Christopher Zakak and Joelle Tomb, who were required to wait one year before demolishing it to utilize the coveted land. “Within the creaky walls …
Nevercrew In Mardid, Spain
Nevercrew continues to explore their unique style’s potential with their latest mural. The Swiss street art duo recently completed “Offset” in Madrid, Spain for Urvanity Art Fair while exhibiting with Artrust gallery, according to a press release from the artists. With “Offset,” Nevercrew sharpens the sensibilities they’ve been practicing with their most recent body of …
Mexican artists Said Dokins, Cix, and Spaik Bring Vibrancy to Maximum Security Penitentiary in Morelia, Mexico
I’m interested in beliefs. I’m interested in those beliefs that sit at the foundation of an individual’s character, where all corollary beliefs, perspectives, and in turn, personality traits spring from. I’m interested in lowest common denominators. In my experience discerning my own beliefs, a necessary function of growth, I’ve come to find that the strongest …
Our Own Top 15 Murals Of 2019
2019 was a pivotal year in our progressing world history, but then again, what year isn’t? Perhaps the most memorable advancements to be noted throughout the last year don’t lie in the problems that occupied our minds, like climate change, terrorism, or financial inequality. Perhaps, instead, the greatest change worth noting is our collective response …
Millo & Chekos’art for 167 Art Project 2019, Lecce, south Italy
167/B Street, a street art incubator based in Lecce, Italy, completed the third edition of their 167 Art Project at the turn of the decade. This prominent organization hosts a variety of interventions throughout their southern Italian city, perhaps most notably the Casalbate Street Summer Festival on which we reported in September 2018. The latest …
In Conversation With Spanish Artist Ampparito
Spanish street artist Ampparito marches to the beat of his own creative drum, but doesn’t level criticisms against the artistic cadences of others. Ampparito’s bio explains that his work focuses on “subverting objects, meanings, and realities to generate new experiences or situations.” His results range “from the most absolute indifference to the deepest reflection, through …
Said Dokins in Forbes Mexico
The season for family reunions and heartfelt dinners has past, it’s now time for midnight champagne toasts and fervent reflection. The new year is nigh, ‘top nine’ posts have taken over Instagram, and major media outlets are publishing their proprietary annual recaps. In turn, Forbes Mexico recently utilized this period of summary to assess the …