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Street Art & The 2026 World Cup
The World Cup is billed as an event that occurs every four years, and literally speaking that’s true. The 2018 event is over: France won the Cup, and the festivities have already moved on from Russia. It’ll be another four years before the world gathers again, this time in Qatar, to watch what many believe …
Mural By TelmoMiel in Saint-Denis, France
Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann, collectively known as Telmo Miel, are a Dutch duo hailing from Rotterdam. In the [street] art world, their work is arguably some of the best that you’ll find out there – I mean, it’s outstanding. OK, sure, I may be a little biased here because admittedly, I’m a huge ‘appreciator’ …
The Unbound Mural by Faith XLVII in San Francisco
You may have heard of the Nashville Walls Project or the 2017 documentary Saving Banksy. Well, Brian Greif, owner and co-founder of 2:32 AM Projects played an important role in getting both projects off the ground – and very successfully, I might add. Greif is an art enthusiast who feels that street art and graffiti are equally important movements – …
BLOOP Art Festival comes back for HOPE and a ten story high mural in the heart of Ibiza
BLOOP Festival, the Ibizan avant-garde event based on the ethos “Art is for everybody” will come back to the white isle for its 8th consecutive edition kicking off August 23 until September 8 2018. Prior to the launch a colossal preview mural landed in the heart of Ibiza based on this year’s festival’s theme, HOPE. …
Stavanger Gets A City Bus Adorned By Belgian Artist Jaune
The leading Street Art Festival, Nuart, in Stavanger, Norway have commissioned a series of curated Street Art Buses with the latest courtesy of Belgian stencil artist Jaune titled “Unsung Heroes.” For this project the urban interventionist from Brussels transformed an 18-meter bus into a giant cardboard box with two contrasting scenes on either side. He …
Sebas Velasco Unveils A Mural in Mantova, Italy
When you think about Italy’s Lombardy region, you’re probably thinking Milan, gastronomy or Lake Garda. You’re likely not thinking about Mantova, a city located south of Lake Garda, or of Lunetta, a municipality that’s tucked away within Mantova (did you know that Mantova is a UNESCO World Heritage site?). Well, it might surprise you to …
Perpetual Illusion Is The New Mural by Astro In Epinal, France
Located in the heart of Paris-13, where large-scale murals are not an uncommon sight, you’ll find Galerie Mathgoth. Founded by Mathilde and Gautier Jourdain, two passionate art collectors with a particular fondness for urban art, Mathgoth is dedicated to supporting global artists via shows and print releases. They are also well-known for their involvement in curating massive …
AngelOnce and GoopMassta’s New Duo Show is Worth All The Hype
A couple of weeks ago the California-based street artists AngelOnce and GoopMassta made their maiden voyage to New York City to embark upon a sizzling collaborative endeavor that culminated with their latest duo show, “Pink & Green 2, The Hype Series”. The two also spent their time in New York working on new murals that …
Thought-Provoking Mural By NEVERCREW In Chur, Switzerland
Swiss street art duo NEVERCREW address the true order of things from a natural, rather than human perspective in their newest piece completed in June for Street Art Festival Chur. The massive-scale mural, titled “Home Ground” pays homage to not only the large structure whose facade it adorns, but also “the local traditions, the events …
MurAL Fest, Tirana, Albania 2018
On June 3rd, the urban arts festival, MurAL Fest In Tirana, Albania concluded which saw the collaboration between the Lecce-based association 167/B Street and the Albanian capital. The collective, based in Italy accepted the invitation to curate the project from the local urban planning organization’s director Dekori Henri Ciule, his affiliates Petrit Shabani and Albana …
Womart: A Project Promoting Female Artists in Barcelona
In May 2018, urban art advocate Rebobinart launched its Womart initiative with intentions to promote the visibility of women in this particular field and the entire artistic industry at large. By offering ten different female artists of widely varying styles the opportunity to participate in artistic “interventions” in ten different Catalan cities, Womart seeks to …
Mural by Telmo Miel in the Historical ‘Van Ghent’ Army Base in Rotterdam
Street art, typically the archetypal representation of counterculture and rebellion, can sometimes prove even more effective in subverting the powers that be when it contributes to the beautification of one of mankind’s most regimented aspects of the “system”: defense. Such a goal is achieved through Dutch duo Telmo Miel’s most recent piece “As Far As …