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El Mac, Gene Pendon and the MU collective pay tribute to Leonard Cohen.
The late, legendary writer and singer Leonard Cohen is being celebrated in a number of ways in Canada. For the one-year anniversary of his death, on November 7, a massive portrait of Cohen painted by El Mac and Gene Pendon was inaugurated in downtown Montreal. About The Mural Located on Crescent Street in the heart …
BK Foxx denounces Gun Violence with her Mural in Brooklyn
BK Foxx is a NY-based artist that creates powerful imagery. She’s fuses realism with social awareness about issues which she’s passionate for such as animal rights and wildlife. Recently, she visited the Low Brow Artique in Brooklyn to paint a mural titled ‘Sick,’ a striking image from the Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver, that also illustrates how gun-violence has affected our nation. About the …
Dulk Paints New Mural in Saint Dié des Vosges, France
Dulk aka Antonio Segura Donat is a highly imaginative artist and illustrator. He’s created a dream-like world filled with fairytale-esque creatures and critters he brings to life on the streets. His most recent mural, “Le Renard et Le Corbeau” (“The Fox and The Crow”) coordinated by Galerie 36e Art brought him to the mountain region …
SHINE 2017, St. Petersburg, FL
Represented by numerous of independent galleries and museums devoted to such big artists as surrealist Salvador Dalí and glass artist Dale Chihuly, rank St. Petersburg, FL as one of the most attractive art destinations. Museum on the streets where everybody can see work of Internationally accomplished artists for free, SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival, even …
NEVERCREW Paints Two New Murals & Releases New Limited-Edition Print
October turned out to be an incredibly busy month for the Swiss-duo NEVERCREW. In between a heavy travel schedule, that included painting two new murals in California (LA) and Switzerland (Melano), they also found time to launch a brand new limited-edition print. Learn more about their two recent murals below and click here to check …
Wasp Elder in Odessa, Ukraine
The British based Street Artist Wasp Elder, was recently invited to take part of the Odessarium – murals project in Odessa (Ukraine). Despite the difficulties and the pressure to get his wall finished, he was able to deliver a stunning mural. About The Mural Wasp Elder uses a photographic reference for every painting he makes, because photographs are the …
Fumero Premiers New Solo Show Grafstract by Fumero in NYC
Fumero is known for his visual approach with different shapes, imagery and color palettes to make what now is his own distinctive, bold and uninhibited style. Along with an educational background from The School of Visual Arts in NYC, where he earned his B.F.A he also embodies the evolution of late 20th century post graffiti …
An Artist story of mistreatment in Odessa, Ukraine
Street Art and Graffiti started out as illegal and a way of self expression until it became more accepted and people started seeing its potential transformative power. We have seen this evolution from small casually organized graffiti jams to full blown international festivals, where both organizers and artists benefited from it one way or another. …
Vesod Paints A New Mural for Draw The Line Festival
Draw The Line is Southern Italy’s highly acclaimed graffiti and street art festival gathering artists from all over the world to the serene town of Campobasso, set in the mountains. This years’ edition brought talent that included Dado Ferri (Bologna) and Antonello “Macs” (Abruzzo) to transform walls into public masterpieces. It also led Northern-Italian artist …
Artist-Duo ASHEKMAN Create New Street-Art Only Visible from the Sky
The founders of ASHEKMAN, two identical twin brothers Omar & Mohamed Kabbani recently finished a massive calligraffiti project in North Lebanon that makes a powerful political statement about unity. Titled Operation Salam, they painted the word PEACE (سلام) in Arabic across 85 rooftops that can only be seen from the sky. About Operation Salam Located …
Guido van Helten in Ragusa, Italy
Festiwall wrapped up this year’s annual festival with a brilliant mural by Australian street artist Guido van Helten painted around the stairs in the back of the Liceo Classico Umberto Primo school in Ragusa, Italy. About The Mural The title of this piece is “L’attesa” (The wait), depicting two teenagers pensive and waiting for something or …
Gonzalo Borondo Presents Matière Noire, His Biggest Exhibition Thus Far
On October 7th, Catherine Coudert and Galerie Saint Laurent presented ‘Matière Noire’, international street artist Gonzalo Borondo’s biggest exhibition to date. The opening brought hundreds of visitors to the heart of Marseille’s famous antique Marché aux Puces, one of the largest markets in Europe. Curated by Carmen Main, the show is co-produced by Gonzalo Borondo …