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Agostino Iacurci Paints a Mural in Kiev.
The world-known Italian artist Agostino Iacurci just finished his large-scale mural in Kiev, Ukraine as a part of the Mural Social Club Festival. The title of the artwork is ‘Water, please”. The recent mural is a part of Iacurci’s series of new interventions depicting “Still lives”. The painting represents a classical subject of still life …
Pastel for ArtUnitedUs in Ukraine
“Two Peasants” is Yet Another mural that was unveiled in Kiev, Ukraine by the Argentinian Artist Fransisco Diaz AKA Pastel for the ArtUnitedUs initiative. Please find below the text that Pastel wanted to share with the Mural: Based on the history of the Makhnovist movement at the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution. The revolution in Ukraine …
Fintan Magee in Kiev.
Australian street artist Fintan Magee created his fourth mural in Kiev. As a part of the Mural Social Club Festival that is taking place in Ukraine a world-known Australian street artist Fintan Magee decorated a 17-floor high building in Kiev with the large-scale painting of a girl. The title of the artwork is ‘The visionary’. The …
Cedric Douglas in Northeastern University
The Boston based street artist, Cedric Douglas AKA Vise One recently completed a mind blowing mural at Northeastern University in Boston entitled “A World of Innocent Wonder”. I have had the chance to speak to Cedric on location and we discussed the street art scene in Boston, I expressed my frustration at the street art scene …
Greek artist Fikos unveiled the biggest Byzantine painting in the world
As a part of the Mural Social Club Festival that is taking place in Ukraine a renowned Greek artist Fikos Antonios decorated a 16-floor high building in Kiev with the world’s biggest Byzantine painting. The name of the artwork is “Earth and Sky”. “People you see are the personifications of the earth and the sky. …
NEVERCREW in Grenoble, France
“Ordering machine” Mural painting realized for Grenoble Street Art Fest in Grenoble (FR) 2016. About The Mural Following the structure of the building, the project was developed around the position of mankind related to nature, where on one side there are needs and belonging, and on the other side there are consumption and appropriation. The attitude of privatizing …
Hyuro in Galicia, Spain
“Morriña” Paço Cultura, Carballo, Galicia, Spain 2016 for Rexenera Fest. The Argentinian born, Spanish Artist Hyuro, who is known for blending politics with a surreal sensibility in her uncanny black-and-white works, just finished another brilliant mural entitled “Morriña” Morriña is a word of the Galician language that describes a feeling of nostalgia that is linked …
Axel Void in Manchester, UK
Sisyphus by Axel Void. For Cities of Hope in Manchester, England. This piece is part of the “Gray” series. Sisyphus, written over the wall, is a king from Greek mythology that was punished by Zeus to roll a boulder up a hill and watch it roll back down, repeating this action for eternity. Albert Campus in 1942 …
NEVERCREW for Cities of Hope
Inhuman Barriers is the latest mural by the Swiss Duo NEVERCREW for Cities of Hope in Manchester, UK. This project is about immigration and integration: about the loss of humanity and empathy, about barriers and values, and about the distant and often presumptuous position of who’s on the “right part” of the border. A transforming …
Hyuro at Cities of Hope in Manchester, UK
Cities of Hope Mural project invited 9 artists to Manchester, UK with the objective to force witness to 9 key social justice issues: homelessness, gay rights, the environment, immigration and supporting refugees, sustainability, conflict, war children. The Spanish street artist Hyuro who blends politics and a surrealist sensibility in her uncanny black-and-white murals, painted a mural on the war children entitled …
New Mural by INO in Cyprus
It is the first parliament building in the world with a contemporary large scale mural on it, and has a message against bad politicians.The research & publication department of the parliament of Cyprus organized some urban interventions in the city and they invited INO to create something on their building. He came up with some ideas …
Aaron Li-Hill unveils a mural in Ukraine
New York based Canadian street artist Aaron Li-Hill decorated the building of the Cultural Arts Center of the biggest Technical University of Ukraine “KPI” (Kiev) with a large-scale mural. This piece speaks to two influential discoveries within the last two centuries. The name of the artwork is “The Impact Of Discovery”. Painted on this multi-surfaced building …