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Splash and Burn: an art campaign taking aim at Indonesia’s palm oil industry

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Seasoned street artist Etnik recently completed his mural for the urban art Project 12 + 1 in L’Hospitalet hosted by Contorno Urbano in Spain. The Stockholm-born artist presently lives and works in Turin, Italy, but ventured to Europe’s eastern region to participate in this unique event, which hosts one new artist each month and culminates with a …

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In early October, the annual SHINE Mural Festival took place in St. Petersburg, Florida. Now in its 4th edition, the event invites artists from all over the world to paint murals and add to the growing public art around the downtown area. This years’ edition brought over the U.K. duo Nomad Clan, to paint a …

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Axel Void was recently in Manchester (UK) to paint a brilliant mural on the walls of the People’s History Museum, curated by Cities Of Hope. Entitled “Peterloo” this mural is a tribute to the sacrifices of the marginalized and oppressed who gave their everything, to stand against injustice.  About The Mural According to Wikipedia, the Peterloo …

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News of violent struggles for power in foreign lands like Ukraine are easily reduced to impersonal figures: lives lost, land gained, resources allocated and depleted in either side’s efforts. Such simplifications make their horrifying human elements much easier to swallow. We lose sight of the fact that each casualty represents the end of a human …

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Australian born, Melbourne-based street artist Matt Adnate teamed up with street art collective and creative agency Juddy Roller to paint a high-rise housing estate building in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood featuring the faces of four of its tenants, all in the sprit to reflect the community’s cultural diversity. About The Mural The idea for the mural started when the …

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Since childhood, books, movies, and even members of our family have told us the phrase you can’t escape death However the street-artist  Zed1’s most recent mural in Santander (Spain), that was curated by Desvelarte, poses a different sentiment titled  “Alejar a la Muerte” or “Stay out of Death.” About the Mural Humanity aims to be healthy and …

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The Swiss duo NEVERCREW recently visited Jena, Germany to create a mural for the Home in Winzerla project. Promoted by the city and curated by Gruppe F, the new work titled “Adjustable Stance” touches upon local and global cohabitation. About the Mural “Adjustable Stance” explores the notion and relationship between local and global, and the …

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The world-renowned and famously trailblazing BLOOP International Proactive Art Festival in Ibiza, Spain closed this year’s event with an energetic intervention completed by Mexican street artist Spaik. His work, titled “Somnolencia (Sleepiness)” pays tribute to this year’s theme of HOPE, in “[spotlighting] that dreaming for HOPE is what drives us to live,” according to a …

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Portuguese activist and ecologic artist Bordalo II has created his most ambitious trash animal installation to date. In collaboration with Zappos.com and Justkids he debuted Wild Wild Waste, a 10,000 square feet world of trash on display during the Life Is Beautiful Festival in Downtown Las Vegas. About the Installation Wild Wild Waste is an …

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Serbian street artist Artez returns to his consistently present motif of reading in his new mural “Floating On A Dream” completed for RestArt Festival in Imola, Italy late last September. “Floating On A Dream” brings the artist’s signature blend of serenity and whimsy to this beautiful Bolognese town situated near Italy’s Northwestern coast. Artez explains …

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A few weeks ago, Antonio Segura Donat,  widely known to the street art community as Dulk, returned to the area where his career began to embark upon his latest work, titled “The Summit”.  This large-scale mural marks the artist’s first endeavor of this size in the industrial university city of Alcoy, Spain, located near Valencia …

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Last August Dutch street artist Judith De Leeuw AKA JDL Street Art painted a massive canvas in Heerlen (The Netherlands) entitled “Child Of The State”. Curated by Getting Up, the project intends to shed a light on the dysfunctional Dutch Child Protection Services system.  About The Project It all started when Judith was contacted to …

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