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

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The Serbian Street Artist Artez just wrapped up his trip to Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands), leaving behind a wonderful new mural. Curated by Santa Cruz, Capital del Color, the initiative aims to beautify parts of the Capital by restorations of buildings and by bringing colors and vibrancy to the city walls. About The Mural Artez’s style …

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To celebrate Berlin’s oldest and historic mural at Tiergarten S-Bahn station, Berlin Mural Festival invited street artists and crews to add vibrancy and colors to the Mecca of Street Art. Among these artists who left behind them 13 stunning murals was non other than Germany’s own Case Maclaim. About the Mural Entitled “The Future Is …

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In preparations for the 2018 World Cup that is kicking off June 14, Moscow Street Art Festival aka MOST invited Argentinean street artist Martin Ron among other artists to paint murals related to Football in the Russian Capital. About The Mural What more could Martin Ron ask for? Combining the 2 passions he loves the …

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Blek Le Rat, known as the “Father of stencil graffiti” visited San Francisco for his new solo exhibition “Lets Get Romantic” at the Weinstein Gallery. Ending on May 19th, the title is based on his feelings about San Francisco, which he feels is the most romantic city in the US. Although to Blek, the word …

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The Valencia based street-artist Hyuro recently painted a mural as part of the “Més Que Murs – Sagunt” mural project in Sagunto, Spain. Titled “Education“, the mural is located in the courtyard of a primary public school, where the artist had the pleasure to talk with children and answer their questions, motivated by an inexhaustible longing …

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The 2018 Wall Street Art festival in the south of Paris just kicked off with a new mural by the Japanese artist Hiroyasu Tsuri aka TWOONE. The Berlin-based muralist brought to life a remarkably large Egret, which once inhabited a nearby lake but within the last year has vanished. About the Mural Made possible with …

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Superheroes have truly been embraced by street artists. Apart from the natural appeal of comic books to the visually-inclined, this global phenomenon can also be attributed to the still rising popularity of superhero films. In a 2014 report by The Telegraph, an inspired piece of graffiti appeared on one of the walls in the cobbled …

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Project 12 + 1, a public arts initiative commissioned by Contorno Urbano invited Udane Juaristi aka Udatxo, as one of their rotating artists to paint a mural in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). The result is a delightful new work, titled “Llum y Color” (Light and color) that is indefinitely a brilliant urban portrait created by …

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On April 16, Birmingham street artist Void One set out to paste up a 20ft x 10ft painting on a billboard in the heart of Digbeth, Birmingham, UK, highlighting a topical anti-war theme with undercurrents to the recent events in Syria.  About the Painting Entitled “Death From A Dove”, the painting satirizes the oxymoron fighting for …

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“o sciore cchiù felice,” translated from Italian as “The Happiest Flower,” is the most recent work by Piedmont artist Fabio Petani. The mural is the seventh work of art in the Parco dei Murales of Ponticelli, a project of artistic redevelopment and social regeneration conceived and curated by INWARD in Naples, Italy. About the Mural …

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For this year’s Nuart Aberdeen theme ‘A Revolution of the Ordinary’, Spanish street artist Hyuro painted a mural commemorating the conflict and Union of Scotland and England. About The Mural “An affective bond” is inspired by the union between Scotland and England, two countries sharing a border and are part of the Great Britain along with …

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Portugese Artist Bordalo II was one of the artists that participated in this year’s Nuart Aberdeen festival, and ‘ironically’ he adorned one of the city’s walls with collected trash. The artist continued his ‘Big Trash Animals’ series of sculptures with a nod to Scotland’s national animal – the Unicorn.  About the Sculpture The piece, which is made entirely …

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