street art
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 …
Ella & Pitr at Vertical Gallery Chicago
Ella & Pitr have arrived in Chicago for their debut USA solo show at Verticacal Gallery: “Le Silence Des Pantoufles Après La Pluie” Whimsical, innocent, hopeful, poignant, playful, funny, free and infectious. Vertical Gallery is proud to present the debut USA exhibition for Ella and Pitr, “Le Silence Des Pantoufles Après La Pluie” (“The Silence of …
Giulio Vesprini paints in an Old Italian Prison Camp
Italian street artist Giulio Vesprini just sent a few images of his latest mural ‘Cerchio G21’ painted for the “Prison Camp PG 70”, Oltre Conceria Project in Fermo, Italy, that intends to bring life to old abandoned industry sites and transform them into multipurpose community centers. With a background in architecture and graphic design, Vesprini’s …
Skount Collaboration at Tempelhof Airport
Skount with the help of his friends Sokaruno and Kera painted a mural at the historic airport of Tempelhof in Berlin. Tempelhof Airport PAST: The Prussians once paraded on the grounds that are now Tempelhof. Then, in the 1930s, the architect Ernst Sagebiel took what was a modest airfield and conceived the site as a gigantic entrance to …
Guido van Helten’s New Piece to Commemorate Chernobyl 30 year anniversary
The Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986 is one of the most famous and controversial tragedies of our time. It happened at the Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (which consisted of four reactors) near Pripyat in the Soviet Union. The Chernobyl plant is located only 93 km from Ukraine’s capital Kiev. A one-off test of whether …
Boa Mistura Unveils a new Mural in Lodz.
The urban art initiative Lodz Murals, which is founded and curated by Michał Bieżyński, invited Boa Mistura to add more vibrant colors to a city that has seen its fare share of street art. Boa Mistura, who are from Spain, usually use very bright, vibrant and warm colors. Their work is very diverse. They combine graphical forms with …