street art
Faith XLVII’s Petal Trail in Beirut Tracing Past & Present Scars Etched Into the City
World-renowned interdisciplinary artist Faith XLVII from South Africa recently traveled to Beirut, Lebanon to lend her soft sense of natural realism to the recovering city’s fragile landscape. As part of the Underline project facilitated by street art collective Persona, Faith painted a series of medicinal plants native to Lebanon on dilapidated spaces ranging from abandoned …
When Street Art & Technology Combine
Technology and art have always been closely intertwined, with artists always looking for ways to utilize the latest tech to create innovative, unique, and interesting art. This has never been more true than now when there are all kinds of amazing types of technology that can be used in all kinds of different ways. Interestingly, …
An Inside Look at The Column By Persona In Amman, Jordan
Last month Jofre Oliveras and Dalal Mitwally, two artists in the cross-border art collective Persona, completed a 90 foot tall mural titled The Column on a residential building in Amman, the capital city of Jordan. Their towering collaboration adds a subtle dash of additional color to the glowing beige city per the efforts of local …
Bridging Social Gaps in Northern UK Town by Bringing One of UK’s Largest Ever Mural
Street art has once again proven its worth by changing the face of a northern English town as celebrated street art duo Nomad Clan’s largest ever mural lands at the gateway to Doncaster. During a time when a local community is crying out for a sense of identity, urban art paves the way to a …
Our Towns – Basildon, UK
Our Towns is an innovative street art initiative curated by Doug Gillan and Charlotte Pyatt formally collaborating as Re:FRAMED. The Project introduces a number of large-scale murals and educational programmes to Basildon, (UK) through Summer 2021. Featured Artists include: Aches (IRE), Franco Fasoli (ARG), Marina Capdevila (ESP), Erin Holly (UK), Gabriel Pitcher (UK), Insa (UK), …
Welcome to The heARTwork of Jenny Vyas
Most people participate in culture, but pioneers create it. Since seizing her creative calling, Chicago-based artist Jenny Vyas has repeatedly confronted the unknown, that liminal space between light and dark, hunting new insights to infuse into her artwork. Vyas’s output spans three mediums—fine art canvases blending monochromatic figures with abstract expressionism, philosophical prose called her …
Henrik Uldalen brings dreamlike portraiture to Aberdeen’s walls
London-based Norwegian artist, Henrik Uldalen was the second artist to descend on The Granite City for this years Nuart Aberdeen festival, which due to covid restrictions has taken the form of a series of artist in residence projects. It’s rare that Henrik works in public space, most of his time being dedicated to his studio …
BLACK SUN by photographer Søren Solkær and graffiti legend Henrik Soten
The Danish star photographer Søren Solkær has beautified the city of Copenhagen with his first ever mural depicting the natural phenomenon of starling murmurations, known in Danish as “black sun”. The giant artwork is a declaration of love to the city Søren has lived in since the mid-nineties, Copenhagen. It is also a part of …
MARTHA COOPER: first ever open-air exhibition for the BLOOP Festival IBIZA
BLOOP International Proactive Art Festival by Biokip Labs is proud to announce its return despite the pandemic, setbacks, challenges, and everything that came along while running a strictly completely-free-open-to-all event for eleven consecutive years. The annual mediterranean appointment is going micro for the second year due to the global health crisis but continues to spread …
Nuart Aberdeen STUCK UP – Summer 2021 Recap
Mural festivals still look a little different this year. Always thoughtful but also always pushing the envelope, Nuart Festival leads efforts in restoring normalcy with mindfulness in Scotland, where Nuart Aberdeen recently concluded its latest edition. Where better than “The Granite City” to begin rebuilding on a foundation sturdy as stone? To account for continued …
The Vision: An Anamorphic Mural By Cheone In Milan
A mural by mural Cheone adorned the streets of Milan earlier this month. Using his signature anamorphic street art, the Italian artist, once again, plays with perception in this trompe-l’œil titled The Vision. “The language of life-size anamorphic street art allows me to communicate with a very large audience. Once intrigued, the viewer is invited …
Orientalism: The Imitation Or Depiction Of Aspects In The Eastern World By Western Superiority
“Arabs, for example, are thought of as camel-riding, terroristic, hook-nosed, venal lechers whose undeserved wealth is an affront to real civilization. Always there lurks the assumption that although the Western consumer belongs to a numerical minority, he is entitled either to own or to expend (or both) the majority of the world resources. Why? Because …