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

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“Rise” is the recent mural by James Bullough for the Art United Us project in Kiev, Ukraine, curated by Geo Leros, Iryna Kanishcheva, Waone Interesni Kazki. About the mural: “Rise” At a time when conflict and confusion have a hold in so many corners of the globe, ‘Rise’ speaks to the ability each of us …

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“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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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“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 …

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“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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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