street art
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 …
Is Gainesville the new Wynwood?
352walls / The Gainesville Urban Art Initiative that was founded and curated by Iryna Kanishcheva is an art movement aiming to transform Gainesville and to position the city as a cultural destination, fostering economic development and promoting urban renewal. The first phase of this initiative began in October 2015, where more than 10 local artists …
PEJAC in Al-Hussein refugee camp, Jordan.
Spanish street artist Pejac just finished a series of works in Al-Hussein, a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman Jordan. The works aim to bring attention to what this camp represents in terms of the loss of both home and means of livelihood by Palestinians. Al-Hussein refugee camp was originally established in 1948 as a result of …
Add Fuel in Gainesville, FL
Diogo Machado aka Add Fuel from Portugal was recently in the USA for the first time to paint in Gainesville. Invited by the curator of 352walls, Iryna Kanishcheva, he created his biggest series of works on electrical boxes including a mural. 10 separate interventions in total, mixing 8 different patterns that he prepared exclusively for this project. All of these …
Hyuro’s new piece in Trollhatan, Sweden.
‘Samexistens'(Coexistence) – Trollhatan, Sweden 2016. Trollhatan Street Art Festival. Curated by Ekta Ekta. “This wall is located in Trollhattan town, Southwest of Sweden. In October 2015 a 21 years old Swedish man attacked some children with a sword in a school. One student and one adult died, and one more student and adult were seriously injured, …
Blog: ArtUnitedUs kicks off their 2-year project with Rustam QBic’s Mural.
ArtUnitedUs kicks off their 2-year project with Rustam QBic‘s ‘Labyrinth’ in Kiev, Ukraine. The mural depicts a character wearing a crown shaped like a labyrinth over his head who, guided by scarab beetle compass, tries to find a way out of a massive maze of life challenges. The mural reflects on the meaning of this journey, a journey we …
‘Perception’ is eL Seed’s latest offering covering 50 buildings in Cairo.
Manshiyat Naser is a home to 262,050 people. It borders Nasr City to the east, central Cairo districts to the west, and Khalifa ward to the south. It is famous for the Garbage City quarter which is a slum settlement at the base of Mokattam hills on the outskirts of Cairo. Its economy revolves around the collection and recycling of the city’s garbage. …