Wallspot, More Than An Urban Art Platform
Growing global appreciation for street art has animated every set of eyes that interacts with the medium. As this art form has gained widespread renown, studio artists have taken their talents to the streets in search of fresh air and increased connection with viewers. Tourists have come to understand public art as a visual face …
Global Creative Initiative Stay Art Home By PEJAC
The spectacular Spanish artist PEJAC occupies a special class of public artists who pushes their medium to new levels. He has painted Spain’s oldest prison with a project that declared the existence of common, uniting humanity. He has installed climate change awareness in the middle of the sea. The artist’s own biography states his commitment …
Mural By Fintan Magee On Aboriginal Struggles To Coexist
Australian street artist Fintan Magee recently returned to his home country, where he finished a stunning new mural titled ‘Meeting Point.’ The artist painted his endeavor in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 752 kilometers from Lismore, the town where he was born in the same state. In an Instagram comment regarding the mural, Magee explained, …
Martin Ron’s Latest Mural In Banfield, Buenos Aires
39 year old Argentinian born street artist Martin Ron is widely considered to be one of the top ten muralists in the world, and to my mind, he is right up there. I’m personally in awe of his vast scale hyper realistic urban surrealist murals around the globe (one of my old favorites being in Hackney …
Coronavirus Sucks!
Greetings, it’s great to see you here! Have you been scouring the internet, waiting for your favorite outlets to publish new content, waiting for Street Art United States to bring you the latest and greatest artistic interventions from around the globe? Of course you have. We all have. For the most part, we’re all locked …
Portrait Of A Spanish Civil War Militiawoman By Roc Blackblock
Last month, revolutionary graffiti writer and muralist Roc Blackblock brought his anti-fascist message to a massive facade in Barcelona, Spain. The artist’s latest mural, titled ‘Barcelona Antifeixista’ stands tall amongst the city’s health district, “on a dividing wall of the Kasa de la Muntanya, a busy health space,” according to local news source Beteve. In …
The Webster Court Project In Newton, MA
“An old Victorian house sits vacant in Newton, Massachusetts,” begins a press release from the Webster Court Project. The innovative endeavor capitalized upon an otherwise unused, relatively ancient home purchased by Christopher Zakak and Joelle Tomb, who were required to wait one year before demolishing it to utilize the coveted land. “Within the creaky walls …
Nevercrew In Mardid, Spain
Nevercrew continues to explore their unique style’s potential with their latest mural. The Swiss street art duo recently completed “Offset” in Madrid, Spain for Urvanity Art Fair while exhibiting with Artrust gallery, according to a press release from the artists. With “Offset,” Nevercrew sharpens the sensibilities they’ve been practicing with their most recent body of …
Bordalo II creates a new sculpture in Nancy, France for ADN
Portuguese Artist Bordalo II has just completed a new wall in the city of Nancy, France. His polar bear and two cubs have been created on the wall of a nursery school. I don’t think he could possibly find a better audience for the message about environmental emergency awareness. The artist states, “This is the first time …
Mexican artists Said Dokins, Cix, and Spaik Bring Vibrancy to Maximum Security Penitentiary in Morelia, Mexico
I’m interested in beliefs. I’m interested in those beliefs that sit at the foundation of an individual’s character, where all corollary beliefs, perspectives, and in turn, personality traits spring from. I’m interested in lowest common denominators. In my experience discerning my own beliefs, a necessary function of growth, I’ve come to find that the strongest …
Yoseba MP paints a large mural in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Galician artist Yoseba MP spent two weeks creating a large mural “Un castell, moltes llengües” in the Plaza de Guernica in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). The project is part of one of the actions undertaken by the City Council of L’Hospitalet to establish an artistic circuit in the city’s public space. In 2012, Yoseba MP won …
Our Own Top 15 Murals Of 2019
2019 was a pivotal year in our progressing world history, but then again, what year isn’t? Perhaps the most memorable advancements to be noted throughout the last year don’t lie in the problems that occupied our minds, like climate change, terrorism, or financial inequality. Perhaps, instead, the greatest change worth noting is our collective response …