Gerada Creates 2 Murals in Madrid on Climate Crisis & Indigenous Rights
The Cuban/American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada created two new murals focusing on climate crisis and the fight of indigenous people to save their lands. Curated by Stephen Donofrio of Greenpoint Innovations for GreepointEarth Madrid 2019, the artist chose again to speak out for social issues and minorities. About the Murals “Forest Focus” and “Past, Present, Future” …
Millo & Chekos’art for 167 Art Project 2019, Lecce, south Italy
167/B Street, a street art incubator based in Lecce, Italy, completed the third edition of their 167 Art Project at the turn of the decade. This prominent organization hosts a variety of interventions throughout their southern Italian city, perhaps most notably the Casalbate Street Summer Festival on which we reported in September 2018. The latest …
In Conversation With Spanish Artist Ampparito
Spanish street artist Ampparito marches to the beat of his own creative drum, but doesn’t level criticisms against the artistic cadences of others. Ampparito’s bio explains that his work focuses on “subverting objects, meanings, and realities to generate new experiences or situations.” His results range “from the most absolute indifference to the deepest reflection, through …
Our 2019 Top 20 Images on Facebook
Dare I begin with the $120,000 Art Basel banana? That was all over social media and made the cover of the New York Post; a ripe banana duct-taped to the wall, all in the name of art. People were fascinated by it. It caused a spectacle. My mother texted me (six times), “Did you and …
Four new murals forming the ‘You Are East’ Project in Ukraine
Last year the city of Kramatorsk in Ukraine, witnessed the completion of a series of four murals by three European artists to form the ‘You are East’ Project, curated by Denys Smacheliuk. The three artists consisted of Fabio Petani (IT), Bust the Drip (FR) and Dado Spuntocero (ES). Italian artist Fabio Petani’s two outstanding new …
Said Dokins in Forbes Mexico
The season for family reunions and heartfelt dinners has past, it’s now time for midnight champagne toasts and fervent reflection. The new year is nigh, ‘top nine’ posts have taken over Instagram, and major media outlets are publishing their proprietary annual recaps. In turn, Forbes Mexico recently utilized this period of summary to assess the …
Catching Up With Polish Artist Someart
In June 2019, Estonia hosted Stencibility Street Art Festival in Tartu, its second-largest city. The festival’s website states that it sought to foster street art “in its most authentic quintessential definition.” Stencibility outlined the tenets of such a definition with their manifesto stating that that “(1) public space belongs to everyone who uses it (2) …
Empowering Students To Become Innovators & Creative Thinkers Through Art
Not one of the artists we report on was born a fully-fledged creative. Their individual bodies of work stem from education, whether that education is experiential or formal. An early exposure to the arts is one of the greatest gifts you can give a child; it expands their minds and unlocks new insights that wouldn’t …
2 Murals For Urban Myths In Minsk, Belarus
This month witnessed the completion of the massive “Future” Triptych in Minsk, Belarus. The project, initiated by Urban Myths, consists of “three huge murals on the walls of 12-story buildings near the wide road in Minsk, which is a kind of ‘gateway of the city’ on the west side,” according to a press release by …
New Mural by NEVERCREW in Varanasi, India
Swiss street-art duo Nevercrew recently traveled to Varanasi, an ancient city in India to participate in the “Varanasi Art Project” curated by Mojarto and supported by Pro Helvetia New Delhi. Their new mural, “Deflated” set above the banks of the River Ganges shows the artists continued dedication and desire to spread awareness about humanity’s effect …
Degrowth: A Negative Growth Of An Economy Or A Population
There is only one thing we can count on in this chaotic universe: nothing lasts forever. Nothing lives forever, keeps its shape forever, or even stays in the same place forever, because place is in many ways relative and even if one particle remains fixed, the things surrounding it shift, thus relatively altering its location. …
The American Dream By Jofre Oliveras
One’s relationship to the place where they live largely depends upon their privilege, stemming either from the environment they were born into or the circumstances affecting their life. Either way, the experience of any one place is different for every person inhabiting that place. Rankings like those provided by US News incorporate metrics considering cost …