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 …
Edoardo Tresoldi presents Gharfa installation in Riyadh
Studio Studio Studio, the new interdisciplinary lab founded by Edoardo Tresoldi, presents Gharfa: an experiential pavilion installation within the temporary creative project “Diriyah Oasis“, designed and curated by Dubai-based studio Designlab Experience, and located in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. About the Installation This project, commissioned by the Diriyah Season Committee, is situated in …
Akumal Arts Festival 2019 Themes
This year, Akumal Arts Festival (AAF) invited 130 artists to adorn the town’s many surfaces with murals. In providing inspiration and guidance, they offered the formal theme ‘Climate Change,’ a fitting focus for a festival that takes place in town ripe with natural life. Some artists followed the guidelines, others came armed with their own …
Mural by Jerico Cabrera Carandang in Naples, Italy
In November the Rome-based Phillpean artist Jerico Cabrera Carandang traveled to Naples to create a majestic mural in the heart of the historic city center of Rione Sanità. The mural, titled in Neapolitan dialect “Tieneme Ca’ Te Tengo,” Holding Me Holding You is the result of a collaboration between the department of welfare and the …