Oliver Vernon’s new show: ‘Brushing the Veil Away’ at Kirk Gallery in Aalborg, Denmark
KIRK Gallery is due to open a new large solo show with New York born artist Oliver Vernon, today considered to be one of the main forces within modern abstraction (aside his considerable talent as a street art artist).This is his second show at KIRK Gallery, with whom he also did a large mural in …
L7Matrix In Moissy-Cramayel, France
Wall Street Art Festival completed this year’s annual edition September 2nd-6th. This year’s iteration of the event took place in Moissy-Cramayel, a small town located in Grand Paris Sud (GPS), France. The festival’s website explains that it “has welcomed street artists from all over the world since 2015,” to the region. It intends to “embellish …
A Mural by Nevercrew On Human Act Of Compressing Nature Through Exploitation
Swiss street art duo Nevercrew have continued to elaborate upon their passionate exploration of nature and humanity with their latest work, titled “Tide.” The pair completed their newest mural earlier this month for the third edition of the Points Du Vue street art festival in Bayonne, France. They were the only representatives among the event’s …
NRNY Artsy Murals, New Rochelle, NY. November, 2019
Street Art for Mankind (SAM) is a nonprofit organization which strongly believes in the ability of art to trigger social change. SAM acts as amplifiers of the fight against child trafficking through street art. With the support of 50+ prominent international street artists, SAM produces exhibitions, live performances and murals around the world to bring …
2019 Nuart Festival Recap
“There is some kind of paradoxes at work here, you want to preserve graffiti as something wild and not institutionalized, but at the same time see the creativity within it,” says Malcolm Jacobson, of Stockholm University’s Sociology Department, in the recap film for Nuart Festival’s 19th edition. “I think Nuart has been very good at …
Building A Bridge In A Divided Community Amid Spike In Tourism Industry
Mural festivals are a powerful force in today’s artistic era. They can be divisive or unifying, because street art is a facet of placemaking, a sort of ‘face’ each community presents to its residents and visitors. As such, concrete mission statements from festivals must guide this force, and those missions determine a community’s tone. Akumal …
The Tunnels: An Experimental Film That Pushes The Boundaries Between Documentation, Critical Review & Video Art.
“The Tunnels”, by MZM Projects is an experimental film that pushes the boundaries between documentation, critical review and video art. It is dedicated to “Brand New, You’re Retro” exhibition that took place at the former brewery tunnels (now Tou Scene Centre for Contemporary Arts) in Stavanger (Norway) as a part of Nuart Festival 2019. “Brand New, …
Shifting Machine by Nevercrew in Cadenazzo, Switzerland
In July, the Swiss street-art duo Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni of NEVERCREW painted a mural along a building which will soon be the new STISA SA packages center in Cadenazzo, Switzerland. As the hub is nestled between an area that blends industrial and natural landscapes, it inspired the creation of the work “Shifting Machine.” …
7 New Art Pieces Embellish Downtown Las Vegas
For seven consecutive years global creative house Justkids has collaborated with Life Is Beautiful festival to transform the cityscape of Downtown Las Vegas, consistently curating ambitious semi-permanent murals and site specific installations. The woman-run creative enterprise recently debuted seven new works from artists Ernest Zacharevic, DAKU, HOTTEA, Zosen & Mina Hamada, Mantra and AKACorleone, joining …
“Waiting”: A Mural By Artez In La Bañeza, Spain
Earlier this week, while reporting on the collaborative mural ‘Where’s Wally’ in Sacramento, California, I noted how murals stand apart from other art forms due to their public nature, and the integral roles they play within their surrounding communities. With his latest mural in La Bañeza, Spain, titled “Waiting,” Serbian street artist Artez pays homage …
‘Where’s Wally’ A Collaboration from Axel Void, Emilio Cerezo, Ivan Floró & Alberto Montes
Muralism derives its distinction as an art form from its lack of isolation. Rather than facing the confines of a canvas, which can receive the same perception regardless of its placement, a mural is rooted in its spot. Its size and position within the face of a community makes it a unique aspect of that …
“Garb(age) Bird” by Murmure at Pow! Wow! Rotterdam
Yesterday, my seven year old daughter solemnly asked me if it’s true that we only have twelve years left to turn around the future of our planet. We live just five minutes away from the ocean in England’s most politically green city, and while hugely admirable: it’s a drastic state of affairs for our neighborhood …