Jad El Khoury: An Artist Grappling With A Society In Denial
At this year’s annual Arte Laguna Prize in Venice (Italy), Nuart’s Martyn Reed convened a Land Art/Urban Art panel intended to explore the growing pervasiveness of street art in creating “museums without walls.” Populated by professionals including Dr. Susan Hansen of Nuart, independent curator Simone Pallotta, and Mattias Givell of Wanas Konst, the discussion “[reflected], from different …
Enchantment In The Granite City: 2019 Nuart Aberdeen Recap
Aberdeen in Scotland’s North East is the country’s third largest city. Famed for its granite, the light coming off the North Sea causes the pale grey stone to sparkle in the sun. The striking architecture (some dating back to the 15th Century) and statues are majestic, and the cobbled back streets are full of authentic …
Moniker Art Fair’s Second US Edition: May 1-5
Celebrating its 10th year, Moniker Art Fair will shortly bring a hyper-curated, five-day contemporary & urban art showcase for its second New York edition. Housed in a new location, a 15,000 square-foot space in the heart of NoHo, Moniker will feature a stellar line up of artists with 29 international exhibitors, eight solo artist presentations …
Out In The Open 2019 Stellar Artist Line-up
‘Out in the Open’ mural project launched by KIRK Gallery in 2014, just kicked off its 5 fifth edition with stellar artist line-up including: Vhils (PT), Seth (FR), TelmoMiel (NL), Oliver Vernon (USA), Fintan Magee (AU), Joram Roukes (NL), Nils Westergard (USA). These artists will adorn the streets of Aalborg (Denmark) over the coming weeks. The …
Faith47 Unveils A Mural On Women Empowerment In NYC
To celebrate 100 years of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in New York, the South African street-artist Faith XLVII painted a new mural titled ‘Equalitas.’ The striking work, organized in partnership with Street Art Mankind, the United Nations as well as ILO also observes the progression of women’s rights and gender equality in the workplace. About …
The Lost Art Of Caring
The story of refugees in the Greek islands has faded from headline news, yet the struggle and suffering continues. Mainstream Europe have stopped caring about the crisis and in effect have stopped caring for their fellow humans. In an effort to revive the art of caring and improve the environment where children seek mental and …
Book Review: Street Art Las Vegas
On April 12th, 2019 William Shea and Patrick Lai released their joint project Street Art Las Vegas. The book, published by local outfit Smallworks Press, outlines the intricacies of the city’s evolving street art scene. With special thanks given to entities like Las Vegas Arts District and City of Las Vegas, the pages burst with …
La Mare by Mohamed L’Ghacham in Villarreal, Spain
La Mare by Mohamed L’Ghacham is the seventh (and largest) mural designed to date in the TEST series for Mostra d’Art i Creativitat in Villarreal 2019. Mohamed L’Ghacham (Tangier, 1993) descended upon Valencia last week to get to work on his 25 meter high x 12 meter wide ‘canvas’ located on a seven-story housing estate …
Imaginary City: A Documentary on Nuart Premiering At Nuart Aberdeen
Imaginary City is a 24mins long documentary by MZM Projects on Nuart shot over 4 years. The documentary will be premiering on Friday 19th April at the Belmont Filmhouse at 2.15pm. during Nuart Aberdeen. The screening is free and will be followed by a Q&A session with MZM Projects so be sure to get down. About The Documentary Imaginary City …
PichiAvo’s 85-Foot Sculpture Set Alight For Fallas De València Celebration
Valencian duo PichiAvo spent a whole year designing the mesmerising 85-foot-tall sculpture, only to have it set alight last month at Fallas de València. Their graffitied, neoclassical sculpture was torched during the peak of the festival along with 400 others throughout the Spanish city; an exhilarating tradition to commemorate Saint Joseph and mark the start …
A Stunning Mural By Fintan Magee In Papeete, Tahiti
Australian street artist Fintan Magee recently traveled to Papeete, Tahiti to complete his newest mural “Strength of Memory”. The five-story project, found in French Polynesia’s capital city, was curated by ONO’U Tahiti, an organization that promotes public art on the island. ONO’U hosts a yearly graffiti festival and also hosts street art tours, in addition …
5 Murals On Social Justice Around the UN Headquarters in NYC
To commemorate their 100th year, The International Labour Organization (ILO) partnered with Street Art for Mankind (SAM) to produce 5 beautiful and inspiring murals (#ILO100Murals) about social justice around the United Nations Headquarters in NYC. These murals created by prominent international street artists, will set the course for a contemporary Art Walk, in the streets …