Moroccan native Mohamed L’Ghacham is a painter and muralist who’s lived in Barcelona his entire life. These days, he’s spending time in Los Angeles, where he recently painted his newest mural for the PDP Gallery. The mural, entitled Reunión de Vecinos IV is poignant, intimate, reflective. It blends in beautifully with its space. L’Ghacham has …

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The Argentinian street-artist Hyuro recently finished two new murals on the streets of Cotignola in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Located along two facades of a condominium in Via Roma, ¨L’Árzdora,” is the final installment of the project “From the museum to the landscape”. About the Murals Hyuro’s murals address the theme of the role of women, inspired …

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Residents of Rome’s east side are in for a real treat – Italian artist, Blu, well-known for his epic-sized and politically charged murals, has been busy painting a brand new wall in the city’s Quarticciolo neighborhood. His subjects? Statues of the Venus de Milo and Michelangelo’s David.   Blu’s latest work depicts a modern day …

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In recent years, street art has gathered a lot of momentum across the globe and we’re seeing more and more cities getting involved in outdoor ‘interventions’.  Italy is no exception: Rome, Milan, Mantua and now, Acquapendente. The Urban Vision Festival  took place in early July –  the festival’s primary goal was to create an onslaught …

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HOY- Villa Francisca is an urban art and community festival, initiated by Modafoca. Its goal is to transform the Villa Francisca neighborhood with art, highlighting cultural and social values within this area of the Dominican Republic’s capital.  In its second year,  Dominican born, Miami based artist Evoca1 was invited along with other local artists to leave …

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The Stadt Wand Kunst (SWK) festival in Mannheim, Germany, is a world class event that brought international muralists to the streets of Mannheim. It’s no surprise, then, that Waone was invited to paint a wall this year. Waone’s mural entitled Jump Through time, is a metaphor about time travel; it explores moments when your mind …

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The World Cup is billed as an event that occurs every four years, and literally speaking that’s true. The 2018 event is over: France won the Cup, and the festivities have already moved on from Russia. It’ll be another four years before the world gathers again, this time in Qatar, to watch what many believe …

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Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann, collectively known as Telmo Miel, are a Dutch duo hailing from Rotterdam. In the [street] art world, their work is arguably some of the best that you’ll find out there – I mean, it’s outstanding. OK, sure, I may be a little biased here because admittedly, I’m a huge ‘appreciator’ …

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You may have heard of the Nashville Walls Project or the 2017 documentary Saving Banksy. Well, Brian Greif, owner and co-founder of 2:32 AM Projects played an important role in getting both projects off the ground – and very successfully, I might add. Greif is an art enthusiast who feels that street art and graffiti are equally important movements – …

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BLOOP Festival, the Ibizan avant-garde event based on the ethos “Art is for everybody” will come back to the white isle for its 8th consecutive edition kicking off August 23 until September 8 2018. Prior to the launch a colossal preview mural landed in the heart of Ibiza based on this year’s festival’s theme, HOPE. …

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The leading Street Art Festival, Nuart, in Stavanger, Norway have commissioned a series of curated Street Art Buses with the latest courtesy of Belgian stencil artist Jaune titled “Unsung Heroes.” For this project the urban interventionist from Brussels transformed an 18-meter bus into a giant cardboard box with two contrasting scenes on either side. He …

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When you think about Italy’s Lombardy region, you’re probably thinking Milan, gastronomy or Lake Garda. You’re likely not thinking about Mantova, a city located south of Lake Garda, or of Lunetta, a municipality that’s tucked away within Mantova (did you know that Mantova is a UNESCO World Heritage site?). Well, it might surprise you to …

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