Gigantic Murals Come to Life During Finland’s Second UPEA Street Art Festival
Finland’s multi-city street art festival UPEA was held for the second year in September 2017. UPEA invites the most talented artists from all over the world to create more than 20 large scale murals in 13 different Finnish cities. Following its first edition success in 2016, the event further added to Finland’s festival scene this …
Pat Perry in Helsinki, Finland
You might not think, but Finland is flourishing with urban art. Local and international artists are gathering to transform Helsinki’s historic neighborhoods into a colorful oasis. Recently, the US-based artist Pat Perry joined Fintan Magee (Australia) and Apolo Torres (Brazil) in the city for the second edition of the UPEART urban art festival. A project …
Street Art Mural Tours
What is the best way to see New York you have never seen before? The capital of graffiti has developed a lot in this contemporary art form for the last 30 years. Plenty of artists from around the world created murals in New York and the surrounding areas. Some linger on, while others vanish as …
Case Maclaim in Grigny, France
Paris is an archaic city filled with breathtaking architecture and monuments. About an hour outside the city center in Grand Paris Sud, you’ll also uncover a stunning array of vastly growing street-art. Developed in 2015 by the Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-Sénart conurbation, the Wall Street Art Festival has become an annual event that celebrates modern …
Sebas Velasco in Ragusa, Italy
At this years’ annual FestiWall in Ragusa, Italy, Sebas Velasco painted a new mural titled “Il Suonatore Gino.” Now in its third year, the week-long festival includes live music, installations, street-art and workshops. It inspired the Spanish artist to pay homage to the musical and cultural ambiance that emulates the people and its city. It …
New NEVERCREW Mural in Kiev
The Swiss duo NEVERCREW recently visited the historic city Kiev to add to the ever-growing culture of vibrant street-art that’s developed over the last few years. Through the Art United Us project, their recent mural “Encumbering Machine” is a marvelous and compelling addition to the Ukrainian capital’s booming urban art district. About The Mural In a …
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada in Beirut
Cuban Born, American Artist Jorge Rodríguez Gerada is in Beirut and has just finished a mural in the district of Bachoura on a building, that is riddled with bullet holes, before it will be demolished to make room for new construction, something we are accustomed to in Beirut where gentrification is in full bloom, and …
A Mural Collaboration Celebrating the people of Tibet and their quest for survival
Last month Australian Street Artist Matt Adnate and Canadian Artist Aaron Li-Hill got together in Bushwick and painted a mural commemorating the survival of the Tibetan culture. This mural was made possible with the help of The Bushwick Collective. About The Mural After the mural Adnate painted in 2015 of a Tibetan boy (pictured left) in …
Areuz, Guri & Felipe Cespedes new mural in Cancun, Mexico
Three great street art artists, Areuz (Mexico), Guri (Argentina) and Felipe Cespedes (Colombia), got together in the Caribbean part of Mexico to make the most impressive mural that Cancun can be proud of. 11 days of hard work and one of the biggest murals organized by World Art Destination in Cancun is created. About The …
Moniker Art Fair Keeps Britain’s Public Connected to the global art community
Moniker Art Fair, now the world’s largest urban art fair having tripled in size since last year, has announced a series of initiatives to make the art world more accessible and encourage those first-time art collectors. This year’s line-up features over 100 artists from six continents, but gives room alongside international favourites to local London …
Hopare in Burgundy, France
French artist Hopare‘s new mural is one of a kind! On the occasion of the Festival Street Art on the Roc, Hopare painted for the first time directly on a rock of a former quarry located in Villars-Fontaine. Hopare’s huge creation pays tribute to the French region Burgundy in a sensual way. About the mural …
“Matriarchy” A Mural By AEC In Cologne
Ukrainian street artist and former Interenesni Kazky’s AEC just painted a mural in Cologne, Germany. This mural is part of Cityleaks‘ Urban Art Festival that is taking place from September 1st until the 24th. About the Mural This mural has the typical elements of what constitute an Interesni Kazky mural: Colorful, imaginative, surrealistic, with a …