Under Pressure Festival 2017
This is the 22nd year in a row that Under Pressure Festival is held in Montreal from August 9th until 13th. Overview of a festival not like any other. Under Pressure, or UP for those in the know, describes itself as a graffiti festival, but it actually is way more than that. At the beginning, in …
Saner and AEC collaborate on a mural in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Justkids recently closed its third edition of The Unexpected, taking place this year from July 23 through the 30th, bringing together world renowned artists including Mexican master muralist Saner and Ukrainian oneiric decoder AEC from the world famous duo Interesni Kazki to create larger than life art experiences in Fort Smith, Arkansas. About The Mural …
Sasha Korban Creates Mural About Harmony In Italy
Recently the well-known Ukrainian artist Sasha Korban has returned back from sunny Italy, where he was invited by the organizers of In Wall We Trust International Street Art Festival to paint a mural with the support of Sky Art Foundation. About The Mural He created his mural throughout five days in the picturesque town of Airola near …
Ernesto Maranje in Beirut, Lebanon
Miami based Spanish street artist Ernesto Maranje just finished a wonderful mural in West Beirut inaugurating the launch of aptART‘s latest project in Lebanon called Paint Outside The Lines: street art beyond the borders of race, religion, class and conflict. About The Mural Entitled “The Rhino And The Oxpecker” the mural depicts a rhinoceros defaced with flowers …
Wasp Elder paints tribute to the Mi’kmaq people in Canada
British Street Artist based in Berlin Sam Worthington aka Wasp Elder, was recently in Canada invited to take part of the Festival Inspire, an international, free, week-long, non-profit street arts festival in the city of Moncton. About The Mural The mural is based on a photography of Molly Muise, who is one of the first Mi‘kmaq …
Moniker Art Fair triples in size
Moniker Art Fair triples in size to meet unprecedented growth in urban art collecting Moniker Art Fair’s eighth edition will consolidate its position as the leading global art fair dedicated to urban art and its related subcultures, welcoming a wave of existing and new collectors keen to collect and interact with the art world’s fastest-growing …
Fintan Magee in Istanbul, Turkey
After spending some time in Italy working on 2 murals, Australian Artist Fintan Magee made his way east and just completed a stunning mural in Istanbul, Turkey for Mural Istanbul. About The Mural “Pray for rain” is the title of Fintan’s mural in Istanbul. The artist uses humor and realist imagery to tell an Australian story …
Marat Morik in Ukraine
Russian artist Marat Morik painted his latest collage-style mural on one of the walls of 7th corps of Kiev Polytechnic Institute (KPI), for the Mural Social Club: Back to school! project with the support of UNICEF Ukraine and Sky Art Foundation. About The Mural “Growing Up” is the title of the Marat Morik’s last work in …
Fabio Petani collaborates with Paolo Psyko in Camposanto, Italy
Fabio Petani collaborates with Paolo Psyko to realize a mural in Camposanto (MO) for the 2017 edition of the Quadricromie Festival About the Mural The wall is in a small comune (Camposanto) in the Province of Modena in northern Italy. It is a collaboration between Fabio Petani and Paolo Psyko for Quadricromie festival, 2017. Fabio studied and …
Interview: Mohamed L’ghacham
Mohamed L’Ghacham (1993) is a painter and muralist from Mataró (Barcelona), born in Tangier (Morocco). Mohamed was always interested in the plastic arts. He discovered the world of graffiti during his school days and years later he became attracted by the most classic painters and the language they use. His work is mainly figurative with …
Dulk’s Mural at Pow!Wow! Long Beach.
After Luxemburg, Spanish artist DULK just wrapped up his trip stateside with his mural in Long Beach (California) for POW! WOW! Long Beach. About The Mural Entitled “The Poacher”, this mural is about animal poaching which has traditionally been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. But …
“Pachakuti – if the walls could talk”
“Pachakuti – if the walls could talk” is a documentary recorded on December of 2016 featuring Inti Castro in the city of Arica, Chile. On december of 2016, Inti Castro arrived to Arica, as a border city in the northern part of Chile, which is for many people, the end of a long and homogenic …