If ever there were an artist capable of switching seamlessly between indoor and outdoor practice, Pejac would instantly spring to mind. Following his much-acclaimed fourth solo show in Berlin at the end of 2021, he kicked off 2022 working on the streets of Madrid. When working in the urban space, one of the elements that …

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Spanish street artist Axel Void rounded 2021 out with a mural in Beirut that provokes fresh dialogue with the public. While recent art installations in the city by FaithXLVII and Alba Fabre Sacristán have sown sympathetic superblooms, Void’s contribution triggers something else. On a multi-story structure in Beirut, the Cadiz-based creative painted an old photograph …

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Lebanon is in the midst of its largest economic recession since the civil war of 1975-1990, paired with the constant presence of political corruption and interference as outlined in a recent opinion piece by Raghida Dergham, founder and executive chairwoman of the Beirut Institute. In the same article, however, Dergham espouses the deep roots of …

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The City of Sin is slowly transforming into the city of murals and creative works of street art. The hot dry desert has now become a popular meeting place for expressive creative artists to join together and create masterpieces of works of art and sculptures. A past article titled, ‘7 New Art Pieces Embellish Downtown Las …

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World-renowned interdisciplinary artist Faith XLVII from South Africa recently traveled to Beirut, Lebanon to lend her soft sense of natural realism to the recovering city’s fragile landscape. As part of the Underline project facilitated by street art collective Persona, Faith painted a series of medicinal plants native to Lebanon on dilapidated spaces ranging from abandoned …

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Technology and art have always been closely intertwined, with artists always looking for ways to utilize the latest tech to create innovative, unique, and interesting art. This has never been more true than now when there are all kinds of amazing types of technology that can be used in all kinds of different ways. Interestingly, …

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A great non-linear mind is about to make an indelible impression in Berlin. The city will soon be seeing the opening of Pejac’s newest solo show and anyone lucky enough to have visited one of the Spanish artist’s previous exhibitions knows this is something to impatiently look forward to. For the past two and a …

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Sebas Velasco presents ‘A New Error’ his debut London showcase featuring new original works on canvas and wood, produced by London based creative director Charlotte Pyatt. The exhibition takes its name from the German band Moderat, #anewerror alludes to both the painters process of constant adaption, while considering the future of these often cold and …

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Last month Jofre Oliveras and Dalal Mitwally, two artists in the cross-border art collective Persona, completed a 90 foot tall mural titled The Column on a residential building in Amman, the capital city of Jordan. Their towering collaboration adds a subtle dash of additional color to the glowing beige city per the efforts of local …

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Street art has once again proven its worth by changing the face of a northern English town as celebrated street art duo Nomad Clan’s largest ever mural lands at the gateway to Doncaster. During a time when a local community is crying out for a sense of identity, urban art paves the way to a …

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Our Towns is an innovative street art initiative curated by Doug Gillan and Charlotte Pyatt formally collaborating as Re:FRAMED. The Project introduces a number of large-scale murals and educational programmes to Basildon, (UK) through Summer 2021. Featured Artists include: Aches (IRE), Franco Fasoli (ARG), Marina Capdevila (ESP), Erin Holly (UK), Gabriel Pitcher (UK), Insa (UK), …

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Most people participate in culture, but pioneers create it. Since seizing her creative calling, Chicago-based artist Jenny Vyas has repeatedly confronted the unknown, that liminal space between light and dark, hunting new insights to infuse into her artwork. Vyas’s output spans three mediums—fine art canvases blending monochromatic figures with abstract expressionism, philosophical prose called her …

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