Could art protect nature?
In Barnstaple, a river port town in North Devon, England, all eyes are on the town’s first mural. According to the artist Rich Thorne aka Richt, the painting is a tribute to the unique environment of his birthplace. The beautiful landscape with its special ecosystem has been recognized by UNESCO. In 2016, this area of …
KIRK Gallery’s 9th edition of the ‘Out in the Open’ mural project in Aalborg, Denmark
Case Maclaim has just completed a mural titled ‘Heart Is Aching’ for the 9th edition of KIRK Gallery’s ‘Out in the Open’ series. This is his second mural in Aalborg following ‘Carnival is Cancelled’ which he created back in 2020. And as an extraordinary feat, Case Maclaim managed to paint this latest mural whilst simultaneously …
Norway’s first LGBTQ+ Mural Constructed as Part of Løkka-lykke Street Art Festival in Oslo
Up-and-coming street artist Eva Hansen Sjøvold painted Norway’s first LGBTQ+ mural as part of Løkka-lykke Street Art Festival in Oslo this past June. Løkka-lykke is the first street art festival in Norway to take place in the capital city, and it has a decidedly local profile, aiming to work with local Norwegian artists. Eight artists …
OUTSIGHT, a Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada mural in Laon, France
Interrupting the status quo is something we associate with Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada. From “culture jamming,” where he employed marketing strategies to call attention to the detrimental social impact of targeted advertising or the “Identity Series,” where he utilized random locals in massive charcoal drawings, he is using art as resistance. The same is true of his …
Belarusian Artist Gleb Kashtanov Creates Mural as Testament to the History of the Republic
Belarusian artist Gleb Kashtanov recently created a spectacularly symbolic mural “The Origins” in Polatsk, Belarus, a place known as the center of the ancient Belarusian statehood. The commanding symbol of a great sword growing into the soil is depicted on the front of a nine-story building. The sword has a three-dimensional feel, as roots and …
Art Attack Against a Hazy and Forgotten Threat
To coincide with World Environment Day, Lithuanian Artist Ernest Zacharevic reveals ‘Transboundary Haze’, a new artwork in Kuala Lumpur launching a collaboration with Greenpeace Malaysia, Splash and Burn and filmmakers Studiobirthplace. The project is the first in a series of creative intervention planned throughout the year, urging those in authority to hold polluters accountable for …
Sebas Velasco Presents Alenar, a mural in Ontiyent Spain for Murart 22, A Project By DULK Studio
We often discuss the use of light in Sebas‘ work, this mural offers an insight to how he and his team go about capturing it. Escaping the warm glow of inner city street lights, they venture toward the outskirts of town where the light is colder, more sterile and industrial. This is where their research process began for …
Nuart Aberdeen 2022 | Festival Announcement
This June 9th through 12th, Nuart Aberdeen is back to paint the infamously gray Granite City in Scotland with full force once more, after last year’s abbreviated edition featuring a series of staggered artist residencies and Nuart’s inventive ‘Stuck Up’ program, where artists from around the world sent paper artworks for the festival team to …
BARRIER’ by Helen Bur for KIRK Gallery’s 8th edition of the ‘Out in the Open’ mural project
KIRK Gallery’s 8th edition of the ‘Out in the Open’ mural project is off to a flying start with an epic masterpiece titled ‘Barrier’ from British artist Helen Bur. After ten days of tireless work, Helen Bur added her magnificent mark to the streets of Aalborg, Denmark. ‘Barrier’ now joins 70 stellar ‘Out in the …
German Street Artist LAPIZ Makes a Statement on Russia’s Putin, Digital Escapism & the Female Body
German street artist LAPIZ recently unveiled a nearly 10-foot tall, brightly-colored rendition of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin kissing himself on a prized wall in Munich’s Werksviertel, a vibrant urban conglomerate of modern and historical commercial, residential and cultural sites. The mural is a recreation of a piece first constructed in 2018, where it was featured …
Akumal Arts Fest Commemorates 2022 Edition with Inaugural NFT-4-Good Drop
Akumal Arts Festival celebrated its fifth edition this January, welcoming nearly 100 international artists to the seaside pueblo in Mexico’s Riviera Maya to douse paradise stucco with fresh perspectives and paint—for the first time since November 2019, following a locally-focused edition in 2020 to recenter during the pandemic. “From the first day, it was always …
Interview With TelmoMiel on their 10-Year Anniversary
Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann met in 2007. But the official start of the collaboration, however dates later in 2012, after both had completed the Academy of Art. The two artists work with a photo-realistic style with lots of contrasts. They work separately on ideas for murals and come together with the sketches to see …