Kotis Street Art Offers a New Model for Muralism
After spending my second day beneath the blaring sun in the back parking lot of Kingsway Shopping Center in Eden, NC, I watched a group of artists spray paint individual canvases at a killer clip throughout the entryway to a well-appointed loft. My cells vibrated while Noé Barnett, Dale Conboy, Jenna Rice, Aaron Golbeck, Chad …
‘PIONEER’ by Innerfields in Aalborg, Denmark
Out in the Open 2021 has just kicked off with its 7th season with a beautiful mural by the German Duo Holger Weissflog & Jakob Bardou AKA Innerfields. Titled Pioneer, the mural is the first out of six murals that are scheduled for this summer by some of the most renowned street artists, under the …
A Mural By Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada About Our Relationship With Social Media
Cuban American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada recently completed a mural in Madrid (Spain) titled ‘Byte the Candy’. It’s the first piece created by Gerada which brings his terrestrial land art style to the wall, creating a perfect union of the two aesthetics. The project was curated by Urvanity. In a press release Jorge said: “In 1984, …
INSIDE (We shelter here sometimes) by My Dog Sighs in Portsmouth, England
Internationally renowned artist My Dog Sighs has been secretly beavering away on a project for the best part of 18 months. He has been transforming a large derelict building into an immersive, alternative world inhabited by his ‘Quiet Little Voices’. INSIDE is on the scale of which the artist had never even contemplated before and …
Interview With Danish Art Collector & Curator Jens-Peter Brask
In 2016, Danish art collector, curator, and bon vivant Jens-Peter Brask made the bold move to end his former career as a restauranteur, surrendering security to use his organizational skills in a new way—crafting public art experiences that create new connections. By the end of 2019, Brask had organized a massive outdoor mural gallery in …
Reisefieber: An Art Piece By LAPIZ Addressing Vaccine Inequality
Equinox season is a time of transition—in the southern hemisphere, mother nature is animating landscapes with spectral siennas. Up north, half the world is emerging from a harrowing pandemic winter. Widespread vaccination efforts have arrived in tandem with this rebirth, offering apparent liberation from the coronavirus’s twelve-month strong shackles. Hamburg-based street artist LAPIZ appears, at …
Beirut’s Holiday Inn: a symbol of the Lebanese Civil War
Today April 13, marks the 46th anniversary of the beginning of the Lebanese civil war, and the abandoned Holiday Inn Hotel is one of Beirut’s war landmarks. This 26-story building officially opened in 1974 when Beirut’s economy was booming and when Beirut was one of the most visited touristic centers of the Middle East. The …
‘Reading Between The Lines’ by Jason Naylor
Jason Naylor is an award winning artist, designer, and creative director known to mural hounds and makeup mavens alike. After graduating from Brigham Young University, Naylor moved to New York City to begin his design career at MAC Cosmetics. Six years later, the artist’s biography explains, he set about on his own artistic mission, “spreading …
Live-Action Painting: An Art Response Supporting Pablo Hasel
In response to the freedom of expression movement in Barcelona, many artists expressed solidarity through a live painting session supporting Pablo Hasel and freedom of speech in Catalunya, Spain. The event was organized by artist Lucas Vico and features the work of many other big artists. The flyer advertised on Vico’s Instagram (@levico.arts) writes, “This …
Fintan Magee ‘Days Grow Longer’ Solo Show at KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark
Internationally acclaimed Australian artist Fintan Magee has been working hard during times of lockdown and is gearing up for a new solo show, Days Grow Longer at KIRK Gallery. From working-class subjects to environmentally-focused commentary, Sydney based Magee has emerged as a unique figurehead for the socially-conscious twenty-first century muralist community and is often referred to as a social realistic …
Our Own Top Ten Murals of 2020
The first steps to spring cleaning require a mess—drawers must be emptied and cobwebbed closets gutted to make space for reorganization. Clutter must be uprooted, scattered across dusty floors, and assessed. Like James Baldwin said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Without the initial …
The Black Palestinian Solidarity Movement
In October of 2015, more than 60 African American and Palestinian intellectuals and activists launched the “Black Palestinian Solidarity” statement of solidarity with each’s respective struggle, declaring in a video “when I see them, I see us”. The Black Palestinian Solidarity movement was born in the context of the July-August 2014 Israeli war on Gaza and the …