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Come hell or high water, street artists simply want to paint. We’ve seen this principle play out over the course of the pandemic, as international artists have turned their talents to the far-flung countries where they’re based. Illustrious Australian powerhouse Fintan Magee is no different. Magee recently completed a new mural in Queensland, Australia for …

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Australian street artist Fintan Magee recently returned to his home country, where he finished a stunning new mural titled ‘Meeting Point.’ The artist painted his endeavor in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 752 kilometers from Lismore, the town where he was born in the same state. In an Instagram comment regarding the mural, Magee explained, …

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The Christchurch mosque shootings were two consecutive terrorist attacks at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday Prayer on 15 March 2019.  The attacks that killed 51 people and injured 50, were carried out by a 28-year-old Australian man, described in media reports as a white supremacist and part of the alt-right. The gunman live-streamed the first …

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Australian born, Melbourne-based street artist Matt Adnate teamed up with street art collective and creative agency Juddy Roller to paint a high-rise housing estate building in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood featuring the faces of four of its tenants, all in the sprit to reflect the community’s cultural diversity. About The Mural The idea for the mural started when the …

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Said Dokins entreaties the world to preserve aboriginal culture and, more specifically, its languages with two pieces he recently completed for Brisbane Street Art Festival in Queensland, Australia. Both pieces accomplish their intention through participatory art with the help of members from various aboriginal communities. In creating “Stories of a Word” Dokins learned the inner …

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Renowned Australian street artist Matt Adnate was back in Shepparton (Victoria, Australia) to complete part 2 of the Shepparton Aboriginal Street Art Project depicting iconic Yorta Yorta women Aunty Margaret Tucker and Nanny Nora Charles who made their marks in the form of activism, government and midwifery. The first part of the project that was completed in 2017 …

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My home used to be Chorlton, Manchester (in the UK). Now home is Newtown, Sydney (in Australia). Culturally they are similar suburbs. Colourful, eccentric, tolerant, diverse, hip, politically involved, bohemian. Not quite separated at birth.  But pretty close. I’m connected to both places by an invisible length of twine. I have on occasion, made a …

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Chilean painter and muralist Inti Castro better known as Inti is currently in Australia where he recently finished this new mural for the Wonderwalls festival in Port Adelaide. Titled “Our north is the south” the new mural features one of Inti’s signature characters,  the kusillo, an innocent looking figure dressed as a clown, but unlike previous works the …

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The Dutch duo Telmo Miel are still in Australia where they recently completed their second mural ‘Life of a Story’ in Perth, curated by the  Sherrie Wilson Projects. About The Mural Painted in Midland, the mural “Life of a Story” was inspired by the area around it, especially by the old railway workshops that used to …

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We recently got a few images of Brad Robson’s new mural in Los Angeles featuring portraits of renowned actors like Charlie Chaplin, Cate Blanchett, Morgan Freeman and Elisabeth Taylor, painted for Vintage Los Feliz Theatre located on 1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles. Born in Sydney, Australia, Brad Robson is a self-taught artist that started on a …

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The Dutch duo Telmo Miel are currently in Australia where they have just finished another powerful mural for the 2017 Wonderwalls festival in Port Adelaide, Australia.  About The Mural  Entitled “Knight in Shining Armor”, the wall shows a kid stopping a truck from running over a koala. With his polished helmet, red cape and heroic action, the …

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“The Alpha Project”, RONE‘s Latest offering, is a wall series of his beautiful women realized inside the machine rooms of the old Alphington Paper Mills, in Melbourne, before the mills’ demolition. ABOUT THE PROJECT The ephemeral feature of street art finds an emblematic example in “The Alpha Project”, the latest work by RONE. The Australian artist …

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