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Our 2018 Top 20 Images on Facebook
2018 ushered in the continued growth of street art’s monumental importance to the wider cultural sphere. Banksy made international headlines when their work “Girl With Balloon” fetched a record-shattering $1.4 million at auction before self-destructing in a botched shredding prank. The work is now titled “Love Is In the Bin” and I personally posit that …
A Striking Piece by JR on Gun Violence 24 Hours Before The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
French renown street artist JR teamed up with TIME magazine for a collaborative project titled “Guns In America.” The French artist completed a striking piece on the Houston Bowery wall on Friday, October 26, 2018 to start a conversation about guns in America. The next morning 11 people were killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue in …
JR erects an Installation on the US/Mexico Border following Trump’s DACA reversal
In response to the ongoing immigration debate ranging from Trump’s proposed border wall to the DACA reversal, French artist JR erected a 70-foot installation of a boy peering over the border into the US. About The Installation Famous French artist JR installed one of his large-format photographs at Tecate, in the Mexican side of the …
Pichi & Avo in NYC
Last month, Valencia based Spanish artists Pichi&Avo left their imprints on the iconic Bowery Graffiti Wall on Houston Street in New York City. About The Mural The artists braved freezing temperatures and heavy construction to channel their unique style of clashing ancient gods and contemporary urban art in their stunning mural entitled “Urban Homeric Hymn to Poseidon”. This mural …
Our 2013 TOP 20 photographs on facebook.
2013! What a year that was! The Boston Marathon Bombing tragedy that lead to a week-long manhunt, killing 3 people and injuring over 200 others. Edwards Snowden’s NSA leaks, exposing the agency by spying on US citizens and tapping the phones of foreign leaders. The government shutdown and the disheartening lack of technical competence launching …