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Out in the Open

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The series has been off to a flying start with the mighty Martin Ron and his assistant Matt Gorrick working on the 600 m2 ‘Olivia and her Heart of Gold’. The creation of this spectacular piece saw the pair work from early morning to late into the night for 16 days. The long Scandinavian summer …

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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 …

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It’s an honor to once again cover Kirk Gallery’s ‘Out in the Open’ series  in downtown Aalborg, now in its 6th year and featuring work from a stable of some of the world’s most prolific muralists. KIRK gallerist and curator Lene Kirk expressed her joy of watching Norwegian artist Martin Whatson get to work on …

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Inti Castro, artistically known as INTI (meaning sun in Quechua), is one of Latin America’s foremost street artists.  He has just completed a stunning mural in Aalborg, Denmark as part of the 6th edition of the mural project ‘Out in the Open’ series by KIRK Gallery.  This striking new mural titled ‘TAIÑ MAPU / Our Land’, …

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KIRK Gallery is due to open a new large solo show with New York born artist Oliver Vernon, today considered to be one of the main forces within modern abstraction (aside his considerable talent as a street art artist).This is his second show at KIRK Gallery, with whom he also did a large mural in …

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Kirk Gallery is proud to share the two latest additions to their ‘Out in the Open’ 2019 collection, by French artist Seth Globepainter (Julien Malland). Bringing his work to Denmark had been on their wish-list for a long time, intrigued by how he approaches the world through such an endearing, childlike gaze. Born in Paris …

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After nearly two weeks of painting, Australian street artist Fintan Magee completed his powerful new mural titled “Structure” for the fifth edition of Out in the Open festival, hosted in Aalborg, Denmark by KIRK Gallery. The festival’s lineup, we reported on in April 2019, featured seven artists from five different countries all over the world. …

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New York born Oliver Vernon has just completed his largest mural to date, forming part of the 5th edition of Kirk Gallery’s “Out in the Open” mural project.  Although Oliver arrived in Aalborg with a huge, carefully printed out sketch: he found that translating this vision from paper onto such a sizeable wall was quite …

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Launched in Aalborg, Denmark by the KIRK Gallery in 2014,  the recent fifth addition of the Out in the Open Mural project, brought a new roster of artists to add their designs to the city, as well as have the opportunity to show their artworks. Included in this years’ lineup was the dutch artist Joram …

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Supreme Dutch mural masters, Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann met at the Willem de Kooning Academy in 2012, and officially partnered up as Telmo Miel in 2017.  The unstoppable pair quickly gained international acclaim, and have created murals and exhibited in galleries in Dubai, the United States, Malta, Denmark, Sicily, Holland, Portugal, Germany, Finland, Australia, …

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‘Out in the Open’ mural project launched by KIRK Gallery in 2014, just kicked off its 5 fifth edition with stellar artist line-up including: Vhils (PT), Seth (FR), TelmoMiel (NL), Oliver Vernon (USA), Fintan Magee (AU), Joram Roukes (NL),  Nils Westergard (USA). These artists will adorn the streets of Aalborg (Denmark) over the coming weeks. The …

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