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The latest edition of the Mural Istanbul Festival ran from June 20th – July 8th. Since its founding in 2012, the organization’s focus has been to transform Kadıköy‘s (a neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey) walls into vibrant urban canvases, courtesy of some pretty awesome street artists (think INTI, Fintan Magee, Deih). This year,  Lonac and Artez …

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After spending some time in Italy working on 2 murals, Australian Artist Fintan Magee made his way east and just completed a stunning mural in Istanbul, Turkey for Mural Istanbul. About The Mural “Pray for rain” is the title of Fintan’s mural in Istanbul. The artist uses humor and realist imagery to tell an Australian story …

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Urbanbugs – A Street Art Documentary (English Subtitles) from Aykut Alp Ersoy Urbanbugs is a documentary from Turkey focuses on street art concepts such as Graffiti, Stencil, Wheatpasting. Besides it’s visual contribution to the urban life, street art concepts became a sociological matter due to the their political messages. In this context, this documentary is …

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