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Concrete & Colour: Reimagining Urban Spaces Through Art

May 18, 2025

Concrete & Colour is GraffitiStreet Gallery’s Spring/Summer 2025 exhibition in Chichester, England, bringing together internationally recognised street and urban artists whose work explores transformation, renewal and the visual language of the built environment. Drawing on concrete, colour, geometry, texture and architectural form, the exhibition considers how artists reimagine urban space and reveal beauty in overlooked or […]

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Interview with Nean Kingdom: Street Art, Cinema, and Nature

May 18, 2025

Belgian artist Nean Kingdom has steadily emerged as a distinct voice in the street art scene, blending cinematic storytelling with natural forms in a way that’s both emotionally charged and visually stunning. A key figure in the Kingdom Street Art crew, Nean began his creative journey on paper before moving into graffiti. Today, his large-scale murals […]

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Ruben Sanchez, Street art mural, Brooklyn, New York City, 2016. Photo credit Luis Lucas.

Street Artist in the Spotlight: Ruben Sánchez

May 18, 2025

Madrid-born and Barcelona-based Rubén Sánchez, also known as Zoonchez, is a self-taught Spanish artist whose vibrant and graphic style has left an exciting mark on the street art scene. Emerging from the subcultures of graffiti and skateboarding in the 1990s, Sánchez’s work seamlessly blends elements of cubism, abstraction, and Mediterranean influences, resulting in compositions that are […]

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Wrapping Up ‘Banksy Editions: Volume I’ at GraffitiStreet Gallery – Were you comforted or disturbed?

May 17, 2025

After an exhilarating few weeks at GraffitiStreet Gallery in Chichester, we announce the closing of our first exhibition dedicated to the iconic Banksy – Banksy Editions: Volume I. This carefully curated collection of 12 authenticated Pest Control Banksy Editions has sparked countless conversations, ignited deep reflections, and challenged perspectives, just as art is meant to […]

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Street Artist in the Spotlight: SNIK

May 16, 2025

UK artist duo SNIK combine intricate hand-cut stencils with monumental portraiture, flowers and natural forms, creating murals and studio works filled with stillness, movement and atmosphere.

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Step Inside the GraffitiStreet Gallery: Explore Banksy Editions: Volume I in 3D Walk Through

May 14, 2025

Though the physical exhibition may be over, the experience lives on – virtually. We’re thrilled to present a fully immersive 3D walk through of Banksy Editions: Volume I, hosted at our Chichester gallery. Powered by Matterport technology, this interactive tour allows you to explore the exhibition just as it was: step by step, wall by […]

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Street Artist in the Spotlight – Nean Kingdom

May 12, 2025

Street artists in the Spotlight! Here, we dive into the colourful world of murals and the talented urban artists behind them. In this feature, we shine a light on Nean, a self-taught artist whose work breathes life into precious moments onto the streets. Known for his immersive murals, Nean explores the concept of the suspended […]

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What the Hiscox Top 100 2025 Reveals About the Banksy Art Market

May 10, 2025

The Banksy art market remains one of the most fascinating stories in contemporary collecting. More than two decades after anonymous stencils first appeared on walls in Bristol, Banksy continues to rank among the strongest-performing artists in the global auction market. The 2025 Hiscox Artist Top 100 Report reveals a contemporary art market undergoing one of its […]

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Why Street Art Is the Antidote to Overproduced Home Décor

May 9, 2025

In an era of mass-produced prints and algorithm-approved décor, nothing feels more luxurious than art with a pulse. The walls of our homes have long been dressed in the safe, the reproducible, and the comfortably neutral. But a growing movement is rejecting the gloss of mass-market canvases in favour of something far more authentic: street […]

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Street Art that Speaks to the Human Experience: Jorit’s Tribute Mural to Vincent Van Gogh, Italy

May 7, 2025

Renowned street artist Jorit has unveiled his latest mural in the quaint town of Buonabitacolo in southern Italy, bringing to life a powerful portrait of Vincent van Gogh, one of art history’s most iconic figures. Human Tribe- Vincent Van Gogh – Image Copyright Jorit At the heart of this mural is Van Gogh, a figure […]

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Bordalo II’s Monoplizada Turns Lisbon Into a Monopoly Board Over the Housing Crisis

May 3, 2025

Portuguese artist Bordalo II transformed Lisbon’s Praça do Duque da Terceira at Cais do Sodré into a giant Monopoly-inspired game board. Titled Monoplizada / Monopolised, the public intervention confronts Portugal’s housing crisis through one of the world’s most recognisable symbols of property, money and economic power. Painted squares, houses, hotels and banking references surround the […]

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