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New Landmark Sculpture ‘Holding Hands’ by Street Artist STIK in Hoxton Square, London 2020

September 24, 2020

Hackney-based artist STIK has unveiled his first public sculpture, a 4m tall bronze sculpture entitled ‘Holding Hands’. The project was the culmination of a four-year collaboration between STIK and Hackney Council and has been solely funded by the artist. You may recognise the image of the two ‘Holding Hands’ STIK figures, it was the official […]

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“DADDY I WANT TO PAINT A LOUSY MURAL IN SHOREDITCH!” Aida Wilde’s Anti-Gentrification Mural, London 2020

September 21, 2020

The BUILDHOLLYWOOD family of JACK, JACK ARTS and DIABOLICAL has collaborated with curator Olly Walker and artist Aida Wilde for their latest Your Space Or Mine project which gives artists and creatives a platform on the street. The collaborative project involves Walker curating the space and Wilde working with Dr.D aka Subvertiser to hand-paint a large-scale mural located in East London’s creative hub of Shoreditch, featuring […]

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Trash King Bordalo II brings the Koala to Italy, The Restart Urban Festival, 2020

September 14, 2020

The Restart Urban festival curated by the cultural association Noi Giovani* has just wrapped up its eighth edition despite the global pandemic. The three-day music and street art festival brought an event a little different than usual, and all in compliance with the strict pandemic rules. However, sometimes you can bend rules and trash king […]

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The Street Art Manual: A Guide To Hacking The City by Bill Posters, 2020

September 5, 2020

Artivist Bill Posters is an award-winning artist, author and agitator and co-founder of Brandalism. Over the last decade, he has worked alongside artists and activists to create some of the world’s largest unlawful street art projects. Who can forget his project ‘Spectre’ from 2019, which included a deep fake video of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, […]

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Waterford Walls Street Art Festival, Ireland 2020

September 4, 2020

Waterford Walls is an international street art festival founded in 2015, to inspire communities through art. The festival has seen some of the best known Irish and international street artists come to Waterford and transform the city’s walls. Against all odds, the Waterford Walls Street Art Festival celebrated its 6th successful year in 2020, during […]

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The Proud Streetlight, A New Installation for Stenograffia, Russia 2020

August 29, 2020

Yekaterinburg is now home to a new public art installation created for the Stenograffia Festival by Spektr, a team of street artists and supported by Tochka Bank. Street artists from the Spektr team have created a public art installation unique in both form and content. The installation Proud Streetlight features a straightened-out streetlight standing tall […]

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Banksy's rescue boat 'MV Louise Michel' saving lives of refugees in the Mediterranean. Photo courtesy of Louise Michel 2020

Banksy’s Rescue Lifeboat ‘M.V. Louise Michel’ is already Saving Lives in the Mediterranean, 2020

August 28, 2020

British artist Banksy has recently made headlines by funding an independent lifeboat that patrols the Mediterranean for refugees in distress. His involvement in the rescue mission dates back to September 2019 when he reached out to Pia Klemp, a former captain of several NGO boats that have rescued thousands of people over recent years. Banksy’s […]

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SCREENS2STREETS Public Arts Competiton Launched to Celebrate Climate Week, New York 2020

August 28, 2020

GreenPoint Innovations (GPI), in collaboration with The Climate Group’s Climate Week NYC and the United Nations SDG Action Campaign, today announced the launch of GreenPoint EARTH: Screens2Streets competition aka GPE2020: S2S. The GPE2020:S2S competition is aimed for artists to raise awareness about climate-related issues and inspire the world to rebuild environmentally smarter and healthier communities. […]

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Beyond the Sea: Millo's New Mural in Monopoli, Italy. Image © Millo

Beyond the Sea: Millo’s New Mural in Monopoli, Italy

August 28, 2020

Monopoli, Italy, is now home to a stunning new mural that captures the essence of the sea in all its beauty. “Beyond the Sea” is the newest addition to the town’s impressive art scene. Created for PhEST, a photography, cinema, and art festival, this mural is more than just a pretty picture. It aims to […]

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INTI’s latest mural for Out in the Open, Aalborg 2020

August 27, 2020

For the last week Chilean street artist INTI has been working intensely on a new mural in Aalborg, Denmark as part of the sixth edition of the mural project ‘Out in the Open’ curated by kirk gallery. “Maintaining a close and caring relationship to nature like a mother holding it in her arms.” The mural ‘TAIÑ […]

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The Art of Sisterhood! Positive Vibes in Difficult Times, New York 2020

August 14, 2020

Sisters are definitely doing it for themselves! New York-based muralist Danielle Mastrion has just finished painting a collaborative mural designed by young immigrant women from The Brave House to bring some positive vibes in these difficult times. The four-months of organisation was curated by Solare Creative founder Angela Del Sol, a Colombian-American social entrepreneur and […]

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