Donna
Founder, Chief News Editor & Curatorial Lead Donna Haden is Co-Founder of GraffitiStreet, the contemporary urban art gallery and editorial platform she co-founded in 2014. Operating from its flagship gallery space in Chichester, West Sussex, GraffitiStreet works with collectors, institutions and artists internationally. Donna leads the gallery's curatorial and editorial voice — covering exhibitions, editions, artist features, public art and collector-focused content across GraffitiStreet News. Her writing is grounded in over a decade of direct artist relationships, first-hand gallery experience and a rigorous understanding of the international urban contemporary art market.
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February 28, 2021
Feminist Steps in Manoteras: A Symbol of Progress and Call to Action by Street Artist Aida Gomez
Aïda Gómez have taken a bold and creative step towards change by creating “Gradas Feministas de Manoteras/ Feminist Steps of Manoteras” in…
February 24, 2021
Sonny’s New Mural Shines a Light on Leopard Conservation, Cape Town 2021
Internationally renowned artist, Sonny, is known for using his creative voice to raise awareness for important environmental issues, with his latest mural shining…
February 24, 2021
Hyper-Realistic Monumental Butterflies Murals by MANTRA Land in Arkansas Little Rock, AR. 2021
Artist Youri Cansell (b. 1987, France), known around the world as Mantra, has completed two larger-than-life butterfly specimen case murals in Little…
February 21, 2021
Mural Art Demonstration for Freedom of Speech, Barcelona 2021
On Sunday, February 7th, urban artists took to the streets in the Parque de las Tres Chimeneas, Barcelona to paint against the…
February 17, 2021
CAN’T PLACE THIS HERE, CHÖ Public Art Festival 2021
A highly unusual piece of art has made its appearance at the CHÖ Public Art Festival. The piece is an architectural intervention:…
February 12, 2021
Art inspiring the public to keep dreaming, 2021
The BUILDHOLLYWOOD family of JACK, JACK ARTS and DIABOLICAL have collaborated with Yinka Ilori on a national scale and Super Freak, Zoe Power and Lottie Nadeau in their local cities to inspire and remind…
February 9, 2021
Street Artists help STOP Child Labour and Trafficking through Billboard Art, New York City 2021
Millions of children are trapped in child labour and trafficking. What if Art could help YOU understand the issue and take action?…
February 6, 2021
A Sculpture from the fifth dimension, Ural public art festival CHӦ, Russia 2021
Sculptor Roman Ermakov created a 6-metre sculpture titled ‘El Skyscraper’ artwork for Ural public art Festival CHӦ in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The colour…
February 5, 2021
New Mural by INTI “The TAMARUGO”, CHILE 2021
The Tamarugo is a flowering native tree from the north of Chile, which manages to survive in one of the aridest places…
January 29, 2021
自然重力 41/ GRAVITY XLI by Hua Tunan is inspired by the landscape, Shanghai 2021
In January 2021, Chen Yingjie (Hua Tunan) was invited by the Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum MOCA to work away from the usual…
January 25, 2021
Beyond Walls project by SAYPE: The largest human chain in the world crosses 3 neighbourhoods in Cape Town, South Africa 2021
Cape Town, warmly known as the Mother City, represents the ninth stage of the global artistic project “Beyond Walls” initiated by Saype…
January 24, 2021
DabsMyla paint Magical Unity, ARkanvas 2021
Australian contemporary artists Darren and Emmelene Mate, collectively known as DabsMyla, created a colourful mural on a former water tower in Fort…