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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July 28, 2020
Gabriel Pitcher’s Mural Raises Awareness and Action for Project Zero, London 2020
A new mural of local community youth worker Steve Barnabis has emerged in Walthamstow from UK artist Gabriel Pitcher, curated by Wood…
July 24, 2020
Can a wall be a hug? ADD FUEL’s mural says YES it can! Lisbon 2020
A hug is a wonderful thing, it communicates support, security, affection, unity, and belonging, but can a wall be a hug? That was the…
July 23, 2020
MARTHA COOPER: TAKING PICTURES at URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART, Autumn 2020
The URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART presents a six-decade retrospective of Martha Cooper’s photographs this Autumn 2020. Combining photographs and…
July 22, 2020
Nils Westergard and SillyGenius Powerful Mural ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ in Richmond, Virginia 2020
Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, has become a national epicentre of the Black Lives Matter movement, with the towering 19m Robert…
July 22, 2020
Bloop Festival returns to Ibiza to Celebrate its 10th Anniversary, August 2020
BLOOP being the world’s first festival entirely dedicated to Proactive Art, with the ethos “ART IS FOR EVERYBODY”, returns to Ibiza this…
July 14, 2020
Banksy’s back from Lockdown and Sprays the London Underground! 2020
Banksy has just released a video on his Instagram page of him ‘deep cleaning’ the London underground tube, with a little help…
July 10, 2020
The Crystal Ship Welcomes Three New Murals, Oostende Belgium, 2020
The 5th-anniversary edition of The Crystal Ship was sadly cancelled in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic and public safety concerns. However,…
July 4, 2020
BLACK LIVES MATTER Pavement Mural by TATS Cru and Family, Manhattan NYC 2020
Eighties Bronx-based graffiti artists TATS Cru and an invited family of artists have collectively completed painting a huge 600 foot pavement mural dedicated to the #blacklivesmatter movement.…
June 26, 2020
Saype’s “World in Progress” landart celebrates the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, 2020
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, in San Francisco on 26th June 1945, Switzerland has…
June 26, 2020
‘CARNIVAL IS CANCELLED’ Case Maclaim for ‘Out in the Open’, Aalborg 2020
For the first time in 38 years, the biggest carnival in Northern Europe has been cancelled. In 2019, Aalborg Carnival beat its own record…
June 19, 2020
The Avant-Garde Mural Festival ignites Positivity during COVID-19 Lockdown in Tudela, Spain 2020
The ‘Avant-Garde‘ mural festival has been taking place during June in Tudela, Spain. A welcome break from the uncertain times of the…
June 9, 2020
Banksy Supports the Toppling of the Edward Colston Statue in his Home City of Bristol, 2020
Banksy has unveiled a new piece of art on his Instagram account inspired by the anti-racism protestors who pulled down the statue…