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Joachim - Born To Paint Solo Show

Joachim’s Solo Show ‘Born to Paint’ is coming to London, March 2018

February 18, 2018

GraffitiStreet are proud to announce ‘Born to Paint‘, the debut London solo show by hugely successful Belgian street artist Joachim. Joachim is a young, prolific and highly talented street artist from Antwerp, Belgium. His distinctive graffiti pop-style is impossible to ignore. He is well known for his childlike spontaneity, as well as being willing to experiment […]

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Ernest Zacharevic is Sending out a SOS, Sumatra’s Oil Palm Plantation 2018

February 12, 2018

A giant SOS distress call has been carved into the landscape of an oil palm plantation in Sumatra by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic, calling attention to the ongoing destruction of Indonesia’s forests and the demise of iconic species such as the Sumatran orangutan. In early 2017 Ernest Zacharevic curated a series of unique art projects […]

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Faile, Life is Beautiful, Urban Art Festival, Downtown Las Vegas 2017. Photo Credit Justkids

The Plaza Hotel Street Art Murals Win Big in the Urban Design awards, Las Vegas 2018

February 10, 2018

The Plaza Hotel Murals project curated by global creative house Justkids in partnership with Life is Beautiful Festival has been awarded with the top prize in public art by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman. The recognition is part of the Mayor’s 2018 Urban Design awards, which grant the project that makes Las Vegas a more beautiful and sustainable […]

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Urban Artist Ador and the Family Réunion, 2018

February 3, 2018

Urban artist Ador is currently on the small French island Réunion, located in the midst of the Indian Ocean, 700 kilometers east of the island of Madagascar , and 200 kilometers South-West of Mauritius. Réunion is a dream destination for lovers of the outdoors because of its truly varied terrain. The small island offers breathtaking mountain views, white and black […]

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Exit Through the Gift Shop: Banksy’s Documentary on Street Art and the Commercialisation of Art

January 30, 2018

Exit Through the Gift Shop is a 2010 documentary film directed by none other than the world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy and narrated by Rhys Ifans. The film is a fascinating exploration of street art, its creators, and the commercialisation of art. Banksy – Exit Through the GiftShop. Image copyright Banksy The documentary follows Thierry Guetta, […]

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Banksy, Draw the Raised Bridge, Scott Street Bridge, Hull, UK 2018. Photo Credit Banksy

Banksy’s latest mural “Draw the Raised Bridge!” questions Freedom, Hull 2018

January 27, 2018

A new mural by anonymous artist Banksy has appeared in Hull, UK. The artwork is a stencilled design on the Scott street bridge and depicts a child holding a wooden sword with the words written “DRAW THE RAISED BRIDGE!”. As always we aim to unravel Banksy’s murals … on first glance we notice the pencil attached to […]

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Hunto, Gare De Lyon Street Art, Paris 2018. Photo credit Claude-Artier

Street Artist Hunto Paints in the City of Love, Paris 2018

January 27, 2018

Italian street artist Hunto recently travelled to Paris to bring his colours, bold shapes and movement to the Gare de Lyon, train station. Hunto’s pieces are an ongoing exploration of the intertwined themes around the strongest force in the world… Love! With Paris being the capital of romance it was the perfect destination for this […]

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Space Invader, Cap-Ferret, France 2018. Photo credit Invader

Invader travels to Cap Ferret for another Invasion, France 2018

January 23, 2018

Space Invader is the pseudonym of a well-known French urban artist whose work is modelled on the crude pixellation of 1970s-1980s 8-bit video games. His distinctive creations can be seen in more than thirty countries, check out the invasion map! Invader recently vsitied Cap-Ferret, a peninsula located on the French West Coast, where he left ten mosaics […]

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Pow! Wow! Street Art Festival, Hawaii 2018. Photo Credit Pow! Wow!

POW! WOW! Street Art Festival set for Hawaii, February 2018

January 21, 2018

POW! WOW! Hawaii Festival, supported by the Hawaii Tourism Authority, takes place during Valentine’s week, 10th -18th February 2018, in the Kaka’ako district of Honolulu. POW! WOW! will bring more than one hundred artists to Hawaii to do what they truly love… creating art! POW! WOW! Hawaii 2018 will see international artists such as Bounce, Daniel Arsham, Dulk, Faile, Horishow, Icy […]

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Street Artist Beau Stanton and the Importance of Water, Nashville 2018

January 13, 2018

Internationally renowned street artist Beau Stanton came to Nashville to help launch a new campaign for stream stewardship: Rivive! Nashville. The five story mural in Nashville facilitated by Nashville Walls Project in cooperation with Rivive! Nashville, is a coalition five of non-profit environmental organizations who seek to clean up and raise awareness about the importance […]

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Futurama’s Homage to Invader: A Look at Season 7, Episode 4 ‘Proposition Infinity’

January 13, 2018

Futurama, a renowned animated science fiction sitcom, has entertained audiences since 1999 and has amassed a cult following. One of its most memorable episodes for urban art fans is Season 7, Episode 4, titled “Proposition Infinity.” This episode features Bender Bending Rodríguez, one of the show’s main characters, as a street artist who puts up […]

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