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SNIK’s Monumental ‘Solitude’ Graces the Streets of Stockport, England

October 28, 2025

The internationally acclaimed stencil art duo SNIK have brought their world-renowned, ethereal portraiture to Greater Manchester, unveiling a monumental new mural titled ‘Solitude’ on the side of Virginia Mills in Higher Hillgate. ‘Solitude’ by SNIK, stencil mural on Virginia Mills, Higher Hillgate, Stockport, UK. Commissioned by Virginia Mills and Niplast. Image © SNIK / Mike Tilley Commissioned by Virginia Mills and Niplast, Solitude marks Stockport’s first […]

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Heart of the Earth: Elian Chali’s ‘Youtopia’ Geometry Mural for Calle libra, Vienna

October 27, 2025

In his mural Heart of the Earth, Argentine artist Elian Chali continues to expand a visual language that blurs the boundaries between architecture, abstraction, and emotion. Conceived as part of Calle Libre’s 2025 edition, Youtopia, the work embodies the festival’s invitation to imagine the world not just as it is, but as it could be… a collective canvas of possibility. […]

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The Needle’s Eye: Case Maclaim and the Art of Patience

October 25, 2025

The Needle’s Eye, the latest mural by Case Maclaim in Aschaffenburg, Germany, conveys a meditative quality, a reflection of patience, precision, and persistence on a grand scale. CASE Maclaim, The Needle’s Eye, Aschaffenburg, Germany (2025). Street art mural created in collaboration with SweatLovesYou and the Lions Club. Photography by Constantin Franz. This piece recalls a mural the artist painted a […]

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Steve Lazarides: Capturing Banksy, One Frame at a Time

October 18, 2025

Steve Lazarides (born c. 1969) is a British–Greek Cypriot photographer, publisher, collector, and curator who helped propel street and underground art from subculture to the global art stage. Raised in Bristol amid the youth-club scene of Barton Hill, Lazarides absorbed the energy of graffiti and music before studying photography at Newcastle Polytechnic. In the mid-1990s […]

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Spidertag’s INM#25: The Neon Language of Futurism Primitivism Lights Up Bayonne

October 15, 2025

As night descends on Bayonne for the Point de Vue Street Art Festival 2025, a 30×5 m wall awakens, pulsing with geometric precision and electric rhythm. This is INM#25, Spidertag’s latest chapter in his ongoing saga of Interactive Neon Murals, a glowing dialect he calls Futurism Primitivism. Each line of light feels like a sentence in an evolving code, […]

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Between Water and Memory: Ricardo Romero’s /Fading/ and the Silent Weight of Change

October 14, 2025

Ricardo Romero’s “/Fading/” is one of those rare moments when an old idea, one long held in the artist’s sketchbooks and imagination, finally finds its place in the world. Stretching across 15 metres of poetic absurdity and environmental reflection, the work presents a surreal yet deeply moving image: a polar bear floating beneath a railway bridge, its image gliding […]

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Triple Trouble: London’s First and Only Mural by Hirst, Fairey & Invader Lands in Shoreditch

October 10, 2025

Shoreditch has a new landmark and it’s making art history. Earlier this week, a monumental mural titled Triple Trouble appeared on a wall in East London, uniting three of the most iconic and influential artists of our time: Shepard Fairey (OBEY), Damien Hirst, and Invader. Painted across a façade in Shoreditch, Triple Trouble is a vivid collision of each artist’s distinct […]

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Triple Trouble: When Damien Hirst, Shepard Fairey, and Invader Collide at Newport Street Gallery

October 7, 2025

Newport Street Gallery is about to host a creative collision unlike anything the London art world has seen. Opening 10th October 2025 (evening preview 9th October) and running through 29 March 2026, Triple Trouble brings together three of the most influential, and mischievous, artists of our time: Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst, and Invader. Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd Presented in association with Heni and curated […]

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Invasion Alert: Invader’s New Pieces Land in London Ahead of Triple Trouble

October 7, 2025

London’s skyline has been quietly invaded once again. In the days leading up to the much-anticipated Triple Trouble exhibition, the elusive French artist Invader has returned to the capital, embedding a series of new mosaics across the city’s architecture… a pixelated trail teasing what’s to come. Opening Thursday, 9 October (6–8 pm) at Newport Street Gallery, Triple Trouble brings together three of contemporary […]

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Steve Lazarides and Banksy: Behind the Lens of Street Art’s Greatest Mystery

October 3, 2025

Every great artist has a witness. For Banksy, that witness was Steve Lazarides. Once a photographer from Newcastle with an eye for subcultures, Lazarides became Banksy’s first chronicler, collaborator, and unlikely agent. Together, they staged not only artworks but interventions, guerrilla gestures, pop-up infiltrations, and acts of cultural sabotage. Steve Lazarides – How To Paint Graffiti […]

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Invader Sues Julien’s Auctions Over Alleged Theft and Copyright Infringement of Stolen Mosaics

September 30, 2025

A new legal battle is unfolding at the intersection of street art, intellectual property, and the art market. French artist Invader, internationally known for his pixelated mosaic installations inspired by retro video games, has filed a lawsuit against the parent company of Julien’s Auctions, alleging copyright infringement, theft, and violations of the U.S. Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA). […]

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