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Celebrating the Grand Opening of GraffitiStreet Gallery in Chichester, England

December 8, 2024

We are excited to announce the grand opening of our brand new gallery in Chichester , England. As we commemorate a successful decade of GraffitiStreet, we are delighted to unveil GraffitiStreet Gallery, housed within a meticulously restored Grade II listed Victorian building at 25a West Street, Chichester. This venue is a testament to our dedication […]

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Street Artist in the Spotlight – Nils Westergard

September 21, 2024

Street artists in the Spotlight! Here, we’ll dive into the vibrant world of murals and the talented urban artists behind them. Each post will introduce a unique artist, bringing their incredible work to the forefront while exploring their creative process, inspirations, and the stories that breathe life into their murals. Join us as we celebrate […]

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Nils Westergard and SillyGenius Powerful Mural ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ in Richmond, Virginia 2020

July 22, 2020

Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, has become a national epicentre of the Black Lives Matter movement, with the towering 19m Robert E. Lee statue as its focal point. Now covered with anti-racist graffiti, this statue and other racist statues across the world have become a place for powerful protests against systemic racism and police […]

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BEZT Aalborg Street Art Photo © kirk gallery

“Out in the Open” Street Art Festival to return to the city of Aalborg for 2019, Denmark

April 21, 2019

The city of Aalborg, in Denmark, has become an open air art gallery thanks to the long-running ‘Out in the Open’ mural project, curated by Kirk Gallery since 2014. Many street artists have painted large murals over the past four years, such as Wes21 & Onur, Guido Van Helten, Conor Harrington, Faith 47, Sepe & Tone, Bezt , Herakut and David Walker . So […]

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The memorial wall portrait by Nils Westergard shows the Auschwitz detainee Walter Degen in his concentration camp prisoner’s uniform and with his prisoner number 20285, as well as the pink triangle on his left breast. Berlin 2019. Photo Credit Nika Kramer / Urban Nation

Nils Westergard’s “One Wall” mural pays tribute to Walter Degen, a victim of the Nazi regime, Berlin 2019

January 19, 2019

Under the motto “One Wall – One Message”, internationally recognised and aspiring artists design the facades of a building in public spaces in Berlin. “One Wall” was initiated by the Urban Nation Museum, under the artistic direction of museum director Yasha Young. Yasha Young invited Belgo-American street artist and filmmaker Nils Westergard to Berlin, where […]

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Nils Westergard, Girl with Flowers Mural 2018.

Stencil Artist Nils Westergard Says it with Flowers, 2018

December 1, 2018

Over the centuries, artists have captured the rich symbolism of flowers, From Van Gogh, telling his brother Theo “the sunflower is mine.”, to the technicolour, pop flowers of Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami. Flowers grow within the urban art scene and this year stencil artist Nils Westergard incorporated the flower into his latest murals. Nils took […]

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GraffitiStreet Underground 2016, London

Street Art Auction raising Funds for London’s Homelessness, 2017

December 17, 2017

It’s with great pleasure to announce that for a third year running we continue to support Streets of London (registered charity number 1155242) and are hosting another online charity urban art auction to tackle London’s homelessness. For this year’s specially curated charity auction, street artists Bisser (BE), Hua Tunan (CH), Hunto (IT), Joachim (BE), JPS (UK) and Nils Westergard (US) were each given a blank […]

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Nils Westergard, Stencil cut map of London, Underground 2016

Artist Nils Westergard stencils intricate map of London in 104 hours!

October 3, 2016

Nils Westergard travelled from Richmond, USA to London for our urban art group show ‘Underground 2016’ and he decided to bring his own map of the capital! Not just any map… a hand cut stencilled map, proving he’s a cut above the rest! Nils printed out a map of London, and then painstakingly cut between […]

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Nils Westergard and Bisser collab with their second wall in London for Underground 2016

October 3, 2016

Underground 2016 took over Hoxton Arches, 402 Cremer street with a bang on the 29th September and is open daily until 4th October 2016 . The GS team have been working hard to bring you a diverse array of artwork from all around the world inside the gallery setting… and also out on the streets of […]

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Street Artist Nils Westergard hits London’s streets for Underground 2016

September 29, 2016

Underground 2016 took over Hoxton Arches, 402 Cremer street with a bang on the 29th September and is open daily until 4th October 2016 . The GS team have been working hard to bring you a diverse array of artwork from all around the world inside the gallery setting… and also out on the streets of […]

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GraffitiStreet Urban show Streets of London, Tackling Homelessness

Street Art Auction raising money for London’s Homelessness

August 14, 2016

It’s with great pleasure to announce that for a second year running we will be hosting a charity urban art auction to tackle homelessness and together with your help we will be able to make a difference. For this year’s specially curated charity auction, street artists My Dog Sighs (UK), Pichi&Avo (ES),  JPS (UK), Bisser (BE), Hunto (IT), Joachim (BE), Pahnl (UK), Nils Westergard (US), 3F (UK) and NME (UK) […]

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