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My Dog Sighs Plants a Giant Floral Eye at Sam’s Sunflowers on Hayling Island

August 12, 2026

My Dog Sighs has transformed 3.3 acres of Hayling Island into an extraordinary living eye at Sam’s Sunflowers, using millions of cornflowers, sunflowers and pathways to create an artwork visitors can physically walk through.

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SMOE Transforms New York’s Doyers Street with a 5,000-Square-Foot River of Colour

July 23, 2026

SMOE transforms Doyers Street in New York’s Chinatown with Yangtze, a 5,000-square-foot ground mural created in three days with Mike Makatron, community volunteers and Explore Chinatown.

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Mokhallad Habib Transforms Iraq’s Bullet Holes into Symbols of Hope

July 23, 2026

Iraqi artist Mokhallad Habib transforms bullet holes and war-damaged walls into powerful street art exploring memory, resilience and hope.

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Banksy’s NOLA: The Quiet Power of Banksy’s Umbrella Girl

June 17, 2026

Discover the meaning behind Banksy Nola, also known as Umbrella Girl, one of the artist’s most poignant works created in post-Katrina New Orleans. Explore the symbolism, print editions, artist’s proofs, market history and why this quietly powerful image remains one of Banksy’s most compelling works for collectors.

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Bordalo II Big Trash Animals: Waste, Wildlife and Meaning

June 16, 2026

Bordalo II transforms discarded materials into powerful animal sculptures that confront waste, consumer culture and ecological responsibility. Looking beyond the spectacle of his Big Trash Animals, this GraffitiStreet feature explores the recurring themes that define his practice, from habitat destruction and public art to the poetic transformation of urban debris into wildlife.

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Banksy’s Love Is In The Air (Life Size) Heads to Sotheby’s London Evening Auction

June 16, 2026

Banksy’s Love Is In The Air (Life Size) heads to Sotheby’s London Evening Auction with an estimate of £3.5 million–£5.5 million. GraffitiStreet revisits the artwork’s Bethlehem origins, market history, cultural meaning and enduring place within Banksy’s most iconic images.

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Faith XLVII’s EMPIRE Bronze Sculpture Becomes a Monument to Power, War and Obedience

June 4, 2026

Faith XLVII’s EMPIRE bronze sculpture began as an intimate 2020 edition before becoming a large-scale public bronze in Paarl, Western Cape, transforming the horse into a powerful symbol of war, obedience, nationalism and human ambition.

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JR’s La Caverne du Pont Neuf in Paris: The City’s Oldest Bridge Becomes a Cave

May 23, 2026

JR’s La Caverne du Pont Neuf Paris is now visible on the banks of the Seine. The 120-metre inflatable cave structure enveloping Paris’s oldest bridge opened on 21 May 2026, with the interior accessible free of charge from 6 to 28 June.

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The Crystal Ship 2026 marks a Landmark 10th Edition in Ostend, Belgium

May 11, 2026

The Crystal Ship 10th Anniversary returned to Ostend this spring with over 20 monumental murals and public artworks, celebrating a decade of transforming the Belgian coastal city into one of Europe’s leading open-air museums for contemporary urban art. Over ten years, The Crystal Ship has reshaped the visual identity of Ostend. Curated by Belgian actor […]

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Bordalo II’s Re-Raccoon: From Belém to Chelas, Lisbon 2015–2025

December 8, 2025

Bordalo II’s Re-Raccoon adapts his iconic 2015 Big Raccoon, moving the Lisbon artwork from Belém to Chelas.

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Exploring Resilience Through Street Art: Mona Caron’s Weeds Project

February 9, 2025

Mona Caron Weeds is one of the most poetic and powerful bodies of work in contemporary street art, transforming overlooked urban vegetation into monumental public murals about resilience, identity, and survival. Through towering depictions of weeds, wildflowers, and plants that grow through cracks in the city, Mona Caron asks us to reconsider what we dismiss, […]

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