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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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Saype’s Villars-sur-Ollon Land Art: Does Painting the Earth Damage the Soil?

September 28, 2025

When French artist Saype paints the alpine slopes of Villars-sur-Ollon, his works may vanish with the seasons… but do they leave anything behind in the soil? A Mountain as Canvas Since 2022, the Swiss resort of Villars-sur-Ollon has become home to an ambitious experiment in land art. Each summer, the Grand Chamossaire slope has been […]

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Book Review: Banksy Captured Vol. 2 by Steve Lazarides

September 28, 2025

If Banksy Captured Vol. 1 was the birth of rebellion, Banksy Captured Vol. 2 is its adolescence, swaggering, ambitious, and slightly hung-over from success. When the Street Became a Stage Lazarides turns his lens outward: from Bristol’s underpasses to Piccadilly’s skyline, Los Angeles’ warehouses, and even the prim halls of the Tate. The scale has changed, but the spirit […]

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Ricardo Romero’s Sculptural Tribute to the Eternal Varina, Praia do Pedrogão

September 26, 2025

On the sands of Praia do Pedrogão, a striking figure now stands, still and alive with meaning. Ricardo Romero’s monumental work Emerge manifests as both memory and presence, a figure of resilience and grace, a woman sculpted in his signature luminous white, embodying centuries of tradition tied to the Portuguese coast. This sculpture is an act […]

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Belgian Street Artist Nean Kingdom Unveils FLAG Mural in Quebec City

September 24, 2025

Belgian street artist Nean Kingdom has unveiled his latest large-scale mural, FLAG, in the heart of Quebec City. Organised by Québec Nova Murale and Street Art in Action, and supported by the City of Quebec, the project highlights the transformative role of art in public space. Over ten days, Nean meticulously painted the corrugated metal wall, using many cans of […]

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From Myth to Mural: PichiAvo’s Niké Stands Victorious in Treviso, Italy

September 15, 2025

The celebrated Spanish duo PichiAvo have once again fused antiquity with the present in a commanding new mural at Vallà (Treviso), where they reimagine Niké, the Greek goddess of victory. Towering across the wall, the figure emerges with sculptural presence, her marble-like form layered against a backdrop alive with graffiti. Commissioned for The Wallà Project, an initiative curated by the BocaVerta […]

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Street Artist Nespoon in Sicily: A Lacework Mural of Memory and Community, Urban Sunrise Festival

September 14, 2025

For the Urban Sunrise Festival in Alcamo, Sicily, street artist Nespoon unveiled a new mural that continues her dialogue between tradition and contemporary art. Nespoon’s latest mural in Alcamo, Sicily created for the Urban Sunrise Festival and inspired by bobbin lace patterns shared by local residents, featuring delicate floral motifs. Image copyright Nespoon Lace as Living Heritage True to […]

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My Dog Sighs at LOOK UP Portsmouth 2025: Seven Walls in Seven Days!

September 14, 2025

This year’s LOOK UP Portsmouth Festival saw a remarkable contribution from local legend My Dog Sighs, who brought his unmistakable charm to the city with a staggering seven new murals alongside the launch of a brand-new jewellery collection… all within the span of just seven days. “Well, I’m done. Seven walls and a jewellery collection launched in the […]

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Book Review: Banksy Captured Vol. 1 by Steve Lazarides

September 13, 2025

A Love Letter to Rebellion “My love of photography was borne from my love of graffiti…” with this line, Steve Lazarides doesn’t so much open a memoir as crack open a time capsule. Banksy Captured Vol. 1 is less a polished art book and more a cinematic contact sheet of chaos, friendship, and cultural mutation. Steve Lazarides […]

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