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ART IN FOCUS: Ricardo Romero, CAT #000

November 21, 2025

High above the rooftops of Leiria and Setúbal, Ricardo Romero’s black cat pauses mid-step. One paw lifted. Body in motion. Neither arriving nor leaving. Over time, the figure has become part of the skyline itself — watched, photographed, quietly claimed by the city. Ricardo Romero – CAT #000 (Black) Copyright © GraffitiStreet / Ricardo Romero […]

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When You Wish Upon a Star: RoamCouch and the Night Sky

November 20, 2025

When You Wish Upon a Star RoamCouch is a luminous mural series where night skies, drifting starlight, and quiet human gestures transform public space into a theatre of wonder. In RoamCouch’s universe, night is never empty. It carries weather, memory, and a particular kind of tenderness. When You Wish Upon a Star is one of the artist’s most […]

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From Streets to Skylines: The Monumental Ascent of Ricardo Romero’s Sculptures Across the Portuguese Landscape

November 20, 2025

Portuguese artist Ricardo Romero (b. 1984) has quickly become one of the most compelling figures in contemporary public sculpture, reshaping the visual identity of cities across Portugal with works that balance clarity, movement, and emotional presence. His large-scale sculptures, often distilled into bold silhouettes poised between action and stillness, create immediate impact in the spaces they occupy. […]

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Thresholds of Time: Vhils’ “Doors of Cairo” at the Edge of Eternity

November 15, 2025

Vhils ‘Doors of Cairo’, installed at the foot of the Great Pyramids, reimagines monumentality through the intimate residue of everyday life. At the foot of the Great Pyramids of Giza, a horizon synonymous with human wonder, Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, widely known as Vhils, has quietly reimagined what it means to leave a trace. His Doors of Cairo installation, […]

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Interview with Sonny Sundancer: Charcoal, Liminal Realism and the Thresholds of the Wild

November 15, 2025

For Sonny, charcoal is more than medium: it is a discipline, a reversal of his painting process, and a meditation. Each drawing requires patience, precision, and trust in every mark, since nothing can be hidden or layered away. This stripping back, both technical and symbolic, has become central to his practice. And it is here […]

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Mother Serpent: A Mural Uniting Mexico and the UK in San Simón Ticumac, Mexico

November 11, 2025

Art, community and dissidence converge at Distrito de Arte Indeleble, a creative laboratory revitalising the social fabric of the indigenous neighbourhood of San Simón through mosaic and ‘esgrafiado’ murals, ceramics and dialogue. In the heart of San Simón Ticumac, one of Mexico City’s oldest indigenous neighbourhoods, art, community, and rebellion intertwine in Madre Serpiente (Mother Serpent), a […]

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Being Ben Eine: A Street Art Documentary on Graffiti, Typography, and Recovery

November 9, 2025

Being Ben Eine is now streaming on YouTube, offering an unfiltered portrait of one of Britain’s most iconic street artists. The documentary traces Ben Eine’s graffiti beginnings, his unmistakable typographic murals, and the street culture that shaped his voice…on walls, in print, and in public life.  The documentary Being Ben Eine is currently available to stream […]

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Leon Keer’s ‘Nature’s Algorithm’: A Monument to Nature in a Restless Age

November 9, 2025

In downtown Des Moines, street artist Leon Keer has unveiled his newest large-scale anamorphic work, Nature’s Algorithm, an 8,600 sq ft (800 m²) mural painted in just 21 days with collaborator Massina (Marije Spelbos) for DSM public art. Known for his optical precision and narrative depth, Keer transforms a parking structure into an architectural meditation on attention, technology, and the enduring […]

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The Art of Unwinding: How Gallery Visits calm the Body and Mind

November 5, 2025

In celebration of National Stress Awareness Day, part of International Stress Awareness Week (3–7 November) In an age defined by constant acceleration, the simple act of standing before a work of art can feel revolutionary. Amid the rhythm of notifications, deadlines, and digital noise, art offers a rare sanctuary, a moment of stillness where the […]

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Tellas’ “Focus” Mural in Alcamo, Italy: A Meditation on Attention

November 4, 2025

The new Tellas Focus mural in Alcamo is a quiet invitation to slow down, contemplate, and rediscover the details of everyday place. In Alcamo, Sicily, where sunlight moves slowly across facades and neighbourhood streets hold the rhythm of everyday life, a new mural asks for something increasingly rare: attention. Focus by Fellas. Image copyright Tellas Tellas Focus […]

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Playground Mural by Lonac for ASALTO Festival, Zaragoza, Spain

October 29, 2025

During the 20th edition of ASALTO Festival Internacional de Arte Urbano, Croatian artist Lonac created Playground, a site-responsive mural painted in Zaragoza, Spain. The work was conceived directly on location and developed intuitively, shaped by its surroundings. Lonac’s Playground Mural in Zaragoza and Its Urban Context The mural sits between a police station and a school, a location that quietly […]

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