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Wide Open Walls, Street Art festival, Sacramento 2017. Photo Credit WOW916

Wide Open Walls Street Art Festival, Sacramento, USA 2017

September 1, 2017

The Wide Open Walls mural festival took place from 10th -20th August 2017. The festival brought over forty artists, local, national and international, to the Sacramento area. This year’s event added to the region’s already venerable history of mural painting , of which it has produced over six hundred murals over the last forty years! […]

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Kobra, Art for All in the World, Street Art Project, Sandefjord Norway 2017. Photo Credit Art for All in the World.

Art for All in the World, Street Art Project, Sandefjord, Norway 2017

September 1, 2017

Urban art project Art for all in the world was founded by Sharon and Peter Claesson. Art for All is a non-profit organisation working with communities across the globe to harness the power of art as a force for positive change. Art for all in the world invited six international artists to the beautiful coastal city of […]

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Yash, Artscape Street Art Festival, White Moose Project, Sweden 2017. Photo Credit Anders Lipkin.

Artscape’s White Moose Street Art Project in Värmland, Sweden 2017

August 26, 2017

Artscape just took on its biggest project to date ‘The White Moose Project‘ in Värmland. From the 24th July  until the 18th August 2017 twenty three artists from all over the world took over an entire region of Sweden, including Arvika, Filipstad, Forshaga, Grums, Karlstad, Munkfors, Sunne, Säffle, Torsby and Årjäng creating large-scale public art. Artists invited […]

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Astro, Art RePublic, Street Art Festival 2016, Jacksonville. Photo Credit Iryna Kanishcheva

Art RePublic, Street Art Festival 2017 Artist lineup, Jacksonville, Florida

August 25, 2017

Today, Art Republic Jax revealed nineteen of the most prolific names in street art from around the world set to come to North Florida during the organization’s sophomore year. The extended twelve-day exhibition will return to Downtown Jacksonville later this fall, November 1-12, 2017. After a successful year one, ArtRepublic Jax returns with Public Art […]

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POW!WOW! Street Art Road Trip, Israel 2017. Photo Credit Jasper Wong.

POW WOW Street Art Road Trip, Israel 2017

August 24, 2017

It has been a busy year for contemporary art initiative POW! WOW! taking art and culture around the world with their vibrant street art festivals. We have seen POW! WOW! colour the streets in Washington D.C., Hawaii  and California so far this year alone! POW! WOW! lead-director and artist Kamea Hadar decided to take the team back to his […]

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Sonny, To the Bone Street Art Mural, Far Eastern Leopard, Vladivostok Russia 2017. Photo Credit Tess Cunliffe.

Street Artist Sonny’s Gigantic Leopard Overlooks the City of Vladivostok, Russia 2017

August 22, 2017

South African based artist, Sonny, has certainly been travelling the world with his latest wildlife protection campaign “‘To The Bone”.  We have seen him bring endangered species to the forefront of conversations as he raises funds and much needed awareness with his huge murals, with support from the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Sonny spent seven days with […]

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Pahnl, Click Click Street Art Mural, UpFest, Bedminster, Bristol 2017. Photo Credit Pahnl.

Pahnl’s Multi Window Mural, UpFest Street Art Festival, Bristol 2017

August 21, 2017

Headlining Europe’s largest street art festival Upfest this year were artist duo Pahnl, who have been gracing the streets of Bedminster, Bristol for Upfest since 2009. Pahnl is well known for using stencils, film, animation and photography to bring their miniature world to life … people, dogs, cats, birds can be found, if you look close […]

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Kevin Ledo, Facing the Future, Street Art Mural, Paint Outside The Lines Beruit, Lebanon 2017. Photo Credit aptART

Kevin Ledo’s Street Art Mural Inspires Hope for a Better Future, Beirut 2017

August 17, 2017

Awareness and Prevention Through Art aptART are back again with ‘Paint outside the lines’, an international street art campaign, highlighting the importance of inclusive and diverse communities. This year aptART launched ‘Paint Outside The Lines’ project in Lebanon, working with youth from Syria, Palestine and Lebanon together to paint walls across Beirut and inside refugee camps to promote coexistence, with […]

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POW WOW Street Art Festival, Long Beach, California 2017

August 16, 2017

Contemporary art initiative POW! WOW! return​ed​ to the city of Long Beach, California for their third consecutive year ​during the summer of 2017​. Artists from around the globe participated in the week-long festival bringing art and culture to Long Beach with live mural paintings, art exhibitions, talks and more. “We are so excited to have […]

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Ernesto Maranje, The Rhino and the Oxpecker, Street Art Mural, Paint Outside The Lines Lebanon 2017. Photo Credit Selina Miles

Ernesto Maranje’s Street Art Mural The Rhino and the Oxpecker in Lebanon, 2017

August 13, 2017

Awareness and Prevention Through Art aptART are back again with ‘Paint outside the lines’, an international street art campaign, highlighting the importance of inclusive and diverse communities. Last year we saw the project with Ernesto Maranje in Portland. This year aptART launched ‘Paint Outside The Lines’ project in Lebanon, working with youth from Syria, Palestine and Lebanon together to paint walls […]

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Jake Aikman Paints his First Street Art Mural in Kiev for Art United Us, Ukraine 2017

August 11, 2017

ArtUnitedUs 2017, curated by Iryna Kanishcheva and Geo Leros, are well underway in the second season of street art murals to promote peace across Ukraine, creating an entirely new history. For the third mural in the second season ArtUnitedUs invited Londoner Jake Aikman, who currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. Studio based painter Jake Aikman paints to capture the mystery […]

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