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Banksy inspired artworks for the Between Art and Quarantine Challenge… #BetweenArtandQuarantine #TussenKunstenQuarantain, 2020

April 15, 2020

What to do during a Pandemic?! Re-enact famous paintings of course! ⁠ It’s an Instagram challenge using the hashtags #TussenKunstenQuarantaine #BetweenArtandQuarantine and has taken the art world by storm! The Dutch action “Tussen Kunst en Quarantaine” is inspiring creativity all over the world with their art challenge, and the only rule is that you must use […]

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Felipe Pantone uses VR Graffiti in times of Coronavirus, 2020

April 11, 2020

How does a graffiti artist survive the lockdown? With Virtual Reality graffiti from the quarantine of your own home. Spanish artist Felipe Pantone has shared virtual reality graffiti videos on his Instagram page, commenting ‘GRAFFITI in times of CORONAVIRUS‘ during covid19 lockdown. Felipe Pantone’s first VR graffiti video was a ‘PANT1’ tagged onto a virtual […]

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Pejac’s “STAY ArT HOME” Window Series Promotes Wellbeing through Creativity during COVID-19 Lockdown, 2020

April 10, 2020

Spanish artist Pejac has created his own “STAY ArT HOME” window series during COVID-19 lockdown to fight anxiety and boredom during these uncertain times and invites you to join in. Pejac’s “STAY ArT HOME” window series promotes good mental health by inspiring creativity. You can share your ideas around the world, and stay connected throughout the lockdown period […]

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Phlegm shares his COVID-19 Pandemic Diary, 2020

April 8, 2020

UK artist Phlegm has been documenting daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Phlegm’s pandemic diary, in which he records daily thoughts or feelings with drawings, is based on the highs and lows of these uncertain times. Phlegm shared his first drawing on Instagram on March 19th 2020. The toilet roll hunter with dagger!! is named […]

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Street Art Murals in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020

April 3, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 has changed our life as we know it, with social distancing and self-isolation, the world we once freely enjoyed has been closed off behind the doors of our homes. Street artists are reflecting this new reality within their work and before lockdown got onto the streets to express the new world […]

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Stop Telling Women to Smile: How Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is Amplifying Voices and Activating Change

March 8, 2020

The Stop Telling Women to Smile project by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh has been making waves worldwide, raising awareness about street harassment and giving voice to women of all backgrounds. When Tatyana Fazlalizadeh relocated from Philadelphia to Brooklyn, she created public art by posting portraits of women using homemade wheat paste. She aimed to document their reactions […]

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Faith XLVII Photo Credit Rowan Pybus

Interview with Faith XLVII, IWD Special 2020

March 5, 2020

Every year on the eighth of March International Women’s Day (IWD) pays tribute to the indomitable spirit of women across the globe. It celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women – while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender equality. This day recognises and celebrates the achievements of women. Here at GraffitiStreet […]

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Artist Saype’s Worldwide Symbolic Human Chain extends to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2020

March 4, 2020

French-Swiss artist Saype’s worldwide ‘Beyond walls Project’ extends his symbolic human chain to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In a polarizing world, the artist chooses to symbolically create the largest human chain in the world to invite us to benevolence and to live together: the Beyond Walls project. A combination of pairs of intertwined hands, painted on […]

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Bordalo II’s latest Mural ‘Trash Polar Bear and Cubs’ aims to create Environmental Awareness to the Young, France 2020

March 2, 2020

Portuguese artist Bordalo II has just completed a new big trash animal in the city of Nancy, France. Five years ago, the city of Nancy implemented a major cultural policy focused on urban art and it is within the framework of the “ADN” (Art Dans Nancy) program that this new fresco was created, curated by […]

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SAID DOKINS, SPAIK and CIX Paint Huge Murals in a Maximum Security Penitentiary, Mexico 2020

February 17, 2020

Three Mexican street artists, SAID DOKINS, SPAIK and CIX, have spent time in the CE.RE.SO, (Centre of Social Reinsertion) Maximum Security Penitentiary. Not to serve a sentence for a high crime but to bring their talents to the high grey walls of the Penitentiary in Morelia, Michoacán. We are in the CE.RE.SO. (Centre of Social Reinsertion) of Maximum Security for […]

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Banksy’s Back in Bristol for Valentine’s Day, 2020

February 14, 2020

A new mural appeared in Bristol yesterday with the trademarks of a Banksy. The mural was found on Marsh lane in Barton Hill, an area known for music and arts. The new mural depicted a young girl wearing a headscarf firing her slingshot, she hits her target and creates a striking red flower explosion. The […]

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