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Guido Van Helten - Iceland Photo © Selina Miles and Guido Van Helten

Street Artist Guido van Helten paints a ship in Akureyri, Iceland

May 26, 2016

In August 2015, film director Selina Miles travelled with artist Guido van Helten to Akureyri, a town on the north coast of Iceland, to produce a very unique piece of work. Australian artist, Guido, known for his hyperealistic portraits, travelled to Akureyri to paint one of his portraits onto the side of a working boat, […]

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Ricky Lee Gordon, Kiev , Ukraine

Ricky Lee Gordon street art mural for Art United us, kiev, Ukraine 2016

May 25, 2016

Ricky Lee Gordon new mural for Art United us in kiev, Ukraine has been influenced by so many factors. Below is Ricky Lee Gordon’s wonderful words of why he painted this mural… EVERY RIVER FLOWS TO THE SEA / КОЖНА РІКА ВПАДАЄ В МОРЕ AND THE WAVES OF THE SEA WILL SOFTEN THE STONE / І […]

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Pichiavo - Cities of Hope Street Art 2016

Cities of Hope Festival, Street Art Murals Manchester 2016

May 25, 2016

The Cities of Hope festival, curated by Vestige, is now fully underway. It is designed to amplify the messages of nine leading street artists Case, Axel Void, C215, Faith47, Hyuro, Whatson, Nevercrew, Phlegm and artist duo PichiAvo.  Artists have been asked to produce an inspirational mural on a cause that resonates with their own values. All nine murals can be […]

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Kenor, Metro train, Kiev

Kenor paints the metro train in Kiev, Ukraine 2016

May 24, 2016

Barcelona based artist Kenor has returned to Kiev, Ukraine for the Art United Us project. Kenor’s style is very distinctive, he uses bright striking colours with angular geometric patterns all painted in a coherent and harmonic order. Kenor attributes the style of his work to the influence of his beloved techno music, and more specifically […]

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Herakut Nashville Walls Street Art Project Photo © Colin M Day

Nashville Walls Street Art Project, Tennessee, 2016

May 22, 2016

The Nashville Walls Project, sponsored by Gibson Custom Guitars, will bring eight of the world’s top street artists to design and paint a series of murals across the walls of some of downtown Nashville’s oldest buildings, between 1 May and 1 July 2016. The interactive event encourages the public to watch the artists paint and […]

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Felipe Pantone 'Lasco Project' Photo @ Felipe Pantone

Felipe Pantone paints the A86 Duplex Paris as part of the Lasco project, 2016

May 22, 2016

The Palais de Tokyo in 2012 initiated a program dedicated to the urban arts named the ‘Lasco Project’. The underground maze of its building invites urban artists to paint within the vaults of the Palais de Tokyo. Since December 2012, nearly sixty international artists have been involved with the Lasco projects, including Futura 2000, Dran, […]

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Artist JR Transforms the Louvre’s Pyramid with an Anamorphic Image, 2016

May 21, 2016

The French street artist and photographer JR, known for his enormous black and white portrait paste-ups in public areas all over the world, now finds himself in Paris for his new photographic project. Invited by the world-famous Louvre Museum, JR is installing a public artwork outside the iconic museum in the main courtyard, Cour Napoléon. […]

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RAM Muro Street Art Festival

MURO Urban Art Festival | Bringing street art to Lisbon, Portugal 2016

May 14, 2016

Muro Urban Art Festival is on in Lisbon from April 30th until May 15th 2016. Organized by the Urban Art Gallery of Lisbon City Council in partnership with the Parish of Carnide, the festival epicentre is in the neighbourhood Padre Cruz and interventions scattered throughout the city. The city of lisbon want to celebrate their […]

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Salvatore Ferragamo

Impronte Street Art Festival dedicated to Salvatore Ferragamo, Bonito Italy 2016

May 14, 2016

Here comes the first edition of Impronte Street Art Festival, an event dedicated to the famous designer and craftsman Salvatore Ferragamo, who was born in Bonito in 1898.The idea of Impronte Street Art Festival stems from the desire to pay homage to the Bonito designer, celebrating the creativity that has marked his career and his many transversal […]

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Pichiavo Street Art festival Mar Menor Los Alcazares

Los Alcazares hosts the first Mar Menor Street Art Festival 2016

May 13, 2016

Los Alcázares hosts the first Mar Menor Street Art Festival 2016 over the last weekend in April ‘Festival de Arte Urbano Museo del Mar Menor’. Los Alcázares is located on the shores of the Mar Menor, surrounded by the municipalities of San Javier, Torre Pacheco and Cartagena. Forty one local and international urban artists were invited […]

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Stik auctions full set of Sleeping Baby Prints at Christies to raise money for NHS

Stik auctions full set of Sleeping Baby Prints at Christies to raise money for NHS

May 13, 2016

A full set of STIK’s ‘Sleeping Baby’ print, artist’s proofs in all four colour-ways are going to be auctioned at Christie Auction house on the 19th May 2016. The full set have been donated by big hearted STIK in aid of the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Art Charitable Fund adding to the £50,000 […]

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