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City of Colours, Street Art Festival, Birmingham 2016

June 19, 2016

Torrential downpours and flooding of recent days finally abated for the start of ‘City of Colours 2016’ Street Art Festival in Digbeth… the heart of UK’s Second City. This year was more highly anticipated than ever given last year’s cancellation due to lack of funding, and new transportation and shopping offerings in the city, with […]

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PichiAvo, Cities of Hope, Manchester Photo © Henrik Haven

The completed murals of Cities of Hope street art festival, Manchester 2016

June 16, 2016

Over 9 days in May, the world’s most renowned street artists came to Manchester to stand alongside the oppressed and those that fight at their side. These artists came to force witness to hope… to inspire Manchester City and the rest of the world. Joined by a team of street artists they created a street […]

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Risk, RFK Street Art Mural Photo © Agile society

RFK Street Art Mural Festival, Los Angeles, CA 2016

June 13, 2016

Muralists from all around the world honoured Robert F. Kennedy, at the site of his assassination, for the RFK Mural festival, organised by Branded arts. Twenty eight artists were invited to paint a series of murals throughout the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools during a one­ week span from May 23-­27, 2016. RFK Community Schools […]

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Artist JR makes the Pyramid of the Louvre Disappear, 2016

June 11, 2016

From May 25th to June 27th, 2016, invited by the “world’s largest museum”, JR chose to make one of its symbols, the pyramid of the Louvre, disappear thanks to an unexpected anamorphosis. French street artist JR completed work on his latest public artwork. This sizeable photographic piece covers the glass pyramid outside the Musée du Louvre, causing […]

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Maser @ The Art Conference

The Art Conference (TAC) Key Speakers announced, Bermondsey, London 2016

June 10, 2016

This July, London will host The Art Conference (TAC), bringing together a programme of international keynote speakers from the worlds of technology, art and culture. The Ugly Duck, is a three-storey 19th century warehouse, in Bermondsey will be filled with film screenings, panel discussions, exhibitions and digital art installations. “I have always wanted to encourage dialogue, critical […]

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Street Artist Hueman

Street Art Festival, Artscape, is coming to Gothenburg, Sweden 2016

June 9, 2016

For the first time this summer, the street art festival Artscape lands in Gothenburg, Sweden’s alternative culture capital, as part of the city’s build up to its 400th anniversary in 2021. Between 25th July & 21st August 2016, twenty international and Swedish street artists will create and paint in all ten districts of the city, […]

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Nick Brandt |’Inherit The Dust’ documents the escalating changes to Africa’s habitat

June 7, 2016

British photographer Nick Brandt has been taking intimate portraits of East Africa’s wild animals since he embarked upon his ambitious photographic project in 2001. Initially Brandt studied Painting, and film and moved to the United States in the early 90’s and directed many award-winning music videos such as Michael Jackson‘s video for “Earth Song!”. It was while in Tanzania and directing “Earth Song” that […]

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Interview with Street Artist Joachim

June 6, 2016

GraffitiStreet finally caught up with the unstoppable Belgian street artist Joachim. Constantly painting indoors and outdoors his passion and energy is infectious… he can’t stop and he won’t stop… and that’s fine by us! Joachim takes five and sits down for a chat with the GraffitiStreet team…

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Banksy - Street art Bridge Farm Primary School Bristol

Banksy returns to Bristol, gifts mural to Bridge Farm Primary School

June 6, 2016

In another daring PR stunt (we’ve been told the caretaker had initially reported the piece as ‘vandalism’), world-renowned street artist Banksy has just completed painting this mural for the children at the Bridge Farm Primary school, who today came back to school from a half-term break, only to be taken by surprise with the new piece which was painted over night. […]

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LIER UP Street Art Project - Joachim and Nils Westergard

Lier Up Street Art Project, Lier, Belgium 2016

June 3, 2016

Lier is a small municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, and is home to street artist Joachim. He decided to curate ‘LIER UP’, a street art project, to bring his picturesque old city up to date! With support of the City to display permanent murals, mixed with Joachim’s energy and enthusiasm, he took […]

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Part One, Chrome & Black, Book signing

NYC graffiti legend Part One | Book Signing at Chrome & Black, London

June 2, 2016

New York City graffiti artist and legend PART ONE will be joining London’s leading aerosol art supply shop Chrome & Black in Bethnal Green on Thursday 9th June 2016 for a unique book signing of his latest biography. PART ONE (Enrique Torres) has the reputation of being one of the early graffiti style writing pioneers […]

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