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Melbournes New Street Art Precinct, Australia 2018

January 10, 2018

Melbourne’s newest public art project,’The Upper West Side Street Art Precinct’, saw six of Australia’s street artists paint walls of the power station at the corner of Little Bourke and Spencer streets. The project was curated by art collective Juddy Roller in partnership with the developers of the CBD’s Upper West Side, Far East Consortium, […]

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GraffitiStreet’s Online Charity Auction Raises Money for London’s Homeless, 2017

January 10, 2018

Christmas Eve 24th December 2017 at 20:00 (GMT) saw the end of our online charity auction. The auction was a great success and saw many of you bidding to purchase one of our specially painted canvases for Streets of London Charity. The online Charity Auction, hosted by GraffitiStreet, featured and sold six unique and original pieces of artwork, […]

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Billboard Takeover by Artist Ian Strange and Nuart, Norway 2018

January 5, 2018

Whilst we were all enjoying the festivities, Nuart and world-renowned Australian artist Ian Strange have been busy with their latest public art installation of 2018. Out with the old advertising and in with the new art billboards are all part of Nuart’s strategy to reduce the gap between art and every day life. The art billboards are located in […]

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

Street Art with More Impact, Recap of 2017

January 1, 2018

Street art can promote conversation and highlight social, political and environmental issues and has always been a powerful platform to convey messages to the masses. Check out the street art murals brought to us in 2017 that promote injustices and inspire hope for our future… JANUARY Eight years ago, the artist Shepard Fairey made the iconic image […]

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Mona Caron’s “Outgrowing”: A Botanical Mural of Resilience in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

December 30, 2017

In the vibrant city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Mona Caron’s mural “Outgrowing,” featured in the Wallriors festival, invites us to reflect on the power of nature and the enduring spirit of healing. Commissioned by the City of Kaohsiung in the Lingya District, this mural transcends simple aesthetics; it is a profound commentary on our disturbed environment. […]

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Street Artist Sonny brings the Endangered Polar Bear to Miami, 2017

December 18, 2017

Basel House Mural Festival invited local and international artists to transform the legendary walls of the iconic RC Cola Plant in Miami’s Wynwood Art District during Miami Art Week 2017  into an open- air art museum. The area is an often-overlooked section of the neighbourhood… until now! The huge list of artists invited by Basel House include; […]

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GraffitiStreet Underground 2016, London

Street Art Auction raising Funds for London’s Homelessness, 2017

December 17, 2017

It’s with great pleasure to announce that for a third year running we continue to support Streets of London (registered charity number 1155242) and are hosting another online charity urban art auction to tackle London’s homelessness. For this year’s specially curated charity auction, street artists Bisser (BE), Hua Tunan (CH), Hunto (IT), Joachim (BE), JPS (UK) and Nils Westergard (US) were each given a blank […]

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Banksy and Danny Boyle bring the Alternativity Christmas Play to Bethlehem 2017

December 17, 2017

Banksy invited Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle to “the least Christmassy place on earth” to direct an alternative nativity play, “Alternativity,  at the Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel carpark in Bethlehem, situated in the shadow of the separation barrier. The “Alternativity” play was performed by local children on the 3rd December in the car park of […]

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Millo, Street art Mural " Twist of Fate" Shanghai, China 2017. Photo Credit Millo

Millo Paints Two New Street Art Murals in Shanghai, China 2017

December 16, 2017

Italian muralist Millo was recently in China where he painted two huge murals in his signature style for MurMur project in Shanghai, curated by Cao Bin. His first mural, and his biggest work and the biggest mural realised in Asia, is titled “Twist of Fate”, and is about the importance of curiosity. “The importance of curiosity as a key […]

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Nuno Viegas and Fanakapan Just Crushed it with their latest Street Art Mural, Miami 2017

December 14, 2017

Basel House Mural Festival invited local and international artists to transform the legendary walls of the iconic RC Cola Plant in Miami’s Wynwood Art District during Miami Art Week 2017  into an open- air art museum. The area is an often-overlooked section of the neighbourhood… until now! Some of the artists invited are Fanakapan (UK), Nuno Viegas (Portugal), RISK (L.A.), SEEN (NYC), Sonny (South Africa), Dourone (France), 123klan (Canada) and Zed1 (Italy) among many […]

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Guido Van Helten, Mahim (E) Art District, St+art Urban Art Festival, Mumbai 2017. Photo Credit Akash Shukla

St+art Urban Art Festival takes over the Mahim (E) Art District, Mumbai 2017

December 14, 2017

Having seen an incredible response from visitors at the Sassoon Dock Art Project, St+art India Foundation with support from Asian Paints, announces the beginning of the Mahim (E) Art District as part of the St+art Mumbai 2017 Urban Art Festival. Starting from the facades which are facing the tracks of the Western Railway, St+art India […]

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