Art History
When Street art meets Abstraction
May 7, 2023
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8 minutes read
As partly anticipated above, we are accustomed to seeing the graffities and tags on the walls, mostly monochrome, of streets, abandoned buildings, factories and much more, or, in the case where we talk about Street art...
Artist Portraits
Iretge: the heretics of street art
Oct 1, 2019
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Iretge, a road-trip and a book by a few artists who wanted to shake up the codes of street art a little
Art History
Street artists: from vandals to artists!
Jan 26, 2022
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6 minutes read
Street art has become a high form of artistic expression, so much so that the work of its major exponents has become a mainstream commercial product, but has it always been this way?
Art History
Rock art: from caves to Street art
Sep 5, 2023
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9 minutes read
Let's take an example: the Mona Lisa, if it had been created today, would probably have gone unnoticed, because it was intended as a simple portrait, in an age when the medium of painting has now largely detached itself from the need to faithfully represent the real thing.
Artist Portraits
LineUP: bringing Street-Art to the general public
Feb 25, 2020
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In Montpellier, the LineUP association has given itself the mission, since its creation in 2015, both to support the street artists of the surroundings while making this art known to the general public as well as to communities.
Lifestyle
A street art festival in Rabat awakens the Moroccan capital
Nov 26, 2021
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2 minutes read
Jidar, Rabat's annual street art festival, attracts international attention from all over the world. The festival hosted over 20 artists from Morocco and around the world.
Lifestyle
In Afghanistan, the first female street artist taunts the Taliban
Nov 7, 2021
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4 minutes read
Afghanistan's first female street artist is Shamsia Hassani. The compositions of Hassani are both of women in a male-dominated culture and create an impression of the clash between light and darkness. However, she had to deal with cultural and social issues as well as a lack of spaces where graffiti could be done.
Art History
Digital Street Art may become a digital subversive art in the future
May 9, 2017
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2 minutes read
Recently recovered and legitimized by the art market, street art is experiencing a strong public craze, multiplied by the internet and digital.
Art History
Portuguese Street Artist Challenges Lavish Papal Visit with €500 Notes Installation
Aug 1, 2023
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2 minutes read
Portuguese street artist Bordalo II protests the costly papal visit in Portugal with an installation made of giant €500 notes, criticizing the use of public funds for the religious event. The artwork, titled "The Walk of Shame," draws attention to economic hardships and misplaced spending priorities amid the estimated €161 million expense of the visit.
Art History
Contemporary Street Art: How Banksy's Little Girl with a Balloon became an icon
Sep 8, 2021
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3 minutes read
Balloon girl or Girl with Balloon is one of Banksy’s most important works. It demonstrates the graffiti stencil technique that has made Banksy famous around the globe.
Art News
The 4th Lyon International Street Art Festival at the forefront of new technologies
Oct 18, 2022
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3 minutes read
The Peinture fraiche (Wet Parinting) international street art festival is back at the Halle Debourg in Lyon (France). A new show set in the present, where music and new technologies are everywhere. Here's what you can look forward to.
Art News
Monumental Street Art: Klaus Dauven creates amazing and environmentally responsible frescos on a dam!
Oct 22, 2021
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2 minutes read
A massive fresco is being painted atop the enormous Vouglans dam in the Jura. Cleaning the dam resulted in the creation of a fresco. An innovative project created by french electricity company, a huge cleaning company, and german artist Klaus Dauven.
Pop Culture
How did David Zinn appropriate the street to transform every corner into a work of art?
Feb 22, 2022
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2 minutes read
With whimsical chalk drawings, the street artist David Zinn transforms the entire city into his personal canvas.