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...
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?
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
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.
Lifestyle
Johnny Depp, Pop-Street painter and collector
Jul 31, 2023
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12 minutes read
John Christopher Depp II, an American actor and musician, was born on June 9, 1963. He has garnered numerous awards, such as a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been a three-time Academy Awards nominee and a two-time BAFTA nominee...
Artist Portraits
Allias, the inspiration that comes from the street
Jul 13, 2022
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3 minutes read
“My work reflects my experiences and my vision of the world. In my works, I want to translate the richness of our cultures, the spontaneity and the gesture in painting. I also want to take a look at our society and invite the viewer to question the contemporary world”.
Lifestyle
A Spanish artist brings embroidery to the streets
Jan 12, 2023
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3 minutes read
Raquel Rodrigo, an artist from Valencia, says that the huge cross-stitch pieces she has put on buildings are a statement of a feminine art.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Pop Culture
Spaniards are tired of the Las Meninas Street Sculptures coming back every year
Dec 16, 2022
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3 minutes read
Since 2018, the streets of Madrid have been full of sculptures in the shape of Las Meninas, a painting by the Baroque artist Diego de Velázquez (1656). Artist Antonio Azzato started the private event every year, where comedians, models, TV hosts, bullfighters, and other famous people paint a three-dimensional Menina.
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.
Artist Portraits
GALERIE STREET PART, an original concept: each fresco produced is a set of small canvases
Feb 11, 2020
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Since May 2019, Jean-François and Virginie Puigt have opened in Aix-en-Provence a gallery dedicated to street-art, on an original concept: each fresco produced is a set of small canvases sold separately.
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.
Art News
10 giant skulls take to the streets of Houston to commemorate the Day of the Dead
Oct 29, 2021
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2 minutes read
Day of the Dead in Houston Brings Out 10 Giant Painted Skulls on the Streets. Urban art collective Mexicráneos created a public art installation called Celebración de Vida. The exhibit will be up until November 7.
Pop Culture
AI artist mixes renaissance clothes with Nike streetwear
Nov 28, 2022
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3 minutes read
Str4ngeThing is an artist and creator who works with artificial intelligence. He imagines modern NIKE clothing as digital art from the Renaissance. His art collection is called "WR0ng ER4".
Art News
Virgil Abloh, who fused high fashion, art and streetwear, has died aged 41
Nov 30, 2021
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4 minutes read
Virgil Abloh was the first African-American to lead a major fashion house. He was artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear while continuing to design his own streetwear label, Off-White. His family revealed he had been battling cardiac angiosarcoma since 2019.