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Street Art NYC Blog
1w ago
On October 7, 2023, 27-year-old Haifa-based art student and graffiti writer Inbar “Pink” Haiman aka The Pink Raven went down to the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel to serve as a volunteer. While there, she was kidnapped — along with dozens more partygoers — by Hamas terrorists riding motorcycles and armed with knives. On December 16, her family was informed that she was dead and that her body was still in Gaza. Approximately two weeks later, a huge group of artists celebrated her all-too-brief life in a painting session in Tel Aviv.
The image featured above is a portrait of Inbar paint ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
3w ago
While there are only a limited number of legal murals in Bratislava, the streets of the Slovakian city teem with unsanctioned tags, graffiti bombs and motley urban interventions. What follows is a small sampling of what we captured on our recent visit to this captivating city:
Cork, Ireland native Fin DAC
One of several stenciled messages
French artist Cart’1, segment of larger mural
Local artists Daor & Dano
One of many several elegantly crafted tags
Poland-born, UK-based TANKPETROL
One of many distinctly stylish graffiti bombs
Photos: Sara Ching Mozeson and Lois Stavsky ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
1M ago
Calle Libre, an urban art festival founded in 2014, has since brought dozens of luscious murals to the streets of Vienna, Austria. The brightly hued mural pictured above was painted by the Colombian artist Ledania for Calle Libre Festival 2023. Several more alluring murals painted for Calle Libre that we captured on our recent visit to Vienna follow:
Berlin-based Ju Mu for Calle Libre Festival 2021
Vienna-based Frau Isa for Calle Libre Festival 2023
Uruguayan artist AlfAlfA for Calle Libre Festival 2017
French artist Mantra for Calle Libre Festival 2017
The Weird Crew — comprised of Germa ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
2M ago
The streets of Budapest’s seventh district teem with a huge range of urban art. The brightly-hued image featured above — painted by the Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel — is a tribute to the Spanish diplomat Ángel Sanz-Briz, who saved the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Second World War. Several more images of public artworks we captured in Budapest follow:
Neopaint‘s rendition of the Rubik Cube, invented by Hungarian native Ernő Rubik
Mosaic mural titled “Hesztia” created by Budapest-based artist Hegedűs Márton
A recreation by Szine Varos of the 50-year-old classic LGT ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
3M ago
We returned last week to revisit the treasure trove of graffiti in an a Illescas, Spain abandoned lot that we’d discovered by chance last year. In addition to discovering some pieces that weren’t visible to us then, we came upon some newer pieces, including the one featured above. Several more follow:
Pichação and more
Color amidst the ruins
Marian and more
Burning in Illescas
Raek and Soker
Oca Rubinho, Raek and more
Photos by Sara C. Mozeson and Lois Stavsky ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
3M ago
While visiting Brussels last month, we discovered a treasure trove murals by 20 different artists, all members of the Propaganza collective. Commissioned by the municipality of Ixelles, the murals — collectively known as the Boondael Project — add flair and intrigue to the long wall behind the STIB tram depot in Ixelles.
The calligraphic mural pictured above painted by the masterful Brussels-based artist Solo Cink, who discovered the art of calligraphy in his travels. Several more artworks from this striking 2020 public art project follow:
Antwerp-based classically-trained art ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
3M ago
Back in 2019, Amsterdam Street Art organized a street art festival, If Walls Could Speak, that produced ten captivating murals painted on a row of large apartment buildings in Platanenweg in East Amsterdam. We had the opportunity to visit these hugely impressive murals while in Amsterdam earlier this month. The alluring image featured above — representing Amsterdam’s free spirit — was fashioned by Netherlands-based Niels van Swaemen and Kaspar van Leek, known collaboratively as Studio Giftig. Several more murals painted during this groundbreaking street art festival follow:
German ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
3M ago
From her strikingly expressive stickers and wheatpastes to her distinctly alluring mural art and paintings, Eye Sticker creates a wonderfully diverse range of visually seductive artworks. I was delighted to recently have the opportunity to interview the talented artist.
When and where did you first get up?
It was in 2020 on the streets of the Village, where I was living at the time. I put up a sticker of an eye. That was the first time I ever shared anything in a public space.
What inspired you to do so?
It was something that I’d always wanted to do. And during the pandemic, I finally had the ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
4M ago
The following guest post was submitted by street art enthusiast, arts writer and photographer Kristy Calabro
A delightfully versatile and accessible form of artistic expression, sticker art is documented and celebrated in the groundbreaking, AXS Film Fund-winner, “Sticker Movie.” Spanning 23 countries and over 80 artists, “Sticker Movie” offers an intimate glance into this beloved graffiti/street art subculture.
In anticipation of its East Coast premiere this weekend — January 12, 13, and 14 — at Brooklyn Art Haus, I had the opportunity to talk to its director, Will Deloney aka Ch ..read more
Street Art NYC Blog
4M ago
Back with our documentation of ILLicit Creatives claiming space on the streets of NYC, this post focuses on the fourth in our series of Queens markings. Pictured above is Ecal — followed by several more images of unsanctioned graffiti captured in Queens public spaces.
The ubiquitous Quasar aka Qzar
Lucy and the prolific MQ
Zoot, KYS
Zerz, OTL and Panic, SB
York and Eve, GI
Angr, LNE
Note: Pushing It Forward, a limited edition zine featuring artworks fashioned by “illicit creatives,” — edited by Lois Stavsky and designed by Lord K2 — is now available at So Books in Tokyo, Japan ..read more