Les Bains – Street Art Makeover
A derelict nightclub in the heart of Paris has been turned into an evolving gallery space with the help of fifty of the world’s finest street artists. Les Bains-Douches, a stone’s throw from the Pompidou Centre in Paris was built in 1885 as a municipal bathhouse. More recently, as Les Bains, it became one of … Read more
Hanksy – More Than Just Tom Hanks
New York-based artist Hanksy uses the streets as his canvas, employing clever puns and turns of phrases to delight fans and observant passersby. Shortly after moving to New York in 2010, Hanksy began noticing the city’s vibrant street art scene, in which hand painted works of art, elaborate stencils, and detailed screen prints enrich blighted … Read more
Billboard Street Art by Ox
Parisian street artist Ox is brightening up the streets of France with his project Poster Time. Ox takes on the classic billboard with a refreshing, humourous take on the surroundings, creating optical illusions with the original pieces of work painted on paper. As with all billboard adverts, the works only last for a short amount … Read more
Ernest Zacharevic Interactive Murals
Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic has been brightening up walls around Penang in Malaysia with a series of interactive street art murals. His unique style lies in his use of interaction between physical objects and painted murals, creating stunning and often tongue-in-cheek, playful images that show a fine sense of humour. We think you’ll love them…
Banksy Olympic Street Art
Banksy is back with two new pieces of street art ahead of this year’s London 2012 Olympic Games. The new graffiti works see a javelin thrower with a missile and a pole vaulter hurdling barbed wire.
Chicago gets Monopoly street art makeover by Bored
Chicago’s Logan Square district has been turned into a 3-dimensional Monopoly game by the street artist Bored. The humourous take on the classic game has taken locals by surprise and helped to bring a smile to a city full of art and especially, street art. Bored is taking a tongue-in-cheek look at modern street art, … Read more
D*Face x Smirnoff
Last week saw a launch that heralded a new way of artists collaborating with drinks brands, as British street artist D*Face and leading vodka brand Smirnoff created both an immersive theatre experience and a unique customised bottle. Taking place at the iconic East London venue Wilton’s Music Hall, the oldest surviving music hall in the … Read more
Art with Social Conscience – Hugh Leeman
This brilliant new video by San Francisco-based French videographer Clemence Demerliac on art with a social conscience features an interview with street artist Hugh Leeman. The beautifully shot video showcases Leeman’s diverse work on social projects and advertising for the homeless through his billboard takeovers and his not-for-profit inner city t-shirt project. In removing ad … Read more
Banksy Graffiti Origami
A new Banksy graffiti piece has sprung up in the UK, an origami crane with a goldfish in its mouth, set beside a canal. With recent work popping up in Mayfair, Central London, it seems that, the now veteran street artist has done a bit of work while taking a trip to the more serene … Read more
Ben Eine brightens up Mexico’s streets
London-born, British typographer Ben Eine, a.k.a. Ben Flynn, shot to international fame when British Prime Minister, David Cameron gave Barack Obama one of his works on his first state visit. However, the residents of East London knew his work long before for his series of letters across the streets of Shoreditch, most famously, ‘Alphabet Street’ … Read more
Slinkachu: Worst Wurst
London-based miniature street artist Slinkachu has unveiled his latest tiny installation piece, ‘Worst Wurst’ in Stuttgart, Germany. ‘Worst Wurst’ depicts a food vendor selling street meat under the storefront name ‘Wunder Wurst’. However, to the left of the main attraction, is a rat surrounded by its droppings with men, seemingly street cleaners, picking up the … Read more
Banksy – Fallen Soldier
Renowned graffiti artist, Banksy often goes months without any work popping up and then there is deluge of his work on the streets. It seems that now is the latter for the secretive street artist as a new piece of work has sprung up. So, after last week’s new sculpture, ‘Cardinal Sin’ at the Walker … Read more
Banksy Commits ‘Cardinal Sin’
Banksy unveiled a brand piece of work yesterday at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. The graffiti artist’s sculpture, ‘Cardinal Sin’ was created as a response to the child abuse scandal in the Catholic church and its subsequent cover-up. The artist’s piece is a replica of an 18th-century stone bust, which has had its face … Read more
Here Comes The Neighbourhood
Here Comes The Neighbourhood is a short-form docuseries that explores the power of public art and innovation to uplift and revitalise urban communities. In the first pilot season, the series focuses on the art district of Wynwood, Miami, telling the remarkable story first-hand from the artists involved. Wynwood Walls saw urban visionary Tony Goldman partner … Read more
Senseless Drawing Bot: Making Graffiti Mechanical
Japanese designers So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi have created a modern day ‘Weird Science’ robot that instead of being the perfect woman, is a bot that creates stunning graffiti art. The Senseless Drawing Bot is definitely not as aesthetically pleasing as Kelly LeBrock’s Lisa in the cult 80s movie, but the anarchic movement from its … Read more
Underground City
A city under ground, it sounds like the stuff of myths and legends, but a street artist, EVOL in Germany has made it a reality with a series of buildings just visible from a rural patch in Hamburg. It does bring a new meaning to the horrible song Jamiroquai did ages ago “Deeper Underground”, or … Read more
New Banksy in Fitsrovia – ‘If Graffiti Changed Anything – It Would Be Illegal’
A new artwork believed to have been created by the acclaimed street artist Banksy has appeared on a wall in Fitzrovia, Central London during Easter Monday. The work in blood red paint features the stencilled rat which has appeared in many of his creations. The rat has appeared in a number of Banksy works. A … Read more
