Author: Fran

  • Street Art encounter Openwalls Conference 2015

    Street Art encounter Openwalls Conference 2015

    Last Monday October 26th was the opening of the third edition of the Openwalls Conferance in Barcelona, Spain. Organized by Asociación Difusor the event intends to get together a series of artist and art critics in order to establish a dynamic and open dialogue about Street Art and its role in today’s society. According to Openwalls the idea…

  • DULK “Save Yourself” New mural for DesvelArte in Santander, Spain

    DULK “Save Yourself” New mural for DesvelArte in Santander, Spain

    Here a colourful mural by Spanish illustrator and muralist DULK painted for this new edition of the Desvelarte art festival in Santander, Spain. “Save Yourself” is a surreal mural depicting cute (and bizarre) animals placed on a tiny ‘paradisiac’ island and surrounded by a burning world. Most of them endangered species facing extinction…

  • David de la Mano “Bajamar” New mural in Montevideo

    David de la Mano “Bajamar” New mural in Montevideo

    After a short stay in the US along with his partner and friend Pablo S. Herrero, David de la Mano is back in Uruguay where he recently finished this new mural in barrio La Teja, a modest neighbourhood in the city of Montevideo. Curated by architect Gustavo Marzoa and realized thanks to the support and collaboration…

  • Tellas x Village Underground in London

    Tellas x Village Underground in London

    It’s been a couple of months since I heard from Tellas last time, but this new mural painted in East London for Village Underground was worth waiting for. Curated by Howard Griffin Gallery and located on Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, the new mural is a good example of Tellas’ work and  interest in non-urban aesthetics focusing on a close…

  • Sebas Velasco and Manolo Mesa New Mural in Niort, France

    Sebas Velasco and Manolo Mesa New Mural in Niort, France

    During the past year Spanish painters and muralists Manolo Mesa and Sebastian Velasco have collaborated in a series of new pieces, being this last one, one of the most interesting to date. Painted in Niort, France for the En Vie Urbaine festival, an event dedicated to celebrate urban and Hip-Hop culture, the new work consists of…

  • Evoca1 ‘Imperishable Relics’ New mural in Vienna

    Evoca1 ‘Imperishable Relics’ New mural in Vienna

    Miami based artist Evoca1 was recently in Austria where he painted this lovely portrait of a man and his dog and goldfish in Vienna. Titled ‘Imperishable Relics’ and curated by iNOPERABLE gallery, the new mural is an homage to the Mariahilf neighbourhood and its inhabitants: ‘In the late 1940’s, Hitler ordered a series of flak…

  • SatOne New mural in Mannheim, Germany

    SatOne New mural in Mannheim, Germany

    Munich-based artist Rafael Gerlach aka SatOne is back in the streets of Germany after a successful first solo show in the U.S. at 886 Geary Gallery in San Francisco (here). Known for his progressive and experimental abstract approach to painting, his work represents an interesting mix of powerful graphic style and improvised abstract elements that open up new…

  • ‘Incógnito’ New mural by ABOVE in in Johannesburg

    ‘Incógnito’ New mural by ABOVE in in Johannesburg

    California born ABOVE was recently in South Africa for the City Of Gold Festival for which he painted this new and visually refreshing mural in Johannesburg. Titled “Incognito”, the new mural is 33 x 17 mts and took 6 days to complete, being ABOVE’s largest mural to date. Incognito features Above’s signature arrow imagery rendered through a bright, multilayered…

  • ‘Lethal’ New solo show by Pastel at Galería Balneario in Querétaro, Mexico

    ‘Lethal’ New solo show by Pastel at Galería Balneario in Querétaro, Mexico

      This Friday October 16th is the opening of Lethal, a new solo show by Argentinian painter and architect Francisco M Diaz aka Pastel at Galería Balneario in Querétaro, Mexico. Lathal will be presenting a new body of work based on Pastel’s signature imagery characterized by symbolic elements such as arrowheads and local flora and establishing a dialogue between our human nature and surroundings. About…

  • “Creator And Creation Are One” New Mural by Malik in Herford, Germany

    Here a very short update presenting a new mural by Russian artist Malik Heilmann, painted a couple of months ago in Herford, Germany and curated by the Marta Herford museum. Titled ‘Ik one kaar’ or ‘Creation and creator are one’, the mural deals with the image of the Mudras, hand signs that, according to the artist, are intended to increase the…

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