Tag: Street art

  • Photo recap of Franco Fasoli’s Pretension of Greatness

    Photo recap of Franco Fasoli’s Pretension of Greatness

    A couple of weeks ago BC Gallery opened a new solo sow featuring the work of Argentinian artist Franco Fasoli and his latest collages and sculptures.   “Pretension of Greatness” features a series of collages – which form a large part of the work – along with sculptures that are defined by a heavy restlessness. The enormous amount of motives, partially layered or squeezed in next…

  • NUART festival 2017 line-up announced

    NUART festival 2017 line-up announced

    This August, 12 artists from 10 countries spanning 4 continents will descend upon Stavanger, Norway for the 17th edition of Nuart Festival, the world’s leading street art festival. As explained by the organisers, this year’s festival is dedicated to exploring ‘power’: questioning who has it, who doesn’t and how sanctioned and unsanctioned street and public…

  • “Ibra” New mural by Fintan Magee in Monteleone di Puglia, Italy

    “Ibra” New mural by Fintan Magee in Monteleone di Puglia, Italy

    Australian artist Fintan Magee is now in Italy invited to take part of this year’s Willoke Street Art festival for which he painted this stunning mural dedicated to the refugees in Monteleone di Puglia, Italy. Titled “Ibra”, the mural depicts the portrait of Ibra, a 16-years-old Gambian boy who arrived in Monteleone di Puglia with only…

  • Fabio Petani x Paolo Psiko for Quadricromie Festival 2017

    Fabio Petani x Paolo Psiko for Quadricromie Festival 2017

    Italian artists Fabio Petani and Paolo Psiko joined recently forces to create a wonderful mural for this year’s Quadricromie Festival in Camposanto, Italy. Titled SULFATE, SPINUS TRISTIS & ORNITHOGALUM ARABICUM and created in Camposanto, a small comune located in Modena in northern Italy, the new mural is the result of a joined effort by Fabio…

  • New mural by Lost Optics for Sibiu International Street ART Festival

    New mural by Lost Optics for Sibiu International Street ART Festival

    I recently got at few images of this new mural by Romanian artist LostOptics recently painted for this year’s Sibiu International Street ART Festival in Sibiu, Romania. Titled “Gestaltism” and painted at Colegiul National Pedagogic Andrei Saguna in Sibiu, the new mural is characteristic of LostOptics work focusing on a bright colour palette, and his love for graffiti…

  • FLORA New mural by Pener in Olsztyn, Poland

    FLORA New mural by Pener in Olsztyn, Poland

    A few days ago I got a images of this new mural by Polish street artist Bartek Świątecki also known as Pener, painted in his hometown Olsztyn in Poland. Titled “FLORA”, the new mural represents an interesting development in Bartek’s work where the usual intersecting shapes and transitions between colours become softer as they melt almost imperceptibly into each other….

  • Manolo Mesa for Urban Vision festival 2017

    Manolo Mesa for Urban Vision festival 2017

    Here a lovely mural by Spanish artist Manolo Zousen aka Mesa painted for the Urban Vision festival in Acquapendente, Italy. Titled “Retrato de Osvaldo” (Portrait of Osvaldo), the new mural depicts the image of Osvaldo, a shepherd who lives in the countryside and works with animals, especially sheep. According to the artist, the  idea behind the mural…

  • Contorno Urbano: Open Call

    Contorno Urbano: Open Call

    The city council of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Barcelona, Spain) is launching a public competition to paint a huge mural (400m2). The intervention is part of the full remodelling of a central square with an important history for the city: the “plaza de la Salut”. The mural will represent the neighbours’ fight 30 years ago…

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