During the second week of June (8-12 June) we, Project ASA, organise our first event. Happenings such as exhibition openings, paint jams and afterparties are taking place within a period of five days. Locations are: Bobs Youth Hostel, Bep Gallery, Outland Records Gallery, De Duivel, The Thought Gallery, GO Gallery and afterparties at Sugar Factory [...]
Exit Through The Gift Shop is due to open in UK cinemas on 5 March. Banksy unmasked: Elusive street artist to appear on film for the first time… but will he reveal his true identity? He has remained anonymous and elusive while becoming one of the most famous artists in the world. And now graffiti [...]
King Robbo painted over Banksy Britain’s most notorious graffiti artist may be accustomed to art world adulation but Banksy’s latest work has landed him in an old fashioned street fight. The aerosol painter from Bristol stands accused of disrespecting a graffiti legend by modernising a 24-year-old work by “King Robbo” in Camden, North London. On [...]
URBAN PAINTING XMAS SHOW It’s time for italian street art to gain visibilty in the rest of the world. We know we have some of the most amazing street artists and we want to share them with you. Be ready for one of the most exciting italian street art group show ever. 35 original artworks [...]
Bridgeport CT: October – November 19, 2009 Off the Grid The Gallery at Black Rock is proud to present Off the Grid a show featuring local graffiti and street artists. In keeping with The Gallery at Black Rock’s mission to bring art to everyone in Bridgeport, we have decided to produce a show that celebrates [...]
Paris France: October 24 – November 21, 2009 From Style Writing to Art The french art dealer Magda Danysz, publishes in autumn an anthology of the graffiti of about 400 pages “From style writing to art” which aims at explaining the artistic aspect of this movement. This publication will be accompanied by a group show [...]
SONIC + TOXIC + SIDNE + NASTY : Paris, France September 26 – November 6, 2009 Du 26 septembre au 6 novembre 2009, après la déferlante de coups de soleil estivaux, la Galerie Bailly Contemporain change de peau. Pour l’exposition Graffiti Art , Hélène Bailly, en collaboration avec Valériane (Taxie Gallery), a choisi de présenter [...]
The french art dealer Magda Danysz, publishes in autumn an anthology of the graffiti of about 400 pages “From style writing to art” which aims at explaining the artistic aspect of this movement. This publication will be accompanied by a group show from October 24th to November 21st in the gallery gathering the bosses of [...]
In the slang of the street, there are “toys” and there are “writers.” Toys are the spray-can painters who are just starting out, fumbling around with a can of paint and oblivious to the difference between standing 2 inches from a wall and working from a foot away. Then there are the writers, those artists [...]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Hamon french artist in Paris. “Painting in the Global tradition” by Ces53, a Dutch street artist. Street art is any art developed in public spaces — that is, “in the streets” — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can [...]
Sickboy, sweet toof and cyclops street art artists adding their creativity to the blank walls of bristol and east london Sickboys site: http://www.thesickboy.com Cyclops after years of painting his unique raw style on the streets of Bristol and more recently London ,where he has made a huge impact, just fetched impressive sales figures at The [...]
San Francisco CA: September 11 – October 9, 2009 “Don’t Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spraycan” Presented by 1:AM SF Gallery, Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle and Montana North America 1:AM SF gallery and Estria are committed to providing a positive outlet for people who want to enrich their lives creatively through street art. True [...]
The latest suspected spraypainting by street art millionaire BANKSY has popped up in Croydon, south of London. Stressing the challenge of turning IKEA’s flat-packed furnishings into anything functional, the new stenciled painting features a young punk puzzling over assembly instructions for one “Large Graffiti Slogan.” Photo by Romanywg
Street Stickers, Poster Art & Graphics A collection of 1775 photos looking at the graphics, art & messages that dwell in the city streets, decorating dustbins & giving life to lamposts… check them out @ http://streetstickers.co.uk
Babelgum are awarding the best street art video loads of money as a prize, £5,000 to be exact, as well as the opportunity for the video to be shown on Times Square’s infamous electronic billboards. Winners of the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize will also land generous cash prizes. (Just don’t spend it all at once). [...]
The debate over whether graffiti is art or social blight is to be put to the test by an online vote in Bristol. Reputed home of world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy, Bristol’s residents are to be allowed to vote to either keep murals on buildings, walls and fences or have them cleaned up. “We have said [...]