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Interactive Event with Paint Kartel Teaches Seniors to Create Bold Graffiti in Belgrade
All images © Street Art Belgrad and Paint Kartel, by Nemanja Stojanović, shared with permission A recent workshop hosted by Street Art Belgrade paired up members of the Serbian collective Paint Kartel with seniors interested in the public art form. Throughout the interactive event, participants learned about graffiti and its history, in addition to some […] More
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As a Tribute, Vhils Carves Ten Masked Healthcare Workers into a Hospital Wall in Porto
All images © Vhils, by Expanding Roots, shared with permission To honor essential workers, Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, who goes by Vhils (previously), recently completed an expansive public artwork at the São João University Hospital Centre in Porto. Vhils chiseled 10 masked figures into an outdoor wall at the facility, creating a permanent homage […] More
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Gripping a Plastic Bag, A Massive Fox by Artist Florentijn Hofman Towers Over Rotterdam
All images © Florentijn Hofman by Frank Hanswijk, shared with permission Residents of Rotterdam’s Bospolder-Tussendijken frequently spot bushy-tailed foxes roaming their streets at night, but now, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman has given the carnivorous animal a permanent home in the area. He recently installed a massive “Bospolder Fox” that peers over a busy intersection […] More
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A Bold Black Lives Matter Statement Transforms a Street Leading to the White House in Washington D.C.
Artist Simone Leigh has painted a massive tribute to Black Lives Matter on the street leading to the White House in Washington, D.C. Completed in permanent street paint, the message features bold, yellow letters that span more than a block of 16th Street and marks a historic moment in the United States after weeks of […] More
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From Minneapolis to Syria, Artists Are Honoring George Floyd Through Murals and Public Artworks
A mural in Minneapolis by Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, Niko Alexander, and Pablo Hernandez In honor of George Floyd, a Black man murdered by a White police officer in May, artists have been painting murals and sharing messages in what now is a global movement supporting the victim. From Minneapolis to Los Angeles to Syria, […] More
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A 20,000-Square-Foot Tribute to Healthcare Workers Emerges at Queens Museum
“Somos La Luz” (2020). All images © Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada, by Eduardo Amorim/Greenpoint Innovations In the Queens Museum parking lot, Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada (previously) has painted a 20,000-square-foot mural as both an act of gratitude to Latinx healthcare workers, who have risked their own safety to care for others, and a nationwide call to […] More
