BY: SAMANTHA TAPP For years the British artist, Banksy, has captured our hearts and the attention of the art world. His satirical street art is not only humorous, but usually has a deeper meaning focused on current political, social and…
How one beer company is working to create sustainable art out of air pollution
BY: RHIANN MOORE Tiger Beer and Graviky Labs definitely know something about how to make the best out of a bad situation. Asia has had a major issue with air pollution in recent years. In an attempt to ease the strain these…
These murals featuring people of colour represent the changing faces of children
BY: CAROLINE ROLF ALL IMAGES BY SETH GLOBEPAINTER Across numerous countries including Mexico, China, Vietnam and Indonesia, a French artist has transformed boring buildings into beautiful works of art. Julien Seth Malland, better known as Seth Globepainter uses vivid colours…
Street artists turn a town in Mexico into a larger than life mural and eliminate violence
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS In a growing metropolis where it’s nearly impossible to find two houses beside each other that don’t look alike – life can start to feel dull and boring after a while. People tend to get stuck in…
This street-art reminds us that life is short and nature is one sexy stone-hearted vixen
BY: SHAY ANSARI Destruction can be a beautiful thing. Artist, DALeast, illustrates the transience of life, both elegant and fragile, through a number of commanding murals painted across the globe. His art mainly consists of animals and snapshots of nature,…
Street artists are turning America’s most dangerous city into the world’s greatest open-air gallery
BY: M. TOMOSKI As the crowds emerge from Comerica Park and move onto Woodward Ave. clad in orange and blue they pour out of the city and back to the suburbs leaving behind the rusted arteries of what was once…
Street art comes alive when street artists of the world gather to collapse the box (video)
BY: MELISSA GONZALEZ “Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” ― Banksy, Wall and Piece A diverse group of artists from around the world gather together during one week in order to…
An underground movement of monks is using street art to fight for human rights in Burma
BY: TYLER FYFE Jeffrey Durkin is trying to avoid security on the rooftop of a mid-construction San Francisco parking garage as we talk on the phone. It’s not a situation that’s entirely out of the ordinary. With a history in…
Hippies, drugs & street art: at this lawless commune citizens build their homes on the oceanfront
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Off the Eastern coast of Denmark, in the heart of Copenhagen lies Freetown Christiania, a hippie commune with its own government and unique set of laws. Potheads, hippies, artists, idealists, and non-materialists are all welcomed in this…
Bastardilla is the female street artist making Colombia confront gender inequality
BY: LAURA ROJAS Colombia is often recognized for its vibrant art scene and culture, with big names such as painter Fernando Botero and Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez calling Colombia home. But aside from excelling in fine arts, Colombia’s…
Street artist turns trash into animal sculptures to remind us that pollution kills (Photos)
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA Artur Bordalo is a Portuguese street artist who began to keenly observe the way humans recklessly dispose of their garbage. He looked at the bald tires and tattered furniture that was littered around the neighbourhood alleys…
Tattoo and street art giants gather at Denmark’s biggest underground art convention
BY: LEAH HANSEN Photos by: Galleri Grisk and Aarhus Art Convention His hands are speckled with colour from the spray of the can he’s been using for the past two days. What isn’t on his hands has made it onto…
Banksy just snuck into the Gaza Strip and captured this video
Banksy is back in action and recently updated his website with his newest street art work in Gaza. He writes: “Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But…
Here are the 15 most incredible street art pieces of 2014 (Photos)
Banksy may have claimed the spotlight, but last year was all about new artists taking their expression to the streets. From Athens to New York, these guerilla artists proved there is no canvas quite like a wall. Below is a…