AN ABANDONED CHURCH IS TRANSFORMED INTO A COLORFUL SKATEPARK
An abandoned church in Llanera, Asturias was recently converted into a skate park and canvased by artist Okuda San Miguel. With the help of an online fundraising push and support from Red Bull, a collective lead by the “Church Brigade’ salvaged and transformed the space into one of the coolest spots to skate we’ve seen.
THE PAPER PAINTERS
Ella & Pitr are from the the French town of Saint-Étienne. When this duo met, Pitr, serious and of dour demeanor, unrepentant tagger and graffiti artist, had been clandestinely hitting the city walls for close to a decade, and wondering where to take things next. One dark and stormy autumnal night, this solitary individual would […]
BANKSY SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN FRANCE
After Dismaland, Banksy pledged all the leftover building materials to Calais, France to help construct dwellings and structures for the Jungle camp, a refugee camp for Syrians who have fled their homeland’s war. He just completed a few signature pieces around the city, and because of his immense following, has brought attention to a few […]
JOE IURATO “EVERYTHING BUT THE WHOLE STORY”
This past week Station 16 Gallery in Montreal opened Everything but the Whole Story, a solo show featuring Joe Iurato. Based on photography, JoeIurato creates site-specific wooden cut-outs that reflect upon his personal experiences. The tiny black and white figures interact with their environment in often extravagant manners, from scaling a skyscraper, to dangling from a bridge, to […]
DALEAST IN BORÅS
Swedish town of Borås recently hosted another edition of their No Limit Borås street art festival. Along with other 10 international artist, Chinese-born DALeast was one of the participants, leaving his recognizable mark in the town’s university library. The artist spent a whole week working on 5 different sections of the 3 storey building, creating […]
GRAFFITI WITH DEMS
Dems has an undeniable thirst for the graffiti game and is churning out tons of new work all the time. Here’ a collection of some of his recent walls, which are all quality pieces. See more of Dems’s work here
NUART 2015, DAY 1 AND WORKS IN PROGRESS
It’s so good to be back. This is our fifth (maybe sixth, who’s counting?) year at Nuart, and not only is this the festival’s 15th year, but they have an outstanding line-up creating art around Stavanger, Norway with the topic of play and intervention at its heart. We just got into town, and the artists […]
TED PIM – STREET ART IN DERELICT BUILDINGS
Irish artist Ted Pim is inspired by European painters from the Renaissance who are called the “Old Masters”. Their work is initially viewed in museums or in old houses. Ted Pim takes them out of context and gives them their life back in odd places like in hangar or in abandoned buildings. He creates a […]
NEW NESTA PIECE
A new Nesta anything is always exciting to see, especially when it looks anything like this! This is like the hybrid of a futuristic video game logo mixed with metal welding work combined with a letterpress letters. via nakadapt
AN UPDATE WITH GYER
Today we check in on what Gyer from BTR, DFM and GOA crew has been up to in the spray department.