New York City on Urban Art Core

Graffiti Master Interview: Futura 2000 for Hennessy

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:52:47 +0000

Graffiti master Futura 2000 was interviewed by Hennessy because of their latest cognac-bottle collaboration. This is the full interview!

New York’s First Street Art Auction

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:34:30 +0000

New York’s first street art auction is taking place this fall at Doyle New York, featuring art by Banksy, Shepard Fairey, McGee and more!

Urban Redevelopment: Buy Your Prison!

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:25:09 +0000

The State of New York is hoping to sell its old prisons, what’s a great chance for those craving urban space to spread out. Buy your prison!

Deserted Cities: Where Time Stands Still

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:39:03 +0000

The Silent World urban photo-series by Lucie and Simon show empty places in deserted cities and make us understand What makes a city a city!

Stephen Wilkes’ Urban Photography: Day & Night on a Single Photo!

Sat, 05 May 2012 18:59:06 +0000

Well-known photographer Stephen Wilkes documents locations in New York City during day and night on a single photograph: The Day to Night series...

A Master of the Third Dimension: Mare139’s Metal Wildstyle Graffiti

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:59:22 +0000

Subway graffiti legend Mare139 from New York creates brilliant three dimensional metal wildstyle graffiti sculptures. These are some of his latest artworks.

Urban Crochet Art

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:36:43 +0000

Regarding this crochet art by Olek, yarn bombing and woolen street installations, it seems that cotton becomes a powerful street art tool...

NYC Subway - Redbirds Underwater

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:25:27 +0000

Redbirds, those famous cinnabar red NYC subway cars, have been buried about 80 feet underwater off the US east coast to help creating the artificial Redbirds Reef...

Style Wars, The Outtakes

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000

Style Wars was originally edited to its 69 minute length from about 30 hours of 16 mm film. Nowadays, the original outtakes footage is damaged and fading, for what reason Henry Chalfant needs your help!

How & Nosm Murals in New York

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:19:07 +0000

Spanish urban art duo How & Nosm have been quite busy during the last weeks and months. Recently some of their murals in New York were discovered...Take a look!

Urbex: After The Final Curtain

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:42:11 +0000

Abandoned architecture has fascinated New York based photographer Matt Lambros since he was five years old. Nowadays, he documents the effects of years of neglect and decay in some of America’s greatest theaters...

Clemens Behr, NY Cardboard Installations

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:09:29 +0000

German abstract urban artist Clemens Behr visited New York City in June and left behind several nice abstract cardboard installations in East Village, China Town, Soho and Brooklyn! Check out this short documenting video...

Art Prints, Facade Painters, Paper Toy & Blackbook Insights

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:01:30 +0000

It’s time for some urban art link-tips again! In the last days I stumbled upon a great documentary about facade painters, the +Pool project in New York, a nice DIY paper toy folding-guide and some more nice urban art news...

Mural Art: Irgh & Over/Under in New York

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:33:51 +0000

Berlin-based urban artist Irgh from the Wurstbande street art crew and NYC-lad Over/Under recently teamed up to create some nice collaboration murals in an abandoned warehouse somewhere in Staten Island...

Beast’s NYC Improvements

Tue, 24 May 2011 19:20:40 +0000

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Guerrilla Art | Globetrotting street artist Beast just came up with a new poster intervention action in New York City! Entitled Unexpected Improvements, the Beastmaster installed redesigned maps of the New York public transport system network showing the shape of an erected penis and slogans like Something changed. or Bin is out, Nyc is up., what seems to have amused many people…

Beast seems to have some kind of a foible for that kind of installations and ad-bustings, for what reason I can warmly recommend to have a look at his other works in Los Angeles, Berlin and Milan! All you have to do is just to type the following letters into your browser or just to follow this link: www.beastmaster.tv

Saber, The American Graffiti Artist

Sat, 07 May 2011 15:18:58 +0000

Since 2009, Saber’s popularity rose continuously. Now the US-American graffiti-artists shows the latest series of his famous flag paintings at New York’s Opera Gallery...

Urban Exploration, New York

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:17:47 +0000

Undercity is a film by two urban explorers who visited the underground of New York City in 2010. It’s briliant footage and a must to watch for all addicts of urban impressions...

No Pants Subway Ride 2011

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:40:18 +0000

January 9th, the “No Pants Subway Ride 2011” will take place and thousands of young and old people around the globe will participate. I’m looking forward to see some flicks and videos, have fun!

The Underbelly of New York

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:17:35 +0000

Until yesterday, “The Underbelly Project” was probably the most secret street art location worldwide. Now, only photos by a few insiders witness the secret street art exhibition’s existence...

Jon Naar - Graffiti Photography

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:02:53 +0000

Photojournalist Jon Naar was one of the pioneers of graffiti documentary. His legendary “The Faith Of Graffiti” book documents the early days of tags and graffiti in New York City...

Top 10 Abandoned Places

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:46:00 +0000

I know, there are a lot of interesting, abandoned places out there, but these 10 modern ruins, including old submarine bases, subway stations, hotels, etc. are probably the most interesting...

El Mac - New York Paintings

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:28:09 +0000

El Mac is recently one of the most famous graffiti artist around the world. The unique rendering style of his amazing portraits is internationally well-known. New he will exhibit in New York!

Tagging: Biggest Tag on Earth

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:17:48 +0000

In 2006, New York-based urban artist Momo created probably the biggest tag on earth by using 20 litres paint, a bike and a city-map of Lower Manhattan! Take a look and be impressed!

Urban Tag-Clouds, Graffiti Analysis & Czarnobyl’s Studio

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:32:21 +0000

Before you will join the Urban Artcore meet-up today, take a look at this week’s urban art eye candy! There’s a lot of new urban art stuff...

New York City in HD

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:41:32 +0000

New York City is a really beautiful urban area and Andre Merilo caught that amazing impressions when he visited the Big Apple this April. Watch New York City in high-definition...

Tape Web, Billboard Art & Alphabet Street

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:59:25 +0000

This is the last urban art eye candy edition before the FIFA football world cup will start. Just relax and take look at new urban artworks by great artists, street art news and graffiti info...

Urban Intervention Book - Dan Witz

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:15:57 +0000

Dan Witz is one of street art’s first generation artists. 30 years ago, he started to paint, paste and create in the public space. This is his book...

Intervention: Ghostbusters in New York!

Mon, 24 May 2010 17:38:03 +0000

Wow, real ghostbusting action in New York: Four Ghostbusters stormed the New York Public Library and hunted some mean ghosts, which were hidden there...

Street Art New York

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:19:59 +0000

“Street Art New York” is another book, which lines up with a huge number of street art, urban art and graffiti book. It gives an insight into the streets of New York City...

New York City Polaroid Project

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:09:40 +0000

The “New York City Polaroid Project” is a very special photo documentary of New York’s streets by Andrew Faris. A must for all street photographers and Polaroid nerds...

Graffiti Documentary: Focusing Martha Cooper

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:31:09 +0000

Martha Cooper is one of the iconic figures of worldwide graffiti photography! Here is a new and very interesting interview with her. Watch it now!

“Beautiful Losers” - DIY Documentary

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:25:24 +0000

The “Beautiful Losers” documentary film about the DIY movement and its protagonists, including Shepard Fairey, Ed Templeton and other famous artists, is online now...

Urban Art Show: Carmichael’s Re-Creation 2

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:05:55 +0000

Some really great urban artists, including Boxi, Aakash Nihalani and WK Interact, will open their group-exhibition “Re-Creation” in New York today. Here are some first shots...

Re-Creation 2 - Urban Art Show

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:05:32 +0000

In two days, the Ogilvy & Mather New York HQ in New York will host Carmichael Gallery’s contemporary urban art show “Re-Creation 2”, including Boxi, Aakash Nihalani, Mark Jenkins,...

Urban Tilt-Shift: Portraying New York

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:09:36 +0000

“The Sandpit” is a great tilt-shift video, which shows miniature impressions of the urban street life in New York. A must to see for all New York or photography fans...

New Mural Art: WK Interact in New York

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:28:07 +0000

Did you see the great Dwyane Wade mural artwork by famous street artist WK Interact in New York? There is also a nice video, which gives some interesting insights into his work...

New York Typography

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:47:03 +0000

Today I spotted a relative new and especially nice photoblog about typography in New York! There are some really interesting shots over there...

Paper Art: Swoon Interview & New Artworks!

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:35:43 +0000

Did you see the new woodcuts by famous street artist Swoon in Philadelphia? Urban art documentarist Becki Fuller took some nice shots! Take a look...

Mr. Brainwash - Terrible Artist or Worst Artist ever?

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:43:35 +0000

Two days ago, Mr. Brainwash’s so called “art show” in New York opened its doors. He is one of the most controversial people in the international street art scene...

Swoon’s Street Art Book

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:47:34 +0000

For years, the New Yorker street artist Swoon is famous around the globe. This book documents her detailed paper cut-outs and hand-pulled block prints of street people...

Pants down! No Pants 2010 in New York

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:29:17 +0000

On Sunday, January 10th, it’s time for the ninth “No Pants Subway Ride” in New York City! Last year, about 1,200 people joined the flashmob action. Take a look!

Live Underground - Urban Music

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:51:53 +0000

Subway Music - It’s an urban phenomenon! The great video “Live Underground” presents in a fantastic way some very talented subway musicians from New York...

Manhattan Skyline Drawing

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:23:32 +0000

Stephen Wiltshire is incredible! The autistic British artist is able to draw whole skyline and urban scenes completely from memory! Take a look at his recent artwork...

L’Atlas in New York

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:24:37 +0000

French street artist L’atlas is one of the most popular European urban artists. While he was in New York for his recent “City Fragments” exhibition, he did a nice chalk artwork...

Dan Witz - Dark Doings

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:26:01 +0000

“Dark Doings” is a street art series by Dan Witz, which shows imprisoned people through fake-window installations. The Carmichael Gallery will present his recent artworks...

“All City Writers” Graffiti Book

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:16:54 +0000

The graffiti book “All City Writers” documents as an imaginary newspaper New York’s influence on European graffiti in the ’80s. 1230 pictures, 250 involved writers, ...

New York & Istanbul City Portrait

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:43:21 +0000

Photographer and filmmaker Max Moose made some really nice lime lapse videos with impressions from the streets of New York and Istanbul! So if you’re interested in different urban cultures, take a look!

Impressions: New York 2008

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:09:59 +0000

New York City is not only the skyscrapers, the traffic or the dirt - It’s the people, who bring the urban landscape to life! If you want to know what I mean, take a look at this film...

Ruedi One - Graffiti Photographer

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:56:45 +0000

What, you don't know Ruedione? Without a doubt he is one of the best graffiti photographers worldwide. For almost a decade, he has been documenting the writers scene and has thus remained part of it as its visual chronicler!

Empire Begins - Riding Bikes in New York

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:14:31 +0000

“Empire Begins” is the first part of a film series, which tells and documents a story of this daring urban bike couriers and stunt bikers in the heart of New York City. There's a lot rapid action, stunts and great insights into the great urban landscape...

Kusho: Writing in the Sky

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:07:30 +0000

Kusho is a relatively new form of high speed painting, which artworks are mostly unpredictable. This year, its originator Shinichi Maruyama presents his extreme art at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York!