Abandoned Places | Right, I have a marked preference for old and abandoned buildings. The remarkable charm, the historical atmosphere, the silence and the explorer-feeling are indescribable, for what reason you need to take photos to catch the power of the moment! Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, both born in Parisian suburbs, photograph for several years abandoned places around the world. Their most famous photographs are those showing “The Ruins of Detroit”, which were already shown in different galleries in Paris, Stockholm and Strasbourg. ...

Urban Art Festival | In a few days, Berlin fuckin’ town will witness a new, fresh and promising urban art festival. The “Street Lab” will present a selection of national and international urban artists who expose the urban hinterland instead of simply just illustrating it. It’s a strong idea the organisers have in mind, for what reason I’m really looking forward to see whether the festival will make the grade… ...

Graffiti Fine Art | I have to say that I somehow like these new artworks by graffiti legend Sozyone, he presents at Alice BXL Gallery in Brussels since yesterday. After his participation at the “Turmkunst” event in Berlin in 2010, I heard nothing new of him…until now! Three years have passed since Sozyone’s last exhibition at the gallery. Today, he lives in Spain and travels around Europe with a rhythm of 2 solo shows per year and as many group shows. “VOYOV” proclaims the return of the prodigal son in his home town, bringing a new series of works on canvas and paper. (mtn-world.com) ...

Art Competition | One of my most favorite European cities London has another art competition: Rich Mix and Havana Club just launched “The Wall Project” taking place over the next 12 months in the heart of London’s most vibrant creative area and cultural hotspot Shoreditch! Famous urban artist Remi/Rough (I visited his studio last year!) broke the first ground with his interpretation and vision of the values that make Havana so unique. He’s also the head of experts selecting the winning interior designs… ...

Marker Photo-Series | Yes, I love markers - I have to confess this! Especially my squeezers and also the biggest marker worldwide are super dope. A marker pen, marking pen, felt-tip pen, or marker, is a pen which has its own ink-source, and usually a tip made of a porous, pressed fibres; such as felt or nylon. (Wikipedia) Spanish photographer German Rigol recently extended his beautiful to look at marker photo-series for what reason there are round about 60 portraits of different, used and unique markers in his album now! It’s a must to see for all the marker enthusiasts or people who just like the used, dirty look of everyday objects. ...

Urban Destruction Art | Almost a year ago I showed you my love for this kind of rough and energetic urban art by publishing a big fat interview with Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils! Now he’s back with a big bang-boom-bang and jumped in from zero to hero with these awesome exploding wall… I try focusing on the act of destruction to create; this is a notion I first came across in Graffiti, and it has been very influential in my work. I believe we are all formed of different sets of layers: personal, social, cultural, historical and so on. (Vhils) ...

Mail-Art Project* | The originally Berlin-based Papergirl project has already spread to 4 continents, took place in 20 cities in 12 different countries and keeps on getting bigger with every new city! Now, the Papergirl founder Aisha Ronniger and her team proclaim the open call for the upcoming Papergirl issue in Istanbul. The fantastic thing about this unusual street art and delivery system project with its participatory, analogue, non-commercial, and impulsive ideas is that it’s open for everyone who wants to participate - All you have to do is to get in contact with the Papergirl crew and to send in your artworks. ...

Anti-Nazi Action | Irmela Mensah-Schramm is well known in Berlin for her effort against Nazi symbols, signs and slogans in public space. The 65 years old anti-fascist graffiti-grandma documents Nazi graffiti and stickers before she buffs them and is in that way a perfect example for modern anti-fascist work. Vincenzo Caruso and Fabrizio Mario Lussu are currently working on a video documentary called “The Hate Destroyer” about her work, the ideals and Nazi graffiti in general! ...

Street Art Documentary | London’s Brick Lane is something like the epicentre for creativity and young, modern life-style in London. Especially around the old Truman Brewery with its galleries, bars and markets a lot of the otherwise shy London street art can be found. With his upcoming street art documentary “Brick Lane in Art” film-maker Shafiur Rahman wants to sketch a creative portrait of this Europe-wide well-know street and its surrounding area. Therefore he interviewed several more or less famous street artists and other protagonists in in London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid. ...

Graffiti Fine Art | Danish urban artist Morten Andersen, who is part of the London-based art label “Beautiful Crime”, started - as many well-known urban artists - his career on the streets as a graffiti artist. Since a few month, the originally Aalborg-based artist has a studio in Berlin and for that reason and because I really like his detailed and abstract artworks, I met him in his studio for a small photo-documentary… ...