Art Magazine | After I wrote about the Amateur Magazine from Switzerland last year, one of their editors promised me to send some issues of their mag, so that i can have a direct view. Recently I received the two latest issues… I feel really positive about this urban art, illustration, design and culture magazine which is published regularly for two years now. In my opinion it’s worth to support the Amateur Magazine team and their professional print product, for what reason I took some quick insight-the-mag shots while I relaxed in Berlin’s warm January sun today. ...

Graffiti Documentary | Another trainwriting film premiers in Berlin: February 2nd, Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin will be shown first at the Babylon cinema in Berlin-Mitte. Unlike U portrais four generations of sprayers in Berlin, of which the oldest of the hardcore artists is already over 40 years old, while the youngest are around 17. All protagonists have one thing in common. Each one has sprayed countless trains in their lives, some of them even over a 1000. ...

Urban Art Films | We all know these fantastic painted animations and time-lapse documentations by famous mural artist Blu. If not, you should check Blu’s “Big Bag Big Boom” animation or his “Combo Collab Animation” with David Ellis! After I featured him on my list of the “Top Urban Artists 2010”, Blu now published his first DVD, containing a collection of videos made during the last 10 years, including interesting footage of the creations of his large-scale mural artworks as well as the well-known wall-painted animations and over 40 minutes of extra contents! ...

New York Underground | Steve Duncan seems to become a new super hero for all the urban explorers out there. The New York based urban historian and photographer and his videographer Andrew Wonder recently published their Undercity film, which documents their adventures in the underground of New York City. More Urban Exploration Photography: Waiting for the video to load? Check out some of the world’s greatest urban exploration photographers and be impressed! ...

Graffiti Equipment | Hey, what’s a new year without a new calendar? This year’s graffiti calendar by Montana Colors is out now and I’m pretty sure that this graffiti photography calendar, with its really nice detail shots, is a great decorative object for every graffiti addicted who swears by Montana Colors products. In each of these projects, we try to present our products in a different way, and for this year’s calendar, we’ve collaborated with an artist who has true passion for graffiti, the photographer from Madrid, JEOSM, who works in our recently inaugurated Madrid store, and who is the author of the photography book ‘Realidad’ (2010). ...

After 2009 and 2010 it’s time for another “No Pants Subway Ride”! Again, the New York based Improv Everywhere group calls for participation: As in years past, there are No Pants Subway Rides happening in cities around the world on January 9, the same day as our annual event in New York. If your town has a subway system or some form of mass transportation (bus? trolley?), then get involved and organize your own ride… ...

Sticky Street Art | One of the first medium which was used to put art on the streets have been stickers. They are cheap, easy and effective and for that reason also more and more well used by advert companies. Nevertheless, stickers are still part of street art which is the reason why the next bigger thing in Berlin is the sticker exhibition Stickcore! Stickcore will present stickers by artists from all over the world ans calls you to “discover this medium as a part of street and urban art and get fascinated by its wonderful diversity of colour, form, elements and expression.” Also it is still possible to submit your own sticker to be part of the show… ...

akut graffiti Urban Art Photography | In addition to my “Top Urban Artists 2010” list, I had the idea to look back at all the nice photo-series I took in 2010 of street artist in action and to choose some of my favorites to present them to you in a bundle… I ended up with around 20, in my eyes really nice photos of some really well-known graffiti and street artists, including Buffdiss, Titi Freak, Herakut, Nychos, Ben Eine, Dan Kitchener, Liliwenn, Mode2 and others, I hope you like them! ...

Street Art Review | It’s the last day of the year and for that reason it’s possible to create a lot of different top lists like “Top Urban Art Books 2010”, “Best Urban Art Photos 2010” or this one: “Top Urban Artists 2010”. For sure, it’s difficult to do that, because of the massive count of highly talented urban artists around the globe and of course it’s always my subjective opinion, but it’s also true that I saw, met and recognized some really good artists in the last 12 months, I want to feature in this post. ...

Urban Art News | As you maybe noticed, I had no time to write during Christmas, but fortunately it’s over now. However, I collected the top urban art news I noticed in the last days, so I’m able to give you an detailed overview about what happened on the streets around the world while we had some more or less contemplative evenings with friends and family. And here we go… ...