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Lost, Found, and Recompiled: The Return of Urban Art Core

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A digital archive of street art & graffiti (2009-2012) documenting Europe’s urban art scene.

ETAM Crew Exhibition in Vienna

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:09:59 +0000

After releasing their Urban Art Guide Vienna and showing Usual Misdeeds by Vinz, Inoperable Gallery in Vienna is going to present the next big thing: Next week, famous ETAM Cru is going to open their Mind Trip exhibition…

The Polish duo will make their way to Vienna for their first show in Austria. We are excited to welcome them here and look forward to seeing what they have in store for us! Stay tuned for more info.

Nychos The Weird in London

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:17:44 +0000

Famous graffiti artist Nychos The Weird visited London a few months ago. VNA Magazine caught up with him and filmed that nice video portraiture of him...

Low Bros, Mural Competition, Staple City & a Full Length Skateboardmovie

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:02:56 +0000

This is a list of great urban art related art, including murals by Low Bros, a city made of staples, a board game about gentrification and more dope stuff!

Urban Forms: Sainer Mural in Poland

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:05:55 +0000

Mural artist Sainer just finished a new mural for the Polish Urban Forms Project which can be found in the heart of Lodz. Here is the video documentary!

Urban Multimedia Art: The Solution Is Irrelevant

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:39:14 +0000

Curated by 44flavours and Clemens Behr the group installation The Solution Is Irrelevant will take place tonight at Berlin’s Epicentro Artspace, Karl-Marx-Allee 82-84!

Urban Multimedia Art

The Solution Is Irrelevant, is meant to evoke not only an approach to creativity and the act of creating, but also a life philosophy. For the duration of the vernissage, the Epicentro Artspace will be transformed into a multimedia, interdisciplinary laboratory, where performance and video art, design, music, spoken word, sound treatment, sculpture, painting, and installations will interact simultaneously without a screenplay or a preset agenda. On board for the experiment: the 44flavours art collective, installation artist Clemens Behr, film directors Pol Ponsarnau and Yves Kasten, musicians Robot Koch, Sneaky and Lars Kirchbach, and spoken word artist RQM. The entire “performance” will be documented on video and will be screened at Epicentro art daily; presented in the form of video installations alongside other finished artifacts.

See No Evil Bristol - Final Walls

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Bristol’s street art festival See No Evil just finished after a week of messing with paint and creativity. Check out this great overview of the final walls!

Berlin Street Art Documentary: Berlin speaks for itself.

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:36:36 +0000

Berlin spricht für sich selbst (Berlin speaks for itself) is an upcoming Berlin street art documentary featuring several local artists like Prost and Alias!

Free Pussy Riot in Berlin - Mentalgassi

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:05:23 +0000

Free Pussy Riot! Berlin-based street art collective Mentalgassi joins the Global Pussy Riot Day today with one of their brilliant urban faces installations.

VNA Magazine #19: Anthony Lister Edition

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:34:23 +0000

VNA Magazine 19 is out! Featuring Anthony Lister, Lowbros, How&Nosm, Best Ever, Twoone, ECB, Remed and many more urban artists. Here are first insights!

Bosso Fataka - Cling Wrap Sculptures

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:11:17 +0000

The Berlin-based guerrilla art crew Bosso Fataka creates cling wrap sculptures in public space. Recently ReutersTV featured them in a video!

MadC Layers, Graffiti Exhibition

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:12:23 +0000

MadC Layers: Famous German graffiti artist MadC will open her next graffiti exhibition in Dortmund at the end of the week. Here are some first details...

1UP Graffiti TV: A Global Graffiti Showcase

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:15:10 +0000

Berlin's 1UP crew takes their graffiti global with 1UP Graffiti TV, a YouTube channel documenting their impressive actions from Berlin to Bangkok.

Clemens Behr Video Interview

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:28:18 +0000

Clemens Behr is one of the most talented abstract urban artists in Germany. Here he talks about his influences and shows his workflow...

Concrete Chair - Urban Interior

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:05:17 +0000

Urban Furniture: This concrete chair by Swiss designer Stefan Zwicky is a masterpiece of urban-inspired interior and a must to have for me!

Graffiti Bomb in Israel

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:18:29 +0000

Graffiti Bomb in Israel! Some really smart guys build a graffiti bomb and shocked residents and the police... This is definitely not funny!

Racists Against Os Gemeos Mural

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:29:59 +0000

Racists verbally attacked the new Os Gemeos mural Boston, describing it e.g. as a slap in the face to all those who lost someone on 9/11...

Part2ism’s Abstract Horizons

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:26:38 +0000

British graffiti artist and street art pioneer Part2ism is going to open a new solo-exhibition presenting new abstract works and sculptures!

Moneyless for Fame Festival 2012

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:22:01 +0000

This is a small video-documentary of artworks by yarn-bomber and urban artist Moneyless for the Fame Festival 2012 in Grottaglie, Italy.

Decayed Church Mural by Vhils

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:35:49 +0000

The pretty awesome decayed church mural was recently created by famous urban artist Vhils for the Walk and Talk festival on the Azores...

Os Gemeos Street Piece in Boston

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:01:27 +0000

Os Gemeos are currently painting murals and pieces in Boston. This Pixacao motive is one of their latest street pieces, check it out!

Artbase 2012 - Berlin’s Urban Art Festival

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:17:14 +0000

The Artbase 2012 urban art festival is going to take place at Berlin’s abandoned NSA station Teufelsberg at the end of August! It’s a must!

Yarn-Bombed Albert Einstein

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:25:47 +0000

Guerrilla crochet artist Olek recently yarn-bombed the Albert Einstein Memorial at the National Academy of Science in Washington DC...

Os Gemeos Mural Boston

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Brazilian graffiti twins Os Gemeos are currently painting murals in Boston! Tomorrow their first US solo exhibition will open its doors...

Like it. Art - Street Art Festival in Russia

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:50:07 +0000

Recently Europe’s biggest street art festival Like it. Art finished up. Here are some first impressions of the finished murals from Kazan!

Evol Stencil Art Buildings in Warsaw

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:26:58 +0000

Famous stencil artist Evol just hit Warsaw. Together with Monstfur, he created another of his well-known, fabulous stencil art villages!

Like It. Art: Pixelpancho Mural in Russia

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:06:04 +0000

Italian mural artist Pixelpancho finished a new huge mural! This time he painted for the Like It. Art urban art festival in Kazan, Russia...

Between the Lines - Toronto’s War on Street Art

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:09:35 +0000

Between the Lines documents Toronto’s war on street art and features some of the local urban art protagonists. This is the first trailer!

Graffiti Architecture in Melbourne

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:04:18 +0000

ITN Architects created an awesome graffiti architecture building in Melbourne, with a facade incorporating a giant three-dimensional tag!

Toronto Street Ad Takeover

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:30:06 +0000

Ad-busting in Toronto - The cARTographyTO crew just did a nice ad takeover hacked 35 billboards and advertisement street signs in Toronto!

Urban Farming: Roof-Top Garden in Berlin

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:47:03 +0000

Berlin is going to get its next urban farming project! The Himmelbeet project transforms an car park into a community garden space...

Fluffy Spray-Cans, a Tube Tent, a Subvertising Project & Rail Bikes

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:31:02 +0000

Urban Art Link-Tips, including fluffy spray-can toys, a tube tent, a subvertising project in London, rail bikes and more urban art stuff!

Fin DAC, A London Stencil Artist

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:43:19 +0000

It's safe to say that London stencil artist Fin DAC is a stencil art virtuoso. Recently a portrait of him was filmed in his very own studio. Watch it now!

Urban Intervention: Project Cloud Castle

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:43:13 +0000

Anna Borgman and Candy Lenk just realized their Berlin Cloud Castle project, an urban intervention examinating incompletion of public space.

Fin DAC’s Blackjack Stencil - Exclusive Preview

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:23:10 +0000

This is an exclusive preview of Blackjack, the latest stencil artwork by London-based stencil art master Fin DAC. Check this out and be astonished!

DAIM Mural in Bologna

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:37:47 +0000

German graffiti artist DAIM recently finished the massive 3D mural he painted for the Frontier graffiti festival in Bologna. It’s just amazing! First pics here...

Berlin Subway Sculpture

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:12:23 +0000

Clemens Behr and Raby Florence Fofana created a fantastic abstract subway sculpture, objectifying Berlin’s most famous subway line U1! Watch the video now...

Vermibus Ad-Busting in Berlin

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:58:47 +0000

Vermibus creates amazing ad-bustings using nothing more than fashion model posters (e.g. of Kate Moss) and solvent. He is already going to become Berlin’s most famous ad-buster!

Billboard Bandits - Outlaw Artists in the Sky

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:03:00 +0000

Billboard Bandits - Outlaw Artists in the Sky is a currently fund raising graffiti book about so-called billboard liberators, artists manipulating the ads to fit their own agenda. Make sure to support it now!

Free Urban Exercise Bike

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:41:02 +0000

French urban hacktivist Florian Rivière just came up with a new urban hack: He shows a way to create free urban exercise bikes! Simply genius and again a nice way to delight people with public space tools...

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!

Train Graffiti, My Dirty Hobby

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:15:02 +0000

German train-writing: The best little train graffiti video, from start to finish and including a brilliant finish, I’ve seen for a while!

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!

Crimes of Minds: Liliwenn & Bom K Mural

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:17:41 +0000

Another Crimes of Minds mural just finished! Liliwenn and Bom K (DMV) finished up their collaboration wall in Brest - here are first shots!

Higgs Boson Mural

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:21:16 +0000

Artist Josef Kristofoletti painted a three story tall Higgs Boson mural directly above the detector at CERN near the Swiss-French border!

Open Call: Garage Art in Berlin

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:30:33 +0000

Garage Art in Berlin - A Berliner art collective is calling for papers to join the garage art competition 2012. The winner gets 1.000 Euro!

2.4 GHz - Public Monitoring Art

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:27:17 +0000

Benjamin Gaulon creates public monitoring art by installing wireless video receiver in public space to hack into wireless CCTV cameras...!

Brad Downey & Akay Paint Bombs

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:29:23 +0000

Exploding Paint: For Fame Festival 2012 in Grottaglie, Brad Downey and Akay (Brakay) built paint bombs to beautify an abandoned building!

Urban Art Recap, June 2012

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:01:48 +0000

Urban Art Recap: A female stencil art series, a street light switch, an urban art hype machine, an urban art exhibition and a football field.

Urban Forms: Shida Mural in Lodz

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:09:47 +0000

Shida Mural: Aussie street artist Shida came up with a new vibrant mural artwork for Urban Forms in Lodz, Poland. Check it out, it’s amazing!

Urban Micro Gardens, Hidden Shops, Amazing Murals & Awesome Tape Art

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:51:16 +0000

The monthly Urban Art Link-Tips feature urban micro gardens, hidden shops, amazing murals, awesome tape art and much more. Check this out!

Street Art Festival: See No Evil Bristol!

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:17:36 +0000

This summer, Bristol will play host to the most diverse art project to take place in the UK. 30 famous street artists will paint the streets!

Sand Graffiti: DAIM on the Beach

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:11:48 +0000

DAIM built his own 3D sand graffiti installation on a beach somewhere in Germany! 6 hours of work, destroyed within 30 minutes by the sea!

Urban Art Clash 2012

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:58:38 +0000

Urban Art Clash 2012 at Kunsthaus Tacheles is still open for every street art and graffiti enthusiast. The group exhibition runs till mid July!

Howto Use Colour & Manipulate People

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:56:54 +0000

How to Use Colour and Manipulate People is the latest solo-show by famous abstract graffiti artist Remi Rough. Here are some insights...

Graffiti Sponsorships - A Heart for Toys

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:34:36 +0000

Just a few graffiti sponsorships are enough to support one of the 20,000 graffiti toys worldwide with no access to fresh spraypaint - Help now!

Stroke Urban Art Fair 2012, Berlin

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:02:25 +0000

Urban art fairs work as parallel universes to the classical art market. This September, Stroke Urban Art Fair 2012 takes place in Berlin!

Video Painting - Painting Videos onto Walls

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:38:34 +0000

Sweatshoppe crew developed a technology that allows them to create the illusion that they are painting videos onto walls: Video Painting!

Kilian Martin’s Weird, Awesome Skateboard Tricks

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:57:48 +0000

Known as professional freestyle skateboarder, Kilian Martin is really killing it in his new video, filmed in an decayed water park!

Urban Culture Talk: Graffiti equals Gentrification?!

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:30:06 +0000

Platoon in Berlin is going to open their new headquarter with a controversial debate discussing questions like: Does graffiti trigger gentrification? or How does creative street culture cause social restructuring?

Crimes of Minds - Urban Art Festival, Update

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:53:31 +0000

A year ago, the urban art festival Crimes of Minds started in Brest, France. Now, several months later it’s still beautifying the city! Here are some of the latest impression...

Uebergrund #3 - Urban Exploration Magazine

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:49:42 +0000

Urban exploration magazine Uebergrund is a printed contribution for the internation urban exploration scene! In the third issue, Sebastian Linck presents again the beauty of abandoned buildings...

Klebstoff #4 Sticker Magazine

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:56:29 +0000

Klebstoff (German for glue) is the first magazine worldwide that completely consists of stickers! I just received the latest, fourth issue of the mag containing sticker works by 18 artists...

Best Places in Berlin, Posters

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:40:35 +0000

Wanna know the best places in Berlin? Take a look at this great viral guerrilla campaign by students at the Berlin University of the Arts!

Calligraphica - Hand Drawn Type & Calligraphy

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:30:58 +0000

Calligraphica is a nice blog about calligraphy and hand drawn type, presenting contributions by several skilled designers and artists...

Win Your Montana Acrylic Marker Set!

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:24:04 +0000

Win Your Montana Acrylic Marker Set! Together with Inflammable.com we’re going to give away three Montana Acrylic Marker Sets - get yours!

Blek Le Rat Stencil Pioneer, Documentary

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:56:40 +0000

French artist Blek Le Rat is the true stencil art pioneer. This video documentary features him, his story and his street artwork. Watch now!

EPOS 257’s Urban Shooting Paintings

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:29:01 +0000

Czech urban art crew EPOS 257 uses homemade weapon and ammunition to shoot billboards and create paintball-like paintings in public space!

Klub7 Talks About Chalk

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:31:01 +0000

Urban art crew Klub7 was interviewed by Gestalten and discussed the joy of artistic interactions, chalk and the evolution of graffiti!

Open Streets - Post Graffiti Documentary Trailer

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:08:53 +0000

Put together by French ShockFilms collective, the Open Streets documentary explores reasons behind what is called post graffiti or urban art!

Behind the Scenes - The Da Mental Vaporz Story

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:10:15 +0000

French Da Mental Vaporz crew was born in 1999 - Nowadays they are one of Europe’s finest urban art crews! Watch them behind the scenes!

Urban Hacktivism: The Biggest Football Field in the World

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:39:30 +0000

French urban hacktivist Florian Rivière and his Graffiti Soccer Crew transformed urban Berlin into a the biggest soccer field in the world!

Physical Graffiti by Mare139

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:04:50 +0000

New York-based graffiti artist Mare139 is going to show his latest B-Boy dance artwork series in Berlin tomorrow - Here’s a sneak peek!

Mr. Brainwash Hype Machine in London

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:53:33 +0000

Mr. Brainwash is in London! He or his team just started to paste up huge British themed artworks in Holburn, central London. Expect more...

Urban Art EFX in Amsterdam

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:14:55 +0000

End of the month, the international urban art exhibition Urban Art EFX will open its doors in Amsterdam, including art from around the globe!

Painting Favelas: Boa Mistura in Sao Paulo

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:44:15 +0000

Spanish urban art crew Boa Mistura went to Brazil earlier this year and beautified a favela in Sao Paulo. This is their video documentary!

Street Lamp Light Switch

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:18:49 +0000

The Cheesecake Powerhouse installed a street lamp light switch in the streets of Berlin, allowing people to power on or off the street lamp!

Fin DAC’s Female Stencil Art Series

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:52:33 +0000

London Art: Fin DAC’s female stencil art series is a great example of what’s possible combining a single-layer stencil and creative skills!

Street Artist JR: 1 Year Turning the World Inside Out

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:34:27 +0000

Street artist JR started his Inside Out project in 2011. Now, a year after, he shows how giant posters of human faces, connect communities!

Urbanscreen Lights Sydney Opera House!

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:57:19 +0000

German design collective Urbanscreen recently lighted the sails at famous Sydney Opera House, creating an impressing facade motion effect...

WTF: RNG Graffiti Action in Moscow

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:40:41 +0000

Moscow’s RNG graffiti crew went big when they well-prepared bombed that huge motorway noise barrier during a sunny day! It’s impressive...

Lost Culture: Matt Adnate in Melbourne

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:44:03 +0000

Famous Australian urban artist matt Adnate is going to open his Lost Culture exhibition in Melbourne! It’s a must go for those in Australia!

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!

Global Graffiti Documentary: Bomb It 2, Fall 2012

Sat, 26 May 2012 09:12:47 +0000

The global graffiti documentary Bomb It 2 is coming to screens this fall! In sequel to Bomb It Jon Reiss travels the global graffiti scene.

Concrete Art: Vhils in Lisbon

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:14:38 +0000

Vhils just visited Lisbon and beautified one of the oldest concrete blocks, an abandoned concrete tower in the Portuguese capital! Wow...

Guerrilla Paint Sculpture

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:47:27 +0000

Belgian paint manufacturer Levis just came up with a new urban advert campaign and transformed a lamppost into a guerrilla paint sculpture!

Urban Gardening: Pop-Up Park Chicago

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:46:48 +0000

Pop-up parks are temporary green urban interventions. In Chicago, Joe Baldwin installed such a 280 square meters pop-up park for a few hours!

Banksy Ideas - Parodying A Street Art Icon

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:18:35 +0000

Banksy Ideas is a great parody of the world’s most famous street artist, developing ideas for new, ironic Banksy-like stencil artworks...

Ox Billboard Takeover in Angers

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:16:00 +0000

New billboard takeovers by Ox! For the Artaq urban art festival in Angers, Ox created new billboard artworks, adapting their environment!

Tetris Hack: Amazing 90 Meters Tetris Game!

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:19:24 +0000

Tetris Hack: 153 windows, 153 pixels - the front of the MIT’s Green Building lit up in a colorful display of the popular puzzler Tetris!

Nawer vs. Temporary Space Design

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:49 +0000

The multimedia installation by Nawer and Temporary Space Design at the Katowice Street Art Festival explores space and depth in 2D graphics!

The Unusual Story of Alex Diamond

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:29:17 +0000

The Alex Diamond Mining Company is the latest chapter in the unusual story of Alex Diamond, an artist project evading a fixed personality...

Tags in a Mirror - Nug in Berlin

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:37:46 +0000

Famous performance graffiti artist Nug opened his Berlin tagging show last Saturday. I got some first impressions of his tags in a mirror!

German City Starts Preserving Street Art!

Sun, 13 May 2012 10:12:54 +0000

Preserving Street Art: Blek le Rat's Madonna in Leipzig is a masterpiece. Should street art be preserved? In this case, Leipzig says yes!

Revok Interview

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:16:31 +0000

Police, they don’t care about graffiti. But Los Angeles graffiti legend Revok does as he explains while sharing thoughts with The Hundreds!

Wrinkles of the City: Dope JR & José Parla Murals in Havana

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:13:21 +0000

There are many murals in Havana, but recently the Cuban capital got some new ones by JR and José Parla, who combined photography and tags!

Augustine Kofie Interview

Wed, 09 May 2012 20:14:03 +0000

This is one of the best, if not the best interview I have seen with Augustine Kofie! The graffuturist Kofie was interviewed by MTN in Miami.

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!

Bombing the City with Tags & Throws.

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:06:27 +0000

The new Tags and Throws project focuses on fundamental street graffiti, capturing the bombing scene of the world today. One artist at a time!

Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada Paints Huge Wall Faces

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:31:14 +0000

Cuban American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada recently created a new temporary wall faces mural in Bahrain, showing an anonymous face as usual!

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...

Time-lapsed Moscow City Portrait

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:05:49 +0000

Moscow is beautiful, at least in this amazing time-lapse video by Belarusian photographer and film-maker zweizwei who portrait the Russian city!

Nug Tagging Exhibition in Berlin!

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:37:59 +0000

Skalitzers Gallery in Berlin presents infamous Swedish artist Nug. Join us for opening of the show, exploring the role of tagging within contemporary art!

Egyptian Mural Makes Concrete Wall Transparent!

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:29:38 +0000

Egyptian graffiti artists created murals vanishing military barriers in Cairo by making them visually transparent. What a great protest!

The Shard: A Timelapse Study

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:51:24 +0000

The Shard tower in London is just impressing. This timelapse shows the final weeks of construction of The Shard tower in London Bridge!

Street Sculptures: Ronzo installs Birdz in London!

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:49:39 +0000

Watch well-known London-based urban artist Ronzo creating and rolling out his famous street sculptures on the streets of London - And win a sculpture!

Through Night With Invader - Street Art Paris

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:58:07 +0000

This movie invites you to spend one night in Paris with the street artist Invader, watching over his should during street art action. Watch!

Street Art Map Argentina

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:10:18 +0000

Street Art Map is a project dedicated to gathering, locating and preserving the street art movement in Argentina through photographs.

P183, The Russian Banksy?

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:35:12 +0000

Moscow born urban artist P183 was called Russian Banksy. This drew attention to his art and started a debate on the Internet. Read why...

Light Graffiti - Gorillas Occupy Industrial Harbour

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:43:08 +0000

In one of the industrial harbours along the Rhine river, a light graffiti crew used the strange, dirty and old scenery to awake Gorillas!

GorillaLighting is a light art crew from Germany who is not just projecting Gorilla faces onto facades, but also (probably inspired by Luzinterruptus) illuminating plants, recently for the Luminale festival in Frankfurt.

Projected as light graffiti the gorilla portrait breathes nocturnal life into the unreal world. Huge fronts cry for attention. Grotesque steel giants wait for a character.

15 Meters Space Invader Game

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:24:01 +0000

Filthy Luker invades Manchester with 15 meters high fully interactive space invader game created using road work barriers and traffic cones!

New Huge Roa Hedgehog in London

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:11:22 +0000

Famous Belgian muralist Roa recently put up a new huge hedgehog on Chance Street in East-London’s Shoreditch! Roa, who visited the British capital again for his Hypnagogia show at Stolenspace Gallery, created in that way a new pilgrim shrine for new and old fans of his renown portrayals of large scale urban wildlife, hand painted in his distinctive black and white style.

After spending several weeks in Australia, this new Roa hedgehog is the first mural he painted in Europe for a long time and I’m pretty sure it will be a good reason for all the Olympics tourists to visit Shoreditch…

Who is Smash 137?

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:08:07 +0000

Who is Smash 137? For his upcoming graffiti art show in Switzerland legendary writer a short 'who is' video was published about Smash 137!

Advertising Carousel by Florian Rivière in Berlin

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:47:00 +0000

French urban hacktivist Florian Rivière just created a few great street interventions in Berlin. One is the great advertising carousel...

Monokrome - Black and White Graffiti Book

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:35:13 +0000

Packed with sketches, inked line work and mixed media, the black and white graffiti book Monokrome includes world class graffiti designs!

Jeff Soto - Robotic Graffiti Mural

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:54:05 +0000

Watch Jeff Soto in an amazing world-first street-art collaboration and check out what an artist and a paint-spraying robot car can create!

Update: Top 20 Urban Art Photographers

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:26:06 +0000

The list of the top 20 urban art photographers includes the protagonists of street art and graffiti documentarists from around the globe!

Top Of Shard Tower

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:36:15 +0000

A few months ago, urban explorers climbed the Shard Tower in London! Now they published their impressing photos from the top of the Shard!

Alien Graffiti in London

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:01:44 +0000

Alien meets graffiti in London - End of the Line crew finished their tribute to the popular Alien saga by painting a new mural in London!

Obey the Giant - The Shepard Fairey Biopic

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:20:06 +0000

Shepard Fairey and his alter ego Obey the Giant are street art legends! Now a young film-maker creates the first Shepard Fairey biopic...

Blu Mural Against Europe’s Border

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:15:12 +0000

Famous mural artist Blu came up with a new mural in Melilla, questioning Europe’s border policy which often is described as barbed wire...

Kulturpark Berlin: Re-open an Abandoned Amusement Park

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:08:31 +0000

I have a big foible for abandoned amusement parks. One reason - and it doesn’t matter whether the decaying park is located in the US or even in China - is the somehow scary atmosphere of old, often broken attractions, archaic Western buildings and roller coasters. Another reason is, that those abandoned parks, providing never ending impressions, are perfect playgrounds for urban explorers and photographers like me…

Kulturpark - A Public Art Project in Berlin

In Berlin, a group of cultural developers and activists together with experimental architects from Berlin, researchers from Harvard, and placemakers from the Urban Art Institute plans to re-open the abandoned amusement park Spreepark, located in the sprawling Treptower Park, as a creative camp. The group’s aim is to utilize the process of producing artistic site-specific visions, combined with ideas and memories of publics, to create a grassroots proposal for the park’s future, what sounds like a really great thing for Berlin!

Mausolee - Abandoned Graffiti Supermarket

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:02:30 +0000

About 40 French graffiti artists, an abandoned supermarket and one year to paint. Sowat and Lek just opened Mausolee, the abandoned graffiti supermarket!

International Mural Locator

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:50:49 +0000

Mural Locator is a simple to use web tool that helps people locate public murals around the world, what makes it useful for next holidays!

Urbanism: 72 Hour Urban Action

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:42:11 +0000

The world’s first real-time architecture competition 72 Hour Urban Action is coming to Stuttgart this July, modifying the city in a big contest. Apply now!

New Herakut Train Tracks Mural in Germany

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:45:27 +0000

Brothers helping Sisters helping... - German urban art duo Herakut just painted a new massive train tracks mural in Mannheim. Take a look!

VNA Magazine #18 - Conor Harrington Edition

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:26:21 +0000

Recently, the 18th issue of UK-based independent quarterly magazine Very Nearly Almost was published, featuring Conor Harrington, Remi Rough and others!

Amateur Magazine #10 - DXTR Edition

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:32:51 +0000

The 10th issue of Swiss Amateur Magazine is out now, including DXTR on the cover and interviews with Smash137, Tom Fellner and others!

Subway Parasite: Stealth Light Projector

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:23:15 +0000

This subway parasite is an independant projection-system that can be attached to subways and allows projecting ﬁlms inside a tunnel...

Photo-Realistic Murals in Berlin - James Bullough

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:49:12 +0000

Berlin-based American urban artist James Bullough is currently painting two photo-realistic murals in Berlin. This is the corresponding photo-story!

Drama-Button Street Intervention

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:42:23 +0000

TNT placed a red push button on a square of an Flemish town and a sign with the text "Push to add drama" to invite people to use the button. An then they waited...

Anamorphic Graffiti - TSF Crew

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:22:12 +0000

French TSF crew just came up with several impressing anamorphic graffiti works, using anamorphosis to create great, confusing effects!

James Bullough - On the Shoulders of Giants

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:57:41 +0000

US-American urban artist James Bullough is currently painting two massive giant murals in the Torstrasse 111 art space in Berlin. I just visited him and took some photos!

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.

Doomessenz - Massive Canvas Collaboration

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:38:53 +0000

berlin-based urban artists Danny Doom and Quintessenz Creation just opened their collaboration exhibition at OZM Gallery in Hamburg. Here’re some impressions from the setup...

Evan Roth’s Propulsion Paintings

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:22:32 +0000

Evan Roth’s work process takes inspiration from free software movement and hacker ethos. His latest series is called Propulsion Paintings...

Pedro Matos in London

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:25:31 +0000

Pedro Matos is an famous artist and curator from Portugal. This April he is going to open his first solo-show in London, entitled Heritage!

Conor Harrington – Behind the Painting

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:11:38 +0000

Conor Harrington is one of the recent major artists in London, having his show running at Laz and being featured by famous VNA magazine. This are some exclusive snaps from behind the latest paintings..

The Largest Mural in London

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:08:02 +0000

Agents of Change have been busy painting the largest mural in London using their abstract graffiti style qualities to transform a Georgian building in the city center!

Beaufort04: Waiting for Climate Change

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:58:50 +0000

Beaufort04 just created an enormous open space for contemporary art in public landscape along the Flemish coast, where Isaac Cordal is waiting for climate change!

Paint Attack Sao Paulo

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:52:44 +0000

Massive paint attack in Sao Paulo! Similar to the Painting Reality intervention by Iepe Rubingh, a group of activists tipped out buckets of colorful paint on a junction!

Modern Dopeness - Contemporary Berlin Illustration Styles

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:19:49 +0000

Next month, Danny Doom, Hr.v.Bias, Ink-a-zoid and other Berlin-based artist present their latest Berlin illustration works in one show: Modern Dopeness!

Space Invaders in Düsseldorf

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:51:15 +0000

Anne Lucht’s visual music clip takes you to Düsseldorf, Germany, introducing a low-res alien gang bopping their heads to Lorenz Rhode’s krautrocky tune.

Everfresh & Friends Fighting Extinction

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:40:17 +0000

The guys, who invented the biggest marker worldwide and created their own graffiti mobile known under the popping name Everfresh, just teamed up with a couple of friends to repaint Melbourne’s infamous ACDC Lane for charity…

Zoos Victoria is fighting extinction and has committed to ensure twenty native species do not go extinct on their watch. Enlisting the help of laneway artists from Everfresh and Blender studios, the fight has taken to the streets. The murals will help to raise awareness of some of these critically endangered species, many of which live right in Melbourne’s own backyard. For more info zoo.org.au!

44flavours feat. Clemens Behr

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:41:36 +0000

Berlin-based urban design duo 44flavours and urban artist Clemens Behr just teamed up to create a massive wood and cardboard collaboration!

Usual Misdeeds by Vinz in Austria

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:31:20 +0000

Usual Misdeeds is the first solo show of Valencia-based urban artist Vinz in Austria, who has seen a extreme burst in attention the past year - Check it out!

Herakut Mural in Norway

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:59:03 +0000

German urban art duo Herakut went big last year at Nuart festival in Norway and created a massive mural. This video documents the process!

Escape the Golden Cage - Urban Art Festival 2012

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:56:11 +0000

Escape the Golden Cage, the finest urban art festival 2012 in Austria, presents Mark Jenkins, SatOne, Various & Gould, WK Interact and many more!

Urban Design & Architecture Film Festival

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:14:25 +0000

A passion for making urban design more exciting, engaging and accessible to the public is the idea behind the urbanism film festival UR{BNE}.

Cave Berlin Gallery

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:05:49 +0000

JBAK is a creative partnership between artists James Bullough and Addison Karl. Recently, they painted at Cave Berlin, the upcoming, new art space for urban-influenced artists!

Boneyard Project - Airplane Graffiti Video

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:24:47 +0000

The official Boneyard Project video shows artists Faile, Andrew Schoultz and Bast expressing their enthusiasm and frustrations with painting airplanes!

Origami Stencil by Banksy?

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:32:29 +0000

Is this origami stencil artwork in London a new piece by British street art legend Banksy? It certainly looks that way, but do you think?

Upside Down, Left to Right: The Letterpress Revival

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:11:34 +0000

Upside Down, Left to Right is a short film about the letterpress revival and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK.

Urban Pinhole Camera Apartment

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:10:01 +0000

Paris-based photographers Romain Alary and Antoine Levi created a pinhole camera apartment based on the principle of the Camera Obscura!

Berlin gets Colorful - Quintessenz Extinguisher Action

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:01:12 +0000

Berlin-based Quintessenz Creation crew painted a colorful mural in Berlin using nothing more than paint and alienated fire extinguishers...!

Art Censorship - China Censors Heart Noose

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:00:14 +0000

China Censors Heart Noose! If you don’t believe in censorship please spread the message in whatever way you can and fight art censorship!

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...

Geo Street Art iPhone App

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:54:09 +0000

Geo Street Art iPhone App? Yes, this is another app, providing functionality to share and discover street art in New York and London curated by a global network of urban art experts...

Ads vs. Urban Environment

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:21:25 +0000

Crumpled ad poster destroyed bus shelter and Italian street artist BR1 sounds the bell for another round ads vs. urban environment!

Urbex: Abandoned Communist UFO

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:08:16 +0000

The Buzludzha building in Bulgaria looks like a massive Communist UFO! Urban explorer Timothy Allen recently explored and photographed the abandoned, icebound dome...

Xoooox - Germany’s most popular Street Artist

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:58:28 +0000

Xoooox’s images of these sexy fashionable women stenciled around the streets of Berlin made him Germany’s most popular street artist. Now his first monograph by Gestalten was published!

Quintessenz Creation feat. Danny Doom

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:35:05 +0000

Danny Doom and Quintessenz Creation are going to rock Hamburg city with their upcoming art show at OZM Gallery, presenting their latest collaboration works...

Typography Murals in Sao Paulo

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:02:24 +0000

Brazilian suburb redesigned! Spnaish Boa Mistura crew recently did a participative urban art project in Sao Paulo and created by the help of local kids nice anamorphic murals!

Idrawalot Exhibition Contest

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:28:10 +0000

Always wanted to exhibit in Berlin? Idrawalot Gallery is hosting an exhibition contest, rewarding the top artists with a group show in their showroom!

Usugrow - Japanese Punk Calligraphy

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:17:38 +0000

With mind bending meticulous detail, Usugrow’s work crosses the line between bad ass and refined elegance, between punk and calligraphy...

Simpsons Street Art Tribute

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:55:04 +0000

Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart is a Simpsons street art tribute, featuring Bart getting in touch with some major US street art legends Shepard Fairey, Ron English, and others...

DMV Melbourne Australia

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:46:24 +0000

Bom-K, Blo, Brusk, Dran, Gris1, ISO, Jaw, Kan and Sowat (DMV) are currently in Melbourne, exhibiting and painting huge murals like this one!

New Vhils Murals in Shanghai

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:17:56 +0000

Famous Portuguese urban artist Vhils is in China right now, preparing a new exhibition and creating spectacular Vhils murals in Shanghai...

Graffiti Room Design by Tilt

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:00:43 +0000

Famous French graffiti artist Tilt recently created a pretty dope graffiti room design in Marseille! He calls the installation Panic Room...

Train Bombing - Graffiti Animation

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:12:39 +0000

Without doubt, this graffiti animation, combining common train graffiti story and fantasy elements is one of the best I’ve seen so far!

Uebergrund - Urbex Photography Magazine

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:19:03 +0000

The third issue of Sebastian Linck’s self-made urbex photography magazine Uebergrund is coming soon! After issue one (published in 2009) and issue two (published in 2011) I’m really curious to see what impressing locations Sebastian explored this time…I’ll keep you posted.

Furthermore, the Uebergrund photography mag finally got an own website, presenting not just insights from the different issues, but also selected shots from the photographers portfolio, what makes it worth to check out now! Those of you, who didn’t ordered their magazine copies yet, should do so in near future for two reasons:

DMV Graffiti Show, Rtist Melbourne

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:02:16 +0000

Armed with spraycans, the DMV crew is rocking the Australian continent with a fabulous graffiti show, presenting their individual style mix!

Rasta Dubstep Graffiti Performance

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:31:20 +0000

Dubstep, spray cans, brush and paint join forces and unite with latest digital production techniques - that’s the Symbiz Sound music video!

Taken By A Vandal - Graffiti in 3D

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:03:08 +0000

Vandal Graffiti - Eighteen of the most recognized and respected German graffiti writers filmed themselves using head cameras! This is their graffiti documentary in 3D!

Urbex Photography Special

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:45:58 +0000

Photographers around the world are exploring their urban environment nowadays, what makes it difficult to identify the great ones. This special features some of the best urbex photographers.

Skateboard Fireworks Mayhem in Vancouver

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:00:22 +0000

Fantastic impressions from the Leeside skateboard fireworks mayhem during Halloween 2011 in Vancouver, BC including several scary guys and also Zaphod Beeblebrox!

MadC Between the Lines, Graffiti Show

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:08:36 +0000

MadC just opened a new graffiti show at LaGrille Gallery in Switzerland, presenting some artworks of her Transparent series and a nice, hand-made silkscreen print!

Clemens Behr & Romain Froquet - Paris Installation

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:48:28 +0000

The two urban artists Clemens Behr and Romain Froquet got together in 2011 to create some inspiring installations in Paris using nothing more than cardboard, wood, paint and yarn...

Lego Graffiti

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:16:18 +0000

Shooting a Lego graffiti stop-motion video is quite a lot work, I’m pretty sure. This video shows a Lego guy painting a train panel in the yard during night-time...

Da Mental Vaporz Down Under

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:10:07 +0000

French Da Mental Vaporz (DMV) is one of Europe’s finest graffiti crews. Now Bom-K, Blo, Brusk, Dran, Gris1, ISO, Jaw, Kan, and Sowat are heading to Australia...

Conor Harrington Murals in Ireland

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:14:09 +0000

Conor Harrington murals are always a great attraction. In summer 2011, the Irishman painted three amazing, colorful murals during a journey through Ireland!

Anti ACTA - Guy Fawkes in Berlin

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:15:05 +0000

ACTA is one more offensive against the sharing of culture on the Internet. In Berlin, the anti ACTA protest includes thousands of people, including several Guy Fawkes...

Nychos & Flying Fortress: Anatomy of Mother Bear

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:27:22 +0000

Well-known graffiti artists Nychos and Flying Fortress just created this amazing mother bear graffiti in Vienna! It’s the first sweet taste of more they gonna produce together in 2012...

Plane Graffiti - Boneyard Project

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:10 +0000

In my eyes, plane graffiti is next level train graffiti even if the painted aircrafts are old and abandoned. It’s a view you will never forget and for that reason I love the Boneyard Project!

Sticker Exhibition - Stick Core Berlin

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:42:42 +0000

Stick Core Berlin is back with it’s second part, presenting stickers in their wonderful diversity of color, form and expression and discovering this specialized urban medium as a part of street art!

Tram Graffiti

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:23:26 +0000

This fantastic video from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia shows not just tram graffiti action but captures the dream-like atmosphere of a wintry tram yard. A must to watch!

Danny Doom vs. Flamat

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:48:02 +0000

Celebrate this last doomed year 2012 together with urban artist Danny Doom and illustrator Flamat, who recently opened their pair-exhibition at Neonchocolate Gallery in Berlin!

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...

World’s Largest Painting: Bikini Lines

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:03:29 +0000

With special permission from the Marshallese Government, the Bikini Lines project is going to paint the world’s largest painting on the enormous Cactus Dome!

The London Police Interview

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:54:25 +0000

The VNA magazine crew did a great interview with The London Police in Amsterdam. This video features the crème de la crème of the full chat with these street art veterans!

Eloquent Vandals Documentary

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:17:51 +0000

After the Eloquent Vandals book, the Norway’s Nuart Festival recently published the corresponding video documentary, featuring the Nuart urban art festival and its artists!

Urban Exploration Documentary: Crack the Surface 2

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:25:08 +0000

Episode 2 of the urban exploration documentary Crack the Surface takes a look at a small collection of explorers from America and Canada!

Fire Extinguisher Train Graffiti Berlin

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:39:21 +0000

You can see a lot of train graffiti in Berlin and I already saw the weirdest things like semi-automated train graffiti devices, other stuff and of course I know fire extinguisher graffiti and ink tank paintings, but I’ve never heard about people using fire extinguishers to paint their trains - until yesterday…

High Speed Train Graffiti

On my regular way through Berlin I had to wait at Ostkreuz for my train and was pleasantly surprised when that blue dripping babe entered the station. In my eyes this is definitely the next step of train graffiti, taking the fire extinguisher technique to another level! And it perfectly shows what more anti-graffiti cops and criminalization carry through:

Black Hills Not 4 Sale!

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:21:04 +0000

Shepard Fairey’s latest mural in Los Angeles calls attention on the many problems of the native’s reservation in the Black Hills! Check this out...

Urban Freestyle Skiing

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:41:26 +0000

All.I.Can is a stunning exploratory essay that compares the challenges of big mountain skiing to the challenges of global climate change. And this is the part where JP Auclair shows us urban skiing!

Urban Art Berlin: James Bullough & Karl Addison

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:03:58 +0000

Originally from Baltimore and Seattle, Bullough and Addison currently live and work in Berlin. Though their styles and approaches are different, they’re pushing the local urban art scene!

Graffiti History: Larry Lovebone - 1st Tagger Ever!

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:44:17 +0000

Larry Lovebone was probably the first tagger ever! The vanguard of American graffiti artists, including REVOK, RIME and SABER contribute to his legend...

Jakob Tolstrup Studio-Visit

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:43:03 +0000

With Danish artist Jakob Tolstrup in Berlin, the Gemran capital got another attraction! His paintings are humorous illustrated caricatures of modern society. I just visited his studio...

Mark Jenkins Exhibition in Berlin

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:08:01 +0000

Gestalten presented the first solo show in Germany by the renowned American artist Mark Jenkins, who uses ordinary packing tape to create life-size human or animal forms. Here are some photos...

Tarzan’s Giant Swimming Pool

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:21:02 +0000

The abandoned swimming pool Piscine Molitor in Paris, which was inaugurated by famous swimmer and Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller, will be destroyed this year. This is a tribute to the olympic champ!

Mark Jenkins Sculptures - Urban Theater Berlin

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:28:29 +0000

Mark Jenkins in Berlin - For the first time, famous street art sculptor Mark Jenkins is going to exhibit some of his disturbing street installations in the German capital! Check it out...

Web Censorship is Urban Censorship!

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:16:49 +0000

Today is the international protest day against SOPA and PIPA. And because those censorship bills will affect the entire internet we are going to join the protest!

Blu Murals Buenos Aires

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:14:03 +0000

Famous mural art king Blu is on tour through Argentina right now, painting one mural after another in Buenos Aires! This is a collection of his latest wall paintings...

Danny Doom Living Room Art Tour

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:12:38 +0000

Living room art adds warmth - you can read that in every interior design mag. For that reason and because some people will probably call it the most brilliant invention since there are travelling artists, I’m pretty sure you will like Danny Doom’s Living Room Tour 2012:

Urban Living Room Art

After couchsurfing half of his live while traveling with his art, for this doomed last year 2012 Berlin-based urban artist Danny Doom decided to travel the world, using your flats, condos, apartments, houses – the rooms you live in – as a shelter while creating unique urban-inspired artworks for you!

The Toasters Everywhere

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:08:38 +0000

Street art pioneers The Toasters are going to screen their documentary entitled Everywhere in London, Wolverhampton and Helsinki, documenting their street art history...

Skateboard Sculptures by Haroshi

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:06:44 +0000

Skateboard sculptor Haroshi from Japan recently opened a great exhibition in Los Angeles, showing his latest skateboard sculptures made of broken decks! I love that fuckfinger...

Jeff Soto’s Underground Drawings

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:27:04 +0000

Jeff Soto recently explored hidden places around the Metro lines underneath Paris and created some nice underground drawings using nothing more that chalk and his dreams...

JR Inside Out Haiti

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:36:13 +0000

The JR Inside Out Project becomes more and more well-known around the globe. Recently people from Haiti joined the global art project by one of the most popular urban artists with their portraits!

Herakut Mural Time Lapse

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:21:46 +0000

Herakut is probably the most famous German urban art duo. Back in 2011, they traveled Los Angeles and created some amazing murals - this is the corresponding time lapse video!

Urban Exploration eBook

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:17:22 +0000

Urban Exploration Photography is a free urban exploration and photography guide for UrbEx enthusiasts, exploring greenhorns and urban photography beginners by Neil Ta - Get it now!

Yarn Bombing - Spidertag in Porto

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:23:09 +0000

Spanish urban artist Spidertag who is quite well-known in Europe for his yarn bombing artworks (he calls them spider tags) just spent the last days in abandoned buildings in Porto, Portugal and of course created some new stuff using nothing more than a few nails, a hammer and some yarn!

It’s all about nails, yarn, geometry, abstraction and streets. (Spidertag)

Spidertag got quite popular in Berlin, when he visited the city for several weeks back in 2011. Among other things he created together with yarn artists Moneyless and Hottea that one spot for a well-known sports equipment manufacturer…

Graffiti Art Awards 2011

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:52:50 +0000

Awards are always a good chance for artists to become popular. The Graffiti Art Awards 2011 by French Graffiti Art Magazine are no exception, so vote your favorite urban artists now!

Clemens Behr - Urban Places & Spaces

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:53:45 +0000

In my eyes, German artist Clemens Behr was one of the top urban artist around the globe in 2011. He just published this video review you shouldn’t miss to watch - amazing stuff!

Urban Regeneration, ZEDZ

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:33:00 +0000

ZEDZ, well-known Dutch graffiti-writing master, sculptor and urban artist realized a fine art print that subsequently went painted on a huge bridge in Milan...

Urbanism & City Culture Trends 2012

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:26:02 +0000

Urbanism is a wide field combing urban design, city culture, technology, and social approaches. The idea is to make urban landscapes a better place to live and here are the trends for 2012...

Stencil Street Art: Sten & Lex in Rome

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:59:36 +0000

Well-known Italian street art duo Sten and Lex just created a new, phenomenal stencil artwork in the streets of Rome, transporting an old paste-up to a new location...

Burning Freerunners in a Concrete Circus

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:16:14 +0000

Freerunning at its best - The short film Storm Origins shows three professional freerunners in action, running, jumping and flying through a concrete circus including a flamethrower and inline skates...

Urban Art Umbrellas

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:26:16 +0000

Do you ever saw urban art umbrella designed by well-known artists like A1one, Papermonster or Cabaio on the streets of your city? If not you should check them out...

Best of Urban Art 2011

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:14:49 +0000

Writing top-lists seems to be quite common round about New Year’s Eve. This is a small collection of great 2011 reviews presenting together the Best of Urban Art 2011! Check this out...

Top Urban Art Actions 2011

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:26:23 +0000

This urban art recap is about the top ten urban art actions which took place during 2011, including automated train graffiti machines as well as molotov cocktail art and an advertising takeover...

Top 10 Urban Artists 2011

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:11:22 +0000

Guess who’re the top 10 Urban Artists 2011! To recap the last 52 weeks, I wrote down some of the most influential and popular names from both, the street art and graffiti scene.

Top 5 of Urban Artcore 2011

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:27:19 +0000

2011 Recap: Graffiti Wars, train-writing documentaries, Banksy dummies and animal murals - that were this year’s most popular urban art news on Urbanartcore. What a nice year!

Tilt – Anarchy in the UK

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:20:24 +0000

French graffiti artist Tilt, renowned for painting on buildings, canvases and naked women, just painted the Union Jack made up of lyrics from the Sex Pistols God Save the Queen...

Vermibus Ad Takeover in Berlin

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:14:33 +0000

Another advertising takeover recently took place in Berlin! Vermibus transformed several ad posters in light boxes in Berlin’s city. Looks quite interesting...

VNA #17 - The London Police

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:12:43 +0000

Recently, the 17th issue of the famous Very Nearly Almost Magazine was published, including a The London Police special and great artists interviews. Due to X-mas, I’ll give away a free copy...

Wooden Installations, X-Rayed Buildings, Graffiti in Japan & an online 1UP

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:55:56 +0000

Shortly before X-mas, I again collected the latest street art and graffiti news from around the globe, including wooden installations in Paris, X-Rayed Buildings in Budapest, Graffiti in Japan, the free 1UP movie and more!

Quintessenz Creation: Color my Kingdom

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:54:04 +0000

During the IBUg street art festival 2011 German creative collective Quintessenz Creation produced a new stop motion film, using stop motion techniques, live sequences and loads of colorful paint...

Buff Diss & Clemens Behr in Berlin

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:13:13 +0000

Berlin-based urban artists Buff Diss and Clemens Behr created a nice cardboard and tape art installation for the subversive urban art x-mas market which took place last weekend in Berlin! Here’re some photos from the setup...

Neko - NY Light Takeover

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:14:51 +0000

New York City based urban artist Neko transforms advert light-boxes into artistic, colorful installations by modifying the lights, windows, etc. Looks damn great and is a good thing to do!

Shepard Fairey: Protester of the Year

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:10:28 +0000

The Protester is the person of the year! And what’s equally interesting is the fact that no one else than Shepard Fairey himself designed the cover, again...

Vhils - Destruction Art Book

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:54:36 +0000

Vhils is undoubtedly one of the most skilled and talented young artists on the urban art scene. He creates technically masterful, contemporary portraits...This is his book!

Stattmarkt: Urban Art X-Mas Market

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:00:49 +0000

If you’re an urban art enthusiast and you’re still searching for a nice X-mas present, you should definitely check out the upcoming urban art X-mas market in the Stattbad pools in Berlin!

Inside a Clemens Behr Installation

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:11:40 +0000

Clemens Behr is well-known for his cardboard street installations not just in Europe. Recently he created a massive, accessible new installation in the show-room of Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin. Awesome!

One United Power: A Celebration of Berlin's Graffiti Culture

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:47:26 +0000

Whether up on roofs, down in subway tunnels, on trains, cars or walls, 1UP is everywhere and for that reason an inherent part of Berlin’s street culture and graffiti scene. This is the review of their film...

Style needs no Color - Urban Illustration

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:35:24 +0000

Style Needs No Color works on the notion that excessive colors and flashy techniques should not be used to repair a weak foundation. It’s a perfect book for fans of urban-inspired illustration...

Walls & Frames - Fine Street Art

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:25:49 +0000

Nowadays, young urban artists are going beyond their work on the streets to present their innovative styles in galleries. Walls & Frames by Maximiliano Ruiz focuses on this new street artist generation...

Google meets Urban Art

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:55:47 +0000

Urbanartcore has its own page on Google+! Make sure to add the new, official Urbanartcore fan-page to your circles and to spread the word, because it’s going to become huge!

Simplicity in Urban Art

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:31:22 +0000

Simplicity is often difficult, usually undefined and always rare. That fact is examined by the Simple is Rare exhibition at Berlin’s Neurotitan Gallery, presenting a group of talented young urban-influenced artists!

Underbelly Paris, Abandoned Urban Art

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:45:06 +0000

Underbelly Paris brings the abandoned urban art gallery flair from New York to Europe. The crew for this time included both, heavyweights as well as relative newcomers on the urban art continuum...

Bien Urbain Palisade, Nelio et al

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:32:21 +0000

As a part of the Bien Urbain street art festival, three Frenchman recently transformed an ugly wooden fence into a nice urban art palisade. Watch Nelio, Tblr*one and Zerozedrip in action!

Russian Urban Art: CHO Crew Film

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:09:29 +0000

Russian CHO crew documented their urban art actions in Russia and Spain and recently published their first graffiti film supported by Obey. The documentary gives a nice insight into their diverse street actions - watch it now!

Graffiti Vandals: Good Behavior

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:04:16 +0000

What’s good behavior in a graffiti context? In his latest video, Barcelona-based photographer German Rigol shows us his interpretation, presenting writers, tags and street action!

Off the Beaten Tracks Photography

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:51:09 +0000

Off the Beaten Tracks is the name of a nice group-show by four talented photographers, focusing on the often bizarre protagonists of the multiple parallel worlds around us...

3ttman: Muralissimo in Kiev

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:56:41 +0000

3ttman had been invited by the Muralissimo street art festival to paint a facade in Kiev and enjoyed not just painting a big mural, but also the hospitality and kindness of Ukrainian people...

Aryz - Hello World Exhibition

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:44:01 +0000

Aryz, one of the most famous urban artists around the world, opened his Hello World exhibition at the Montana Gallery in Barcelona just a few days ago, presenting oil paintings and drawings...

Jakob Tolstrup, Works of Art Exhibition

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:25:16 +0000

Last Friday, Danish artist Jakob Tolstrup opened his Work of Art solo-show at Voo Store in Berlin, presenting his latest Berlin inspired drawings and paintings...

Animae Dementia Berlin Exploration

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:37:38 +0000

French urban art crew Animae Dementia is exploring Berlin at the moment, for what reason we got some nice new mural art attractions in some of our abandoned areas! Check this out...

New Banksy, Huge Murals, Edible Spray Paint & a Beer Fountain

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:19:07 +0000

Unfortunately I don’t have enough time to write about all the great things taking place around the world. This is a small collection of new murals, fantastic sculptures, installations and other dope street art and graffiti things!

Warsaw All-star Mural: Nawer, Chazme718, Sepe & Roem

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:59:38 +0000

Well-known graffiti artists Nawer, Chazme718, Sepe and Roem teamed up earlier this year and painted a dope mural in Warsaw. Here are some photos - Better late than never!

Panos Sklavenitis - No Signal in Athens

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:46:22 +0000

Greek artist Panos Sklavenitis created a nice, huge mural in the streets of Athens, describing the actual feeling in Greece in a perfect, pragmatic way! I like it...

Evol in London

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:25:18 +0000

Famous stencil artist Evol recently hit the streets of London! For a few days now, a new stencil art city can be found near Smithfield Market in the British capital. Check this out!

Buff Diss, Something from Nothing London

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:06:57 +0000

A few days ago, the Make Something from Nothing art event launched in London’s Village Underground, what is why Australian tape artist Buff Diss visited the city and taped a new dope mural...

Creating like a Pro, Urban Art Photography

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:38:56 +0000

My new photo-series shows spray cans, brushes, paint buckets, masking tape, markers, gloves, even more cans, fire-extinguishers, and everything else a street or graffiti artist probably needs...

A Graffiti Odyssey: 1UP Crew’s One United Power

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:27:57 +0000

Famous Berlin-based 1UP crew is going to release their own documentary DVD this December, including graffiti actions, street-pieces, roof-top rollers, whole-cars and more from Berlin and elsewhere!

Stephen Hiam’s Chaos Painting Machine

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:46:12 +0000

Painting with self-made or customized machines, Berlin-based graffiti-inspired artist Stephen Hiam creates crazy abstract artworks by combining paint and chaos! Check him out...

The Art of Hacking

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:33:30 +0000

In short The Art of Hacking combines artists’ technical skills with the optimism to solve problems and the urge to overcome artistic limitations. A must to see for Anonymous fans and hacking enthusiasts...

London’s Most Public Gallery

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:38:57 +0000

London’s most famous public art gallery at Village Underground is turning five years old, for what reason they try to evolve by transforming their walls into an permanent art space...

Triumph & Tragedy: Revok in Hamburg

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:34:48 +0000

Famous LA based graffiti artist Revok is going have his first solo-show in Germany! Hamburg’s Vicious Gallery will present his latest body of work, including artworks being based on found objects from Detroit!

Voina Protest In Prague

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:54:49 +0000

Russian art collective Voina recently brought their protest to Prague, by displaying a massive photograph of one of their members. It’s another sign against the criminalization of political activists in Russia...

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!

Arabic Graffiti

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:59:15 +0000

Arabic script has experienced a revival. To celebrate this revelation of beauty the book Arabic Graffiti brings together artists, graffiti writers and typographers from Middle East who merge Arabic calligraphy with urban culture...

Roa in Western Australia

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:17:14 +0000

In the last months, famous urban artist and animal painter Roa was able to paint a bunch of great walls in Western Australia. Here are some photos of his latest mural artworks from Perth and Fremantle...

Brad Downey: Spontaneous Sculptures

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:51:33 +0000

With the element of surprise firmly on his side, the American artist Brad Downey creates powerful interventions that visually disrupt the routine of our urban perception. This is his spontaneous sculptures book...

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!

CHO Crew, Russian Graffiti

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:17:19 +0000

Russian graffiti crew CHO is going to publish a nice film about the actions they did while traveling through Spain, France and Russia. This is the first teaser...

Amateur, Swiss Urban Art Mag

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:43:40 +0000

The latest issue of Amateur Magazine, an independent print publication with an open eye on Swiss and international urban art, illustration, design, DIY cultures and streetwear, is the first part of the books and magazines special!

Urban Art Books & Mags Special

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:09:04 +0000

To help you finding the right, good reading for the upcoming cold and dark days, I’m going to present you some of the latest urban art related books and magazine I got in the last weeks...

Smash 137 & RuediOne in Paris

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:57:38 +0000

Grow up! is the phrase famous writer Smash 137 heard so often from the mouths of his parents when he was going out to paint. RuediOne took some nice photos of the corresponding exhibition!

Street Propaganda: Water Calligraphy

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:33:53 +0000

The Water Calligraphy Device by Nicholas Hanna is a nice, effective and eco friendly way to temporarily spread your street propaganda thoughts in urban environment!

ECB Mural in London

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:58:25 +0000

German urban artist Hendrik Beikirch aka ECB visited London back in September to paint one of his well-known greyscale face murals for Soon Gallery. Recently the corresponding documentary was published!

Abstract Graffiti: Graphic Surgery in Dresden

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:26:49 +0000

As a part of the CityBilder project, famous abstract graffiti duo Graphic Surgery just finished painting a new mural in Dresden, Germany. The black and white piece is called Bauhaus...

Guerrilla, A Street Intervention

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:03:38 +0000

Guerrilla, A Street Intervention is a nice short film by Dutch based, street art inspired artist and filmmaker Sjors Vervoort. Ingredients: cardboard, paint, graffiti, tape, paper and creativity!

Roa in Australia, a new Brad Downey Book & Murals around the Globe

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:14:02 +0000

This weeks urban art link-tips include info about Roa in Australia, a new Brad Downey book, fantastic murals by Pixelpancho, and even more street art and graffiti news from around the globe!

Danish Graffiti: Copenhagen Trains

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:12:13 +0000

Copenhagen Trains: Vandal Tactics is a nice documentary featuring some of the key players in the Copenhagen train scene which just went online, for what reason you are able to watch it now!

DIY Graffiti Umbrellas

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:22:34 +0000

I never saw an graffiti umbrella before so I liked the idea by Dutch graffiti artists Sons and Romeo who recently customized their umbrellas using spray-paint! The ultimate thing against the upcoming wet weather...

Meeting of Styles 2011 Review

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:57:57 +0000

Including around 60 handpicked graffiti artists painting walls, canvases, and boards throughout the day to a backdrop of hip-hop, reggae, ska and more, this year’s Meeting of Styles looks like a big success...

How & Nosm Mural, Los Angeles

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:07:50 +0000

As part of the L.A. Freewalls project, the latest mural artwork by Spanish-born urban artists How & Nosm worked finally out as a master-piece! Take a look and be impressed...

Crash Art - Mr Dheo

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:33:37 +0000

Dedicates mostly to photo-realistic creations, Portuguese urban artist Mr. Dheo addresses car crashes with lethal consequences in his latest painting on a scrap yard...

Europe’s Largest Street Art Event

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:11:25 +0000

Earlier this year, 72 urban artists from around the globe descended on Bristol for See No Evil, Europe’s largest street art event. With over 13,000 spray-cans they created a massive outdoor gallery in the city center...

Adnate in Berlin, Documentary

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:12:37 +0000

Australian graffiti artist Matt Adnate just visited Berlin and in addition to his solo-show at Box32 Gallery did some trips to abandoned building around the city to create some of his dope murals...

Freedom Park Berlin

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:48:29 +0000

For the 50th anniversary of the beginning of building the berlin wall in 1961 the Freedom Park exhibition presents a selection of paintings by contemporary artists made on the original cement segments of the Berlin Wall.

Da Mental Vaporz Mural in Brest

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:15:49 +0000

Talented graffiti crew Da Mental Vaporz recently finished their works on their new mural in the French city of Brest! The new exquisite corpse like masterpiece combines the styles of each DMV member...

Banksy, Myths & Legends

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:07:13 +0000

No single living artist has created as many myths, rumours and legends as Banksy. The book Banksy: Myths and Legends by Marc Leverton includes all the stories, myths and legends about the popular street artist...

VNA meets Invader

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:50:23 +0000

In August 2011, the Very Nearly Almost Magazine crew hooked up with famous street art legend Invader in Paris. The result was a great feature in the latest issue and a nice interview...

Visual Intervention, Mural Art Project in Rochester

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:44:13 +0000

Believe/ Visual Intervention is a short documentary which chronicles a first-of-its-kind public art mural project which took place in Rochester, NY in July 2011, involving local artists and a group of four artists from Cape Town...

Crimes of Minds - Da Mental Vaporz Session

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:14:06 +0000

Famous French graffiti crew Da Mental Vaporz recently started to paint a massive wall in Brest! The wall belongs to the urban art festival Crimes of Minds which started already in April...

Urban Artists in Action, Art Takes Miami Voting

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:14:48 +0000

I need your support to make it possible to win the People’s Choice Award of this year’s Art Takes Miami contest! All you have to do is to simply vote for me and my Urban Artists in Action #1 photo-series...

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, New Cardboard Installations

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:15:48 +0000

Well-known German urban artist Clemens Behr recently updated his online portfolio, presenting his latest cardboard installation artworks he created in Amiens, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Malmo! Take a look...

Artconnect Berlin: Artists Network

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:43:08 +0000

Artconnect Berlin is a networking platform with the aim to become the online core of the creative community in Berlin, facilitating the flow of information, contact, ideas, jobs and services, promoting the development of artistic projects in Berlin.

Matt Adnate Exhibition Photos

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:07:28 +0000

Matt Adnate’s exhibition Point of View opened its doors last week! The Australian graffiti artist presents his latest series of canvas paintings, combining tagging elements and photo-realistic painting...

TV Kills Your Brain - Boa Mistura

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:20:42 +0000

For their latest exhibition, Spanish urban art collective Boa Mistura created a nice old-school TV installation, entitled Planned Obsolescence!

Sydney: McGee Wall to be Buffed!

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:59:42 +0000

A nice tag-wall by famous American artist Barry McGee is going to be buffed by Sydney’s city council! The wall was accidentally painted as a part of the Art & About festival...

Urban Art Recap, September 2011

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:25:15 +0000

IBUg photos, the Mode2 exhibition in Berlin, a Banksy piece by Brad Downey, a doomsday photo-series and the new Blu mural in Cologne - These are the most popular posts on Urbanartcore from September...

Ozmo’s Big Fish Mural, London

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:25:34 +0000

Well-known Italian painter and street artist Gionata Gesi aka Ozmo recently created a new mural in London named Big Fish Eat Small Fish! Here are some first photos of the entire creation process by Petra Valenti...

Blo - New Mural in Berlin

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:18:42 +0000

Painting a whole week, Da Mental Vaporz member and well-known graffiti artist Blo recently finished a new, huge mural in Berlin! Here are some nice insights of the entire creation process...!

Transamerican Map Works

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:25:41 +0000

Matthew Cusick uses transamerican physical maps to create fantastic portrait-works by cutting and pasting small map-snippets together! The results are just superb and a must to see...

Word To Mother Studio Shots

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:59:01 +0000

British lad Word To Mother, one of my favorite London-based urban artists, is preparing his upcoming exhibition at Stolen Space Gallery right now! Photographer Ian Cox recently visited his studio...

Manolis Anastasakos: Praying in Athens

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:25:52 +0000

Manolis Anastasakos and the Kretsis crew recently created a fantastic comment on Europe’s social, economical and political crisis, by painting Dürer’s Praying Hands upside down on a huge wall in Athens city center...

Sky Writing, Urbex in Moscow, Human Rights & Car Sculptures

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:43:35 +0000

Sky-writing, new Sam3 murals, dope urbex in Moscow, a tribute to a Human Rights Award winner, new Space Invaders, a car sculpture and Artillerie photos - that are this week’s urban art link-tips...

Mode2 Solo-Show, Berlin

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:28:02 +0000

With his first solo-show in Berlin, graffiti-legend Mode2 created an atmosphere in which the viewer is being stimulated to think about their own sexuality and confront their own universes of associative conditioning...

London Graffiti - Leake St Tunnel

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:34:16 +0000

London’s Leake St Tunnel is a Mecca for writers and graffiti artists from all over the British capital and also attracts loads of tourists since it became legal to paint inside the tunnel in 2008...

Review: Eurocultured Street Festival in Turku

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:35:51 +0000

Eurocultured Retrospective is a half an hour documentary exploring the Eurocultured Festivals origins and unique delights featuring live performances and interviews with famous graffiti artists like Aryz...

Mode2 Offerings in Berlin!

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:23:17 +0000

For his first ever solo exhibition in a Berlin gallery, Mode2 has created a new series of works centered on the female body. His obsession for the subject is ever present throughout his work...

Berlin-Ostkreuz Documentary

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:25:21 +0000

Before the reconstruction of Ostkreuz started, the station was the mother-of-all old-school interchange stations in the Eastern-part of Berlin. This documentary shows some impressions from the good old days...

Point of View, Matt Adnate Exhibition

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:55:17 +0000

Australian graffiti artist Matt Adnate is going to open his first solo-exhibition in Berlin at the end of this month! Entitled Point of View, the show presents his latest, Berlin-inspired photo-realistic spray-paintings...

Rero, La Jarry, Paris

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:35:59 +0000

French urban artist Rero recently painted the facade of the La Jarry building, an art, studio and exhibition space for many urban artists which is planned to break down by the city of Paris. Paradigm describes it perfectly...

Karl Addison & James Bullough, Mural in Berlin

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:21:11 +0000

Berlin-based urban artists Karl Addison and James Bullough created a new mural in Berlin-Kreuzberg a few days ago. Recently they published a short video documenting the entire painting action! Watch it now...

Sampa Graffiti - Graffiti from São Paulo

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:13:08 +0000

Sampa Graffiti is a video series that focuses on graffiti artists and their work in the city of São Paulo. Recently they released a new episode featuring graffiti artist Cranio. It’s definitely worth to watch the entire series!

Reclaim the Streets - Parking Day 2011

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:53:17 +0000

Tomorrow is world Park(ing) Day again! With the intention to reclaim the streets, hundreds of guerrilla art installations will be created in parking bays around the globe. Anything planned in Berlin?

Banksy Revealed!

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:52:52 +0000

An original, eight years old Banksy mural was recently revealed by Berlin-based artist Brad Downey and curator Andrian Nabi! The wall was originally painted by the most famous street artist during the Bach Jumps festival in 2003...

Doomsday: Danny Doom in Action

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:19:06 +0000

Danny Doom started with graffiti, got into painting and traditional design till he ended up mixing traditional and digital art. I took some photos of him in action during the IBUg 2011 preparation week...

Herakut Book: After The Laughter

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:36:15 +0000

German urban art books publisher Publikat is going to publish the second book about the most popular German urban art duo Herakut! With 240 fully collaged pages it gives detailed insights into their creative process...

The Alex Diamond Mining Company

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:17:06 +0000

Just as the characters, also Alex Diamond is genderless, ageless and nation-less. His/ her latest exhibition, The Alex Diamond Mining Company, is still running at Vicious Gallery in Hamburg and a must to see!

Agents Of Change: 3 Kings

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:27:06 +0000

Two Agents of Change crew members, Remi/Rough and System, painted a large-scale wall commemorating three true graffiti-kings earlier this year! In my eyes they did a nice job...

IBUg Photos: Urban Art Festival

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:33:38 +0000

Photos, photos, and even more photos - I recently finished uploading my impressions from the IBUg 2011 urban art festival, which brought together nearly 150 urban artists from all over Europe, the USA and China...

Girls on Bikes, Isolated Spaces, a Week in Paris & Gallery Openings

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:57:39 +0000

A lot urban art related stuff happened during the week I visited the urban art festival IBUg in Saxon, for what reason I put together my favorite street art and graffiti news and created this weeks urban art link-tips...

Yarn-Bombing Berlin: Moneyless, Hottea & Spidertag

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:51:55 +0000

It’s always impressing to see what some people are able to create just with a single yarn-thread! Earlier this year the four urban artists Moneyless, Hottea, Spidertag and Aimee Dymond bombed Berlin with their urban thread-art...

Berlin Dynamic - City Portrait

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:02:49 +0000

Berlin Dynamic by Matthias Makarinus is one of the best city portraits I’ve ever watched! Including about 50.000 single photos, this stop motion video presents some great impressions from the streets of Berlin...

Herakut Mural - CityLeaks Festival

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:58:34 +0000

Famous urban art duo Hera and Akut recently created a new mural - this time in Cologne, as a part of the currently running CityLeaks urban art festival! It’s a real eye-catcher again and definitely worth to check it out...

Chifumi - Wheatpastes, Installations, Urban Hacking

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:20:22 +0000

Based near the German-French border Chifumi creates not just fantastic wheatpastes, but also cardboard installations and urban hacks. Check out his latest works and be impressed by his versatility!

Blu Mural, Cologne

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:30:37 +0000

This stop-motion video focuses on the entire creation process of Blu’s anti-BP mural and the Captain Borderline painting for the urban art festival CityLeaks in the heart of Cologne, which were created earlier this year!

Argentinian Street Art Culture

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:07:36 +0000

Including the story of José Carlos Martinat Mendoza and interviews with local artists, this Argentinian street art documentary gives a nice insight into urban art culture in Buenos Aires!

Urban Art Recap, August 2011

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:06:47 +0000

Banksy vs. Robbo, a roadshow, a new Shepard Fairey mural, abandoned places in Berlin and Berlin Wall paintings - these are the five top stories on Urbanartcore in August 2011. Urban Art Recap features the most visited stories a second time...

IBUg 2011 – Urban Art Festival Photos

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:24:35 +0000

During the last week, this year’s urban art festival IBUg took place in a small town in the eastern part of Germany, bringing together about 100 urban artists from all over Europe who together repainted an abandoned factory...

Murals, Megaphone, Monster Interview & a Trashman

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:58:16 +0000

This week’s urban art link-tips includes not just a story about a trashman, an interview with MyMo, and some megaphone installation action, but also amazing walls painted by amazing street art and graffiti artists...

Tallest Mural Worldwide?!

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:07:14 +0000

Urban artist Sam3 recently created the probably tallest mural artwork worldwide! In Atlanta, the Spanish painted a 15-story-tall motive on a wall as a part of the Living Walls street art conference...

Joyland: Abandoned Amusement Park

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:29:21 +0000

Including a wooden roller coaster and Western building attractions, the 1949 built, abandoned Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita, Kansas is nowadays a playground for urban explorers. Watch this film and you know what I mean...

Ghost Wonderland: Abandoned Theme Park

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:56:56 +0000

It’s just unbelievable what fantastic abandoned places can be found all over the globe! Recently I stumbled upon this great ghost Wonderland theme park near Beijing, including a castle, Western buildings and other attractions...

Helios - 3D Projection Mapping

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:27:41 +0000

During the Skyway International Light Festival in Poland, the facade projection crew Limelight created a fantastic 3D projection mapping in public space, explaining the story of the heliocentric theory by Nicolaus Copernicus...

Nunca, Berlin Wall Graffiti

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:11:21 +0000

Famous Brazilian graffiti artists Nunca just visited Berlin to paint an original wall segments from the former inner-German border as a part of the Berlin Wall Freedom Park in memory of the Berlin Wall building up 50 years ago...

Bien Urbain, Street Art Festival

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:03:46 +0000

The street art festival Bien Urbain brings together ten well-known urban artists in the French city of Besançon throughout this September to question people about the general usage of public space...

Abandoned Places in Berlin

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:32:56 +0000

With its more or less hidden abandoned factories, buildings and decayed industrial areas Berlin is definitely a playground for urban explorers from all over the globe! Today I’d like to introduce some top-spots to you...

King Robbo, Yarn Lettering, Urban Hacking & a Riot Sign

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:42:39 +0000

Here are this weeks urban art link-tips fresh from my street art and graffiti news center, including news about the King Robbo fund-raiser event, Bratwurst hacking in Germany, a new mural by Aryz and some other interesting stuff!

Berlin Wall Freedom Park

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:49:56 +0000

In memory of the Berlin Wall building up 50 years ago and to create an artistic sign for freedom, eight famous urban artists including Superblast, Nunca and Miss Van are going to repaint several original wall segments!

Augmented Reality Tagging - iPhone App

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:26:12 +0000

Recently the first augmented reality iPhone app for virtually tagging the street was released! The app called Street Tag allows you to spray-paint walls in real time without fearing arrest and some more...

Banksy’s Antics Roadshow Online!

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:12:32 +0000

Banksy’s Antics Roadshow is online and can be watched without any geo-location restrictions! The show, featuring fantastic guerrilla art interventions, charted the history of behaving badly in public last Saturday in British TV...

Matt Adnate, Studio-Visit

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:07:56 +0000

The latest artworks by Australian urban artist Matt Adnate combine the roughness of graffiti and the softness of photo-realistic details! I recently met him in his studio while preparing artworks for his upcoming solo-show in Berlin...

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...

Graffiti Wars: Banksy vs. Robbo

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:20:57 +0000

For weeks new facts, info and backgrounds about the Robbo vs. Banksy battle spooked through the urban art scene around the world last year. Now the graffiti vs. street art war has an own documentary...

Banksy’s Antics Roadshow

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:44:27 +0000

Banksy’s Antics Roadshow charts the history of behaving badly in public, from anarchists and activists to attention seeking eccentrics and is definitely a must to watch for every guerrilla art enthusiast...

Shepard Fairey, Oslo Memorial

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:14:51 +0000

Shepard Fairey designed the first memorial mural to honour the victims of the terror of July 22 in Oslo! His staff recently pasted up the huge mural at Kirkeveien 59 in the city center communicating peace...

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...

The City Speaks: Living Walls 2011

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:15:09 +0000

This year’s Living Walls conference is taking place next week again in Atlanta. Bringing together not just street artists from around the world but also urban art patron, this event is an urban art highlight in 2011!

Graffiti City

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:01:52 +0000

Tag’n’Tof is a French participatory urban art installation project. Organized by the PhotoGraff Collectif 100 graffiti artists were recently invited to paint a city made of paper, cardboard and monochrome photos!

Vhils Documentary

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:02:58 +0000

When Vhils visited California for his European Bailout Show he also went on the streets creating some of his popular wall artworks. Carlos Gonzalez documented the whole deconstruction progress!

Street Never Ends, Art Never Dies

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:26:17 +0000

Mein Lieber Prost or Prost for short, recently opened his first solo-exhibition in Berlin, presenting his latest paintings, drawings and adbustings in a colorful art show! Here are some first photos from the opening ceremony...

Meeting of Styles, UK 2011

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:19:36 +0000

Next weekend, this year’s meeting of Styles UK is taking place in London! Bringing together about 60 graffiti artists, party vibes, BBQ and bars, this graffiti event is becoming a massive street festival...

Truly Design: Anamorphic Medusa

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:46:45 +0000

The Italian Truly Design crew recently showedus the next level of anamorphic graffiti by creating a great masterpiece, using a crazy interaction of spray-paint, perspective and space! This medusa painting is definitely an eye-catcher...

Postmodern Zombieism, Murals, Interviews & Adbusting

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:23:09 +0000

Nychos did some Zombieism in Cologne, Zosen worked on Postmodernism and some dope new mural artworks as well as interviews and adbustings were created...Here are the urban art short news!

Shepard Fairey Mural, Copenhagen

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:16:28 +0000

Shepard Fairey is painting murals in Copenhagen right now. His first peace dove wall is located on Jagtvej 69, the address of Copenhagen’s former Ungedomshuset! Let’s see what else is going to come up...

The Street Arts Melting Pot

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:07:56 +0000

The Street Arts Melting Pot festival is a international event for street arts, bringing together about 2.000 artists and performers from all over the world in Hamburg! It will take place this September or the first time...

Boxi at Lazarides, Photos

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:52:16 +0000

Famous stencil artist Boxi opened his Time Of The Signs exhibition in London’s Lazarides gallery just a few days ago, showing some of his well-known stencil artworks! Here are first photos...

Skateboard Shades

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:52:29 +0000

Those Skateboard Shades are the perfect an accessory every skateboard enthusiast around the globe! Produced by Eric Singer and made from broken decks, this first experimental version looks mega-dope!

JR’s Al Jazeera Interview

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:47:26 +0000

Famous photographer and paste-up artist JR talked to Arabian news channel Al Jazeera about his latest Inside Out project, the democratic ideals behind it and also other projects he did in the last years!

Aryz, Huge in Italy!

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:05:23 +0000

Aryz is not just one of my favorite artists, but one of the most famous urban artists in Europe! The Barcelona-based Spaniard recently created another impressive and huge mural artwork, this time in Italy...

Urban Art Recap, July 2011

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:01:06 +0000

A new Banksy, Roa in Berlin, a graffiti mobile, a guy who fucks around with graffiti and the Adidas Urban Art Series - these are the five top stories on Urbanartcore in July 2011. Urban Art Recap features the most visited stories a second time...

Žilda vs. Rö - Assassination of Marat

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:39:23 +0000

Two French street artist, Žilda and Rö, created their interpretation of a painting by Jean-Joseph Weerts, entitled The Assassination of Marat, by combining different styles and media...

Czarnobyl - Heavy Metal Stencil Art

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:00:28 +0000

Berlin-based street artist Czarnobyl is one of the most famous stencil artists in town. Recently he finished soem new artworks of a new series combining rough spray-painted backgrounds and multi-layered stencils...

Ronzo’s Credit Crunch Monster Relocated!

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:57:37 +0000

London-based street artist Ronzo just had to relocate his famous Credit Crunch Monster monument! The unofficial mascot of London’s Great Eastern Street is now located at Brick Lane’s Truman Brewery in Shoreditch...

Herakut Installation in Newcastle

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:02:10 +0000

Famous urban art duo Herakut recently created a dope installation in Newcastle. While painting a room at OneThirty3 they also talked about their work, the intention behind the installation and other stuff... Watch the entire interview now!

Abstract Graffiti: Graphic Surgery & Nawer in Krakow

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:48:49 +0000

Again urban art from Poland: Abstract graffiti masters Graphic Surgery and Nawer recently teamed up in Krakow (Poland) to create this mind-blowing new mixture of abstract wall graffiti and 3D installation!

Australian Urban Artists: Meggs, Lister & Kid Zoom

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:58:58 +0000

The three renowned Australian urban artists Meggs, Anthony Lister and Kid Zoom recently independently visited the UK and were brought together by the VNA crew to paint in an derelict warehouse! This is the documentary...

Samy Deluxe Poetry Tagging

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:18:41 +0000

Hamburg-based rapper Samy Deluxe, the Typeholics design studio and other creative heads just created a new great music video for his new single Poesie Album. Including some nice tag-styles and calligraphy, this video makes fun!

Outer Space Tag, Abstract Graffiti, Urban Hacking, Sculptures & Political Action

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:56:28 +0000

It’s time again for a link-tip collection! Because it’s been quite a week for me at least I had no time to post about these great street art actions, urban hackers, graffiti artists, documentaries and urban artworks...

Street Art Strategies

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:37:18 +0000

There are many well-known street artist out there, do you think they all have a special street art strategy - some kind of a big concept connecting their artworks? If so, what do you think is the best strategy to become an infamous street artist?

JR’s Inside Out Project

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:46:11 +0000

The 2011 TED Prize winner and well-known French photographer JR started the Inside Out project earlier this year with the idea to create the world’s largest participatory art project! Recently the first episode of the documentary was published!

Spree Parade Against Mediaspree

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:20:17 +0000

This year’s Spree-Parade was a great success - About 3,000 demonstrating, dancing and raving people protested against gentrification in general and specifically Berlin’s largest property investment project Mediaspree!

Interview: Pure Evil London

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:32:23 +0000

Pure Evil is not just urban artist but one of the most influential gallery owners in Europe. His Pure Evil Gallery is cross-border well-known for presenting top artists from around the globe. Spine TV recently visited his rooms...

Fuck You Graffiti Art!

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:11:43 +0000

Swedish graffiti artist and one of the worst graffiti vandals in Stockholm Nug, just hit the streets of an old Italian town as a part of this year’s Fame Festival! Although the result is somehow messy, watching the action is quite fun...

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...

El Bocho Interview

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:08:46 +0000

El Bocho is creating street art for years now for what reason his artworks like the large-scale painted paste-ups can by found not just in Berlin. Recently he gave a little interview about his characters, street-art, life and communication...

Roa’s New Book: First Insights!

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:27:57 +0000

First and exclusive insights into the new and limited book Roa: An Introduction To Animal Representation! The book, including sketches and drawings by Roa as well as photos and texts was presented first during his opening in Berlin...

Urban Exploring: Crack The Surface

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:28:04 +0000

Crack The Surface is probably becoming the flagship series for urban exploring! Including interesting interview as well as brilliant footage from underground drains, roofs of skyscrapers and subway stations, this first episode makes hearts leap for joy...

Roa Exhibition in Berlin - Photos

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:51:07 +0000

Famous Belgian urban artist Roa opened his first Berlin solo-exhibition yesterday at Skalizers Gallery. Again he created a fantastic show, including murals, installations, paintings and drawings presenting animals in his well-known style. Here are some first photos!

Adidas Urban Artists Series

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:46:22 +0000

When a big company advertises their brand by showing art, it’s always a bit strange to report on those events. However I enjoyed catching up with Mr. Jago and Chow Martin during the Adidas Urban Artists Series exhibition opening in Berlin...

The Graffiti Mobile

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:06:52 +0000

This fantastic Graffiti Mobile is a dream for every graffiti enthusiast, old or young, talented or not. Famous Australian Everfresh crew (Yes, that are the boys with the biggest marker worldwide!) had the idea to create this fully furnished van, including everything you need for having some good fun in a city.

The load contains in addition to a shelf full of cans and caps, paint bucks, rollers, KRink fire-extinguishers, a crowbar, a side cutter and also a mask, a keg of beer and (as a special gimmick) a old-school boombox, what makes it possible to hit the streets totally independent for some days!

Dave the Chimp - DIY Skate & Paint Device

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:39:00 +0000

After that nice Spray Paint Skateboard Interface by D*Face became popular (just check e.g. hypebeast, ukstreetart, urbanshit or welikethat) well-known, Berlin-based urban artist Dave the Chimp created his own DIY Skate & Paint Device and sent in that way some beef over to LA…

You don’t need money, famous friends, and months of research and development to create something - you just need to think and to play. So switch off your computer, switch on your brain, and go create something fantastic yourself - you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve!!! (Dave the Chimp)

D*Face Spray Paint Skateboard

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:16:13 +0000

D*Face is skateboarding addicted - We knew that not just since he transformed the Ridiculous Pool into a skull-hell back in 2009! But know there’s no open question left…

The famous urban artist recently went back to Peter King’s backyard in LA having a new invention, the so-called DFace Spray Paint Skateboard Interface*, in his bag, which allows skateboarders to add a spray-can to their deck. This can be easily triggered using a wireless clicker, what makes it possible to skate and paint the floor concurrent.

Prost & Think for Bright Trade Show

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:55:01 +0000

Well-known Berlin-based street artists Mein Lieber Prost and Think messed around with loads of spray-paint setting up their walls for the Bright Trade Show in Berlin. I spent some hours and took some photos of both artists in action...

Laser Tagging 2.0 - Laser Knuckles

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:31:34 +0000

The French Graffiti Research Lab and well-known graffiti researcher Evan Roth recently published the first presentation of their latest invention: Laser Knuckles. This device can be used for laser tagging slogans on urban surfaces...

DTagno - Train Graffiti Installation

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:03:26 +0000

Although this new train graffiti installation by DTagno is somehow crazy, it shows that graffiti artists try to upgrade their tools. The so-called Morphogenetic Field Device creates thin lines on passing by trains and creates in that way interesting effects...

ATO: New Banksy or Best Street Artist ever?

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:40:17 +0000

Russian street artist ATO is the new shining star in the international urban art scene, creating beautiful and inspiring street art sceneries in the city of Moscow. This is the first documentary about the new Banksy!

Photos: Urban Artists in Action

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:55:14 +0000

My first solo-exhibition Urban Artists in Action - Another View on Street Art and Graffiti, which featured some great street and graffiti artists, is over now for what reason I just published a few photos for those of you who could not make it...

Seattle Street Art

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:04:36 +0000

Seems like almost every more or less bigger city, like New York, Berlin, London, or Valencia has already its own street art book. Of course they have different formats, qualities and focuses, but in the end each of those books gives a brief overview about what’s happening in streets.

Today I bumped into Seattle Street Art by A. Tarantino, which was published earlier this year and includes about 100 colorful pages, documenting a small part of Seattle’s street art life…

Abstract Graffiti Masters

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:51:01 +0000

Probably the ten most famous abstract graffiti artists, including Augustine Kofie, Morten Andersen and SheOne, are going to meet in Glasgow for Rudimentary Perfection, a Graffuturism group-exhibition!

Molotov Cocktail Art

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:23:22 +0000

Until now I didn’t actually know that Molotov Cocktails can be used to create artworks. The Eternal Flame project in Russia shows that impressive and commemorates in that way fallen Soviet World War II soldiers...

Ego–Urbanism Magazine, Call for Papers!

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:02:10 +0000

The famous urban magazine Spacemag asks you to send in your ideas, thoughts, texts, images or photos for the upcoming fourth issue about Ego-Urbanism. Selected submissions will be featured in the next mag, so make sure to participate!

DIY Recycle Spray-Can

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:48:01 +0000

Eco is trend and for that reason there are also people in street art and graffiti developing techniques to DIY-recycle e.g. spray-cans. A very good example is the low-tech Splay project by Narcelio Grud from Brasil...

VNA #15 - Street Art Mag 4 Free

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:01:58 +0000

The 15th issue of the London-based Very Nearly Almost magazine for street art and graffiti is out, featuring again some famous urban artists like Shepard Fairey, Nychos, Burning Candy or Elph. Get your copy for free now!

Roa Exhibition in Berlin

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:22:53 +0000

His animal graffiti are well-known around the globe, for what reason I’m happy to have him back in town now! Belgian graffiti artist Roa is preparing his first solo-show in Berlin and is also going to paint new murals...

Robbie Rowlands’ Urban Cuttings

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:35:29 +0000

Robbie Rowlands is obsessed. He is obsessed by cutting things like houses, rooms or other stuff and explores in that way notions of stability and vulnerability. His artworks are somehow crazy, but also really interesting to look at...

Da Mental Vaporz Art Show

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:18:07 +0000

Da Mental Vaporz is one of the finest graffiti crews not just in France, but in whole Europe. Their latest group-exhibition arouse attention around the globe, for what reason I am proud to share this nice video with documenting the preparations and the opening...

Urban Artists in Action - Exhibition

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:06:14 +0000

The upcoming exhibition of my photo-series Urban Artists in Action at Westberlin Gallery in Berlin not just feaures 14 well-known urban artists, but will host a live art performance by internationally well-known street artist Buff Diss who is going to create one of his famous tape art installations during the opening ceremony!

Banksy of Bulgaria

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:42:40 +0000

The Banksy of Bulgaria transformed tstatues of a Soviet monument in Sofia into superheroes and cartoon characters, what is a brilliant guerrilla art intervention!

CityLeaks - Urban Art Festival

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:27:09 +0000

CityLeaks is an international urban art festival taking place 2011 in Cologne, including superb urban artists from all over the world like Blu, Roa and Faith47!

IBUg 2011 - Urban Culture Festival

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:06:29 +0000

A few weeks after the abandoned art festival at Artbase Grabowsee will have taken place near Berlin, this year’s IBUg festival of urban culture will take place in the West Saxon city of Meerane!

IBUg2011 represents an urban culture event that aims at bringing graffiti, street-art and installations closer to the public by embracing existing architecture, and concurrently establishing it as an independent form of art. In addition, derelict industrial grounds are revived to improve people’s awareness for art, culture and architecture. (IBUg concept)

Mural Art: El Tono in Warsaw

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:35:17 +0000

Famous Spanish urban artist El Tono recently created two new abstract mural artworks in Warsaw, Poland and continues in this way a new East-Europe street art trend...

Mode2 Live Mural Art - Photos

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:41:33 +0000

Famous graffiti legend Mode2 recently live painted a big mural in Berlin! I caught up with him and took some nice photos of this live art performance. Take a look!

Anthony Lister Live Art Performance

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:18:02 +0000

As announced, famous Australian painter Anthony Lister did a nice live art performance in Jaybo’s Project Room (Herakut, Kofie, El Mac and other famous urban artists painted there before!) in Berlin two days ago…

Tools, brushstrokes, spraypaint, electric guitar, doubts and hopes, hate and love, heroes on the walls, fallen dreams, questions and answers, visibles and invisibles - Mr. Lister will take the challenge to paint about, with and for Berlin.

Moneyless in Strasbourg

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:43:22 +0000

I just stumbled upon new artworks by Italian street artist Teo Pirisi aka Moneyless from Strasbourg and have to say that I like his experimental street installations.

Moneyless creates the next level of what the Spanish La Pluma Eléctri*k street art crew calls Spider Tags: Two and three dimensional abstract installations made of cotton threads combined with geometrically paintings. The results are often impressing, especially when the installations look like wafting through the air…

Mode2 Live Art Performance

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:32:55 +0000

Mode2 is one of the most famous graffiti artists in Europe - his skills in bringing painted characters to live are well-known around the world. This is why I’m always happy to find one or another new mural he created in the last months in Berlin! Tomorrow, we all have the chance to watch him in action…

As a part of the Radical Riddims exhibition opening at the Schau Fenster Gallery, a live art performance by Mode2 is planned. He will create a new mural painting! In my eyes this is a must to see for every urban art enthusiast. I will definitely try to catch up with him…

Roa in Mexico - Mural Art

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:18:07 +0000

Several weeks ago I already posted about the nice new mural artworks by urban art superstar Roa in Mexico. Back then, I didn’t know that his works were well documented on film by Filmaciones de la Ciudad, what’s really good, because we have now the chance to watch him painting…

The Belgian graffiti artist travels the world since a few months, for what reason you can find his works in Madrid, London, Paris, Berlin and other metropolises! I for one like Roa’s animal graffiti stuff, and it’s always impressing to see how some skilled artists are possible to paint those massive walls…

Another View on Street Art & Graffiti

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:05:46 +0000

Today is the day for some first official words about my upcoming urban art photography exhibition in Berlin! Entitled Urban Artists in Action - Another View on Street Art & Graffiti Westberlin Gallery will present selected photos of my Urban Artists in Action series, featuring some well-known street and graffiti artists from around the globe!

His close knit, almost family bonds with prominent street artists from both Berlin and around the world including Buff Diss, Morten Andersen, FinDAC and Remi/Rough naturally developed into a large collection of intimate photographs following studio visits and street actions of some of his, and our own favourite heroes.

The show will feature a selection of 49 photographic works from Brenna’s large portfolio focusing on the brilliant people behind street art and graffiti works that we all know and love but have always wondered… who and how? (Westberlin Gallery)

Street Art: Crimes of Minds #2

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:43:28 +0000

As already mentioned the French urban art festival Crimes of Minds is going on and on. Every month a group of A-level urban artists is painting several wall in and around the small city of Brest!

For those of you, having no time to travel to Brest, the Crimes of Minds team recently published another video presenting the latest artists painting in the city Morten Andersen, FinDAC and Sly 2.

Looking forward to get some photos of the next artist-group including Solo One, C215 and Herakut!

Obsession Of Colours

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:35:41 +0000

This graffiti documentary looks just great! Obsession Of Colours documents graffiti artists in Poland’s Tri-City area, which is an urban area consisting of three Polish cities: Gdańsk (where the Streetfiles photo exhibition took place in 2009), Gdynia and Sopot.

There isn’t that much info about this new Polish film project right now but I can tell you, the footage is mind-breaking! Including fantastic angles, unusual points of view and great lights, I’m pretty sure Obsession Of Colours will become the next highlight of graffiti documentary and a must to watch for all graffiti enthusiasts and documentarists…

Apple Store Busting

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:36:59 +0000

One year after those great Apple iPad ad-bustings in Berlin, the trendy computer giant is going to open a flagship-store in Hamburg. That’s nothing special - I mean nowadays there are Apple stores everywhere - but it’s a super moment for a nice and funny guerrilla art installation!

And that’s what also the Hamburg-based intervention art group .WAV (what stands for We Are Visual) thought when they recently installed a big and colorful Microsoft Windows logo right at the construction area of the new Apple flagship-store!

Rallito X - Abandoned Monster Art

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:41:33 +0000

I personally met Spanish street artist Rallito X first when I visited Madrid earlier this year. Yesterday I hook up with him again, this time in an abandoned area in the eastern part of Berlin, to explore the rooms of this old sausage factory and to extend my photo-collection of urban artists in action…

In the end, Rallito, whose dirty monster paintings are often garnished with comic-like dicks and provoking slogans, found a nice spot on the very top of the building, for what reason I had some special butterflies in my stomach during the whole action. Nevertheless the results are great again: Berlin has a new crazy monster character and my collection has some nice, new photos!

L’Atlas Cartons Installation

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:32:20 +0000

I just noticed, that French urban artist and master of rectangular shaped calligraphy and geometrically forms L’Atlas (who was recently in Berlin!) created a new public installation in March at the Place du Palais-Royal in Paris! Using 2722 cartons he and some assistants spent one day to build (and destroy) one of his well-known geometrically signs in 3D.

I really like this work and think that this is again a good example for the diversity of L’Atlas! Watching the video (which is a stop-motion film containing 2754 photos) I tried to imagine what all the tourists around thought is going on…

Anthony Lister Berlin Marathon

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:05:28 +0000

Crazy Australian-born painter and installation artist Anthony Lister is going to come to Berlin next week for a big fat experimental art marathon! For 6 days and 6 nights he will live in Berlin’s Project Room being permanently creative and watched online…

Tools, brushstrokes, spraypaint, electric guitar, doubts and hopes, hate and love, heroes on the walls, fallen dreams, questions and answers, visibles and invisibles - Mr. Lister will take the challenge to paint about, with and for Berlin. (circleculture-magazine.com)

Graffiti Fine Art Documentary

Tue, 31 May 2011 16:30:47 +0000

For years now, artists, curators and fans discuss whether graffiti in exhibitions is still graffiti. This graffiti fine art documentary tries to give an answer!

Massive Fat-Cap Fake Paintings

Tue, 31 May 2011 12:30:02 +0000

Fine artist Benjamin Laading has a foible especially for large-scale fat-cap paintings. That’s not that unusual - I mean, who doesn’t like a good fat-cap tag? - but the interesting thing about his paintings is the fact that they aren’t done with a spray-can but with markers or brushes!

These extraordinary artworks require a massive pre-study of fat-cap-looks (the differing distances between the dots create the special fat-cap fading effects) and a lot of time as everyone can imagine…

Emess City Music, Stockholm

Tue, 31 May 2011 12:07:27 +0000

Berlin-based street artist Emess, who is well-known especially for his nice stencil collages, came up with a new project back in 2010 which is called City Music. This public art project is about acoustics in urban space, including beautiful sound-installations powered by urban wind power or even escalators!

What I like about those street artworks is that although the used technique is quite simple, the results are great! Hope to ~~see~~ hear some more from Emess when he is back in town…

Remi/Rough feat. Stormie Mills

Mon, 30 May 2011 20:47:44 +0000

Famous abstract graffiti artist Remi/Rough and Australian artist Stormie Mills recently opened their collaboration art show showing amazing urban artworks...

Urban Artbase Grabowsee Impressions

Mon, 30 May 2011 13:52:03 +0000

The preparations for the urban art festival at Artbase Grabowsee are going on. Recently I had the chance to visit the abandoned, decayed area and took some photos!

Clemens Behr - Cardboard Installations

Thu, 26 May 2011 20:33:41 +0000

Cardboard, paint, wood and tape are the simple materials German urban artist Clemens Behr needs to create multi-dimensional installations in public space...

Ron English Studio Visit

Thu, 26 May 2011 09:28:31 +0000

Ron English is one of the most famous pop art related painters and interventional artists worldwide. Have you ever entered his studio?

FinDAC - Stencil Art in Brest

Wed, 25 May 2011 21:01:18 +0000

Fin Dac in Brest

As already mentioned, stencil artist FinDAC and abstract graffiti artist Morten Andersen currently painted at the Crimes of Minds urban art festival in Brest. Recently Fin published some first impressions of one of his murals and arouse in that way a burst of enthusiasm, for what reason I don’t want to withhold those photos from you!

Word To Mother in Action

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:29:15 +0000

The last time I wrote about British urban artist Word To Mother was after my visit of his exhibition opening at Stolen Space Gallery in London. Now I just stumbled upon this dope video by Andrew Telling showing Word To Mother painting for the Fame Festival in Italy back in 2010.

Born and raised in a small English seaside town, never far from a stoney beach, crashing waves and salty sea veterans. It’s this environment that has had such impact and influence on Word to Mothers work and can be seen throughout his drawings and paintings… (Stolen Space Gallery)

Sam3 Mural in Poland

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:06:38 +0000

sam3 in poland

Mural Art | In the last months a lot of new large-scale mural artworks were created by famous urban artists in Poland - One good example is this amazing jazz time mural in Szczecin, another the new Blu wall in Krakow. Recently street art legend Sam3 hit the streets of Poznan and also created a new huge mural artwork!

Beast’s NYC Improvements

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

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beast poster installation

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

Abandoned Urban Art

Mon, 23 May 2011 14:06:29 +0000

Out of Sight - Urban Art / Abandoned Spaces, which was published just this month, is the book you want to have if you’re an urban explorer and urban art enthusiast in equal measure! The book features those artists who appreciate the privacy of and feeling in abandoned spaces and presents in that way mind-blowing urban artworks in decayed factories, abandoned warehouses and industrial sites!

Not all art craves attention, some of it hides in secret places. Some of it is buried treasure, out in the urban wilderness, left scattered in empty rooms of derelict buildings like strange markings left by an unknown tribe…

Da Mental Vaporz Graffiti Art

Mon, 23 May 2011 12:24:54 +0000

Graffiti Exhibition | One of my favorite graffiti crews in Europe is - since I met some of them at the Meeting of Styles in London - the French Da Mental Vaporz (DMV) collective including the famous graffiti artists Dran, Bom-K, Brusk, Sowat, Gris, Jaw, Blo (who recently had an exhibition in Berlin), Kan and Iso.

Now this marvellous crew is going to reunite for an exclusive group-exhibition at the GHP in Toulouse…

After 5 years of hard work the guys in GHP are closing the venue. So they invited DMV for an event to be remembered. The gallery will become an anthology of nine artist’s works of art including digital prints, serigraphs, paintings and more. (graffart.eu)

Subway Worldwide

Fri, 20 May 2011 15:05:05 +0000

subway networks

Subway Systems | Did you know that our planet has now 178 metro systems including 84 metros and 21 subways, and that the rest has other official names, such as MRT, Metrorail, or U-Bahn? Or that trains on 34 circle lines are orbiting through 27 cities, 33 systems run on the left track, 113 on the right and that 33 cities have driverless lines?

Virtual Spray-Painting

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:55:27 +0000

Virtual Graffiti | In addition to the interesting Wii Spray, there’s another innovative virtual graffiti solution out there which is inspired by drawing, painting, printing and graffiti and tries to translate those techniques into a digital world! Its name: Picturae 2.0!

Using a special screen as canvas Picturae allows you to paint using a spray-can shaped multi-functional controller, which is able to imitate spray-can, brush and mouse behavior. Also working with digital stencils is possible what allows creating some nice effects…

Arabic Graffiti Magazine

Thu, 19 May 2011 18:06:43 +0000

Graffiti Magazine | Today I first got to know the graffiti mag Sandblast, which “is the first magazine to cover the Middle Eastern graffiti scene in depth.” (Invasian)

Including interviews, photos and background-stories, the first issue of the Magazine which will be out in July features graffiti and its protagonists from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Egypt what’s a quite interesting thing with all the riots, protests and revolutions in mind! And also the cover whets my appetite for some more nice shots and Arabic letters on trains and walls!

French Street Crimes: FinDAC & Morten Andersen

Thu, 19 May 2011 15:43:53 +0000

Urban Art Festival | After Best Ever and Ben Slow now highly talented London-based stencil artist FinDAC and well-known Berlin-based abstract graffiti artist Morten Andersen rock the city of Brest! It’s the second episode of the urban art festival “Crimes of Minds” which is organised by French graffiti artist Liliwenn and the non-profit organization Sugar Rush…

The idea behind that event is to bring the creative flair of the big metropolises around the world to this small French town and to document the artworks as well as the artists at work and additionally the reactions of the citizens. For that reason there will be a book recapitulating the entire “Crimes of Minds” process!

Street Art Thunderbirds

Wed, 18 May 2011 12:42:48 +0000

Street Art Show | Well-known street art collector and curator Rik Reinking did it again. Since the beginning of this month, his next street art show with the somehow extraordinary title “Street Art - Meanwhile in deepest East Anglia, thunderbirds were go…” presents mind-blowing artworks by some of the most popular (street) artists around the globe at Kunsthalle Barmen in Wuppertal! The line-up reads like an award-list for extravagant art and includes in addition to Victor Ash, Boxi, Ben Eine, Faith47, Boris Hoppek, Os Gemeos and Zezao a whole bunch of other famous urban artists…

Eime - Stencil Art vs. Abstract Painting

Tue, 17 May 2011 13:51:38 +0000

Modern Urban Art | A few days ago i stumbled upon works of an urban artist I haven’t seen before, what literally spoken is not that unusual, but this time my mouth formed a smile and my brain told me that these artworks are rather new, fresh and - what’s all the more important - unique.

Portuguese street artist Eime (don’t mix him up with Eine!) creates inspiring painting combining stencil-techniques and abstract painting elements! For me it’s always fantastic to see street artists conquering borders and creating is that way new, outstanding expressions. For the Taildrop Graffiti Jam 2011, Eime’s creative process was documented, which makes it for example possible to see, that he doesn’t spray-paints his stencils, but - as some of you know as color by numbers - paints all the different tones by hand with a brush…

New Blu Mural in Krakow

Mon, 16 May 2011 20:30:31 +0000

blu kracow mural

Mural Art | The master of European mural art Blu recently finished another masterpiece wall in the beautiful Polish city of Kracow! Although I don’t know whether the mural’s chief subject - a big bell - is somehow special, this time’s topic seems to be religion and its stupid noises you can’t fail to hear…

Ben Eine Against Zero Tolerance

Mon, 16 May 2011 16:09:41 +0000

Recently, famous graffiti artist Ben Eine created a new mural in London! It’s against the zero tolerance policy on graffiti and street art by Westminster Council.

Urbanartcore Evolution

Sun, 15 May 2011 20:47:35 +0000

Urbanartcore redesigned - Today started a new era for this street art and graffiti blog. Urbanartcore comes with a new look and feel and even more urban art news!

Abstract Graffiti: Morten Andersen in Paris

Wed, 11 May 2011 10:56:03 +0000

For a few days now, abstract graffiti artist Morten Andersen is in Paris to prepare his upcoming first solo-show in France at the Galerie Itinerrance in Paris. It’s a must for every urban art enthusiast...

Alex Fakso - Graffiti Photography Book

Mon, 09 May 2011 15:23:16 +0000

Alex Fakso is probably one of the best graffiti action photographers worldwide. After his first graffiti book “Heavy Metal” he recently published “Fast or Die” showing more writers in action...

Mother’s Day, Paint Club, Herakut Murals, Tagzines & Modern Saints

Sun, 08 May 2011 11:56:33 +0000

A lot of great urban art stuff happed around the globe in the last week, for what reason I try to give you a small overview with these link-tips, including new murals, urban interventions and other info...

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...

Birth of a Spray-Can

Fri, 06 May 2011 09:47:50 +0000

How does it look like in a spray-cans fabric and how gets a spray-can produced. After watching that small documentary by Montana Cans you are able to answer both questions!

Caleb Neelon’s Wedding Wall

Thu, 05 May 2011 09:57:20 +0000

Painter, graffiti artist and book author Caleb Neelon from the US just finished the first mural artwork for the “Wedding Walls” project in Berlin! Next are Nomad, M-City, Victor Ash, SWag and MTO!

Irgh - Crazy Abandoned Murals

Wed, 04 May 2011 11:00:31 +0000

Showing fantastic interwoven extremities, the colorful murals by Berlin-based urban artist Irgh are fantastic and can be found mainly in abandoned areas!

Graffiti Toilets

Mon, 02 May 2011 13:11:05 +0000

Commissioned indoor graffiti is a story of its own, but those toilet graffiti by Deck2 are a nice example for what could happen if graffiti would be wider excepted...

L’Atlas in Berlin - Action, Photos, Exhibition!

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:31:33 +0000

Famous French urban artist L’Atlas is in town and used the last days to create some new abstract typography artworks for his upcoming exhibition...

Hot Urban Art Cheese

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:51:14 +0000

The four artists and designers of the German Hot Cheese Crew are going to open their first solo-exhibition in Berlin today! It’s a wild mixture of pop-art, club-culture, street art and a constant lust to create...

Art & Agenda - Political Art and Activism

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:56:09 +0000

A must to have for every modern art enthusiast: “Art & Agenda - Political Art and Activism” is the new book by the German publisher Gestalten and another masterpiece!

Artbase Grabowsee - Urban Art Festival

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:52:37 +0000

Happy Eastern and good news for all urban art enthusiasts in and around Berlin: Artbase Grabowsee will host the next big festival for urban art!

Train-Surfing Extreme in Russia

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:31:35 +0000

Extreme sports - Train-surfing is back! Some hate it, some love it, but the risky sport is especially popular with young people in Russia...

Above’s Street Art Philosophy

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:59:57 +0000

Well-known street artist Above just hit the streets of the Australian city Melbourne, creating a new street art philosophy series which now tries to influence people!

Arabic Graffiti - Middle East Calligraphy

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:44:30 +0000

One of the most inspiring things is to explore alphabets and calligraphy of other cultures. Now there’s a first reference book about Arabic graffiti...

Best Ever & Ben Slow - Crimes of Minds

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:19:17 +0000

British urban artists Ben Slow and Best Ever are just the first two of a wide range of famous artists who will join the French urban art event “Crimes of Minds”! Here are some first impressions from Brest...

Madrid Street Impressions

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:36:03 +0000

A few weeks ago, I visited the Spanish capital Madrid to explore the next European city on my list. I ended up with a lot of nice footage of great urban artworks, for what reason I made this video...

US Postal Stickers Oversized & Underpriced!

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:55:06 +0000

Last Friday, the next round of the “Oversized & Underpriced” customized sticker art show started in Berlin’s Superplan Gallery showing about 40 sticker artworks by well-known urban artists...

Herakut in Yekaterinburg

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:08:14 +0000

Famous German urban art duo Herakut recently hit the streets of the Russian city of Yekaterinburg and created a new, nice mural artwork in a children protectory...

Murals, Paste-Ups, Art Shows & Boneyards

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:34:26 +0000

It’s Spring time now and a lot of Europe-based urban artists are going to awake from a deep hibernation. For that reason I collected all the smaller urban art news from the last week...

Abstract Calligraphy by Matox

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:02:31 +0000

Abstract, calligraphy-inspired paintings aren’t that new, but in my eyes still impressive. A good example are those artworks by Portuguese-French urban artist Nuno de Matos aka Matox!

Graffiti Show: MadC in London

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:40:43 +0000

This week, German graffiti artist MadC will start exhibiting at London’s most famous urban art gallery! Pure Evil Gallery presents canvases and sketches by the best known female graffiti artist...

Wedding Walls - New Murals for Berlin

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:21:01 +0000

“Wedding Walls” is an upcoming urban art project which presents six famous urban artists including for example Nomad, Victor Ash and M-City, repainting huge old walls in Berlin! More info...

Orticanoodles: Next Level Stencil Art

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:23:43 +0000

The Orticanoodles street art duo from Italy just presented their latest stencil art series, featuring pop, skate and death. I really like this next level stenciling - It’s a must to see for all stencil fans!

Madrid Street Advertising Takeover

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:08:31 +0000

The next big street advertising takeover took recently place in the Spanish capital Madrid! Normal poster ads were replaced with text based posters by round about 100 different artist from all over the globe...

Galeria Autonomica: Urban Contamporary Art Munich

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:28:24 +0000

“Galeria Autonomica” is an alternative concept of exhibiting urban contemporary art in so-called off-locations like lofts being under construction. The next one takes place this week in Munich!

Pictoplasma Character Walk

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:06:25 +0000

The official kick-off event of this year’s “Pictoplasma Festival of Contemporary Character Design and Art” is the so-called character walk, combining several galleries and art spaces in Berlin...

Mašta - Magazine for Creative Activism

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:52:38 +0000

Berlin-based “Mašta” is a new and fresh subcultural magazine for creative activism like experimental, unconventional and provocative art in public space. The English-speaking mag is a must to have...

Tika’s Tikathek in Berlin

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:35:07 +0000

Last week, Skalitzers Gallery Berlin opened its doors for the a brand-new exhibition by Swiss urban artist Tika, presenting her latest drawings, wood-prints and paintings! Here are some first photos...

Urban Art vs. Ad World

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:24:01 +0000

It’s the one big topic which combines politics, urban art and advertising ideas like none other: Are companies allowed to steal street art or entire urban art concepts to use them for their own interests?!

Burning Desire Magazine - VNA 14

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:41:27 +0000

The 14th issue of the London-based “Very Nearly Almost” (VNA) magazine for urban art is out for a few weeks now, including nice interviews with artists like Voina and Pedro Matos...

Oversized & Underpriced Sticker Art

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:04:20 +0000

About 50 urban artists, huge US Postal sticker prints and the one and only sticker museum - The “Oversized & Underpriced” sticker art show is back! A must for all sticker-freaks...

Exhibitions, Urban Interior, Murals & Hipster Traps

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:05:01 +0000

Nothing happened here during the last couple of days, for what reason I had the idea to give you a small overview about the latest, worldwide street art and graffiti news...

Urban Artcore Madrid

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:13:53 +0000

I had the chance to catch up with some great street artists during my recent trip to Madrid. Nearly every shutter in the Spanish capital is painted which gives the city a nice creative touch...

Silence for Fukushima

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:13:50 +0000

Due to the nuclear disaster in Japan and to show my sympathy with all the victims and missing persons I’ll stop writing new posts on Urban Artcore for one week! It’s my personal week of silence...

French Urban Art Event: Crimes of Minds

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:25:37 +0000

The small French city of Brest will become the showplace for one of this year’s most interesting urban art events in Europe: “Crimes of Minds”! 17 famous urban artists will repaint the city...

Rallito X - Berlin’s Phallic Repolution

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:42:09 +0000

The phallic repolution took Berlin! Spanish street artist Rallito X recently hit the streets of Berlin and left behind some nice new murals, paste-ups and stencil artworks of his famous phallic monsters...

Uebergrund 2 - Urban Photo Mag

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:35:06 +0000

Recently the second issue of the new urban exploring and photography magazine “Uebergrund” has been published. This time it’s all about the underground, so make sure to check this out!

Graffiti Research Lab Germany

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:52:39 +0000

The Graffiti Research Lab is well-known around the globe for their innovative work with art in urban space. The Berlin-based GRL branch just hit the streets and did some great actions!

Bristol Weekend-Trip

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:53:54 +0000

The old and small city of Bristol has been my home for the last days. I discovered a lot of nice spots in the city center as well as around the well-known Strokes Croft and found some great urban artworks!

Poet & Arunski - Abstract Tagging

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:08:16 +0000

Well-known Berlin-based writers Poet and Arunski created a somehow different graffiti show. They scratched tags from walls onto canvas and transformed them into abstract paintings...crazy...

Mr. Brainwash Gets Protection

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:49:53 +0000

After Banksy, it’s now Mr. Brainwash whose stencil artworks are getting protected by local citizen in Los Angeles. In my eyes protecting street art with plexiglass is more than weird...

Comic Crash Graffiti Wall

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:22:12 +0000

Graffiti artist Pantonio recently created a funny intervention mural art, when he transformed a concrete wall into a part of a comic strip after a car crashed into the wall! Thumbs up!

Niark1 - Urban Soul Paintings

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:10:42 +0000

French graphic designer, illustrator and fine artist Sebastien Feraut a.k.a Niark1 just started his exhibition in Berlin showing his most recent urban fine art paintings on canvas, paper and other stuff...

Base23 & Morten Andersen - Hell Hounds from the North

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:25:29 +0000

Two well-known urban artists will exhibit together in one gallery at the end of this month: Pretty Portal Gallery shows the “Hell Hounds from the North” Base23 and Morten Andersen - Make some noise!

Light Painting WiFi

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:06:43 +0000

WiFi is all around us. Three creative technician now developed a light art tool for making WiFi visible. The results are nice examples of technically influences, abstract urban artworks...

Detroit - Decayed Buildings & DIY Paradise

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:16:30 +0000

Detroit is well-known around the globe for its abandoned areas and the decayed old buildings. Now, Johnny Knoxville explores the new creative generation which uses those places to create something new!

Banksy Did It - Film Awards & Lottery!

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:24:45 +0000

Banksy’s street art documentary recently won the Film Independent Spirit Awards, for what reason you have now the chance to win your “Exit Through The Gift Shop” DVD - Just join the lottery!

Urban Exploring: Ruins of Detroit

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:18:16 +0000

Abandoned places have special, indescribable atmosphere. The two French photographers and urban explorers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre tried to document it in their series “The Ruins of Detroit”!

Street Lab Meets Berlin!

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:18:57 +0000

The next bigger urban art event is the “Street Lab meets Berlin” Festival, which presents selected local urban artists and includes workshops, exhibitions and in that way, a lot of art!

Sozyone’s New Works

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:02:58 +0000

Sozyone is back with a new graffiti fine art exhibition in Brussels! The graffiti legend and urban artist presents his latest artworks in this new show called “VOYOV”. Have a look and be impressed!

The Wall Project London - Open Call!

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:25:43 +0000

Join the “The Wall Project” competition, convince Remi/Rough and design your own interior wall at the Rich Mix event space in London’s creative area Shoreditch. More info here...

Marker Fetish - Tag Tools

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:30:02 +0000

Markers are everywhere! Barcelona-based photographer German Rigol created a nice photo-portrait collection of used, dirty and unique markers. A must to see for every fan...

Explosion Wall Art by Vhils

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:25:13 +0000

Vhils recently did a fantastic and energetic urban destruction performance to visualize the music by Portuguese band Orelha Negra. The result is awesome and a must to see for fans of rough urban art!

Papergirl Istanbul - Open Call!

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:02:29 +0000

The unusual street art delivery project Papergirl is going to Istanbul - The open call for artworks is still running and everyone is allowed to participate, so join the international Papergirl artist network!

Buffing Nazi Graffiti

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:10:58 +0000

Irmela Mensah-Schramm fights against Nazi graffiti and stickers on the streets in Germany. Her effort is well-known and for that reason two film-makers started to create a documentary about the Nazi graffiti buffer!

London Street Art: Brick Lane

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:40:03 +0000

“Brick Lane in Art” is an upcoming documentary about London’s street art by film-maker Shafiur Rahman, who wants to portrait one of the epicentres for urban creativity in Europe...

Studio-Visit: Morten Andersen in Berlin

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:05:49 +0000

Berlin-based urban artist Morten Andersen combines several urban art disciplines in his artworks. Recently I caught up with him in his studio and took some photos, documenting him an action...

Jet Fighter Graffiti by Phlegm

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:13:12 +0000

British cartoonist, illustrator and urban artist Phlegm hit an old Russian military jet fighter and re-created its nose artwork. In my eyes a rather unusual canvas... Take a look and tell me what you think!

85 Years Aerosol Spray Can, Happy Birthday!

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:16:13 +0000

Erik Rotheim is the inventor of the aerosol spray can. He submitted the patent application for the first spray cans 85 years ago and for that reason we have to party the year of the spray can!

Trash Lovers: Bulgarian Calligraphy

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:45:41 +0000

The Bulgarian Trash Lovers crew draws on bulky waste in the streets of the city of Sofia and beautifies not just the worthless garbage but also the city itself! Take a look and you know what I mean!

Mentalgassi Paste-Ups in Spain

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:29:55 +0000

German street art collective Mentalgassi hit the street of Spain and created some new and exciting paste-up installations as a part of a local photography festival! Take a look at these brilliant street artworks...

L’Atlas - Giant Paste-Ups

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:47:29 +0000

Famous Parisian urban artist L’Atlas did a large-scale paper art installation when he visited New Delhi, showing some of the photos of his new urban photography project...

Mr. Brainwash: Happy Valentines Day

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:29:19 +0000

“Je t’aime” and “I love you!” - Mr. Brainwash sends us warm-hearted wishes, printed on paper. The most controversial artists in the street art scene uses Valentines Day to make his love art public...

Abstract Diversity: Remi/Rough & Steve More

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:48:20 +0000

Due to popularity the inspiring “A” exhibition by well-known urban artists Remi/Rough and Steve More has been extended! Last chance to take a closer look at the brilliant abstract paintings...

Aryz Wall Painting

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:45:12 +0000

Aryz is probably one of the most famous Spanish urban artists. The Barcelona-based artist is well-known in Europe for a brilliant style and his amazing wall paintings. Watch him in action...

1UP Crew: Subway Bombing in Berlin "Unlike U" Documentary

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:25:23 +0000

Berlin's 1UP crew pushes the boundaries of graffiti with daring subway actions captured in the "Unlike U" documentary. Explore their audacious style and the impact it has on the city's urban art scene.

Vagina-Inspired Interview: Boris Hoppek

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:48:48 +0000

Boris Hoppek is one of the most famous German street artists. The former graffiti artist lives now in Barcelona and is well-known for his sexual artworks as well as his Bimbo-dolls. Here’s an interview...

Murals: Roa in Mexico

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:12:04 +0000

In the last weeks, famous urban artist Roa lew over the sea for a painting trip in Mexico! The result is that there are a lot of new animal murals and collaboration works in the streets...

Liebig14 - Berlin Squat Eviction

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:01:46 +0000

For about 20 years, the alternative housing project “Liebig14” was a gravitation field for left-winged politics, street art and other creative ideas. Now it was evicted - this are my impressions...

Urban Exploring: Graffiti & Fire Under Paris

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:15:03 +0000

The catacombs under Paris with their hundreds of miles of tunnels, the graffiti and mural artworks, illegal parties and skeletons, are a theme park for urban explorers from all over the globe!

Daim, Loomit & Opel Corsa

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:17:38 +0000

Famous German graffiti artists Daim and Loomit cooperate with car-manufacturer Opel on the new Opel Corsa campaign 2011. Their backgrounds are the creative eye-catchers of the new car advert...

Art Stars Competition

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:32:37 +0000

There are only four days left to join the “Art Stars” competition by Polo Jeans Co. Ralph Lauren. Hurry up to win a place in a interesting mentorship program, reputation and some money...

Street Artist Ben Eine, Documentary

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:29:46 +0000

Ben Eine is one of the most famous urban artist on the British Isles because his street alphabet combines graffiti and street art in a nice way. This is a short documentary about him...

Graffiti Without Caps - Smash137 & Risk

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:45:38 +0000

The internationally well-known graffiti artists Smash137 and Risk just created an amazing piece near Miami Beach and used no caps for the background and the fillings...brilliant!

How to sell a Banksy?!

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:24:32 +0000

“How to sell a Banksy” is an upcoming documentary about how to sell an original Banksy artwork. Two filmmakers tried to get cash by selling destroyed street artworks by Banksy himself...

Urban Flood Art: Above in Brisbane

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:33:52 +0000

Well-known street artist Above got on a plane and flew to the recently flooded city of Brisbane to create a special flood stencil artwork. It’s a good example for the fact that Brisbane becomes an urban art honey pot!

Graffiti Action: Nychos in Berlin

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:08:58 +0000

Nychos, one of the most famous Austrian graffiti artists, recently visited Berlin, for what reason I caught up with him on the roof of an abandoned building to document his creativity process...

Skateboard Art: Helping Hounds of Hell 2011

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:17:50 +0000

“The Helping Hounds Of Hell” is an urban skate art event, which took recently place in Berlin, presenting fantastic customized skateboard decks by about 40 well-known urban artists...

Brisbane Flood Graffiti

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:42:11 +0000

Brisbane currently experiences a flood of the century. Because of the evacuated neighborhoods and parked trains, it becomes easier for the local crews to paint trains...

Concrete Wall Mural by GR170

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:10:49 +0000

The second part of the “Concrete Walls” project is online. After Aryz, the Spanish urban artist GR170 shows his talent by creating a massive abandoned mural artwork...

Parisian Live Art Installation

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:41:15 +0000

The two well-known Parisian graffiti artists Babou and Tanc will create two unique performances to explore the visual and emotional boundaries between art, music and life. Sounds interesting...

No Pants Subway Ride 2011 Report

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:33:59 +0000

At the beginning of this year, the “No Pants Subway Ride” action day provoked about 5,000 people in 48 cities to forget their pants! This is the official report from New York!

Spray-Can Chair: Mad-700

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:27:00 +0000

Famous graffiti artist MadC had another nice example of graffiti-inspired interior design built! She now has her own chair which consist of about 100 empty spray-cans...

JR & The 28 Millimetres Project

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:50:23 +0000

For the last years, one of the most active and successful urban artists is the French photographer JR. He won the 2011 TED Prize and for that reason gave a brilliant interview about his projects...

Backpiece Exhibition Berlin

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:18:31 +0000

The urban art weekend tip is the Backpiece exhibition tomorrow, cureated by the Klub7 collective! About 20 urban artists will pay homage to the graffiti backpiece jeans jackets at one big party...

Buenos Aires Street Art Book

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:50:39 +0000

The book “Textura Dos” documents the street art scene in Buenos Aires. Matt Fox-Tucker explored the city’s 48 neighbourhoods documenting and photographing in about six months...

Urban Documentary: Streetosphere

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:17:55 +0000

“Streetosphere” is a new urban documentary series by some French film-makers. The first episode takes place in Paris. After that, many other cities will be discovered in Europe...

Amateur Magazine Preview

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:27:52 +0000

Amateur Magazine is an interesting urban art, illustration, design and culture magazine on a high level. Recently I received the last two issues and took some preview shots...

Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:57:50 +0000

Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin is another documentary about hardcore graffiti writing. The film portrais four generations of train-writers in Berlin and gives a fantastic insight into this closed scene...

Blu’s Mural Art DVD

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:21:29 +0000

Internationally well-known urban artist and mural painter Blu recently published his first DVD, containing a collection of animated videos and documentaries made during the last 10 years...

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...

Montana Colors 2011 Calendar

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:56:27 +0000

As you know, I have a foible for graffiti and street art photography. For that reason, this year’s Montana Colors Calendar is a nice gift for me. See for yourself...

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!

Stickcore - Sticker Exhibition

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:01:43 +0000

Stickcore is the next big urban art event in Berlin. The sticker exhibition will present stickers in various styles, forms and sizes from all over the globe. Read more...

Street Artists in Action: Top Shots 2010

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:18:12 +0000

This is my photographically review of 2010. I tried to decide my favorite photos of street artists in action and ended up with this selection. Hope you like it...and happy 2011!

Top Urban Artists 2010

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:23:38 +0000

The end of a year is always a time to look back and to review what happened in the last twelve months. I decided to list my 2010 top urban artists to feature them for the next year...

iPad Busting, Laser Murals, Russian Art Anarchists & Ivy Tags

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:08:25 +0000

A lot happened on the streets around the world during the past few Christmas days. Because I had no time to write, I did this small collection of interesting urban art news...

Tape Art: Pool Installation - Buffdiss

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:50:08 +0000

Famous tape artist Buffdiss recently started to create a massive tape art installation at the Stattbad in Berlin. For sure I took some flicks to document the progress...

Top Urban Art Books 2010

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:58:22 +0000

This is a short list of my favorite urban art books from 2010, including Art of Rebellion 3, Street Sketchbook and Trespass. Get them now!

Jaybo Live Painting, Soto Berlin

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:30:35 +0000

Famous Berlin-based artist Jaybo aka Monk recently did a live painting in front of an audience in the Soto Berlin shop. I missed it, but here is a nice video documentary...

Mode2 Interview

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:15:03 +0000

Mode2 is one of the most influential European graffiti artists in the last 25 years and is respected for all the fantastic styles he developed. Recently he gave a nice interview about his history...

Urban Art Censorship

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:04:26 +0000

I still can’t believe that a Museum of Contemporary Art censors a political urban artwork by one of the most well-known mural artists worldwide. That’s why I want to talk with you about censorship...

Huge Graffiti Wall: MadC Did It

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:41:41 +0000

MadC, probably the most famous female writer worldwide recently finished her massive graffiti wall project. In the last months she painted a giant 639m² wall. The result is impressing...

Urban Lines: Art of Popof

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:10:49 +0000

I didn’t knew him before, but Paris-based urban artist Popof recently uploaded another video, documenting his brilliant abstract paintings in the urban environment. A must to see...

Kelsey Brookes Interview in Berlin

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:30:04 +0000

A few weeks ago, fine artist Kelsey Brookes was in Berlin for the preparations of his recent exhibition. The interview-magazine “Freunde von Freunden” met him in Kreuzberg and did a nice interview!

London Graffiti: Titi Freak in Action

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:34:07 +0000

In October 2010, I had the luck to watch São Paulo-born graffiti artist Titi Freak spray-painting a brick wall in London. Of course I took some photos of him in action...

Light-Painting in Kazakhstan

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:16:19 +0000

Marko from France creates interesting light-paintings. Earlier this year he traveled to Kazakhstan and did some nice light artworks. have a look and be impressed!

Urban Art Advent Calendar

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:21:50 +0000

There are a lot of urban art gifts in this year’s advent calendar by Art Bastard! Supported by artists, galleries and other partners, they give away nice stuff every day, so make sure to join the lottery...

EPOS 257 & The Appropriation of Public Space...

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:10:35 +0000

The Czech urban art crew EPOS 257 did a fantastic urban intervention earlier this year. They appropriated 50 square meters of public space by simply fencing it...great!

Graffiti Fine Art: Morten Andersen in Berlin

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:49:08 +0000

The first solo-show by Danish graffiti fine artist Morten Andersen in Berlin will open its doors next week, showing his latest artworks. So make sure to save the date and to come along...!

Bomb It 2 - All Videos Online!

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:33:40 +0000

The successful graffiti documentary Bomb It 2 successfully combines different stories about street artists fro around the globe. Now, all part are online and ready to watch!

Paint Club Finals 2010

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:52:09 +0000

This week, the Paint Club finals 2010 will take place in Germany! The champions of each urban hotspot visited during the European Tour will battle each-other to determine the international Paint Club champion 2010...

Spanish Paste-Ups in Berlin

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:38:25 +0000

In November 2010, the Madrid-based street art collective La Pluma Eléctri*k visited Berlin-Fuckin-Town and had some fun in an abandoned factory. I took some photos of them in action...

Light Art Performance Photography

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:46:14 +0000

Light art, light writing, light drawing or light graffiti - the labels are versatile but in the end they describe one-shot time bulb exposure photography with light motions in front of the camera...

Kelsey Brookes in Berlin!

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:19:35 +0000

Recently an interesting fine art exhibition showing the latest artworks by Kelsey Brookes from San Diego opened in Berlin. I visited the opening and took some photos...

1st Urban Arts Award Berlin

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The French art association ARTAQ will present the first urban arts award in Berlin at the end of this month, including great urban artworks and live painting performances!

No More Street Art In Berlin

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:47:04 +0000

Bad news today: Berlin’s most famous street art gallery will close. The next exhibition which opens its doors tomorrow will be “Le Grand Finale” presenting about 100 artworks by 30 urban artists!

Aykovskiy - Russian Graffiti Art

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:36:56 +0000

Aykovskiy from Moscow combines fine drawing, painting and graffiti skills and creates in that way very interesting urban artworks on canvas. Take a look!

Artist Studio: Remi/Rough in London

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:52:55 +0000

London-based artist Remi/Rough is one of the most well-known urban-inspired artists worldwide! I met him last month and took some photos of his studio and his latest artworks...

Concrete Wall Graffiti by Aryz

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:33:32 +0000

Spanish graffiti artist Aryz is one of my favourite discoveries this year. I love his characters, with their slack, casual and colorful styles. Today I found that brilliant video showing him painting...

The Art of Rebellion 3

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:35:00 +0000

Christian Hundertmark aka C100 did it again! His new “The Art of Rebellion 3” street art book will be published this month and again it’s really good. Here is a small sneak preview...

JonOne 156 Graffiti Exhibition

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:58:20 +0000

JonOne combines influences by classical painters as well as his own graffiti freestyle and creates in that way somehow crazy but also really nice graffiti-inspired artworks...

Urban Art Mag: Amateur Magazine

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:06:23 +0000

The Amateur Magazine is another urban art-inspired magazine driven by Swiss artist, published twice a year and available around the world. It’s about urban art, artist, fashion and places, so check this out!

Beauty in Decay - The Art of Urban Exploration

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:59:23 +0000

London-based photographer Romany WG found some beauty in decayed buildings and published for that reason a brilliant photographic book, showing his impressions of abandoned areas!

Herakut Live in London, Photos

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:13:26 +0000

The famous urban art duo Herakut painted live at London’s Village Underground last month. I caught up with them and documented the artwork in progress. Take a look at my photos!

Bomb It 2 from Copenhagen

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:46:59 +0000

The new graffiti documentary “Bomb It 2” goes into the next round! This time the crew uploaded four parts from Copenhagen presenting Victor Ash, Great, Bates and HuskMitNavn...

Catch Banksy!?

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:47:12 +0000

The rumor, that the former student of Bristol Cathedral School Robin Cunningham is the most famous street artist worldwide, has long been there, but now on a new level...Catch Banksy!?

Artist Studio: FinDAC in London

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:57:24 +0000

Some weeks ago, London-based stencil artist FinDAC invited me to visit his studio. I took some photos and recently found some time to upload them. Here is what I saw...

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...

True Colors - Old Technique, New Style by Quintessenz

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:40:06 +0000

“True Colors” combines old techniques with a new style and creates in that way an astonishing stop motion film about the pure energy of paint and colors. This is the making-of...

Os Gêmeos Interview

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:57:08 +0000

The Os Gêmeos twins are famous around the world for their fine graffiti characters and their pixação-influenced writing style. This is an interview with them...

Bomb It, Israel!

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:51:53 +0000

There are first parts of the band-new graffiti and street art documentary “Bomb It 2” online now, featuring urban artists in Israel and Bangkok. Nice and in any case a must to see!

This Is Street Art...

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:52:58 +0000

The third edition of “Untitled” book series called “This Is Street Art” is out for a few days now and I just heard positive feedback about that new street art book...

Dido & Aeneas - Tape Art Opera

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:32:33 +0000

There is a new tape art series by famous urban artist Buffdiss out there in Berlin’s abandoned areas showing key sequences of the rekown “Dido and Aeneas” opera by Henry Purcell! Great work...

Eye Candy #14: Porcelain Spray-Can, Toilet Graffiti & Paint-Roller Skateboards

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:51:20 +0000

For all those who eventually missed some interesting things: The fourteenth edition of urban art eye candy includes again interesting street art link-tips and some nice urban art photos! Take a look...

Banksy’s “Wall & Piece” Winnable!

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:28:31 +0000

“Exit Through The Gift Shop” starts in Germany today. Therefore you can win one of five “Banksy - Wall & Piece” books about one of the most well-known street artists around the globe and his reknown street artworks.

A1one & Street Art in Tehran

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:03:41 +0000

A1one is maybe the most well-known street artist from Iran in Europe and he is something like a street art pioneer in his hometown Tehran. This is a short documentary about him and his art...

Open Web Award: Hackers, meet Graffiti Writers

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:01:34 +0000

Now it’s official, the Mozilla Drumbeat jury made a decision and now Even Roth’s “Graffiti Markup Language” is one of the three finalists of this year’s “Open Web Award”! Vote now to support Evan and his researches...

Graffiti Action: Nychos Photo-Series

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:13:14 +0000

Vienna-based graffiti artist Nychos visited London last month and created some new artworks on the streets and on the roofs of the British capital. I met him and took some photos of his graffiti action...

JR in China: The Wrinkles of Shanghai

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:28:54 +0000

Famous large-scale paste-up artist and photographer JR is currently in Shanghai for his latest project “The Wrinkles of the City” featuring elderly people and their memories. Brilliant urban artworks again!

Calligraffiti Throw-Ups

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:25:10 +0000

Famous urban artist Niels “Shoe” Meulman will open a new solo-exhibition this week in Los Angeles. The show called “Calligraffiti Throw Ups” features a new series of calligraffiti artworks...

New Boxi Stencils in London

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:44:30 +0000

Famous stencil artist Boxi created a new amazing greyscale street artwork in London! He hit the streets in the last two days a did again a great job...

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...

Ben Eine - Moniker Art Fair

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:35:29 +0000

“Calculate” is the new graffiti mural by Ben Eine in London. He and his crew needed two days to spray-paint that big wall in Shoreditch - the entire progress was documented by a film crew...

Brad Downey’s Graffiti Restoration

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:03:15 +0000

Brad Downey’s new “Searching for Something Concrete” project uncovered fifteen years of hidden graffiti layers at the wall of fame in Vienna. Reportedly this was just a first test...

VNA Urban Art Magazine

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:48:22 +0000

In my opinion the VNA magazine is one of the best and most valuable print magazines about street art and graffiti. Since 2006 the mag is publish quarterly in London featuring urban artists and their artworks.

Ben Eine in Action - Graffiti Photography

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:51:07 +0000

I met famous British graffiti artist Ben Eine during the preparations for the Moniker Art Fair in Shoreditch, London and took some photos of him while spray-painting new bold letters on a wall...

Graffiti Master Thesis

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:32:40 +0000

Have you ever read a scientific paper about graffiti or other urban art subcultures? Dutch student Silvia Pietrosanti wrote “A journey with the graffiti writers of European walls” as her master thesis...

Banksy meets The Simpsons

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:19:41 +0000

“I must not write all over the walls” - Famous street artist Banksy storyboarded and directed the intro of the latest “The Simpsons” episode, showing Chinese low-wage workers, rats and tags. Amazing!

Eye Candy #13: Roa in Berlin, Exhibitions, Paper Cut Maps & Interviews

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:09:46 +0000

The thirteenth urban art eye candy post provides some links to really interesting interviews with urban artists, upcoming art exhibitions and nice impressions from the streets. Have a look!

Vintage Futurism: Kofie One Exhibition

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:55:34 +0000

One of my favourite urban artists will exhibit in San Francisco in the near future! Augustine Kofie’s “Vintage Futurism” opens tomorrow at White Walls Gallery with a lot of new artworks!

Word To Mother Exhibition Photos

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:33:51 +0000

Word To Mother is one of these highly recommendable urban artists you have to get to know when you are in London. His recent exhibition at Stolen Space Gallery shows his comments on society...

Ludo’s Co-Branding - New Street Art Series

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:27:38 +0000

The latest street art series by French urban artist Ludo is a advertising takeover in Paris. He replaced ads in city light-boxes with his own “Nature’s Revenge” brand-busting posters...

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...

Bomb It 2 Graffiti Documentary, Trailer

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:02:09 +0000

“Bomb It 2” is the successor of the well-known international graffiti documentary “Bomb It” by Jon Reiss and features interesting parts of the street art movement from around the world. Here’s the trailer...

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!

Pollugraphy - Alexandre Orion

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:55:41 +0000

Reverse graffiti artist Alexandre Orion has very unconventional, new urban art project. He calls it “Pollugraphy”, which describes something like pollution-made stencil art. Great idea and nice art!

Street Sketchbook

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:43:12 +0000

Another street art book was launched recently: “Street Sketchbook: Journeys” presents urban artists from around the world and gives behind the scenes insights. Last week was the launch party...

Escape 2010 Urban Art Festival

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:37:42 +0000

Three days ago, the urban art festival “Escape 2010” started in Vienna, showing latest artworks by Xoooox, Nomad, Jaybo, Faith47 and other well-known urban-inspired artists!

Stroke.03 - Urban Art Fair

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:32:24 +0000

Next week, the third Stroke urban art fair will take place in the heart of Berlin, including a lot of indoor and outdoor live-paintings, by internationally well-known graffiti and street artists. Read on for more info!

RIP Street Art - Robbo Exhibition

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:32:14 +0000

Famous Banksy-basher and graffiti artist Robbo opened his “New Paintings” exhibition at Pure Evil Gallery yesterday, showing a lot of colorful paintings, proclaiming street art is dead. For sure, I took some photos...

Watch Banksy’s Film Online! #Updated

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:50:09 +0000

Exit Through The Gift Shop is a masterpiece of a street art documentary? Well, I don’t really know, but it’s online now, so you can watch it and make your own opinion. Watch “Exit Through The Gift Shop” now!

Jaybo’s Hazardous Brushstrokes

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:59:19 +0000

Today, Jaybo’s “Hazardous Brushstrokes” art exhibition will open at Circle Culture Gallery in Berlin, presenting Jaybo’s latest paintings, a mixture of figurative and abstract realms...

Roa Graffiti Action

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:19:13 +0000

Graffiti meets street art - Roa is one of the most famous urban artists who combine graffiti techniques and street art ideas. It’s not about letters, but the motives and its often abandoned surroundings...

Fat Cap Chair - Graffiti Design

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:20:39 +0000

This fall, “The Original Fat Cap Chair” by industrial designer Sander van Heukelom will be ready to buy. As its name suggest, it’s a handmade fiber glass chair formed as a fat cap nozzle...

Moniker - Urban Art Fair London

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:09:24 +0000

Moniker is London’s alternative urban art fair, which will take place in October 2010 and features world’s leading urban artists and galleries. Additionally there will be some interactive project spaces...

Abstract Graffiti: Delta Exhibition

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:14:14 +0000

Last week, the abstract post-graffiti exhibition by famous Dutch graffiti artist Delta took place in Paris, presenting the latest of his graphicly, architectural-inspired artworks!

Geometrical Graffiti: Graphic Surgery

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:24:20 +0000

The Dutch urban art duo Graphic Surgery was really busy in the last months and created several interesting, abstract, city-influenced graffiti in abandoned areas by using tape and spray-paint.

Graffiti in Barcelona: Da Mental Vaporz

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:11:33 +0000

The Da Mental Vaporz graffiti crew recently hit Barcelona! Dran, Bom-K and Sowat created a master mural graffiti piece including a lot of great calligraphy and some fantastic characters...

Without Attribution: Michael Kadaz Stencil Art

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:01:42 +0000

Michael Kadaz makes money by copying other artists work. He takes motives of artworks by international successful urban artists and gives them a new background. That’s it. No attribution, no credits, nothing...

City Portrait: London 1940s to 1980

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:35:27 +0000

Today I found about 1400 photos of the historical London, which create an unique insight into London’s street life between 1940 and 1980...

Abandoned Miniature Cities

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:59:25 +0000

Jiang Pengyi creates very interesting miniature cities in abandoned, forgotten houses in China and explores in that way the present Chinese modernity - skyscrapers, contemporary high-rise apartments, express ways...

SPQR Stencil Art Exhibition

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:26:09 +0000

Last week a nice stencil art exhibition opened in London: “Monochromatic Shades” by SPQR at Signal Gallery. The art show presents some really nice stencil artworks with political and humorous backgrounds...

Car Tagging meets Breast Cancer!?

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:45:59 +0000

I can’t believe it. A car-manufacturer invites a former graffiti artist to advertise for a breast cancer awareness foundation?! Anyway, I love that flow and style and tagging a car is cool as well!

Amazing Mural Art: Jazz Time

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:32:54 +0000

Have you already seen that amazing mural artwork Chazme, Lump, Sainer & Sepe created in Poland? Four brilliant characters playing jazz - it’s really wicked! Take a look and be impressed...

Uncommissioned Urban Art: Trespass

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:57:58 +0000

The Wooster Collective, WK Interact, Martha Cooper and some other people recently sat down to talk about “Trespass - A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art”, a new and interesting urban art book...

Urban Art: Nuart City Walk

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:51:58 +0000

First impressions from the first Nuart city walk, showing a big crowd its new town’s landmarks and providing background-info about the artworks by famous urban artists, brilliant!

Evol’s New Stencil City

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:28:41 +0000

Evol did some great new stencil artworks over there in Norway as a part of the Nuart Festival 2010. If you love his amazing detailed artworks like I do, take a look and be impressed!

Urban Landscapes: Dan Kitchener Graffiti

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:21:53 +0000

Some days ago, London-based graffiti artist Dan Kitchener spray-painted a new, large-scale piece in Shoreditch, showing an impressing view on railways. I met him and took some photos...

Jimi Hendrix Stencil Art

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:18:12 +0000

Jimi Hendrix is death for 40 year now. To commemorate that famous person, London-based stencil artist Fin DAC created an astonishing series of unique stencil artworks...

Dave the Chimp Socks

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:54:01 +0000

After books, mags, shoes, prints and paintings, famous urban artist Dave the Chimp did something new: He designed socks! They are available now...

Nychos’ Graffiti Show Photos

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:10:38 +0000

Yesterday, famous Austrian graffiti artist and illustrator Nychos opened his graffiti horror show at Pure Evil Gallery in London. I met the artist and took some photos of his great comic-style artworks...

Slovenian Tape Art

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:53:29 +0000

A group of Slovenian artists recently figured out the great possibilities of tape as a creative tool and created these interesting video of there tape art fun...seems to be advert or something like that...

Stencil Art: Fin DAC commemorates Hendrix

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:40:32 +0000

Well-known stencil artist Fin DAC from London will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’ death by pre-releasing his striking “Hendrix: Still Reigning, Still Dreaming” print tomorrow...

SPQR - Monochrome Stencil Art

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:48:42 +0000

Well-known British stencil artist SPQR will open his stencil art exhibition at Signal Gallery in London tomorrow. I guess it will be a nice show for all street art enthusiasts, so make sure to save the date!

Nychos’ Horror Graffiti

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:18:03 +0000

Austrian graffiti artist and illustrator Nychos will open his first solo-exhibition in London tomorrow at Pure Evil Gallery! It’s going to become a real graffiti horror-show with lime green mutated tentacles, maggots and monsters!

Biggest Marker Worldwide?!

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:02:39 +0000

It’s huge and maybe the dream of every tagger: The biggest marker worldwide! Created by the Melbourne-based street art collective Everfresh, the oversized marker overshadows everything else...

Street Artists in Action!

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:56:44 +0000

Today I launched my new urban art photography blog focusing on street and graffiti artists in action. I hope you enjoy this new source for insights into the creative urban art world!

Exhibition Dickheads?!

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:02:52 +0000

I got a light cultural shock, when I visited the first guest-list exhibitions in London, because the exhibition-clientele here is quite different to the clientele in Berlin...

Blu: New Murals in Europe

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:17:35 +0000

Because famous mural artist Blu was quite busy in the last weeks, I decided to create a small collection of his latest urban artworks in Europe. Make sure you didn’t missed one of his amazing wall-paintings!

The Street Art Stencil Book

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:12:28 +0000

There is a new stencil art book out there, including “twenty original laser-cut stencils by the world’s greatest street artists”! I don’t know what to make of it...

New Abandoned Tape Art, Buffdiss

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:40:09 +0000

The latest abandoned artworks by Australian tape artist Buffdiss, combine the power of paint and the straightness of tape and create in that way new experimental series of interesting urban artworks...

CCTV Birds: Urban Evolution?

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:20:53 +0000

What I hate most about modern cities is the ongoing observation of public space by the use of CCTV! That’s one reason for why I like these brilliant CCTV bird installations...

Murals: Practiques, Murals, Contemporanies

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:38:22 +0000

For me, these huge mural artworks in the urban space are always impressing. Recently I found a new book which documents the work of some well-known mural artists...

Urban Art Sculptures: Boy Soldiers

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:46:13 +0000

The “Boy Soldiers” urban art sculptures exhibition by Schoony is a very interesting art show which shows, how successful contemporary fine art could work together with urban-inspired art...

Berlin’s Painting Reality

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:31:55 +0000

Earlier this year, a group of anonymous people spilled about 500 liters paint on a well-frequented junction in the heart of Berlin. Now a documentary video was published, showing the main action of this paint attack!

Graffitti, Grafity, Graffity or Graffiti?

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:12:40 +0000

It seems to be quite popular to write graffiti in a wrong way. There are dozens of crazy examples around the world, which confirm this thesis. So read on and get a better writing style...

In Action: RDW Stencil Art, London

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:11:10 +0000

It’s nice to see Argentinian street artists in action on the streets in London. I was out and about with Buenos Aires based stencil art crew “Run Don’t Walk” and took some flicks of there latest urban artwork...

Poster Boy: The War of Art

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:26:44 +0000

Poster Boy is in London to promote his defense fund for urban artists, called “Kids Are Really Against The Empire”. I met him and took a few photos of the book launch at Pure Evil Gallery...

Space Invader is Bender is Invader

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:19:01 +0000

I don’t know, whether it’s good or not so good to guest-star in one of Matt Groening’s series but I’m sure, this is a fantastic Space Invader tile art homage!

Argentinian Street Art Show

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:48:15 +0000

The new street art group exhibition “Buenos Aires Calling” presents a well worth seeing insight into the Argentinian street art scene. Check this out!

Street Artists at Work

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:24:29 +0000

While meeting street artists around the world for their upcoming street art documentary, the Six Oranges camera team took some astonishing photos of street artists at work. Great work!

Poster Boy: Kids Are Really Against The Empire!

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:51:39 +0000

Famous subway ad-alterer and urban artist Poster Boy will be in London this week-end! So make sure to visit his “The War of Art” book launch at Pure Evil gallery and join the K.A.R.A.T.E. defense fund for artists...

Boy Soldiers: Urban Art War in London?

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:06:13 +0000

Next week, a maybe controversial urban art exhibition will take place in London - the “Boy Soldiers” group-show by Schoony, presenting 30 fantastic urban art sculptures made of fibreglass...

Graffiti in Venezuela: Pinto Con Lata

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:56:16 +0000

“Pinto Con Lata” is maybe the first documentary film about graffiti in Venezuela. Including interviews with masked guys and live action, the documentary wants to give direct insights into the local scene...

Berlin in Tilt-Shift

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:04:34 +0000

I love tagged walls, I love colorful houses and streets and I like creative city portraits like this tilt-shift video of Berlin. Take a look at the sexiest city worldwide from unusual perspectives...

Buenos Aires Street Art

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:11:11 +0000

Pure Evil Gallery and “Graffitimundo” present the first collective exhibition of street artworks from Buenos Aires in London! Should be really inspiring, so make sure to save the date!

Call for Cardboard Art

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:18:56 +0000

An interesting no budget festival with live music, art and philosophy will take place in Detroit at the end of September. Therefore a whole van should be filled with creative cardboard artworks...

Great Typography Posters

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:14:14 +0000

Redspective presents posters and prints by the two typography artists and graphic designers Otto Baum and Sven Neitzel. Really nice works, take a look!

Backjumps 4.2 - Junior Street Art

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:37:11 +0000

“Backjumps 4.2” is a street art festival for creative kids and still-kids, who are interested in the urban arts. With an international and famous line-up, “Backjumps 4.2” will certainly be successful as usual!

London Graffiti: Meeting of Styles, Photos

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:47:12 +0000

This year’s biggest graffiti event “Meeting Of Styles” took place in London. About 50 graffiti artists from all over the world painted two days...

Making-Of: Evol Stencil Art

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:03:51 +0000

It’s always interesting to see how artists create their artworks. This video shows how stencil artist Evol create his stencil artworks...

Bäst Screen-printings in London

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:09:58 +0000

The screen-printing show called “Botulism” by famous street artist Bäst started at Lazarides Gallery in London. I took some photos at the preview party...

Graffiti Trip, Facebook Stickers & Tetris Art

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:45:56 +0000

The Urban Artcore Eye Candy link-tips, this time with The Mac’s latest graffiti trip, the wall painting in Berlin’s Cassiopeia club, Ludo’s D-Day and Facebook sticker street art...and of course nice street art shots!

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!

Train Graffiti: Subway World

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:56:31 +0000

The graffiti book “Subway World”, published 2009, is a nice documentary of internationally underground train-writing. On about 160 pages the book presents related stories from all over the world...

Urban Illustration: Zosen in London

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:44:20 +0000

Recently the first UK solo exhibition by famous Barcelona-based urban artist Zosen opened in London’s StolenSpace Gallery, showing a nice collection of urban illustrations...

15 Years Street Art: Specter Interview

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:31:44 +0000

Specter is an well-known street artist around the world. His different interventions in public space as well as his politically statements are fantastic artworks. Recently he gave an interesting interview!

Augustine Kofie, Artist Profile

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:58:57 +0000

Augustine Kofie’s abstract paintings and murals are part of my favourite urban artworks. Recently, a great artist profile about the artist who uses only simple geometrically shapes, was published...

Mr. Jago Live-Painting

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:37:08 +0000

Last Thursday, well-known urban artist Mr. Jago painted live Pure Evil Gallery as a part of the VNA release party. I was on site and took some photos of the nice guy painting a new chaotic artwork...

Roa Graffiti Prints - Out Now!

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:10:37 +0000

Roa is currently one of the most well-known graffiti artists out there. He is famous for the monochrome animal graffiti you could find all over Europe. Now, prints of his urban artworks were published!

Photos: Urban Art under the Westway

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:52:11 +0000

Seven days of preparation and finally one big public opening tomorrow, Urban Art under the Westway is going to become the next big street art event in London...

Graffiti Street Animation

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:56:13 +0000

I love stop-motion film, especially when they are about graffiti or street art. Tumblingerstraße is such a film, or exactly it’s no film, but a miniature animation...Let’s paint the town red!

Sex Art, Murals, 3D Installations & Interviews

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:00:57 +0000

A lot of new street art and graffiti things happened out there in the world in the last days. For that reason it’s time again for some new Urban Art Eye Candy link-tips...

Pure Evil: Specter in London!

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:59:55 +0000

Until August 24th, the worth seeing UK debut solo-exhibition by Brooklyn-based urban artist Specter will run at the Pure Evil Gallery...

Stencil Art London - C215

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:58:39 +0000

Famous stencil artist C215 was in London, had a nice exhibition and did a few colorful artworks on the streets. I visited the Signal Gallery and took some nice shots of his amazing stencil artworks...

Urban Monster Art - Rallito X

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:34:06 +0000

Do you know the Spanish street artist Rallito X and the crazy characters he paints on walls? You should, take a look"

Tagging Culture in Berlin

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:45:58 +0000

Today I found an interesting portrait of the Skalitzers Gallery in Berlin-Kreuzberg, including a nice interview with its owner about tagging culture in Berlin. Watch the film and visit the gallery!

Escape Urban Art, Vienna

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:51:35 +0000

Some of the world’s urban a-list artists will meet-up in Vienna this October! They will be the main-acts at the urban art exhibition “Escape the Golden Cage”...

Woollen Art: Spider Tags

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:12:23 +0000

Spider Tags - Have you already seen these fantastic abstract artworks made of cotton threads? It’s a simple way for creating geometrically street artworks!

London’s Abandoned Tube Stations

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:22:27 +0000

London is an old city with an long history. A very interesting part of that history are the now unused, abandoned tube stations. One the most-famous is St Mary’s in East London...

Zezão - Urban Art of São Paulo

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:35:29 +0000

Urban artist Zezão is, in addition to Os Gêmeos, one of the creative representatives of São Paulo. Currently, his art show is running at Choque Cultural Gallery. Take a look!

Fine Stencil Art: C215’s Midnight Dreams

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:34:48 +0000

“Midnight Dreams”, a fine stencil art exhibition by famous street artist C215, shows a beautiful collection of colourful, dreamlike fine stencil artworks. The show ends at the end of the week!

Zosen - System Collapse in the UK

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:04:03 +0000

Barcelona-based street artist Zosen will open his first solo exhibition in the UK at StolenSpace Gallery in not more than twelve days! Be sure you could make it!

Top 5: Urban Art Photo-Contest Winners

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:44:18 +0000

Now it’s over - The winners of this year’s Urban Art Photo-Contest are fixed and I think the jury made a good choice! The winners can now look forward to one of the great prize-packages...

Emess & Czarnobyl Live - United Colours

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:01:50 +0000

Two of Berlin’s most famous stencil artists, Czarnobyl and Emess, spray-painted live at the “United Colours” street art and graffiti festival and I took some nice photos...

Urban Art Photo Contest Finished!

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:34:22 +0000

Writing this, my Urban Art Photo Contest finishes with about 500 submitted photos by about 200 people. The five winning shots will be announced in the next days...

Out and About with Nelio & BUFFdiss

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:24:13 +0000

After a stressful week with a lot of work, I met up with the Australian tape artist BUFFdiss and the French graffiti artist Nelio, to creatively explore an old, abandoned warehouse in Berlin...

Faile’s Temple Installation

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:35:21 +0000

The well-known street art collective Faile did a great job in Lisbon! They created a massive urban temple installation with a lot of great artworks in it...

Urban Art Photo Contest

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:30:30 +0000

Ready, steady, go - Urban Artcore’s international Urban Art Photo Contest goes into the next round! Do you have a winning shot? Join the competition!

Commercial Urban Art, Evol’s Studio & Zombie Walk

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:18:44 +0000

This is the tenth edition of my Urban Art Eye Candy news collection. This time I collected some great new mural artworks, stencil spray-paintings and other impressing artworks from all over the world...

Unlimited Urban Art: True Colors

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:17:52 +0000

Do you already know the kick-ass urban art stop motion film “True Colors” by Tomislav Topic? If not, you know what you have to watch the next 5 minutes...

Urban Art Photo Contest Update

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:50:47 +0000

This year’s Urban Art Photo Contest will start next Monday, July 19th, 2010. If you have a winning shot of street art or graffiti, join the competition tohave a chance to win one of our great prize-packages!

Urban Games Console

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:53:32 +0000

Andreas Heikaus, a former Hannover-based applied science and art student, created a grandiose urban games console for his Bachelor thesis. So let’s play Super Mario...

Summer Street Art Berlin

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:51:27 +0000

The sun is shining and a lot of street artists are on the run in the streets of Berlin. That’s why I decided to walk through Berlin-Kreuzberg for taking some photos of new nice urban artworks...

Spanish Top Urban Artists

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:25:42 +0000

To celebrate the end of the FIFA football world cup and the win of the Spanish football team, I decided to collect a list of Spain’s top urban artists. Therefore I need your help...

Stencil Art: Dash3Ultra & Mittenimwald

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:57:09 +0000

The two stencil artists Mittenimwald and Dash3Ultra are well-known in Hamburg. Recently, they opened their urban art exhibition in Berlin! These are first impressions...

Stencil Art Pirates: Los Piratoz

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:34:29 +0000

Los Piratos is maybe the most active street art crew from Hamburg. Recently they published their own stencil art book and sent me an exemplar. Here are some insights...

Hamburger Stencil Art in Berlin

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:46:46 +0000

Mittenimwald and Dash3Ultra, two Hamburg-based stencil artists, will start their urban art exhibition at ATM Gallery in Berlin. A must for urban art lovers...

Space Invader’s City Walk

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:52:16 +0000

Recently, street artist Space Invader from France created another amazing urban artwork. He made his own city walk in downtown San Diego. Watch the video and be impressed!

New Wall-Painted Animation by Blu!

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:21:56 +0000

Maybe he is the most famous mural artist around the world, maybe he’s not. Nevertheless, Blu created another outstanding wall-painted animation. Watch it now!

Papergirl #5 Exhibition Photos

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:58:38 +0000

Yesterday, the Papergirl project’s doors opened for the vernissage of the corresponding paper art exhibition at the Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin and I took some photos...

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...

Urban Artcore Invites You...

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:08:06 +0000

I decided to have a nice Friday-evening this week, with a lot of sun, fun and drinks. I would invite you to join the meet and greet to have a good time and a nice party...

WWF Graffiti Animals

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:18:40 +0000

Have you ever seen graffiti on wild animals? The latest poster-campaign by the WWF shows tagged animals in their natural surroundings. It’s really whack advert...

Guerrilla Art Documentary

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:16:43 +0000

Filmed in New York, London, Paris, São Pauloand Tokyo, the “Guerrilla Art” documentary explores how the latest generation of street artists became the newest hot property of art collectors...

Urban Design: Peachbeach Exhibition

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:40:52 +0000

The urban design collective Peachbeach will have their next exhibition next week at the West Berlin Gallery. If you like colorful illustrations or skateboard-designs, it’s a must for you!

Street Art Cookbook

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:05:38 +0000

How many different street art techniques are used by urban artists around the world? Well, I don’t know, but there’s the new Street Art Cookbook out now!

Geometric Urban Art, Street Art Cantina & Murals

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:48:57 +0000

Before you will enjoy the sunny weather and watching football, here are some interesting street art and graffiti news from around the world...

Live-Painting: Kofie & El Mac

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:49:30 +0000

Famous urban artists Augustine Kofie and El Mac did a great job when they painted live at Jaybo aka Monk’s Project Room yesterday. I visited that great art-space and took some photos...

Augustine Kofie Live-Painting

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:40:23 +0000

Today, famous urban artist Augustine Kofie will paint live at Jaybo aka Monk’s Project Room in Berlin. His geometrically style is amazing and I hope to get some nice photos...

Tape Art: BUFFdiss in Action

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:20:57 +0000

Last weekend, I was on the run with famous tape artist BUFFdiss, who is in Berlin in these days! While he created some very nice new tape artworks, I took some photos...

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...

Boxi: How-to Stencil Art

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:09:02 +0000

Watch, how famous stencil artist Boxi creates an amazing new artwork on the base of one of Ross Morrison’s photos. It’s great to see how he arranges the fine structured six layers...

Mode2 Live Painting Photos

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:42:39 +0000

Yesterday, one of Europe’s most famous graffiti artists Mode2 painted live a fantastic rough mural artwork in Berlin. I was around and took some nice photos of the paint, brushes and characters...

Favela Painting, Team Robbo & Modern Buff Chemicals

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:31:07 +0000

To put you in the right mood for the nice weather and the weekend, I collected some interesting urban art news from around the world...

Mode2 Live Painting

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:04:33 +0000

Mode2 is one of the most central figures of European graffiti. His evolutionary style combines graffiti-inspired sketches, nude bodies and contemporary elements...

Street Art Documentary - No Art No Street

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:06:24 +0000

Klub7 and 44flavours are only two of the street artists (or collectives) who are part of the new street art documentary “No Art No Street” which is currently in production...

Wooster Collective in Berlin

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:42:00 +0000

Sara and Marc Schiller, better known as Wooster Collective will be in Berlin this weekend! For that reason, there will be a big art meet-up at “Club der Visionäre”...

Urban Art Sharing - Papergirl #5

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:48:57 +0000

In two weeks, this year’s “Papergirl” exhibition will take place at the Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin. Here is the corresponding trailer and some photos from the exhibition in 2009...

Graffiti Buffing in Gallery?!

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:43:37 +0000

Great action - Some artists buffed an kick-ass graffiti mural at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney as a protest against Sydney Councils stance on public art...

Herakut Exhibition Photos

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:16:22 +0000

Hera and Akut recently opened their new urban-inspired contemporary art show at Galerie Springmann.Varol. Now there are first impressions online!

Top Urban Art Photographers Update

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:37:25 +0000

In the last weeks I found three new and really interesting urban art photographers. That’s why I updated my photographers top-list yesterday. Take a look and inspire you!

ProjectRoom in London - Photos

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:27:22 +0000

Jaybo aka Monk and his ProjectRoom live-painting project hit London last Thursday - Apparently it was a great art event. Take a look at some nice impressions from this evening...

Urban Art Photo Contest 2010

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:11:52 +0000

Also this year there will be a urban art photography contest with a lot of great prizes! To make the contest as well as possible I need your help. Tell me your opinion and join the competition...

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...

FIFA World Cup Paintings - South Africa 2010

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:00:09 +0000

Today the FIFA world cup will start with an big opening ceremony in South Africa. To celebrate this first football world championship under African soil, 33 interesting artworks were created...

Live-Paintings - Jaybo’s ProjectRoom

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:56:07 +0000

Whether Herakut, Remi/Rough or Marco Grassi, a lot of well-known urban artists painted live in the “ProjectRoom” by Jaybo aka Monk. Today the next live-painting will take place in London...

Graffiti Show: Public Provocations #2

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:23:24 +0000

This weekend will become hot due to the fact that the Carhartt Gallery will present 14 well-known graffiti and street artists. It’s “Public Provocations” time...

New Yorkers vs. Tourists

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:28:48 +0000

Yesterday, the urban guerrilla group Improv Everywhere published the video of their most recent intervention called “The Tourist Lane”. Watch the New Yorkers vs. Tourists action...

Papergirl 2010 - The Exhibition

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:00:04 +0000

Papergirl is an alternative street art project with the aim to bring art to public spaces in a different way as usual. Therefore, the activists throw rolls filled with collections of paper art to lucky catchers...

Pedro Matos: Portrait or Urban Reality?

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:03:22 +0000

With his most recent solo-exhibition in Lisbon, Portuguese urban artist Pedro Matos will probably earn a lot of fame in the international art world. Here are some first photos...

Sam3 Mural Art Time-lapse

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:02:37 +0000

Spanish street artist Sam3 recently released his new time-lapse video, showing the development process of one of his most recent mural artworks in Lisbon...

Anti-Mediaspree Protests - Photos

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:27:02 +0000

A broad alliance of left-winged people demonstrated last Saturday against the Mediaspree investors group and its plans to build high office blocks and luxury apartments on former free spaces...

Minimalistic Paper Art - 1010

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:27:51 +0000

“OMU” is the title of the most recent art show by Hamburg-based street artist 1010, which presents hand-scissored paper artworks, showing strange creatures...

BP Ad-Busting: Butt Phuck

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:49:48 +0000

For weeks, oil flows into the Gulf of Mexico, because of negligently offshore oil-drillings. It seems that there’s no chance to eliminate the problem. BP is “Butt Phuck”...

Princess Hijab, Urban Bowling & Subway Exhibition

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:07:23 +0000

The fifth part of my urban art eye candy series gives you some interesting reading tips about latest street art events, exhibitions and artists. Also some nice impressions aren’t missing...

Board Mediaspree, Create Free Spaces!

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:15:30 +0000

This Saturday is Mediaspree action day! Let’s take over control of the spaces along the Spree’s riverside to prevent Mediaspree and its gentrification plannings...

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...

Graffiti Movie: Girl Power Trailer

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:37:05 +0000

“Girl Power” is the name of an upcoming graffiti documentary about the graffiti world from the female point of view. Two days ago, the official trailer was published...

Abandoned Place: Teufelsberg Berlin

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:13:04 +0000

PictureReport did it again! The filmmakers crew filmed another well-known abandoned place in Berlin, the NSA station at the Teufelsberg. A great video with fantastic impressions, a must to see!

Mural Art: Madrid is Blu!

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:21:02 +0000

A huge wall, a lot of paint, some paint roller and a creative idea - That’s what urban artist Blu needs to create those great mural artworks like he recently did in Madrid!

Mural Art: Sten & Lex Big in Europe

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:45:46 +0000

The Italian street art duo Sten & Lex seems to be on a mural art tour though Europe. Some weeks ago they created a huge mural poster artwork in Rome, recently they beautified Lyon...

Street Art iPhone App

Mon, 31 May 2010 18:11:58 +0000

Have you already heard about that new street art guide app for the iPhone, called “All City”? Its aim is to collect interesting street art spot around the world...

Huge Mural Art in Antwerp!

Mon, 31 May 2010 13:15:57 +0000

Brussels-based urban artist Steve Locatelli recently created a huge mural artwork in Antwerp and continues in this way the trend of creating large-scale paintings on gray facades...

Klone: Israeli Street Art in Berlin

Sun, 30 May 2010 21:13:28 +0000

Famous Israeli street artist Klone is in Berlin at the moment. Recently he did a small pasting tour through Kreuzberg and left some nice hand-drawings...

1010 - Abstract Creatures Exhibition

Sun, 30 May 2010 14:24:56 +0000

Another great street art exhibition will take place at Berlin’s ATM Gallery! Well-known Hamburg-based street artist 1010 will present some new of his abstract creatures...

Apple iPad Ad-Busting

Fri, 28 May 2010 15:08:28 +0000

Recently, advert posters for Apple’s iPad get busted by unknowns in Berlin. They sticked some explicit pics over the photos as a reference to Steve Jobs’ no porn aim...

Digital Graffiti, Rooftop Burner Fund & Interviews

Fri, 28 May 2010 14:27:35 +0000

Although the big street art hype seems to be over, there’s still a lot creative action in the urban environment around the globe. Here are actual news and some nice impressions...

Landform Typography

Wed, 26 May 2010 13:48:14 +0000

Rhett Dashwood seems to be really bored. In seven months of painstaking work, the creative director finished his “Google Maps Typography” alphabet. Wow!

Mural Art: Blu, Sam3 & Os Gêmeos in Lisbon

Wed, 26 May 2010 12:23:26 +0000

Famous urban artists and mural art painter Os Gêmeos, Blu and Sam3 recently started to paint the facade of two abandoned houses in Lisbon! Here are some first impressions...

Action Figures: Banksy, Hirst & Ron English!

Tue, 25 May 2010 18:45:40 +0000

You are a fan of street artist Banksy, Damien Hirst or Ron English? Then watch out now! Mike Leavitt created some freaky action figures of famous modern artists...

Wood Typography: Read the Trees!

Tue, 25 May 2010 10:43:25 +0000

Do you know that fantastic typographic wood design by the british graphic design company Why not Associates from 2009? Typography friends and nature lovers should read carefully!

Herakut Graffiti - Dirty Fine Art Show

Mon, 24 May 2010 18:21:50 +0000

This June, famous urban art-duo Herakut will have its first solo show in Germany! The two post graffiti artists will present their most recent artworks, which combine dirty and detailed style...

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...

Carnival of Cultures Berlin - Photo Report

Sun, 23 May 2010 18:52:36 +0000

Today, the procession of this year’s Carnival of Cultures happened in Berlin! A huge number of people join the street parade and had a great multicultural party! I took some photos...

Graffiti Documentary: Graffiti is Freedom?

Sun, 23 May 2010 00:11:15 +0000

“Getting Up” is an interesting graffiti documentary from 2008. Some of the major players from the United States talk about their idea of graffiti, styles and freedom...

Krink vs. Dior: Mean Intervention!

Fri, 21 May 2010 11:50:29 +0000

One of the most recent interventions by urban artist Glitsh is very mean! It’s a red nail varnish bomb! Or what would you say if you had some Krink in your nail varnish tank?

Graffiti Book: Name Tagging!

Fri, 21 May 2010 09:10:17 +0000

“Hello My Name Is” stickers are maybe the most famous stickers around the globe. Legendary graffiti photographer Martha Cooper will publish her book about these stickers this June!

Baroque Street Art, QR Codes & Urban Art Hot Seats

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:11:48 +0000

This is the next edition of Urban Artcore’s urban art eye candy series! In addition to very interesting street art and graffiti news, there are some nice impressions from the Urban Artcore Flickr-group...

Os Gemeos Graffiti Show - First Pics!

Wed, 19 May 2010 12:53:04 +0000

Some days ago, I wrote an article about the current Os Gêmeos graffiti art exhibition in Lisbon. Today I present some of the first impressions of that amazing art show...

Banksy Street Art: Only Advertising?

Tue, 18 May 2010 17:41:39 +0000

The more Banksy creates new stencil art pieces in North American cities, the more people think of an advertising campaign. But is this really justified?

Support Street Art Conference!

Tue, 18 May 2010 09:48:14 +0000

“Living Walls, The City Speaks” is maybe the biggest street art and urbanism conference worldwide. It will be take place in Atlanta this August, but still needs your support!

Skateboarding in Abandoned Swimming Pools!

Mon, 17 May 2010 18:29:56 +0000

Because of the economic crisis and its effects, there is a new urban sports trend in the USA: Skateboarding in abandoned swimming pools! Looks really nice...

Art Stars - Europe’s Top Artists!

Mon, 17 May 2010 13:55:07 +0000

The “Art Stars” project is a showcase of Europe’s most exciting young artistic talents, including some of the most famous urban artists like Daniel Tagno, Herakut, L’Atlas and others...

Mural Art: El Bocho Live in Berlin!

Sun, 16 May 2010 18:15:22 +0000

Recently, Berlin-based street artist El Bocho did a nice mural artwork in Berlin’s creative quarter Friedrichshain. Here are shots from the live painting...

Os Gemeos: Biggest Graffiti Event?

Sun, 16 May 2010 15:25:21 +0000

For graffiti enthusiast as well as art lovers, the upcoming graffiti exhibition by well-known Brazilian urban art duo Os Gêmeos will maybe be one of this year’s biggest art events...

Banksy - Child Drawing Series

Thu, 13 May 2010 13:45:31 +0000

Famous street artist Banksy is on tour through the USA these days and created a new series of impressing artworks, called “Banksy’s Child Drawing Series”...

Klebstoff #2 - Sticker Magazine

Wed, 12 May 2010 11:44:51 +0000

The second “Klebstoff” issue was released! “Klebstoff” is an independent German sticker magazine, which contains about 100 stickers by more than 20 well-known urban artists...

Urban Reality Show - Pedro Matos

Tue, 11 May 2010 15:36:45 +0000

“Reality Show” is the title of an amazing urban art exhibition by Portuguese artist Pedro Matos, which will take place this June in Lisbon. You don’t know him? You have to!

Urban Spacemag: Only Copy & Paste?

Mon, 10 May 2010 19:26:37 +0000

The Urban.Spacemag magazine becomes more and more an authority for subcultural and urban topics. Now they are calling for your contributions...

Church Graffiti: Paint Your Faith

Mon, 10 May 2010 13:30:57 +0000

Have you ever heard something about an art project where the church collaborates with graffiti artists? Me neither, until I read the “Paint Your Faith” press release...

Urban Art Core: How to be better?

Sun, 09 May 2010 20:50:16 +0000

Readers Feedback is very important for a blog and its writer. Therefore I launch the first Urban Art Core question time and hope I will get some honest answers and statements...

Concrete Playground: First Impressions!

Sun, 09 May 2010 14:02:39 +0000

For already three days, the street art festival Concrete Playground is running in Essen. Now there are the first impressions of the great art show online...

Urban Defender: New Urban Action Game?

Fri, 07 May 2010 10:43:19 +0000

Urban Defender is a modern urban action game, which was developed at the University of the Arts in Zurich and promises a lot of fun. This is its concept...

Eye Candy #2: L’Atlas in Berlin, Israel Graffiti & Pothole Gardening

Thu, 06 May 2010 14:28:21 +0000

This is the second edition of Urban Artcore’s urban art eye candy series! Today I have some nice photos and info about urban gardening, paint club action, graffiti for Israel and other interesting stuff...

Concrete Playground - Street Art Event

Wed, 05 May 2010 20:09:02 +0000

It seems like “Concrete Playground” will be one of this year’s most interesting street art events in Germany. The list of participating artists sounds like urban art’s who-is-who...

MadC - Miss Transparent Graffiti

Wed, 05 May 2010 14:04:20 +0000

MadC is one of the most popular female graffiti artists around the world. Recently she created an amazing piece, only using transparent colors! Take a look: MadC vs. Molotow...

Abandoned Places in Berlin

Tue, 04 May 2010 20:46:46 +0000

There are a lot of old and abandoned factories and other industrial buildings in Berlin. Now, some filmmakers started to document their lonely beauty...

Nomad, The Pink Ninja

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:08:34 +0000

Recently, the biggest wishing well in the world was created by famous urban artist Nomad. He is on Grand Canary and gigantic. Maybe you could see him from outer space...

Kiss the City: French Graffiti in Berlin

Mon, 03 May 2010 14:17:16 +0000

Babou, L’Atlas, Sun7 and Tanc are four well-known graffiti and street artists from France. Recently they opened their graffiti exhibition in Berlin, showing some really amazing urban artworks...

Stencil Art & Cyberpunk: Czarnobyl Art Show

Sun, 02 May 2010 18:51:03 +0000

Punk and squatting, cyborgs and graffiti - That’s the world of Berlin-based stencil artist Czarnobyl. Recently he opened his art show at ATM Gallery in Berlin...

Stefan Strumbel & His Sweet Home

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:59:27 +0000

Stefan Strumbel’s exhibition “Home Sweet Home” encompasses objects from folk art that refer to the clichéd notions of home, folklore and popular piety.

Art of Destruction: Interview with Vhils

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:02:26 +0000

The art of destruction by Portuguese urban artist Vhils is very spectacular. Recently he gave me an interview about his roots and the idea behind his form of urban art...

Massive Paint Attack in Berlin

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:06:30 +0000

The Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin is a victim of a massive paint attack which took place there yesterday. Several liters of paint made a colorful chaos...

Mural Art: Breaking the Wall in Wroclaw

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:33:56 +0000

Some days ago, the “Out of Something - Breakin’ The Wall” festival started in Wroclaw. Urban art photographer Just documented the ongoing creative process...

Urban Art Core goes London?!

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:22:07 +0000

...is my next milestone. I will be in London this year and therefore I need your help! Tell me what I have to see, where I have to go and where I could sleep...

Graffiti Festival: Art Brut in Barcelona

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:30:36 +0000

Last weekend, the “Art Brut” graffiti festival took place in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Twenty artists, including Boris Hoppek and Aryz, sprayed six walls...

Calligraffiti isn’t New? Niels Shoe Meulman Interview

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:19:58 +0000

Calligraffiti is a mixture of calligraphy and graffiti and Niels Shoe Meulman is one of its protagonists. Recently I had the change to ask him some questions...

Graffiti Series: DIY America

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:50:04 +0000

The producers of “DIY America”, which is the successor of the popular “Beautiful Losers” movie, recently published a new series about graffiti...

Interaction Art: El Tono’s New Street Art

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:41 +0000

Famous street artist El Tono recently did another great street art experiment, which completely depended on pedestrian interaction. Let’s scratching the surface!

Evol & Pisa73 - New Stencil Artworks

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:30:22 +0000

The two famous stencil artists Evol and Pisa73 recently presented some new artworks at Wilde Gallery’s “Source/ Resource” exhibition in Berlin. Take a closer look...

Graffomat - Graffiti Vending Machines

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:18:42 +0000

Believe in it or not, Graffomat is entering the market with a new state of the art graffiti supply vending machine. Here are first info about that on-street graffiti shop...

Urban Art Show: Keep Smiling, Loser!

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:29:18 +0000

Yesterday, the new group exhibition “Keep Smiling, Loser!” opened its doors at Superplan Gallery in Berlin. I was there and was impressed by the artworks by Pisa73, N8 Van Dyke, and others...

Street Art 3.0: Mentalgassi in Berlin

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:58:39 +0000

The street art collective Mentalgassi is well-known in Berlin for their large-scale paper artworks, which always show crazy faces. Recently they created a brand-new artwork at Alexanderplatz...

Urban Painting: Gate & Lake in Berlin

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:01:06 +0000

The artworks by the two street artist Gate and Lake are well-known in Berlin. Recently they opened their art show in Berlin, showing some new works and photos of old ones...

Urban Art Eye Candy #1

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:53:29 +0000

If you’re searching for some inspiring impressions from the streets around the world, the new “Urban Art Eye Candy” category (former “Urban Top Shots”) is all you need!

Urban Wood Art: Is “Back to the Roots” Trend?

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:26:36 +0000

The two well-known urban art and design collectives Klub7 and 44 Flavours merged together for a “back to basics” exhibition at the Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin...

“The Knot” - A Mobile Art-Platform?

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:04:03 +0000

“The Knot” is a very interesting and alternative gallery concept. It’s a mobile art-platform which will drive through Europe, offering a special way of creative working space...

Graffiti Talk: Os Gêmeos Interview

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:12:58 +0000

Os Gêmeos are maybe the most famous graffiti art twins around the world. Recently they gave an very interesting interview about their history and art...

Aakash Nihalani: Taping Freehand?

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:17:42 +0000

Aakash Nihalani, one of the most famous tape artists around the globe, shows his free hand skills...Take a look!

Turmkunst: News from the Art Monument?

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:30:51 +0000

Yesterday I took some new shots of the “Art Monument”’s tower - Flying Förtress was still spray-painting the new grounded facade of the “Bierpinsel”...

Street Festival: Eurocultured in Manchester

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:01:31 +0000

At the end of May, the very interesting street festival “Eurocultured” will take place in Manchester. In addition to a lot of good music also Herakut, Aryz, Toast and other street artists will be present...

Exclusive: Exit Through The Gift Shop Sneak Peek

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:11:14 +0000

In a few days, the street art documentary “Exit Through The Gift Shop” by street art legend Banksy will come into the US-American cinemas. Here is another exclusive preview teaser...

Street Photography: L’Atlas in Moscow

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:03:30 +0000

French urban artist L’Atlas recently hit the Russian capital Moscow and took some great street photos of his crisscross paintings. Take a look...

Visual Aggression: Rero Interview

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:53:45 +0000

Frenchman Rero is a conceptual urban artist with a graffiti background. His typographically artworks are popular around the world. Here is the first interview with him...

Turmkunst - The Exhibition

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:15:43 +0000

Outside the “Bierpinsel” tower, Flying Förtress, KR, Honet and Sozyone are repainting the facade - Inside the tower there is a nice urban art exhibition with a lot of beautiful artworks...take a look!

Art Monument Berlin - First Impressions

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:09:09 +0000

Today, the urban art mega-event “Art Monument 2010” started in Berlin! I was there, watched Flying Förtress painting the tower and took some shots...

Art Monument Berlin Cancelled

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:08:40 +0000

It would have been the urban art event of the year. The “Art Monument” (Turmkunst) should start today, but unfortunately a court decided to stop the plan to repaint the “Bierpinsel” tower...

Stroke.02 – Urban Art Fair Munich

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:57:59 +0000

This May, the successor of the successful urban art show Stroke.01 will take place in Munich. The show will present the creme de la creme of European contemporary and street art...

Visual Facade Projection - Quadrature

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:52:02 +0000

It’s a greate mixture of architecture as well as audio and visual techniques, which shows how to transform, create, expand, amplify and interpret spaces by using large scale video projections...

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...

Urbanism: Living Walls in Atlanta?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:23:53 +0000

This August, an interesting conference will take place in Atlanta: “Living Walls, The City Speaks”! Therefore they are calling for street artists to submit posters...

Traceless Graffiti: TOFA’s Light-Writing

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:46:57 +0000

Berlin based light-writer TOFA is one of the light-graffiti protagonists in Germany. His traceless way of writing graffiti is very popular at the moment...

Great Art Book: Being Alex Diamond

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:30:13 +0000

“Alex Diamond is unseizable as a person and difficult to categorize as an artist, he is more fantasy than reality” and this is his art book...

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 meets Fine Art: Ciscoksl & Fafa in Berlin

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:03:59 +0000

Iberian artists Ciscoksl and Fafa combine elements of graffiti and fine art in their nice artworks. I visited their recent exhibition at ATM Gallery in Berlin...

Street Art: Chimp, 1010 & CUPK in Hamburg

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:08:08 +0000

In addition to Berlin, Hamburg has one of the most active street art scenes in Germany. Yesterday, I walked through the streets there and took some nice street art shots...

Buffed Graffiti Exhibition in Zurich?

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:45:33 +0000

Thierry Furger buffs graffiti - It’s his way of dealing with the transience of graffiti! Now he will present some of his recent buffs in Zurich...

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!

Calligraffiti: Graffiti meets Calligraphy!

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:18:37 +0000

One of the world’s most famous and talented calligraphers is no one other than Niels “Shoe” Meulman from Amsterdam. His book “Calligraffiti” is a real masterpiece...

Art Monument Berlin - The Style

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:12:07 +0000

Next week, the urban art event “Art Monument 2010” will take place in Berlin, with a lot of great live painting and an nice exhibition! These are the last updates...

“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...

Modart: The Best Art Book Ever?

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:30:27 +0000

The “Modart No. 01” is a “best of Modart magazine” and contains articles about top urban artists, illustrators and photographers from around the world! Here are some insights...

It’s a Braw Bricht Muin-licht Nicht the Nicht!

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:16:16 +0000

I was in Edinburgh for vacation in the last week, walked a lot through this very interesting old city and took some nice photos of stickers, graffiti and other street art I found there...

Urban Billboard Art - Street Art by Ox

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:47:54 +0000

Do you know French urban artist Ox? For years, he redesigns billboards in Europe and creates in that way new street artworks on former advertising spaces...

Nomad’s New Artworks

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:35 +0000

Recently Berlin based street artist Nomad updated his photo-blog, including some new and interesting shots of his “Land Art” project. Take a look!

DIY Art: Color Ink Book

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:06:49 +0000

There are a lot of good art magazines around the globe, but i really like the “Color Ink Book”, which was published in its sixth edition a month ago...

Urban Photobook: Pieces of Berlin

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:03:28 +0000

Although there are available a lot of interesting illustrated and photobooks about Berlin, this one is really special. It shows nice and unconventional urban impressions from the streets of Berlin!

Street Sculptures: D*Face’s Inglourious Oscars

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:37:10 +0000

And the Oscar goes to...D*Face and his stunning “Zombie Oscars”! The famous British street artist visited Los Angeles and installed two skeleton-like Oscar sculptures...

Street Art Map: Urban Art Guide Vienna

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:23:18 +0000

Have you ever been in Vienna? I haven’t!, but they have a quite clever urban art guide their, which show the street art hot spots in the city...

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...

Adidas Urban Art Guide Hamburg

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:48:49 +0000

Do you know the Adidas Urban Art Guide? It’s an iPhone and Symbian application which guides you through the cities of Berlin and Hamburg and shows you interesting street art spots...

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,...

QR Code meets Street Art?

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:17:17 +0000

The street art collective La Pluma Eléctri*k from Madrid makes very interesting QR code paper artworks. Their modern message: I don´t understand anything...

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...

Urban Portraiture: Pabo Art Show

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:30:40 +0000

Two days ago, I visited the “Face to Face” exhibition by street artist Pabo in Berlin. What I found were some great portraits of some famous people. Here are some impressions...

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...

Light Art: Too Dark in Vancouver?

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:24:13 +0000

The 2010 Winter Olympics are over, but I recently found a very interesting light art project which took place in Vancouver for the last weeks: “Vectorial Elevation”!

Women Are Heroes! Time Lapse by JR

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:53:44 +0000

Last year, French street artist and photographer JR showed the whole of his “Women” for the first time in Paris and did some giant past-ups along the Seine River...

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...

Banksy Interview - New Facts?

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:42:10 +0000

“Banksy woz’ ere” is the unambiguous title of the really interesting interview, famous street artist Banksy did with the British Sunday Times newspaper...

Stencil Art Show: Orticanoodles in Paris

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:44:47 +0000

For years, Italian street art group Orticanoodles is active on the streets in Europe. Now they will have their first stencil art solo show in Paris, curated by famous Samantha Longhi...

Urban Top Shots #13

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:03:58 +0000

Urban Top Shots #13, this time with great photos of fire extinguisher paintings, stickers, installations, urban impressions and artworks by Orticanoodles, Maclaim, Case and Luzinterruptus!

Paris - Lost Street Art Photos!

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:33:54 +0000

What a luck, I found some lost street art photos from Paris, including shots of artworks by Bonom, Miss Van and Space Invader, in my deep urban art photo archives...

Graffiti Sketches: MadC’s 700 Wall

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:07:35 +0000

As I told you, famous graffiti writer MadC will spray paint a giant 639m² wall! To do so, she needs a lot of sketches and ideas. Here are some of them...

Urban Artcore Stickers Arrived!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:43:14 +0000

About 1,000 Urban Artcore stickers arrived two days ago. Now I will give away sticker packs to everyone who wants some for decorating the urban landscape...

Smash 137 & Aryz Graffiti in Barcelona

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:19:15 +0000

The two graffiti artists Smash 137 and Aryz met each-other in Barcelona for a great collaboration artwork in an abandoned industrial terrain. Ruedi One filmed the session...

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...

Release: Gaffa Urbanism Magazine

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:12:53 +0000

This Friday, the second Spacemag issue, called “Gaffa-Urbanism”, will be published at the Art Lawyer Gallery in Hamburg. I was able to cast an first eye at the new edition...

Limited Artworks by Flying Förtress?

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:05:35 +0000

All fans of the great Teddy Troops by famous graffiti and street artist Flying Förtress should read the next lines very carefully! There are limited prints out there...

Urban Art Mega-Event: Art Monument Berlin

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:31:05 +0000

Recently some new info about the upcoming urban art event Art Monument 2010 were published! In addition to the outdoor graffiti action, an exhibition will take place inside the tower...

Urban Fine Art: MaClaim in Berlin

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:55:20 +0000

The urban art collective Maclaim is well-known for their photo-realistic graffitiies and mural artworks. After they painted a nice wall in Berlin, they recently hit the streets of London...

Urban Illustrations - Gogoplata

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:25:56 +0000

Yesterday, I visited the opening of the urban illustrations exhibition “Catharsis Impossible” by Berlin-based, graffiti-influenced artist Gogoplata. Here are some impressions...

Tape Artists against Winter!

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:56:18 +0000

Winter is not really the best season for doing some tape art. For that reason I’m searching for other tape artists around the world, who will fight with me against the cold and wet weather...

Graffiti vs. Street Art: The Urban Clash

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:34:15 +0000

This is the story of “Banksy vs. Robbo” or how a street art piece can provoke a graffiti war. My workmate “RJ” gives a detailed summary and tries to interpret the occurrences...

Dirty Style: Calligraffiti in Berlin

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:23:40 +0000

For years, Niels “Shoe” Meulman is well-known for his perfect mixture of graffiti and calligraphy styles. Next month, he will release his “Calligraffiti” book in Berlin!

Video Game Art - Faile & Bast Exhibition

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:12:59 +0000

Faile and Bast have put together the most exciting show to grace the galleries of London town this year. Here are the first moving pictures from the making of the exhibition...

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...

Abandoned Messaging - Rero

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:54:51 +0000

Rero’s “Image Negations” are a great example for simplicity and typographically minimalism in an abandoned environment. For me it is really great urban art! Here are some new artworks...

Review: Banksy’s Street Art Documentary

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:31:49 +0000

Today I watched Banksy’s the street art documentary “Exit Through The Gift Shop” or “How Mr. Brainwash overtrumped Banksy”! Here is my short review...

Vienna Calling - Rock me ATM!

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:55:51 +0000

At the end of this month, Berlin-based urban art gallery ATM will present some of their top artists at Inoperable in Vienna. Seems to become a great show...

Exclusive Faile & Bast Exhibition Photos!

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:38:37 +0000

Lazarides Gallery shows a 10 year retrospective of Faile’s urban styled artworks. It’s a cooperation with long-time collaborator Bast from New York. Here are first photos...

Stencil Art: Pisa73 & Czarnobyl

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:58:05 +0000

Two days ago, Berlin-based stencil artists Pisa73 and Czarnobyl started their stencil art exhibition at the Nest in Berlin-Kreuzberg. I visited the show and took some photos...

BUFFdiss: Australian Tape Art in Berlin!

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:28:11 +0000

BUFFdiss is in Berlin - The Australian tape artist recently published photos of his new artworks from the streets of Berlin, including a train tape artwork...

Live Stencil Art: Ben Howe in Hamburg

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:14:08 +0000

This Saturday, Australian stencil artist Ben Howe will exhibit in Hamburg. The show is called “Schism Overwrite” and will present his most current artworks...

Australian Graffiti: The Yok’s Fresh Stuff

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:58:26 +0000

Graffiti artist The Yok from Down-Under recently published some new shots of some new, nice and playful spray-paintings. Great work man!

Alex Diamond: Curious Demon Circus in Barcelona?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:51:21 +0000

I like that stop-motion painting clip by Alex Diamond. It was recorded during the preparation of his recent show in Barcelona. Take a look!

Berlinale - Banksy Film Tickets

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:40:27 +0000

At the end of this week, Banksy’s “Exit Through The Gift Shop” street art documentation will be shown for the first time at the Berlinale Film Festival. I have some tickets...

My Playground - Urban Space Movement

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:31:28 +0000

Movement in urban space is a quite interesting topic. “My Playground” explores the way Parkour and Freerunning is changing the perception of urban space...

Subversive Art - Skore183 in Munich

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:11 +0000

At the end of the next week, an interesting urban art exhibition will take place in Munich. Skore183 will present his most recent canvasses, prints and photographs...

Urban Calligraphy: Next Level Tagging

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:00:44 +0000

One of my favorite urban-inspired artists is José Parlá from New York. He is famous for his simulated dirty walls and a incomparable urban calligraphy style...

Pro Graffiti: Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:25:46 +0000

Why and how started Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant documenting graffiti? It’s a nice question for every other urban art documentarist! Here are the answers...

44flavours Exhibition: Urban Touch?

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:06:40 +0000

On their most recent art show, 44flavours presented some really nice silk-screen prints, which were repainted in a very dirty style. Here are some photos of the exhibition...

Bathroom Graffiti - Art or Pastime?

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:12:26 +0000

Do you like dirty toilets? Mark Ferem collects impressions of dirty tags, sketches and slogans in urban bathrooms. His book presents personal expressions inspired by privacy...

44flavours - Urban Art Show Preparations

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:33:03 +0000

“72hours vs. 44flavours” - Right now, the Berlin-based urban art duo 44flavours is preparing their upcoming exhibition at the 72h Gallery! Read on & watch the videos!

Art Monument: Will they dare?

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:16:16 +0000

This April, four famous urban artists will be redesign the “Bierpinsel” tower in Berlin. This event, the “Art Monument 2010”, shall be one of the top urban art events this year...

Roa’s Graffiti Show: First Impressions!

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:53:10 +0000

Some days ago, Roa started to exhibit for the first time in Paris. He shows some of his very popular, monochrome animal graffitis. Here are some photos...

Urban Game: Capture the Flag in Berlin

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:10:45 +0000

At the end of this month, the Alexanderplatz in Berlin will be a huge “Capture the Flag” playing field! If you want to join that urban match, read on...

72h Gallery: New Urban Art Gallery

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:54:05 +0000

36 hours to create and 36 hours to view. That’s the concept of the new 72h Gallery, which opens its doors for the first time in Berlin this Staurday. With 44flavours...

Stefan Strumbel - The Clockmaker’s Retreat

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:50:41 +0000

Stefan Strumbel is one of Germany’s most popular pop artists. His crazy cuckoo clocks are well-known around the globe. Yesterday, the New York Times published an article about him...

Beautiful Vancouver Time Lapse

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:15:55 +0000

Vancouver has its very own atmosphere. The small streets, thefog, the lights, the water and the mountains - Everything fits to each other! Watch that time-lapse...

Urban Artcore Redesigned!

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:09:17 +0000

Today I relaunched Urban Artcore. The new simple, clean and modern style should help you to find the interesting posts in a faster way. Hope you like it!?

Urban Art Photographers Update

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:00:51 +0000

Recently I updated the successful “Top Urban Art Photographers” article. Now it’s an overview about 16 of the best urban art photographers worldwide, including Ruedi One, Alex Fakso, Paviani and others...

French Urban Art: L’Atlas in India

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:41:17 +0000

L’Atlas is, in addition to C215 and Jonone, one of the most popular French urban artists. Recently he hit the streets of New Delhi and painted for an exhibition there...

Graffiti Show: Roa in Paris

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:40:30 +0000

The monochrome animal spray-paintings by graffiti artist Roa are very popular around the world. Next week, he will exhibit the first time in Paris...

Amazing Dubai Time-Lapse

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:29:07 +0000

That time-lapse video portrays the fantastic appearance of the Persian Gulf’s urban crown jewel Dubai. Watch the video and enjoy the impressions...beautiful!

Abandoned Street Art: Rero’s Messages

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:11:58 +0000

Did you see the photos of the great, new urban text-message artworks by Rero in Paris? He visited an abandoned hospital and did a nice urban art series...

Graffiti Fine-Art: Futura 2000

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:47:57 +0000

Futura 2000 is an internationally acclaimed graffiti artist. His new style and his progressive way of creating artworks made him really interesting for me. Watch him painting...

City Portrait: Paris Time-Lapse

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:46:08 +0000

Paris is one of the most romantic cities around the globe. These time-lapse videos show some of the most famous places there. Take a look and be impressed!

Post-War Modernity: Architecture Photography

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:02:46 +0000

Post-war modern buildings look like futuristic castles. German photographer D. S. Schaub created a nice photo-documentation about them in the last years...

Urban Hacks: The Urban Guide for Alternate Use

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:37:39 +0000

“The Urban Guide for Alternate Use” by Scott Burnham is an open source city-specific field guide for alternate uses for existing urban infrastructure.

Banksy - Street Art Movie

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:38:23 +0000

“Exit Through The Gift Shop” is a film about a world without rules, where one man broke them all. It’s a Banksy film! You don’t believe? Read on!

Graffiti meets Cars: “Wash Me” Book

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:06:52 +0000

Get a free issue of the “Wash Me” graffiti car book, which documents the creative celebration of Mini’s 50th birthday. Featuring Seak One, Smash137, Tika and other well-known artists...

Urban Event: No Pants Subway Ride

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:03:58 +0000

This years “No Pants Subway Ride” was a great success! Over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 44 cities around the world. Watch the video from New York...

Urban Interventions - The Book

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:47:45 +0000

“Urban Interventions - Personal Projects in Public Places” is the first and brand-new book about a very special form of urban art. Release is next month, take a look...

Urban Art Movie: Inside Outside

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:48:45 +0000

The street art movie “Inside Outside” follows well-known urban artists who blur the lines between legal and illegal art. Featuring Zevs, KR, Swoon, Ron English and others...

Aerosol Fumes: Berlin’s Most Famous Stencil Artists

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:20:30 +0000

Since two days, Berlin is the world capital of stencil art! Urban artists Bohomaz, Czarnobyl, Emess, Evol and Pisa73 exhibit together in one show - “Aerosol Fumes”!

Urban Top Shots #12

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:11:08 +0000

Today I searched in the Urban Artcore Flickr-Group archives for some new urban top shots and found a lot of great artworks and photos - I decided five. Take a look...

Major Graffiti Project: MadC’s 700 Wall

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:37:28 +0000

This year, graffiti artist MadC goes big! For the next twelve month, she will spray-paint a gigantic 639m² wall, called the “700 Wall - Stylemachine”...

Giant Light-Writing Marriage-Proposal!

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:40:01 +0000

Derick Childress and his friend did a nice light-writing marriage-proposal at the end of the last year. They used 3 million candlepower spotlights! Take a look...

Light Art Pioneers or Not? Luzinterruptus Interview

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:00:45 +0000

Luzinterruptus is a famous, internationally well-known light artists collective from Spain. They have a very creative way to play with light in an urban environment. Read the interview...

The Art of Graffiti Removal

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:33:20 +0000

The art of graffiti removal is superficial a abstract way of reproducing the mostly gray graffiti repaintings by house owners. Some say it’s art, some other not...

Abandoned Painting: The Ghostvillage Project

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:18:02 +0000

The urban art project “Ghostvillage” took place on the west coast of Scotland several weeks ago. Six well-known artists repainted an abandoned village...

Great Interactive Building Projection

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:20:00 +0000

The creative interaction collective YesYesNo did a great job in Auckland City, when they created their interactive building projection there. Here is the video...

Russian Stencil Art: The Incubus Project

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:33:34 +0000

Yesterday, the Incubus Project stencil art exhibition started at the ATM Gallery in Berlin. I was there, for taking some photos and talking to some nice people...

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...

Snow in Berlin - Urban Winter Impressions

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:00:01 +0000

“Snow in Berlin” is a very nice video by PictureReport about winter in Berlin. It shows great urban winter impressions and whets appetite of more frosty images...

Art Monument 2010 - Most Spectacular Urban Art Event?

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:57:46 +0000

“Art Monument 2010” is a spectacular urban art event, which will take place in Berlin this spring. Sozyone, Flying Förtress, Honet and Craig KR Costello will repaint the facade of an old tower...

Urban Car Art by Mini

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:35:58 +0000

Last Year, Mini celebrated its 50th birthday with a big art event: 10 artists created their own-styled cars! For some weeks, the corresponding book is published. Take a look...

Ghostvillage Project: Repaint Abandoned Cities!

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:19:35 +0000

The six urban artists Timid, Remi/Rough, System, Stormie Mills, Juice 126 and Derm met each in an abandoned Scottish city some weeks ago to repaint the houses...

WTF: Neon Sign Boneyard in Las Vegas?

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:05:05 +0000

Do you know, that Las Vegas has its own neon sign boneyard? Yes, it’s true! There are a lot of old, typographic neon signs. If you don’t believe, take a look...

New Graffiti Tool: CMYK Spray-Can

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:23:57 +0000

Color Dial Spray is a new type of spray can that contains CMYK colour cartridges in the one can. The new refillable can makes it possible to spray all colors you want with just one can!

Typography: Letman’s Alphabet

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:15:54 +0000

Job and Roel Wouters are very creative brothers. Both developed the spray-painting machine “Rainbow Gun” and created this inspiring typography video...

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-Painting: Jaybo Monk vs. Remi/Rough

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:41:12 +0000

The first article in the new year is about that fantastic live-painting by Jaybo Monk and Remi Rough, which took place in Berlin some days ago. Here’s the video...

Best Urban Art Photos 2009

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:08:13 +0000

It’s New Year's Eve, time for the next review! I had some time to seek out my best outdoor urban art photos of 2009. I hope you like them...

Aerosol Fumes - Top Stencil Artists

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:30:49 +0000

The next year will start hot! The five most well-known Berlin-based stencil artists will exhibit together in a fantastic group-show. Involved are Bohomaz, Czarnobyl, Emess, Evol and Pisa73...

Urban Art Exhibition Favorites 2009

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:18:46 +0000

Only a few days are left in 2009 - Time for end-of-the-year reviews! Here are some of my favorite urban art exhibition shots, I took in the last 12 month. Take a look...

Incubus Project - Street Art from Russia

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:45:00 +0000

“Corrosion” is the first solo-exhibition by Inky from the famous Russian street art duo Incubus Project in Berlin. Be present, when architectural urban art meets the ATM Gallery...

Iemza - Abandoned Paintings

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:32:22 +0000

French urban artist Iemza is internationally well-known for his amazing paintings, he creates at abandoned places like old factory sites. Here’s a small special about him...

Girl Power - Graffiti Movie

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:54:48 +0000

“Girl Power” is a brand-new documentary movie about women in the graffiti world. The film will be released in 2011, but there is already a nice teaser. Take a look...

Total Rewall Photos

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:09:08 +0000

The urban art project “Total Rewall” from London, connects photography and graffiti in a special way. The event took place some weeks ago - here are some photos...

Urban Game: Journey to the End of the Year

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:20:50 +0000

New Year’s nothing to do? Then you have to come to Berlin to play the urban game “Journey to the End of the Year”! Read on for more info...

Slanted #9 – Stencil & Type Mag

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:04:35 +0000

The ninth issue of the typography magazine Slanted presents a lot of articles about the modern use of stencil typography! If you’re interested, take a look...

“Oversized & Underpriced” - Charity Sticker Art

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:13:46 +0000

“Oversized & Underpriced” is a charity exhibition by the Hatch sticker-museum. About 60 internationally known urban artists created unique stickers, which will be auctioned...

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...

Stroke.01 - Exhibition Video

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:19:23 +0000

This is the first film, which was created while the making-of and the opening of the successful urban art fair “Stroke.01” in Munich. Take a look...

Total Rewall - Graffiti & Photography

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:02:32 +0000

The graffiti and photography project “Total Rewall” makes it possible for every people to paint on surfaces, that are normally out-of-bounds for street artists...

Urban Abstract

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:29:17 +0000

Urban Abstract is a great piece of digital art! Done by a Helsinki - Tokyo collaboration, the video gives clear, minimalistic and abstract impressions of the urban space...

Vitostreet - Urban Calendar 2010

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:22:27 +0000

My friend Vito recently published his new Parisian street art calendar for 2010. If you don’t have anyone yet, get your piece for free know! I like it...

Conor Harrington Interview

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:28:50 +0000

Irish fine and urban artist Conor Harrington developed a unique, urban-influenced style over the years. Watch this video interview to get to know, how oil paint and graffiti work together...

Powdered Skateboarders

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:58:19 +0000

The short film “Wizard Smoke” presents skateboarders in a very creative way. Dusted with powder, they ride their boards, leaving colorful clouds in their wake...

Tokyo & Yokohama by Night

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:46:19 +0000

“Tokyo & Yokohama - A High Speed Journey” is an amazing time lapse video, which shows the two Japanese metropolises by night. If you like pure urbanity, take a look...

Textura - Valencia Street Art Book

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:26:02 +0000

The new book about street art in Valencia, entitled “Textura”, combines professional street art and graffiti photography with exclusive interviews and interesting texts...

ARTotale - The Art of Control

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:28:46 +0000

“The Art of Control” is the only independent, critical film about the urban art event “ARTotale”, which took place in this years October in Lueneburg...

Dave The Chimp’s Lucky Dip

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:37:20 +0000

Also this year, internationally known British street artist Dave the Chimp makes his “Lucky Dip” art sale. Read on, if you want to know, what you could get and why it’s so interesting...

PHO - Urban Live Painting

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:13 +0000

Marco Grassi aka PHO is a very interesting artist from Italy. Recently he visited Berlin, to have a live painting at the “Projectroom”. Here’s the video...

JR & Abu Dhabi Art Fair

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:46:27 +0000

French street artist and photographer JR recently visited the United Arab Emirates to create a beautiful large-scale wheatpaste installation for the Abu Dhabi Art Fair...

KR Interview

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:26:19 +0000

KR recently designed an Apple notebook sleeve in his unique drip-style. This short video, which contains some statements by him, tries to explain, why...

Dan23 - Urban Painting

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:52:47 +0000

French urban artist Dan23 is a very talented stencil artist and painter. He developed a very interesting combination of stencil techniques and drippy painting...

D*Face & Ridiculous - Skate & Create

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:51:01 +0000

British street artist D*Face hit Los Angeles and customized the “Ridiculous Pool” in pro surfer Peter King’s backyard together with some other pro-skaters...

Artiste Ouvrier - Stencil Art Show

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:56:05 +0000

Parisian stencil artist Artiste Ouvrier is in Berlin! His recent exhibition, called “Pochoirs Normands” started yesterday at ATM galery. I was there and took some photos...

Urban Top Shots #11

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:02 +0000

If you are interested in nice photos with urban character, my urban top shots series is exactly the right for you. I weekly feature impressing photos from all over the world...

Pixação Graffiti Video

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:07 +0000

A very exotic way of urban art is Pixação. The unique style and the short diffusion, makes it more and more popular for writers around the globe. This is a short introduction...

Shanghai’s Top Graffiti Writers

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:07:09 +0000

The “Search for Creative City” graffiti event series in China featured some of Shanghai’s top graffiti writers. During the event, some interesting graffiti time-lapse videos were created...

Huskmitnavn - Danish Street Art

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:39:05 +0000

Well-known Danish street artist Huskmitnavn is back in Berlin! He and some of his colorful artworks are part of the “The World as Stage” group exhibition at NBK...

“The Thousands” Street Art Exhibition

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:52:08 +0000

There are dozens of street art exhibitions around the globe, but this one sounds really interesting, because it’s like a meeting of urban art scene’s “Who’s Who”...

Facadeprinter - Urban Print Media

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:39:28 +0000

The project Facadeprinter is about inventing a new urban print media. Developed by two German students, the facadeprinter makes it possible to large-scale print walls...

Church Mural Art - Augustine Kofie

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:40:55 +0000

American urban artist Augustine Kofie is well-known for his abstract murals he did in the past. Recently he published some interesting time lapse videos of his artworks...

Map Cuts - Paper Art

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:24:43 +0000

The paper artworks by American artist Karen O’Leary are really amazing! By removing the unnecessary, she created fantastic cut-outs of NY, London and Paris...

Time-lapse Graffiti Mural

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:16:53 +0000

Recently I watched this amazing time-lapse graffiti mural art video and was impressed. If you like great art videos too, it’s a must for you to watch this one...

New Street Art by Roadsworth

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:24:42 +0000

Canadian street artist Roadsworth recently hit the streets of Winston-Salem in North Carolina and made some new urban intervention artworks...take a look!

Urban Top Shots #10

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:40:33 +0000

Today, I present the weekly urban top shots for the tenth time! If you’re interested in photos with an urban character, this series is a good repository for you...

Smash 137 - Graffiti Show

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:15:35 +0000

Recently the book of one of Europe's finest contemporary graffiti writers Smash 137 was published. That’s why he opened his new graffiti solo-exhibition in Berlin...

Underground Skatepark in London

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:46:20 +0000

There are several project around the globe, which reuse abandoned places in the public, urban space. A very interesting one is the underground skatepark in London...

High-Skill 3D Building Projections

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:08:56 +0000

Impressive and stylish projections on buildings are a renewing way of communication. Colorful and complex urban light artworks are in line with the trend...

Streetfiles - Urban Art Photo Show

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:39:38 +0000

The international graffiti and street art photo community Streetfiles presents 1,000 print of their urban photographs for the first time in Berlin! I took some sots of their photos...

Book of Urbanism

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:47:25 +0000

The “Book of Urbanism” is a very interesting project. It’s collecting artistic and innovative ideas for the urban public space! The central question is how public spaces will looks like in future?

Letters Designer Bookshelf

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:25:43 +0000

Industrial design meets typography - I love typography and I like typography-inspired design. Dutch designer Pieter de Leeuw recently created a great bookshelf out of letters...

Urban Art Skate Pool

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:10:53 +0000

It’s great to see cooperating subcultures. Skateboarding and graffiti are fitting together like pot and lid. The result are creative skate-parks. Here’s an example...

Ink Tank - High-Pressure Graffiti

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:40 +0000

There are a variety of pathways, to get your tags on the walls. To use high-pressure ink tanks is one of them. Take a look to get to know how it works...

Berlin Wall - Tear Down Tape Art

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:37:48 +0000

In the last days, Berlin-based street artist El Bocho and a CNN TV team moved through the streets of Berlin and created unique tape art installations around the Berlin Wall...

Jim Avignon & Wallbreakers Final

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:02:15 +0000

Some days ago, the street-art-exhibition-series “Wallbreakers” ends with a big party and exhibition. In the course of this, Neoangin aka Jim Avignon presented some of his new paintings...

Evol’s Stencil Art City

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:47:02 +0000

Some months ago, German stencil artist Evol moved to Dresden, where he spray painted an abandoned slaughterhouse. This installation was recently documented...

Ninja182 - Anamorphism Graffiti

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:52:26 +0000

Graffiti artist Ninja182 recently occupied an abandoned house with his mind-blowing anamorphism paintings! You don’t know, what I mean? Take a look!

Backjumps #4 - Photos

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:11:58 +0000

Backjumps, the legendary exhibition project on street art, urban communication and aesthetics is back! Yesterday, the new exhibition started and I was there and took some photos...

Urban Top Shots #9

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:10:11 +0000

As every week, I feature the three urban top shots from the Urban Artcore Flickr-group. Today, I liked a Obey artwork, some Pixação writings and a nice yard shot...

Backjumps - Urban Communication

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:48:28 +0000

Backjumps is back! The famous street & urban art exhibition series goes into the fourth round! From today on, 7 Berlin-based artists will present their engagement with the city of Berlin...

Nunca Graffiti - Talking Walls

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:47:54 +0000

Brazilian graffiti artist Nunca is one of the most popular young urban artist worldwide. The high richness of detail in his artworks and his enormous influence on the Brazilian urban scene made him famous...

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...

Mini meets KRink Video

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:51:42 +0000

Some days ago, Craig “KR” Costello and Mini presented a nice customized Mini Cooper with stylish silver drips on black metal. Now, a video clip was published...

Crack Mag #02 - Urban Magazine

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:48:46 +0000

Crack Mag, that’s high level urban culture and lifestyle. On about 180 pages, the “Crack For Your Eyes” crew presents street artists, photographers and musicians...

Stickers 2 Book

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:45:53 +0000

The Book “Stickers 2” presents sticker art from around the globe. It shows artworks by 150 different street artists, designers, typographers and other creative people...

Glitsh - Parking Space Tape Art

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:21:01 +0000

Glitsh is an miscellaneous artist. She combines urban art with interventional concepts and design. If you’re interested in some Swedish street art, read on...

Faith47 - Lost Spaces

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:49:56 +0000

In her recent video clip “Epitaph”, South-African graffiti artist Faith47 presents a very impressive documentation of abandoned places. Take a look!

Battle of Branchage: 3D Projection Mapping on an Ancient Castle

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:05:27 +0000

Seeper's "Battle of Branchage" transforms an ancient castle with stunning 3D projection mapping, showcasing the power of light and technology in art.

Obey in Europe - Video

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:40:17 +0000

As you maybe know, one of the most popular urban artists, Shepard Fairey, was in Europe. In addition to some beautiful photos of his poster actions, there’s a nice video...

Nomad - Classical Painting & Street Art

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:16:29 +0000

From street into the gallery - Yesterday, famous Berlin-based urban artist Nomad opened his new exhibition “Rainbowcoloured Tears of a Clown”. I took some photos...

Black on White, Style needs no Color

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:54:48 +0000

The people from “Style needs no color” released their new book “Black on White”. If you are interested in monochrome graffiti art, take a look or two...

Urban Top Shots #8

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:34:21 +0000

Stencil art, tags and a abandoned painting - this week the three urban top shots represent three different street art disciplines. Have a look and get inspired...

New Urban Interventions by SpY

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:19:29 +0000

Spanish street artist SpY is one of the European heroes of urban interventions. Recently he updated his website with photos of his new, interesting and funny artworks...

Smash 137 – Art Exhibition & Book Signing

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:59:50 +0000

One of Europe’s finest contemporary graffiti writers Smash 137 will sign his new book in some days in Berlin to break the first ground for the European tour. Read more...

StreetFest in London - Flashback

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:10:16 +0000

At the beginning of October, over 60 urban artists from a across the artistic spectrum took part in the StreetFest event. Here is the official video-flashback...

KRink Styled Mini Cooper

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:55:26 +0000

Yeah, it drips! New York-based street artist KR was in Hamburg yesterday and customized a Mini Cooper in his very own style. Here are photos of the “krinked” car...

Levi’s & Urban Art

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:59:34 +0000

It’s very interesting to see, how multi-national fashion labels use street art and graffiti for their advert campaigns. Also jeans fabricator Levi’s goes with the trend...

Sweatshoppe - LED Paint Roller

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:54:39 +0000

It’s really interesting to see, how a green LED paint roller paints a whole wall with video clips. Fake? No, it’s an interactive light projection technology!

Peeta - Italian Graffiti in Germany

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:49:19 +0000

Italian graffiti artist Peeta is a rising star on the urban art sky. This week he will present his 3D graffiti artworks and sculptures in Germany for the first time...

Urban Mag - Krink, A Hidden Champion

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:13:38 +0000

Craig “KR” Costello is currently on everyone's lips. The American graffiti artists is now also on the cover of the Japanese urban magazine “Hidden Champion”! Get your issue here...

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...

Glow - Light Art & Architecture

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:49:05 +0000

This year, Glow the “Forum for Light in Art & Architecture” will take place in Eindhoven. Artists and Designers from around the world are invited to be part with their interventions and installations...

Superblast - The Shadow of the Future

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:24:53 +0000

I like the artworks by German urban artist Superblast! He’s combines graffiti, illustrations and his own utopia to an very own style. Here are some pictures from the making of his recent show...

Dripping with KR in Hamburg

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:30:46 +0000

KR is in Hamburg! Next week, he will present his recent graffiti artworks and the car, he painted in cooperation with auto-manufacturer Mini! Interested?

Saber Speaks - Art for America Health Care

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:40:55 +0000

Artists from all over the world are supporting the fundamental changes of the political system of the United States by Barack Obama. Here is Saber’s artwork for the America health care reform...

Urban Top Shots #7

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:48:08 +0000

Light-writing, pixacao and street photography - This weeks top urban photographs from the Urban Artcore Flickr-group show, what’s up around the world...

Berlin Advertising Takeover Preparation

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:28:07 +0000

“Nothing but Quality Street” was a successful advertising takeover in Berlin. About 20 urban artist replaced advert-posters with their own artworks...watch the preparations!

Pixel-Graffiti: Urban Nerdcore

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:44:09 +0000

Computer-gaming is a popular sport in Taiwan. Graffiti artist Ano combines the flexibility of spray-paintings with the insularity of pixel-graphics...

Sam3 Book - Sombras

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:28:12 +0000

“Sombras”, the new book by Spanish street artist Sam3 is out now! It includes outdoor mural artworks by Sam3 as well as a selection of sketches...

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...

Cellophane Graffiti

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:35:08 +0000

Cellophane Graffiti is a idea of writers and graffiti artists to avoid the lawful punishments. They create their colorful pieces on cellophane! You can’t imagine?

3D M-City Factory Installation

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:56:56 +0000

Internationally-know stencil artist M-City is currently working on a new project, called “Fabryka”! It’s a large scale three-dimensional version of an M-City stencil factory. Read on...

Dolk & Pøbel - Living Decay

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:35:35 +0000

In the summer of 2008 Dolk and Pøbel, two talented Norwegian street artists, created large-scale mural artworks on the faces of abandoned houses in Norway. This is the documentation...

“Pantone Cans” by Nico189

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:41:13 +0000

Did you noticed the “Pantone Cans” by graffiti artist and graphic designer Nico189? It’s a nice idea with good capability! Imagine writers with “Pantone Formula Guides”...

Just’s Photo-Postcard Winners

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:08:52 +0000

It was a hard to decide, but here are the top three winners of the small Urban Photo Contest I started last Thursday! Take a look and get impressed...

El Tono & Nuria in Spain

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:50:52 +0000

For years, El Tono and Nuria are working together. The both globetrotter and urban artist paint their abstract lines around the world. Recently in Spain...

Berlin Advertising Takeover

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:45:58 +0000

Some days ago, about 20 Berlin-based artists took over several adverts with their artworks. They named their adbusting action “Nothing but...”. Here are some photos...

“Just taking Pictures” Photos

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:35:16 +0000

“Just taking Pictures”, that is 10 years of urban art documentary and street action. The opening was already a great success! Here are some photos...

“Type the Sky” by Lisa Rienermann

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:35:46 +0000

Do you know Lisa Rienermann? In 2007, she photographed the sky between houses and made out of it a photographic alphabet called “Type the Sky”...

Wallbreakers Urban Art Tour

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:44:24 +0000

A series of urban art exhibitions, presenting talents and aesthetics - this is the “Wallbreakers Urban Art Tour”! Today it’s getting started...

Win Urban Art Photo-Postcards by Just

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:47:57 +0000

The Berliner Just belongs to one of the most eminent photographers of the Graffiti and Street Art Movement. Here you can win some of his photo-postcards!

Audiovisual Facade Projection

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:42:53 +0000

Light art and facade projections are in vogue this year. This one is another great example of what artists can do with modern technologies in an urban context...

Space Invader in South Korea

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:16:22 +0000

Famous urban artist and globetrotter Invader recently visited Daejeon, the fifth largest city in South Korea, and left behind some of his impressing tile installations...

Largest Parkour Jam on Earth

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:10:08 +0000

Over 3,500 traceurs in 37 countries teamed up, called for a world with clean power and set a new Guinness world record! This was the “One Giant Leap” parkour jam...

Mural Art 2 Review

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:58:13 +0000

Mural Art Vol.2 is the second edition of the well-known and popular muralists collection by Kiriakos Iosifides. The new urban art book will be published this November - I have some insights...

The Modart Times - Out Now!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:13:34 +0000

Wallbreakers finally finished “The Modart Times”, a brand new newspaper about all their events in Berlin in October and November. Watch out, they already started to spread it in the streets!

Erosie - Part of Rebellion #3

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:19:32 +0000

With the third book of his “Part of Rebellion” street art series, Christian Hundertmark features Dutch urban artist Erosie who is famous for his humorous illustrations and typographic experiments...

Freestyle Berlin Photos

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:27:33 +0000

On a full weekend, the 60 world’s best athletes in the disciplines of snowboarding, freeskiing, FMX and skateboarding competed in Berlin...

Herakut Live Painting - Photos

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:04:01 +0000

Herakut in Berlin! Yesterday, the the German street art duo painted live in Berlin. I took a lot of photos while that live art event - take a look and be astonished!

Tsang Tsou Choi’s 44,000 Euro Graffiti

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:18:49 +0000

The most expensive graffiti artwork ever, was sold this week on Sotheby’s. For around 44,000 € an artwork by Chinese calligraphy artist Tsang Tsou Choi went to an unidentified bidder...

“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, ...

ARTotale: Just doing his best…

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:18:34 +0000

Just is one of the best urban art documentalist worldwide. Of course he is also at the “ARTotale – Urban Art Project” in Lueneburg. See some of his recent photos!

Street Art: Urban Jewelry

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:30:48 +0000

Wondering about large scale jewelry in the streets? Belgian designer Liesbeth Bussche creates jewelry for urban space. For example concrete-pearl earrings...

Obey: European Invasion

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:50:09 +0000

Shepard Fairey did it again - Whether in Paris, London or Amsterdam, you can find new Obey prints and paste-ups everywhere! Take a look...

Dreamyourtopia - Fall of the Berlin Wall

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:03:04 +0000

Twelve famous urban artist will create their “Dreamyourtopia Checkpoint” in Berlin to “protect your Dreams and make sure that you dream the right Dream”.

Graffiti Workshop: How-to Perspective Letters

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:47:23 +0000

How to write graffiti letters in a right perspective way? Famous graffiti artist Loomit gives an introduction into the theories of graffiti writing...

ARTotale Live Stream

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:10:28 +0000

Live photos and a video stream from the “Leuphana Urban Art Project” in Lueneburg - modern technology makes it possible! See the first impressions of the ARTotale group-show...

Herakut Live Painting in Berlin

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:14:59 +0000

This week, the internationally-known urban artist duo Herakut will be live painting in Berlin! A must for those, who are interested in urban fine arts...

Street Art on Twitter

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:55:13 +0000

Thus you are always well informed in urban art, I made a list of the best people, tweeting about street art and graffiti I know. Feel free t follow them...

Giants in Berlin

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:11:02 +0000

Giants in Berlin is a giant’s tale, narrated by the legendary French street theatre company Royal de Luxe. It’s an open-air theatre to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall!

Urban Top Shots #6

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:27:17 +0000

It's Friday, thus it’s time again for the weekly three top photos of the Urban Artcore Flickr group. If you like urban eye candy, take a look!

Freestyle Berlin 2009

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:05:52 +0000

From October 9 to 11 2009 the international elite of the freestyle sports are taking off at Airport Berlin-Tempelhof! Top-class action is guaranteed...

Amazing Urban Light Art

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:30:22 +0000

Today, light art is an integral part of the urban art movement. Whether LED throwies, laser projectors, light installations, or light writing more and more people work creatively with light...

Backjumps is Back! - Street Art Event

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:26:01 +0000

There will be the fourth version of famous and internationally known urban art exhibition series “Backjumps” in Berlin this year! With really interesting artists...

Spacemag #2 - “Gaffa-Urbanism”

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:56:48 +0000

Improvisation, unusual, under the hand - The Spacemag calls you up to submit contributions of any form, which capture the “Gaffa-Urbanism”! More info...

Google Street View Paintings

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:31:30 +0000

For Bill Guffey, Google Street View is an instrument - he uses the reality photos s references for his landscape artworks. You are interested? Take a look!

Skywriting: Ron English

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:12:02 +0000

Ron English is known for doing pretty spectacular things. This time he has created impressive “Cloud Graffiti” over New York’s skyline. Do you believe in?

Berlin East Side Gallery

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:12:32 +0000

The Berlin East Side Gallery is being restored and repainted. This video clip documents the work with some beautiful pictures from around The Wall...

One Foot in the Grove - Urban Art Event

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:25:40 +0000

“One Foot in the Grove” is the follow-up of the amazing “Behind the Shutters” group-exhibition. If you are interested in an urban art show in an abandoned place, take a look!

Bike Polo - Urban Sport

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:09:57 +0000

Hardcourt Bike Polo is a new urban “in” sport, which is played in public space. Two bicycles riding teams use mallets to strike a small ball into a goal...

Futura 2000 by Ruedi One

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:57:49 +0000

Iconic graffiti photographer Ruedi One was there when Futura 2000 made some of the spray-paint artworks for his recent “Odyssey Two” exhibition in Berlin...

Futura 2000 Interview

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:17:13 +0000

During the opening of his recent “Odyssey Two” exhibition in berlin, graffiti legend Futura 2000 had some time to answer some questions. Watch the video interview...

UrbanoFILMS - Beyond Streetart

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:47:03 +0000

“Beyond Streetart - New trends of an urban culture” is the 10th part of an ongoing film series about urban planning, urban and architectural issues. Interested?

Uebergrund - New Urban Magazine

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:08:56 +0000

Photos of urban landscape from around the world - The new urban mag “Uebergrund” presents inspiring photographs of street scenes, trains, graffiti, and so on...

Red Retro & Berlin Subway Stations

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:12:16 +0000

New names for Berlin subway stations! Urban artist Red Retro was in Berlin and breaks with his interventions through people’s daily routine. Read more...

Street Artists - The Complete Guide

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:37:08 +0000

“Street Artists - The Complete Guide” is a new book about the up-and-coming as well as the established greats of urban art from around the world. Take a look!

Urbanize - Urban Game

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:44:32 +0000

If you travel around the world as a backpacker, you will maybe love this new urban game. As a reward, free nights in a hotel are waiting for the best backpacker...

Urban Top Shots #5

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:44:43 +0000

Get inspired and join the Urban Artcore Flickr group! Also this week, I present the three urban top shots of the group. Have a look and marvel...

Victor Ash - New Mural Art

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:25:18 +0000

Victor Ash did it again! Today his third mural artwork in Berlin was opened for the public. I was there and took some photos of that new political statement...

Futura 2000 Photos

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:40:37 +0000

Yesterday, Futura 2000’s “Odyssey Two” graffiti exhibition started in Berlin! I was there and took some photos of the inspiring spray paintings and sketches...

Futura 2000 - Odyssey Two in Berlin

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:23:39 +0000

The well-known graffiti legend Futura 2000 will start his new exhibition today. If you are interested in 20 years of urban art pioneer’s work, you should go to the opening!

Seak One & his Blackbook

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:51:53 +0000

Seak One characterized a own worldwide graffiti style. On my trip to Paris, I was able to take a look at his visual diary, the blackbook, and to take some shots of it!

Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:22:25 +0000

“Street Photography” is an interesting documentary film by editorial photographer Chris Weeks about taking photos in the public, urban space. You must watch it!

Part One - The Death Squad

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:54:00 +0000

Part One is a living graffiti legend! This week his style writing book will be published and his first exhibition in Berlin will be opened. A must for every writer!

Blu & David Ellis at Fame Festival

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:18:15 +0000

Blu and David Ellis doing their best - The two famous urban artists had made a great collaborative animation for the Fame Festival in Italy. Take a look...

Metropolis Art Prize - Win $5,000

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:18:49 +0000

Online TV channel Babelgum, which is dedicated to art and urban culture, recently launched the Metropolis Art Prize. You can win cash and get your work displayed in Times Square...

Freedom Of Space - Skateboard Culture in Public Space

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:50:31 +0000

...is an interesting documentary report about street skateboarding in public space. A must for every skateboarder or urban activist! Take a look...

Samparkour - Parkour in São Paulo

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:48:43 +0000

“Le Parkour” is a worldwide urban movement and trend sport - not just since yesterday! The short film “Samparkour” shows interesting Parkour impressions from Brazil.

Czarnobyl - Stencil Art Exhibition

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:10:20 +0000

Czarnobyl presents his outstanding and extraordinary stencil work in a solo exhibition from September 19th till October 4th. I took some photos today...

“Just taking Pictures” - Urban Photography

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:35:22 +0000

This October, an amazing urban photo exhibition will open in Berlin! Berlin-based urban artist and photographer Just will present finest portraits of artists and street art photographs.

Photos: Pisa73 - “Grains of Wrath”

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:10:20 +0000

Pisa73, one of the best stencil artists I know, started his new urban art exhibition, named “Grains of Wrath”, in Berlin a week ago. Today I took some photos...

Urban Top Shots #4

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:57:31 +0000

Every week I present the three urban top shots from the Urban Artcore Flickr group. This time, the great urban shots come from around the world. If you need inspiration, take a look!

C215 Exhibition in Paris

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:34:46 +0000

Since Monday, famous street artist C215 exhibits in Paris and slowly the first photos are published. If you like fine stencil art and have no time to visit the show, take a look at these shots!

Thalys Graffiti - JonOne 156, Nunca, Opak, SeakOne, SozyOne, Zedz

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:14:19 +0000

After I uploaded about 110 photos from the “Graffiti meets Thalys” event in Paris, I’ve collected some background info about the participating artists.

Nils Mueller - Illegal Graffiti Actions

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:36:39 +0000

Nils Mueller is in Hamburg! His new photo exhibition about illegal graffiti action documentation will open today at the Mono Conzept Gallery...

Graffiti meets Thalys Photos

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:04:43 +0000

What happens, if train operators and writers work together? It will be a great graffiti event! Take a look, what 4 European graffiti artists have done with a Thalys train...

Graffiti meets Thalys in Paris

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:28:01 +0000

Do not be surprised, I’m on my way to Paris. Train manufacturer Thalys invited me to be part of the “Graffiti meets Thalys” live event with Seak One and some other writers...

Urban Art: The Streets of Iran

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:52:39 +0000

We all know about the political problems between Iran and the USA. The more beautiful it is, that this does not apply to the urban arts. Art from the Streets of Iran...

BMX Action by Johnny Devlin

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:27:09 +0000

Johnny Devlin is a well-known BMX rider and part of the “Into The Void” collective. This video clip shows some of his street action for the BMX documentary!

Urban Top Shots #3

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:59:50 +0000

It's Friday again. Time for the three top photos from the Urban Artcore Flickr group. If you need some inspiring eye candy, take a look at these googies...

Talk to Mr. Ed Templeton

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:48:10 +0000

Like the other “Beautiful Losers”, Mr. Ed Templeton is a hero for a whole generation of skateboarders and contemporary artists. Read what he has to say!

Out of Time - Urban Extreme Sports

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:04:40 +0000

Urban extreme sports from Russia - The guys in this video clip, use an old playground for their Parkour-inspired moves, jumps and balancing acts...

Photos: Besdo Garsía, Saddo & Others

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:50:33 +0000

Until the 8th of September, the Box32 Gallery in Berlin will show graffiti-inspired artworks by Besdo Garsía and other contemporary artist. I recently took some photos...

D*Face Studio Visit

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:47:47 +0000

This week, the new urban pop art show by D*Face will start in New York. To warm up, there is an actual interview and new artworks! Take a look...

Skate & Create 2: The Winners

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:48:24 +0000

For the second time, Transworld hosted the “Skate & Create” contest. Here’s the official winning video entry for this years competition from Etnies...

Invader - Off the Wall

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:14:18 +0000

Interested in computers and digital images, French urban artist Invader uses mosaics to create digital images in an analog way. But let him explain himself...

Pisa73 - Fine Stencil Show

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:29:10 +0000

Berlin based urban artist Pisa73 belongs to the creme de la creme of the stencil art scene. At the end of the week, his new art show will start! The info...

“Robots vs. Monsters vs. Art Toys”

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:10:49 +0000

I like vinyl toys. These little, colorful figures which are all the rage for some time. A urban design, fashion and art store from Berlin celebrates its birthday with them...

“Graffiti Argentina” in Paris and Berlin

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:39:51 +0000

The Argentine street is going through a stage of expansion and recognition like the USA lived in the 80’s with graffiti. This book focuses its artists...

The Urban Cookbook

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:10:43 +0000

This cookbook combines modern street cookery with the creativity of urban art. King Adz traveled around the globe seeking recipes and interviewing several street artist...

Urban Morphing

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:22:49 +0000

There are a lot of great urban time lapse video clips on the web, which impress with innovative perspectives, motives or techniques. This is one of them...

24h Berlin

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:01:04 +0000

24h Berlin is 24 hours urban real life! A year ago, about 80 camera teams filmed the modern metropolis and its citizen. Take a look on this innovative documentation...

Photos: Emess Stencil Show

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:59:21 +0000

There are more than 50 mashups and several other stencil artworks at the “What’s the colour of money?” exhibition by Berlin based street artist Emess. I've watched the show...

Urban Top Shots #2

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:53:52 +0000

Here are the three urban top photos of the last seven days! If you’re interested in visual urban impressions, take a look and join the Urban Artcore Flickr group!

Emess - Stencil Art Show

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:29:53 +0000

Besides producing a series of cement and wood installations, Emess worked intensively on stencil portraits on issues in the financial world. These are now shown in Berlin...

Out-Of-Office Message

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:45:03 +0000

The Baltic Sea calls for a short break! That’s why I’m offline until Friday. Read on to get info about how to subscribe...

London Street Life

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:50:03 +0000

“London - harder, better, faster, stronger” is a time lapse video clip by David Hubert. It’s an impressive city portrait of the British capital’s street life...

Cope2 - Graffiti in Berlin

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:37:21 +0000

The work of many artists starts and ends with the tag. Cope2 will present his recent graffiti artworks next week at Skalitzers Gallery in Berlin...

Modart - Wallbreakers Mag

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:12:04 +0000

The latest Mini Modart about Wallbreakers festival is out! Wallbreakers is an unique contemporary urban art exhibition conceived to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall...

ARTotale - Urban Art Project

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:10:37 +0000

The renowned urban art curator from Hamburg, Rik Reinking, will be leading the creative direction of the “ARTotale” urban art project in Lueneburg. More than 35 international street artists are involved...

Hongkong Time Lapse

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:32:56 +0000

Hong Kong is the next part of the urban city portrait series by Hamburg based photographer and filmmaker Max Moos. His time lapse video clips give an insight into the street life of megacities worldwide!

Nuart 2009 – Urban Art Festival

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:37:44 +0000

Nuart is an annual international street art festival based in Stavanger on the West Coast of Norway. This year the A-list of New York street artists is expected...

Photos: Superblast Exhibition

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:57:53 +0000

For a week, the recent exhibition by street artist and designer Superblast runs at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Berlin. Today I paid a visit to it and took some shots...

Parra Solo Exhibition and Pop-Up Shop

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:48:00 +0000

Do you know famed street artist Parra from Amsterdam? Until October 10th, his first solo exhibition in Berlin will run. I recommend a visit!

Urban Top Shots #1

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:59:27 +0000

Every week, I will feature the three top photos of the Urban Artcore Flickr group. If you’re interested in visual urban impressions, take a look!

ReUse Art Project

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:19:28 +0000

The global, urban, street, and domestic art project “ReUse” from Israel calls for art for this year's art event, which will take place in an abandoned building in Tel Aviv...

Kubik - Urban Light Club

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:54:31 +0000

“Kubik” is interesting concept of modern, urban party. But just look at yourself, how impressive a temporary installation of large tanks could be...

Color in Motion - Quintessenz Crew

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:03:33 +0000

It’s flowing, dripping, dribbling - The stop motion video clip series by Quintessenz Creation give an fantastic impression of creative painting in abandoned houses...

Lueneburg - A City Gets Redesigned

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:30:59 +0000

More than 35 internationally renowned street artists will redesign the city of Lueneburg and the University campus! About 1200 students willdocuments this great art event...

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!

Stroke01 - Urban Art Fair Munich

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:12:01 +0000

At the end of October more than 15 international galleries and art projects based on urban contemporary art will show their picture, drawings, toys and other exhibits together at the Stroke01.

Top 10 - Urban Photography Contest Winners

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:20:25 +0000

We did it! Over 220 people joined the competition with about 700 photos. It was a hard to decide, but here are the top ten winners of the Urban Photo Contest...

Linocut, Typography, Paris

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:08:24 +0000

With typography you can do a lot of great things. A few days ago Mark A. Webber finishes his giant typographic, linocut map of Paris. It’s amazing...

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...

555 Kubik - Urban Screen

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:42:38 +0000

555 Kubik was a large-scale 3D projection on the urban surface of the “Gallery of Contemporary Art” in Hamburg, which took place a month ago. Have a look and be impressed!

Urban Photo Contest Finishes!

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:00:58 +0000

The international Urban Photo Contest finishes with about 700 submitted photos! this is a great success for this young blog. Now it is the jury’s turn...

Mode 2 - Nude Urban Art

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:48:54 +0000

In the last years, Mode 2 developed a very own style of drawing. Today Mode 2’s next show, called “Reality, Fantasy, And The Web”, will open at Lazarides in Newcastle.

Shapes & Colors - The Exeter Academy Library

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:17:54 +0000

Do you know the Phillips Exeter Academy Library, designed by architect Louis Kahn? If not, take a look at this short film to understand, why it is a masterwork of architecture!

Zoe McCloskey’s Lorem Ipsum Art

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:12:29 +0000

Zoe McCloskey pastes “Lorem Ipsum” placeholder text on walls and billboards in Chicago. For her, this is a possibility to show people that not every word must have a meaning...

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!

A1one - Street Art in Tehran

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:53:37 +0000

A1one is the one, who started graffiti in Tehran. His urban artworks are his way to deal with the society and its social and political problems...

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...

The Shopping Cart Film

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:02:59 +0000

“Cart”, by Jesse Rosten, is a film about the live of shopping carts. Do they have feelings or emotions? Are you even noticed the many shopping carts cruising through the cities? Or do you ever wonder how abandoned shopping carts end up? Take a look!

Write the Wall - 20 Years Breakdown

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:24:37 +0000

20 years after the fall of the berlin wall everybody is talking about the breakdown. The art installation “Write the Wall” is constructing a temporary memorial and artistic canvas for visual and lively remembrance.

Urban Idiots: “Parkour is an Urban Sport”

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:56:34 +0000

For some years two new sports impress the people in the public space of urban landscapes around the world: Parkour & Freerunning. I talked to a member of the best Freerunning-team in Berlin - Urban Idiots...

Urban Photo Contest - Prize Update!

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:03:09 +0000

Until August 21st, runs our Urban Photo Contest! Today we got another prize-package by Montana Cans, so we updated the prizes for the ten best shots - Take a look. Maybe you have a winning shot?!

Street Photography: Mauerpark Flea Market

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:32:37 +0000

Flea markets are an indispensable element of urban landscape! A day on one of this tiny, little markets is inspiring as well as interesting. The best is to watch other people...

The Krah - Vandal Tendencies Exhibition

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:10:42 +0000

In his first solo show in Berlin The Krah exhibits some of his most recent works which are a combination of graffiti, urban drawing, stencil patterns and his very own characters...

Superblast Graffiti Exhibition, Berlin

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:05:35 +0000

One of the most famous urban artists in Berlin is Superblast. His graffiti and graphic design influenced artworks cast a spell over everyone! In some days his new exhibition will start...

Graffiti-inspired Design

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:02:22 +0000

It seems, that graffiti influenced a lot of designers - It's fantastic on what ideas they strike today. I show you some of the most interesting and fresh, graffiti-inspired interior designs!

Urban Photo Contest

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:31:25 +0000

Urban Photo Contest - Do you have a winning shot? Send in your best photos - in categories like urban art, graffiti, street design - to win our great prize-packages!

Virtual Graffiti: Wii Spray Stencil

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:48:16 +0000

The Nintendo Wii is a worldwide success, but did you know the Wii Spray? It is a real-looking spray can controller for your virtual graffiti at home!

Graffiti Future: LED Spray Can

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:07:38 +0000

Have you ever heard something about “Halo”? It is a new special LED spray can designed by Aïssa Logerot, which was developed for realistic light-writing action!

Stencil Art: C215 Interview

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:20:27 +0000

Do you know C215? He is one of the best stencil artists worldwide! His unique style can be admired almost everywhere in the world. We talked to him about is art and the inspiration behind it.

Reverse Graffiti - Top Artists

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:20:42 +0000

“Do not spray, but cleaning” - Reverse Graffiti artist show, how easy it is to make real artworks out of dirt, with techniques similar to Graffiti. Take a look at the three top representatives and inspire yourself!

Zeus’ 3D Graffiti Sculptures

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:47:56 +0000

His innovative artworks inspired a whole generation and his three-dimensional graffiti sculptures and paintings are just phenomenal! Zeus belongs not for no reason to the most influencing urban artist of our time...

Faith47 – Cape of Good Hope

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:02:00 +0000

Faith47 is one of the few popular African urban artists. With her new campaign with posters and paintings she started to fight against political and social problems in South Africa's Cape Town. It is documented by the help of a video...

McGee meets Templeton & Pettibon

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:09:15 +0000

Ed Templeton, Raymond Pettibon and Barry McGee are three pioneers of urban art and photography. Some time ago they presented their artworks at the Circle Culture Gallery in Berlin. Here are some photos...

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!

Flashmob in Antwerp

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:13:23 +0000

Imagine you are skating at the central station and suddenly hundreds of people begin to dance - Flashmobs are a relatively new form of urban interacting in the public space!

Typography Poster Inspiration

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:01:47 +0000

You love typographically influenced artworks and need some inspiration? Then you should take a look at this typography poster fundus - It is a collection of artworks by about 350 designers and artists from all over the world!