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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...

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!

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!

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!

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...

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!

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!

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...

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.

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!

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!

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...!

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!

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!

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?

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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…

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!

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!

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!

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!

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...

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!

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..

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!

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.

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}.

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!

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!

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...

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:

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!

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...

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...

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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...

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!

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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!

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...

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!

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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!

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...

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...

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!

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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)

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…

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!

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…

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...

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...

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?

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!

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…

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...

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...

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!

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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!

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...

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!

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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!

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!

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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”...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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!

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?

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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!

“Beautiful Losers” - DIY Documentary

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

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

Urban 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...

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...

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...

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...

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”!

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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?

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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!

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.

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!

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.

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...

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...

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...

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!

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!

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...

New York & Istanbul City Portrait

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

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

Impressions: New York 2008

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

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

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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!