Urban Art Market: Trends, Artists & Prices

Yes, it’s X-mas again and for that reason, Ironside and Berlin’s Stattbad are going to open the pools for the Stattmarkt, this year’s urban art X-mas market in Berlin! With its diverse concept, this market contains not just the usual design, fashion, jewelry, merchandise, comic, literature and food stuff, but also artwork by independent artists, gallery representatives, photographers, graphic artists and, and that’s the clue, creative entertainment including video-works by Quintessenz crew, live DJ’s during the day and live paintings by Berlin-based urban artists Irgh, Karl Addison and James Bullough! ...

Art Market Documentary | “WTF? Another Banksy documentary?”, was what I thought when I recently stumbled upon “How to sell a Banksy”! But after I watched the trailer and read the synopsis I became aware, that this film is not about Bansky, but about the crazy institution of the international art market… Banksy’s work now reportedly changes hands for millions. But he puts up his street art for free. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you got your hands on one of these? Does it mean you’ve found a winning lottery ticket or just scraped some worthless crap off a wall? ...

Do you have already heard something about “Graffomat”? When I read about it the first time, I thought “What a great holy shit!?” and shaked my head, because I could not believe in its authenticity… …“Graffomat” is the name of maybe the first graffiti vending machines which will be entering the market soon: ...

In my opinion there is hardly nothing better than to spend half a day at a flea market. I like the tiny alleys between the almost infinite number of stalls and wagons. I love it to search and find things of which I never knew that they exist, handmade shirts, old books or crazy furnishings. But what i like most, is to watch and photograph other people which are extremely absorbed in the search after a bargain! Flea markets are an indispensable element of urban landscape! ...