Street Art

'Living Faces' Take Over A Russian City

Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Video, Living Faces, Russian Art, Slideexpand, Street Art, Graffiti, Slideshow, Russian Graffiti, Living Walls, Russian Street Faces, Big Brother, Nikita Nomerz, Arts News

We've recently covered some amazing street art projects in Baltimore and Poland, and now we're moving further east to showcase an impressive artist wh...

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THEY MOVE: Hypnotizing GIF Graffiti

Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Video, Internet Art, Street Art, Insa, Graffiti, INSA Graffiti Gif, Slideexpand, Animated Gif, Revok, Net Art, Kid Zoom, Tumblr, Arts News

INSA creates awesome street art GIFs that bring the thrill of the streets to your very own Tumblr. Painting a wall several times and snapping photos o...

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Mysterious & Beautiful Papier-Mache Sculptures Take Over Downtown LA

Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Papier Mache Sunbathers, Calder Greenwood Sculpture, Paper Mache Sunbathers, Downtown LA Art, Calder Greenwood, Dtla, Calder Greenwood Artist, Angels Knoll Art, Street Art, Papier Mache Deer, Angels Knoll Goats, La Street Art, Angels Knoll Deer, Paper Mache Deer, Los Angeles News

You may remember when ninety Boer South African Goats were brought to Angels Knoll last summer. Now there are some new visitors on the Knoll -- namely...

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Street Art, Bomb Scares, and Times of Anxiety

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Nyc, Jean Seestadt, Conceptual Art, Revs, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Street Art, Olek, Painting, Xam, Street Art, Dark Clouds, Jaime Rojo, Welding, Williamsburg, Stikman, Steven P. Harrington, Stencil, Leviticus, Takeshi Miyakawa, Crochet, Aerosol, Darkclouds, Rae, Bzbd, Arts News

Last Friday morning all was going normally on the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn as the cool, crisp breeze of a sunny May day made New York as it ...

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Polish Town Gets a New Face After Street Art Festival

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Street Art Festival, Eastern European Art, Poland, Street Art, Roa, Ganzeer, Escif, Katowice, Slideexpand, Video, Arts News

The streets of Eastern Europe are some of the greatest examples of open air galleries, as street artists from the Czech Republic to Russia have taken ...

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Incredible T-Shirt Designs And Designers

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Video, Street Fashion, Tee Shirt, Eddie Zammit, Brooklyn, Bkny Printing, Street Art, Slideexpand, Rocksmith, New York, Kid Zoom, T-Shirt, T-World, Arts News

From world famous street artists to local fashion designers, many young creatives have taken to the T-shirt as their canvas of choice. Pioneering the ...

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Death To Street Art?

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 05.12.2012

A new mural in Hamtramck claims street art has gone mainstream, and it's causing enough controversy to show public opinion on graffiti remains divided...

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Heartbeat in the Barrio: Caribbean and Central American Street Art

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Sexi Zombie, Brooklyn Street Art, Central America Street Art, Global Street Art, Urban Heartbeat, Street Art, De Mi Barrio a Tu Barrio, Caribbean Street Art, Latin Art, Goethe Institute, Arts News

"Worked in some countries -- in others, not so much." Newsflash: Global Street Art is not homogeneous. If you were beginning to think that internatio...

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Happy Birthday Keith Haring!

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Video, AIDS Awareness, Brooklyn Museum, Pop Art, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Street Art, Madonna, Nyc Art, Keith Haring, Pop Graffiti, Slidepollajax, Arts News

Today is the birthday of Pop-street art darling Keith Haring. The artist, who mastered the rare combination of super happy and super cool, would turn ...

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PHOTOS: Amazing Street Art Project Celebrating Women

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Photography, TED Prize Winner, Video, JR Book, Street Art Book, Graffiti Book, Street Art, Graffiti, JR Women, JR Street Art, Slideexpand, Jr, Women Are Heroes, Books News

JR is a French artist and photographer who creates giant portraits of people, which he places around public spaces. Winner of the TED Prize 2011, ...

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Springtime in Paris : Une Petite Revue of New Street Art

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Jana & JS, Jef Aerosol, Brooklyn Street Art, Stencils, Street Art, Wheat-Paste, Pole Ka, Blek Le Rat, Jaime Rojo, Banksy, Paris, France, Ben Slow, Nick Walker, Sandra Hoj, Miss Tic, Steven P. Harrington, c215, Speedy Graphito, Fred Le Chevalier, David Shillinglaw, Dast, Fkdl, Janaundjs, Arts News

Cities in all the hemispheres take turns being the pre-eminent location for street art and street culture as the influences that lead to a lively scen...

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PHOTOS: A Look At Bogota's Liveliest Neighborhood

Megan Eileen McDonough | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Travel, Colombia, Street Art, Bogota, Slidefreestyle, South America, International Destinations, South America Travel, Destinations, Slideexpand, Slidewide, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Although still a dangerous place to be wandering around at night, La Candelaria is brimming with color, personality and most of all, intrigue.

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Bel Borba Is 'The People's Picasso'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Bel Borba Aqui, Bel Borba, Poverty, Public Art, Brazil, Burt Sun, Tile, Street Art, Documentary, Documentary Film, Salvador, Andre Costantini, Video, Arts News

"When I think of any artistic movement in Salvador, I automatically link it to Bel Borba." An airport taxi driver delivers these words to the document...

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Sesame Street Art Exhibition Benefits City of Hope (PHOTOS)

Tanja M. Laden | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Street Art, Graffiti, City of Hope, Slidepollajax, The-Seventh-Letter, Neff Headwear, La Arts, Known Gallery, LA Art Exhibits, Sesame Street Art Exhibit, Known Gallery LA, La Around Town, Sesame Street, Video, Los Angeles News

Sesame Street is the inspiration behind a unique two-day art exhibition at L.A.'s Knonw Gallery. The show cleverly merges childhood nostalgia with contemporary urban design, and sales benefit a good cause.

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'Hanksy' Is Back!

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Tom Hanks, Spoofs, Krause Gallery, Video, Vanilla Ice, Bruce Willis, Hanksy, Street Art, Graffiti, New York Street Art, Banksy, Arts News

If you love the clever wit of British street artist Banksy and the huggable Hollywood actor Tom Hanks, you will probably like Hanksy as much as we do....

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Kosbe: Under the Radar and in the Studio

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Stickers, Painting, Steven P. Harrington, Chicago, Brooklyn Street Art, Graffiti, San Francisco, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Mike Giant, Barry Mcgee, Street Art, Jaime Rojo, Reminisce, Kosbe, WK Interact, Arts News

Why One Brooklyn Stick Up Kid is Worth Watching Sometimes on the street you get an inkling of the future. It could be an overheard excerpt from a cel...

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Urban Legends Reminds Us How Important Street Art Is

Voto Latino | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Graffiti, Sparc, Estria Foundation, Murals, Street Art, Latino Voices News

With the fight to keep L.A. street art alive, Urban Legends comes to town to remind us all how important it is to have public spaces to create dialogue through various art forms.

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German Street Artists Makes Cardboard Cities

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Slidewide, Video, Cardboard Art, Found Art, German Art, Miniature Art, Street Art, Evol, Slidepollajax, UK Arts, Stencil Art, Urban, Miniatures, Arts News

Most often artwork made with a cardboard box is referred to as a diorama and is made by a third grader, but sometimes the humble material can yield in...

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The Surreal Art of an Urban Prankster

MutualArt | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Mark Jenkins, Sculpture, Street Art, Urban Prankster, London Art, London Street Art, Arts News

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Chicano Park Celebrates Its Status as a National Historic Monument

John M. Eger | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Graffiti, Historic Preservation, Chicano Art, Neighborhoods, National Parks, Culture, Street Art, Arts News

It's hard to believe that what was once "street art" littering the off ramps and the trestles of a bridge now is part of what has become one of San Diego's cultural landmarks.

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Gerald Ford Graffiti Pops Up In Michigan Hometown

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Grand Rapids, Gerald Ford, Video, Former Presidents, West Michigan City, Street Art, Graffiti, Michigan, I-196, Arts News

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Former President Gerald Ford is remembered in his hometown of Grand Rapids by a museum and a stretch of interstate. Now, a graf...

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Art in Earnest: Harlem-Based Artist, Tyson Hall

Eric J. Henderson | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: El Anatsui, Howard Gardner, Barry Sanders, Kandinsky, Ellen Winner, Cs Lewis, Jamaica Queens, Harlem, New York, Artist Profile, Queens, Street Art, Art Theory, New York Street Art, Tyson Hall, New York Art, Arts News

Hall dwells specifically at the intersection of Art and Policy, his work aiming to touch people in the everyday. That is so cliché that it hurts as I strip the meaning of that universality down to a feel-good thing to say. I don't mean it that way.

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The Standard Downtown Mural Delivers With Deedee Cheriel

Vanessa Coblentz | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Deedee Cheriel, Street Art, La Art, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles Standard Hotel, Public Art, La Around Town, Theh Standard Los Angeles Public Mural, Public Murals, LA Art Scene, LA Artmurals Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

Acclaimed Los Angeles artist and all around cool girl, Deedee Cheriel brings her iconic imagery to the downtown Standard Hotel's 6th street mural program.

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18 Years Of Weird, Juxtapoz Celebrates

Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Craig Stecyk, Street Art, Mark Ryden, Shephard Fairey, Marion Peck, Robert Williams, Art, Video, Copro Gallery, Graffiti, Slidepollajax, Contemporary Art, Pop Surrealism, Juxtapoz, Juxtapoz Magazine, Arts News

In celebration of Juxtapoz's 18th anniversary, Copro Gallery in Santa Monica is hosting a group exhibition of the publication's past, present and futu...

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PHOTOS: 18 Awesome Pieces Of Street Art

Hank O'Neal | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Book News, Cia Art, Cia Agent Art, Street Art Book, Photography Book, Graffiti Book, Street Art, Cia Photography, Graffiti, Cia Book, CIA Agent, Books News

I try to stay as invisible as possible when I'm on the street taking pictures. This is where my ancient CIA training comes in handy: I'm a guy with a camera who can easily blend in.

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