Street art

PORTRAIT street art : Gaëtan Tarantino: ‘graffiti artists are normal people, not hooligans’

Gaëtan Tarantino: ‘graffiti artists are normal people, not hooligans’

He escaped prison and fines, sleeps and breathes graffiti and his NGO holds Brussels’ annual graffiti event: how the 32-year-old from Marseille, who once worked in air-conditioning, cheers up gloomy Belgian neighbourhoods with art that emerges from concrete

by diane saint-réquier @ // 22/02/10 - 1 vote

street art, belgium, brunch, brussels, graffiti, art, culture

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Image : Banksy: graffiti phenomenon of 60th Berlin film festival (10 images)

Banksy: graffiti phenomenon of 60th Berlin film festival (10 images)

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Image : 48 hours in Vilnius: EU capital of culture and tradition

48 hours in Vilnius: EU capital of culture and tradition

FOCUS street art : Cuba: backstreet with an escape route

Cuba: backstreet with an escape route

In the first of our ‘rock and backpack’ series, we discover Havana - the cultural centre of a Cuba in which everyone has the ability to produce something, but few express themselves

by marc paso mateu // 21/03/08 - 2 Comment

street art, dance, havana, tourism, cuba, latin america, leonid kuchma

FOCUS street art : Mister Cat graffiti: from Paris to Sarajevo

Mister Cat graffiti: from Paris to Sarajevo

The Mister Cat phenomenon falls somewhere between anonymous marketing and ‘involuntary communication’. Spotted on rooftops from Geneva to New York, the feline seduced passers-by before moving on to museums

by Prune Antoine @ // 04/03/08 - 1 Comment

street art, europe, frankfurt, museum, amsterdam, germany, culture

INTERVIEW street art : Eboy: Berlin's ‘godfathers of pixel’

Eboy: Berlin's ‘godfathers of pixel’

London, Cologne, Venice, Tokyo: the German design pixel group pixelate city visions and hail themselves as a jazz band. They are guilty of simply improvising the definitive concept of ‘urbanity’

by louisa reichstetter // 04/03/08 - 1 Comment

street art, interview, berlin, pixel, design, germany, culture

FOCUS street art : Artists in arms

Artists in arms

Politics is not the only thing to have changed in Poland since the fall of communism. Maria Staszkiewicz investigates the underground artists trying to bring a little perspective to Polish lives.

by maria staszkiewicz // 30/01/06

street art, contemporary art, youth, belarus, central and eastern europe, politics, society

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Berlinale film review: Exit Through The Gift Shop (2009) by Banksy

Who what? Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010) is a 'pseudo-documentary' of the British graffiti artist Banksy, the street art stencil legend. Not only has his talented work brought him exorbitantly priced sales but he has remained invisible throughout - no-one has ever seen him! But the film isn't about ...

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Graffiti and other street art in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv is a very colourful city with various spaces. Some of these spaces feel more bourgeois, others feel cosy and simple. Therefore the city is a good playground for people who like to make some kind of contribution to the way the city looks like. South Tel Aviv, where ...

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Transparency

In the second edition of View from my flat you can see Marysia's photos. She shows and tells us what she sees and feels if she looks out of the window.

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The Big Fog

photo: Zita PELOC

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