Had a fantastic time in New York last weekend finishing up The Art of Comedy, but that meant missing out on a lot of news, so some of this week’s link-o-rama is a bit more dated than usual: The Wall Therapy mural project in Rochester, NY is working on a short documentary about this year’s …
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In 2017, I curated the We The People series for Mural Arts Philadelphia, a series of six murals by some of my favorite artists. I probably should have been writing about We The People on here regularly since July, but here’s a very belated update from Philly. Before we get into We the People, a bit of context. The …
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NTEL is one of my favorite Philly graffiti writers. From stickers to throw-ups and extinguisher tags to beautiful pieces, plus sculpture and other methods of getting up, is one of the most versatile and unique writers in the city. That’s why I’m so excited to include his work in ALL BIG LETTERS, which opens today at Haverford …
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Vanessa Rosa, the author of this post, is an artist based in São Paulo. This is a story of an alleged attempt to create dialogues between opposite worlds: street art, and one of the world’s most oppressive police forces. In November of 2016, the same terrifying week that Trump conquered the presidency of the USA, a …
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Apologies that this particular link-o-rama is full of self-promotion and conflicts of interesting, but I do think these are all interesting projects and I hope you do too: It takes a lot to get my excited about a mural festival, but this year’s Wall\Therapy in Rochester, NY looks great. It’s difficult to put on a …
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Logan Hicks is a forefather of the stenciling medium. With a background in printmaking, Hicks helped pioneer the use of multi-layer stencils to create strikingly complex portraits of urban environments. While many artists are satisfied with two or three stencil-layers to create images, Hicks has used up to 15 in a given piece. He is …
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Vilx, Vilks, VxMu, (he goes by all of those names) is a talented French artist based in Montreal, Canada, since a few years ago. His perfect control of graffiti mediums permits him to work on multiple surfaces. Walls, trains, canvas… he is comfortable painting everywhere and feels free to express his art without any restrictions. …
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