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Street art in Jerusalem: Tant, Broken Fingaz, Jack tml, Signer and more

When I first started documenting West Jerusalem’s street art scene a number of years back, it consisted – for the most part – of rather simple stencils, often religiously or politically fraught. These days it is visually richer, presenting an intriguing array of characters and more. Here’s a sampling: Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson and …

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You’ll never guess what Peter Drew did when the local government began supporting his street art

This new film by Peter Drew is a great example of how street artists can continue to mess with authority even as they are embraced by it. Rather than saying, “Awesome, thank you! Guess it’s time for me to go legit,” when the Adelaide city council began to support his street art, Peter very publicly …

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Street art & graff in Istanbul, Part II: Amose, Space Invader, Dome, Demo, Eskreyn & more

Whereas the authorities in Istanbul are quick to buff any political graffiti, they seem to be quite tolerant to other public art — both sanctioned and unsanctioned. Here are a few more examples of what currently can be seen in the city: Thanks, again, to Erbil Sivaslioglu for sharing his knowledge of his city’s street art scene …

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Street art & graff in Istanbul, Part I: Pixel Pancho, Hure, Hero, Kripo, Eskreyn and Various & Gould

Relatively new to Istanbul, the modern street art movement is beginning to make its mark and gain recognition as a legitimate contemporary art form. In our few days in Istanbul, we — my son and I — saw everything from tags and throw-ups by both local and international writers to huge murals by first-rate artists. …

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ABCDEF: the gorgonzola cheese of street art

ABCDEF‘s work seems no more difficult to produce than your standard shitty throw up, and yet it seems gallery-worthy. It’s stroke-your-chin-and-ponder worthy. It’s simple and exciting. There’s this great video where a disembodied John Baldessari tells Jason Schwartzman that fine art is like Gorgonzola cheese; if you give it to a child they will spit it …

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Adrian Doyle paints a Melbourne street art hotspot completely blue

A couple of weekends ago on Sunday the 25th of August, I started walking down Hosier Lane, which I do at least 5 times a week, but this time I noticed something very strange. Rutledge Lane (located parallel to Hosier Lane – one of Melbourne’s most well known street art and graffiti locations) was completely …

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Off-Murales, a feminist vision of street art in Montreal, Canada

Last June, the first edition of MURAL festival took place on boulevard Saint-Laurent, in the heart of Montreal. Beside this official and stunning event (covered here, here and here), a group of women street artists created a non-event, called Off-MuralES, all based on illegal artistic actions. The collective was created by Lilyluciole, Zola, Stela, Wall …

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