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WebUrbanist | Archived Articles on Urban & Street Art

Urban art is at the heart of WebUrbanist – the drawings, images, photos and sculptures that inspire us in part because they are open to the public. From installation artworks to street graffiti and everything in between, here is our extensive collection of urban street art gathered from around the world and representing both traditional techniques and innovative approaches by old and new street artists alike.

Inception Park: Impossible Roller Coaster in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires becomes a fantasy urban playground in this fun video by Black Sheep Films, featuring roller coasters with no tracks that zoom through the city.

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Sideways-Shooting Photographer Turns Worlds on End

Artist Philippe Ramette shifts the perspective of the world, eliminating silly things like gravity, in his incredible performance art photography.

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City-Shaped Design: 13 Urban-Inspired Objects

These 15 decorative and functional objects, from handkerchiefs to power strips, are inspired by skyscrapers and city streets.

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Feeling the Earth Move: Urban Sidewalk Liquid Intervention

Pedestrians in a French town were surprised to find that one day, a playful new addition to their brick walkway suddenly appeared...seemingly out of nowhere.

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Transcending Tags: 16 Typographic Works of Urban Art

Graffiti tags have blossomed into letters and words that celebrate typography itself, applied to urban settings like shutters, fences and streets.

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Art, Not Ads: 13 Creative Billboard Takeovers

Obliterating messages of commercialism, artists take over these huge ad spaces and fill them with nature scenes, paintings, text or subverted messages.

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Trash Hits: 11 Scent-sational Concept Garbage Trucks

These 11 scent-sational concept garbage trucks trash traditional artistic sensibilities while maintaining the “can”-do spirit today's waste management demands.

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The Swings of Things: 15 Daring Swing Set Designs

From urban art installations placing swings on billboards to whimsical and magical garden swings, these swing designs are far from the usual playground fixture.

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RedBall Project Takes Interactive Urban Art on Tour

A huge inflatable red ball travels around the world, showing up in cities like Toronto and Abu Dhabi, squeezed into entryways and hovering above the street.

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Captured Live: 'Trapped People' Street Art Project

Brooklyn-based artist Dan Witz shocks passersby with ultra-realistic painted images of people trapped behind grates in urban buildings.

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