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Category: 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.

Anamorphic Street Art: New Abstract Murals by Peeta Pop Off the Wall

Blurring the lines between reality and illusion in street art is Peeta's specialty. You could stand right in front of one of his creations, gazing up at its proportions with your own eyes, and ...

Vintage Suitcases & Furniture Transform into Mini Timber Frame Architecture

Old furniture, lamp parts and other cast-away ephemera from domestic life transform into finely crafted architectural models in the hands of artist and designer Ted Lott, who uses a bandsaw as a ...

Beyond the Streets: Brooklyn Graffiti Exhibition Honors Early Law Breakers

In Brooklyn, the latest iteration of BEYOND THE STREETS lets visitors check out the work of more than 150 street artists from around the world. Curated by graffiti historian and “urban ...

Mach 1: Arts & Event Venue Made from a Tangle of Shipping Containers

Scottish artist David Mach is best known for his sculptural installations and surreal collages, but his largest work yet turns a heap of 36 red shipping containers into a new arts and event space ...

Devil’s Lake: Abandoned North Dakota Town Reclaimed by Rising Waters

Over a period of decades, the waters of Devils Lake slowly rose higher and higher until they enveloped an entire farming town in rural North Dakota, forcing its inhabitants to leave. Changes to ...

Not Photoshopped: Pixelated Food Sculptures Look Like Digital Creations

Japanese art director Yuni Yoshida is well known for her surreal digital creations, particularly those manipulating the human body into unnatural forms, but a new series takes the opposite ...

Car Parklet: Bold Intervention Takes Over Occupied Parking Spaces

Artist Benedetto Bufalino has never shied away from the wild, surreal and unexpected; previously, he has transformed abandoned cars into pizza ovens, phone booths into aquariums, concrete trucks ...

Optochromie: Vivid Digital Mural on a New York Concert Hall by Felipe Pantone

The latest in street artist Felipe Pantone’s stunning Optochromie series splashes across the facade of the Town Ballroom concert hall in Buffalo, New York, giving it a dramatic makeover. Black ...

Banksy Crashes the Venice Biennale with a Critical Street Stall

Why, Banksy wonders, has he never been invited to the Venice Biennale? Perhaps because they knew he’d do something just like this, invited or not. The elusive British street artist set up an ...

House Inside a Rock Takes Inspiration from Ancient Sandstone Tombs

Humans have been carving architecture into rock for nearly our entire history on this planet, so it's a little surprising we don’t see more modern marvels mimicking spectacular ancient wonders ...

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