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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.

Cross-Stitch Murals Bring a Traditionally Domestic Craft Out Into the World

Often viewed as the domain of women within the home, the art of cross-stitch embroidery escapes its boundaries and finds a new footing within the modern world in works by Aheneah, also known as ...

Peeled to Reveal: Condemned Building Neatly “Unzipped” Along its Facades

Cracked open like a coat (or pair of pants), the walls of this structure in England, have been opened up to expose its abandoned interior ahead of its scheduled demolition. "Open to the ...

Fake News: Miniature Signs Around the City Convey Confusing Messages

If all the official signage that can be found around an average city bores you, you might not even notice the ones that are a little bit off, warning you of dangerous pigeons and tiny sinkholes ...

Seven-Story Neoclassical Painting by William Bouguereau Looms Over Memphis

A little girl from William Bouguereau’s 1886 painting 'Au pied de la falaise' looks out over the city of Memphis from the side of a seven-story building, freed from the original work's confines ...

File Under Fiction: Artful Self-Help Book Covers Speak to Human Conditions

Like the old "picture worth 1,000 words" adage, these book covers use just a little language and as context for larger messages. Perhaps the more appropriate phrase would be some turn on: "what ...

Going, Going, Gone: Banksy Artwork Self-Destructs the Moment it’s Sold

In a stunt that should surprise absolutely no one who knows anything about Banksy, the elusive street artist's iconic work Girl with Balloon literally self-destructed the moment it was sold at ...

Mobile Moon Museum: A Massive Lunar Replica Exhibit is Circling the Globe

This 23-foot scale model of the moon is making its way around the world, allowing viewers to get close and see the many facets of this amazing celestial object. Each centimeter on the replica ...

32 Artists Take Over a Hydraulic Power Station for Kazakhstani Exhibition

London’s Wapping Hydraulic Power Station is transformed into a multifaceted exploration of post-Soviet identity for the groundbreaking Focus-Kazakhstan exhibition series, featuring 32 ...

Unstable Housing: Balancing ReActor Building Tilts as its Occupants Move

Off-kilter balancing buildings that seem to defy gravity are more common than you might think, but most of them don’t tilt like a see-saw when their occupants walk from one side of the house to ...

Graffiti Glam: Surreal Scenes Transform a Baroque Dutch Building

Classical meets modern in a surreal mashup splashed all over the walls of the Thomas cafe in the Netherlands, the work of a duo of artists known as Studio Giftig. Highly in demand for their ...

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