Welcome to Dismaland: Banksy’s Dystopian Bemusement Park
Excited ticket holders rush past sullen-faced guards in mouse ears to gain access to Banksy’s Dismaland, a dilapidated, depressing ‘bemusement park’ that’s far from the happiest place on ...
Category: Street Art & Graffiti
From 3D graffiti to light art, these works reflect the cutting edge of contemporary urban street art and design. These graffiti and street artists employee the latest techniques, creative materials, and unusual strategies to challenge the conventional stencil-and-spray-paint approach that most people think of when it comes to public drawing and wall graffiti the world over.
Guerrilla Grammarians Fix Street Graffiti Spelling & Punctuation
Calculated correctors, this team of vigilante street art fixers patrols for grammatical mistakes then regroups to decide on edits before hitting the streets of Quito, Ecuador, to deploy ...
Paint the Town: Massive Mural Transforms Mexican Neighborhood
Waves of rainbow color cascade down a hillside neighborhood in Mexico’s drug capital as a street art collective paints over 200 houses. ‘German Crew’ enlisted the help of youth living in ...
Painted Praise: Street Art Honors Asia with Iconic Imagery
Spanish street artist Pejac both praises and criticizes elements of various Asian cultures in a new series of outdoor paintings making use of iconic traditional imagery and symbols. Human figures ...
Public Jewelry: Rugged Urban Art Inspired by Delicate Lace
The idea of beautifying an outdoor space seems straightforward enough - flowers and sculptures and whatnot - but Polish street artist NeSpoon turns that idea into something so beautifully ...
Senior Citizen Street Art: Young Graffiti Artists Teach Elders
In an effort to democratize both the creation and appreciation of urban graffiti, a group of young street artists in Lisbon, Portugal, is teaching retirees how to create their own stencils and ...
Balancing Act: Artist Paints Seaside Murals from a Surfboard
Painting a hyper-realistic mural outdoors is challenging enough on its own, and artist Sean Yoro not only pulls off incredible portraits, he does it all while balancing on his surfboard. Known as ...
NYC Comes Alive Around Massive Mural in Time Lapse Video
A 150-foot-tall figure of a man walking materializes on a Manhattan sidewalk, slowly coming into focus as the city awakens around it, in a new time-lapse video. French photographer and street ...
Rise of Robotic Graffiti: Drone Vandal Sprays Paint in Midair
In what appears to be the first recorded work of public aerial drone vandalism, this off-the-shelf quadcopter was hacked to hold and use a can of spray paint, forever transforming the landscape ...
Street Art Lives: 13 Installations that Interact with Nature
In cities where greenery can be scarce, these art installations call attention to everything from wall-climbing ivy to weeds growing out of sidewalk cracks, turning bushes into luscious manes or ...
