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August 5, 2025

Beautifully Drawn Black and White Posters Pop Up on Paris Streets

Paris-based street artist Alexandre Monteiro, known by his pseudonym Hopare, is instantly recognizable for his ability to combine the abstract and figurative. Delicate linework outlines the features of his usually female figures, while geometric lines slice and dice the face into smaller shapes.

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July 25, 2025

Colorful Mural on the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Calls for “Mutual Embrace” Among Nations

The eagle and the condor are two of the most iconic bird species in the Americas.

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July 25, 2025

Street Artist Unveils Ashamed Statue of Liberty Mural in Response to ICE Raids in the U.S.

Unveiled just before the Fourth of July, Judith de Leeuw unveiled a mural, which shows the Statue of Liberty covering her...

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July 14, 2025

Street Artist Shares Personal Meaning Behind Powerful Mural About Life and Death [Interview]

French street artist Enzo is a busy guy. As a muralist and organizer, he’s always planning, painting, or traveling. And sometimes, he’s doing all three. Enzo recently took part in this year’s Bushwick Collective, an internationally recognized art event in Bushwick, Brooklyn, that invites artists from around the world to paint walls in the neighborhood.

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July 13, 2025

20 Years of Vhils’ Exceptional Art Now on View in Retrospective Exhibition

Portuguese street artist Alexandre Farto, also known as Vhils, rose to fame thanks to his innovative technique of drilling portraits...

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July 8, 2025

Man Spends Over a Decade Beautifying His Brooklyn Neighborhood With Street Art [Interview]

Born and bred in Bushwick, Joe Ficalora has transformed the face of his neighborhood, transforming it into an open-air art...

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June 27, 2025

Ingenious “Musical Architecture” Murals Turn Buildings Into Visual Symphonies

Spanish street artist Sfhir is known for his large-scale realistic murals. And over the past two years, he's been utilizing his 20 years of experience painting in the street to create murals that are a true fusion of art and architecture. This “musical architecture” series features figures strumming on instruments that are perfectly integrated into their setting, cleverly using architectural elements to enhance the scene.

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June 23, 2025

46-Foot-Tall Mural Beautifully Expresses a Balance Between Strength, Fragility, and Resilience

Every year for the past decade, the Alpine city of Grenoble, in southeastern France, becomes a beacon for street art.

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June 4, 2025

Glasgow Mural Honors Human Rights Activist and Celebrates Protesting for the Greater Good

American muralist JEKS ONE traveled across the ocean to bring his hyperrealistic style to the walls of Glasgow.

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May 23, 2025

Street Artist Shares Healing Journey of Overcoming Addiction and Homelessness

For Jonas Melvin, who is better known by his graffiti tag GREY, it took losing all control to finally regain it. After becoming a formidable force in San Francisco’s graffiti scene during the late-90s and early-2000s, and feverishly traveling the world to paint over cities and transit systems, GREY suddenly disappeared at the height of his fame.

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