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Totem Toy-Integrated Apparel The 'Brand New Intention' Collection Shows Art by Reactor-88

This latest addition to the BNI, or ‘Brand New Intention’ collection presents a unique opportunity to wear the artwork of recognized artist Reactor-88. The Los Angeles-based web designer... [More]

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60 Superhero-Inspired Artworks - From Sultry Heroine Art to Hipster Superhero Art

60 Superhero-Inspired Artworks From Sultry Heroine Art to Hipster Superhero Art

Fictional crime-fighting crusaders have been the subject of many superhero-inspired artworks over the years. Icons like Superman and Batman have been reinterpreted over and over again by many artists.... [More]

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Vast Abstract Ballerina Murals - Anthony Lister

Vast Abstract Ballerina Murals Anthony Lister's Ballerina Mural Imparts Vigor and Emotion

Anthony Lister’s abstract ballerina mural on theAudience’s office wall adds a new dimension to the scenery of Los Angeles. With large flowing sweeps of color, Lister has transcribed the... [More]

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Comic Strip Street Art - Calvin and Hobbes by OakOak Urbanizes Childhood Friendships

Comic Strip Street Art Calvin and Hobbes by OakOak Urbanizes Childhood Friendships

People’s favorite comic book duo has lept off of the page and onto the urban streets of France in the series Calvin and Hobbes by OakOak, a fun French graffiti artist. Known for his... [More]

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Satirical Skeletal Street Art - The Horrific Congregate in the Maldito Juanito Street Art

Satirical Skeletal Street Art The Horrific Congregate in the Maldito Juanito Street Art

The Maldito Juanito street art comes from an artist from Geneva with a penchant for the grisly and the gruesome. He has produced some absolutely stunning street art featuring skeletal, zombie-like... [More]

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Vibrant Geometric Graffiti - This Josef Kristofoletti Artwork Brightens This Wall in Panama City

Vibrant Geometric Graffiti This Josef Kristofoletti Artwork Brightens This Wall in Panama City

Austin-based artist Josef Kristofoletti created this 3D masterpiece on a dull concrete wall in Panama City as part of an international art initiative. The mural is painted on the side of Teatro... [More]

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Cheeky Billboard Changes - Victoria Crayhon Rewrites the Words on Billboard Sign Displays

Cheeky Billboard Changes Victoria Crayhon Rewrites the Words on Billboard Sign Displays

Photographer Victoria Crayhon takes advantage of every billboard sign she sees on the road and tries to change and manipulate it to say something completely different. Not stating anything rude or... [More]

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Animalistic Street Art - Reptiles, Birds and Rodents are the Focus of ROA

Animalistic Street Art Reptiles, Birds and Rodents are the Focus of ROA's Brand New Street Art

Now that graffiti and urban street art are more popular than ever, urban artists in North America are having some trouble finding enough space to erect their glorious, spray paint murals, but... [More]

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Oddly Spray-Painted Objects - Former Writer, Part 1 by Thomas Albdorf Explores His Graffiti Past

Oddly Spray-Painted Objects Former Writer, Part 1 by Thomas Albdorf Explores His Graffiti Past

The Former Writer, Part 1: Colour on Surface series revolves around random objects that have only one obvious thing in common: They have all been spray-painted. These mundane items, which range from... [More]

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Street Art Nightclubs - The Les Bains Parisian Night Club Has Been Turned into a Street Art Gallery

Street Art Nightclubs The Les Bains Parisian Night Club Has Been Turned into a Street Art Gallery

From a 19th century bathhouse to a world-renowned nightclub frequented by generations of entertainment industry elites, Paris’ Les Bains is no stranger to the re-visioning process. In 2010, when... [More]

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Courageous Graffiti Commemorations - Cuban Revolution Survivors are Immortalized Through Street Art

Courageous Graffiti Commemorations Cuban Revolution Survivors are Immortalized Through Street Art

Graffiti artists JR and Jose Parla collaborated on an extensive street art project that commemorates Cuban Revolution survivors in the city of Havana in Cuba. Entitled ‘The Wrinkles of the... [More]

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Provocative Superhero Graffiti - Anthony Noble has Depicted Superheroes with an Edge in His Work

Provocative Superhero Graffiti Anthony Noble has Depicted Superheroes with an Edge in His Work

This awesome superhero graffiti by Anthony Noble depicts a variety of popular heroes as works of urban art. He does so with heavy influenced graffiti-styled paintings. The characters included in... [More]

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Tremendously Toothy Urban Art - Paul Insect and Sweet Toof Create Vibrant Works in Mexico City

Tremendously Toothy Urban Art Paul Insect and Sweet Toof Create Vibrant Works in Mexico City

During their visit to North America, British artists Paul Insect and Sweet Toof have created a series of graffiti works in Mexico City that are a touch infantile and a whole lot of fun. The works... [More]

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Spellbindingly Spiraled Street Art - Italian Artist Awer Creates Modern Psychedelic Murals

Spellbindingly Spiraled Street Art Italian Artist Awer Creates Modern Psychedelic Murals

Graffiti is still frowned upon by many as a renegade form of art, but it’s strikingly clear from the work of Italian artist Awer that the traditional method of wall painting is anything but a... [More]

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Pixelated Vigilante Installations - French Artist Invader Brings Spiderman to France with Urban Art

Pixelated Vigilante Installations French Artist Invader Brings Spiderman to France with Urban Art

Renowned around the world for his urban art installations, French artist Invader has done it again with a pixelated version of Spiderman that can be seen around Avenue de L’Opera in Paris. The... [More]

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Exquisite 3D Grafitti - Manuel Di Rita Awes Venice with His Extraordinary Graffiti Technique

Exquisite 3D Grafitti Manuel Di Rita Awes Venice with His Extraordinary Graffiti Technique

Manuel Di Rita is an Italian graffiti writer, painter and sculptor who has been creating fascinating 3D graffiti art in Venice since 2000. Being an outlawed form of art, graffiti constantly faces... [More]

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Playfully Intercepting Graffiti - These Road Work Interceptions by Peter Gibson are Quirky

Playfully Intercepting Graffiti These Road Work Interceptions by Peter Gibson are Quirky

These guerilla graffiti artworks by Canadian artist Peter Gibson, also known as Roadsworth, playfully interacts with road markings in the city of Montreal. The chalked-drawn pieces of artwork... [More]

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Abandoned Automobile Artwork - Felipe Carrelli Uses Old Car Art to Enhance Urban Neighborhoods

Abandoned Automobile Artwork Felipe Carrelli Uses Old Car Art to Enhance Urban Neighborhoods

Taking completely trashed cars, artist Felipe Carrelli turns them around by making them part of is old car art series that livens up the streets around urban neighborhoods. Upcycling abandoned... [More]

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Monumental Motherhood Murals - Siloette Creates Gorgeous Graffiti Wall Art Inspired by Femininity

Monumental Motherhood Murals Siloette Creates Gorgeous Graffiti Wall Art Inspired by Femininity

Heavily involved in the art scene within her community, artist Meagan Spendlove, mostly known as Siloette, creates giant graffiti wall art that is inspired by her own life experiences. Her... [More]

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Stop Motion Street Art - INSA and RONE

Stop Motion Street Art INSA and RONE's Animated Graffiti Brings the Streets to Life

INSA and RONE have collaborated to create this wonderful style of animated graffiti called GIF-ITI. The two artists offer the manipulated images as a GIF that creates a captivating stop motion... [More]

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Chromatically Splattered Expressionist Installations - Rowena Martinich

Chromatically Splattered Expressionist Installations Rowena Martinich's Work Makes a Statement

Some might mistake the work of Rowena Martinich as graffiti, but it’s much more than that because of the sophisticated attention to breaking traditional perceptions of conceptual art. Her work... [More]

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Grassy Street Art - Mosstika Urban Greenery Decorates Urban Landscapes in Eco-Conscious Ways

Grassy Street Art Mosstika Urban Greenery Decorates Urban Landscapes in Eco-Conscious Ways

Mosstika Urban Greenery, a collective of street artists based in New York City, foregoes the use of spray paints for more eco-friendly materials such as grass and moss. By combining the guerilla... [More]

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Explosively Erratic Murals - Caitlin Masley

Explosively Erratic Murals Caitlin Masley's Graffiti Art Installation Combines 2D and 3D Elements

In her graffiti art installation project entitled ‘Abandonment of the Solid,’ artist Caitlin Masley presents an abstract work that combines sculptural pieces as well as wall paintings.... [More]

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Rap Quote Street Signs - Jay Shells Uses the Power of Location to Illuminate Hip Hop History

Rap Quote Street Signs Jay Shells Uses the Power of Location to Illuminate Hip Hop History

Thanks to these gripping Rap Quote street signs set up by artist Jay Shells, hip hop lovers are actually getting the chance to connect some of their favorite New York City rappers’ lyrics with the... [More]

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Disruptively Hilarious Graffiti Fra.Biancoshock is at it Again with His Unique Brand of Urban Art

Fra.Biancoshock’s hilarious graffiti strikes again and no building or street corner is safe. It will either pester you or make you laugh; there is really no in between. His work has been featured... [More]

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Vibrant Multi-Layered Graffiti - Peter Preffington

Vibrantly Multi-Layered Graffiti Peter Preffington's Multi-Graffiti Blows Your Mind, Twice

Graffiti has been adopted by some clever individuals to do all sorts of things like advertise products or even companies, but artist Peter Peffington’s multi-graffiti pieces are using street... [More]

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Comical Urban Graffiti Art - Fra.Giancoshock

Comical Urban Graffiti Art Fra.Giancoshock's Clever Graffiti Uses the Entire World as a Canvas

Everywhere and anywhere can fall victim to Fra.Biancoshock’s clever graffiti. Not even indoor locations are safe. Some of the graffiti projects take place on the street, in a bathroom and... [More]

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Expensive Graffiti Billboards - The Phil Frost and Samuel Bayer Billboard Series is Valuable

Expensive Graffiti Billboards The Phil Frost and Samuel Bayer Billboard Series is Valuable

The Phil Frost and Samuel Bayer billboard series is so valuable, everyone wants a piece of the art work. It has recently been reported that a collaborative billboard worth up to $50, 000 was heisted... [More]

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Abstract Spray-Paint Art - The Godfather of Graffiti Reveals His Abstract Exhibition

Abstract Spray-Paint Art The Godfather of Graffiti Reveals His Abstract Exhibition

Native New Yorker The Godfather of Graffiti aka SEEN is back from Europe with this wonderfully experimental abstract exhibition. Growing up in the Bronx, SEEN perfected his graffiti style and became... [More]

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Rebellious Hand Gesture Graffiti (UPDATE) - This Street Hands Graffiti Criticizes Spain

Rebellious Hand Gesture Graffiti (UPDATE) This Street Hands Graffiti Criticizes Spain

A group of brilliant street artists from Spain use cleverly placed hands called Street Hands as social commentary graffiti to convey their distaste for the current economic trouble of their home... [More]

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Witty Urban Augmented Graffiti - Brad Downey’s Eclectic Mix of City Art Installations Provide

Witty Urban Augmented Graffiti Brad Downey’s Eclectic Mix of City Art Installations Provide

Brad Downey has concocted some hilarious pieces of city art installations in his day and this latest collection stays true. Some of the works may actually cause you to laugh out loud. Downey goes... [More]

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17 Pieces of Witty City Graffiti - These Urban Installations Might Just Get You to Crack a Smile

17 Pieces of Witty City Graffiti These Urban Installations Might Just Get You to Crack a Smile

Urban installations are notorious for being rich with meaning and usually have a deeper meaning. Some of them are just downright witty and may even get the biggest of prudes to allow a smile in... [More]

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Overseas Portal Graffiti Pieces - M99moron and ShinodaGE Join Two Countries with Art

Overseas Portal Graffiti Pieces M99moron and ShinodaGE Join Two Countries with Art

M99moron and ShinodaGE have teamed up to create this wonderfully collaborated graffiti piece. The project is based around the idea that a character from My Little Pony escapes winter by going... [More]

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Cleverly Augmented Urban Graffiti - The Art of OaKoAk Continues to Spread Joy

Cleverly Augmented Urban Graffiti The Art of OaKoAk Continues to Spread Joy

The art of OaKoAk continues to entertain and delight passersby in urban areas. This latest collection is no exception as it provides more witty and humorous additions to pieces and sections of the... [More]

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Triangular Fingerprint Graffiti - E1000 Art is Modular in Shape But Organic in Content

Triangular Fingerprint Graffiti E1000 Art is Modular in Shape But Organic in Content

Most graffiti artists like to use a tag that can be easily associated with their work by those who encounter it, but E1000 art is triangular in shape and sports massive fingerprints as a form of... [More]

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Vivifying Color Shapes Graffiti - Okuda Brightens the World with His Colorful Graffiti

Vivifying Color Shapes Graffiti Okuda Brightens the World with His Colorful Graffiti

Okuda has added his colorful graffiti to bring some life to dull and monochromatic areas of the world. His art features bold and bright colors that resemble a rainbow and contrasts them against its... [More]

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Post-Pop Art Exhibits - The Parra Exhibit

Post-Pop Art Exhibits The Parra Exhibit 'Tracy Had a Hard Sunday' is a Masterpiece

The Parra exhibit ‘Tracy Had a Hard Sunday’ featured at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York is absolutely mind-blowing. The Dutch artist excels at manifesting post-pop art creations.... [More]

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Decommissioned Aircraft Artwork - Carlo McCormick Curates Work Done For the Boneyard Project

Decommissioned Aircraft Artwork Carlo McCormick Curates Work Done For the Boneyard Project

Aircraft graveyards are usually a place that’s left for gigantic aluminium machines to peacefully die, but Carlo McCormick curates The Boneyard Project, which takes decommissioned planes and... [More]

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54 Eccentric Sofa Designs - From Ice Cream Sandwich Seating to Recycled Refrigerator Sofas

54 Eccentric Sofa Designs From Ice Cream Sandwich Seating to Recycled Refrigerator Sofas

When it comes to home furnishings, it’s often hard to find pieces that can reflect your personal taste and style, but these eccentric sofa designs are some great examples of furniture that can... [More]

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13 Examples of Video Game Graffiti - From Megaman Murals to Pokémon Installations

13 Examples of Video Game Graffiti From Megaman Murals to Pokémon Installations

There’s nothing quite like coming across video game graffiti when you are a serious gamer. A lot of gamers really connect with the characters because they live more than just vicariously... [More]

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Illegible Graffiti Sneakers - The HUF Mateo Features a New Design by Eric Haze

Illegible Graffiti Sneakers The HUF Mateo Features a New Design by Eric Haze

The HUF Mateo has been graced with a graffiti twist thanks to legendary artist Eric Haze. The intense, overlapping print is made up of the word HUF written in graffiti from different angles. The... [More]

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Tattooed Ballerina Graffiti - The Faile Street Art Crew Remix Old New York City Ballet Posters

Tattooed Ballerina Graffiti The Faile Street Art Crew Remix Old New York City Ballet Posters

What do you get when you cross a hip New York Street art crew with the New York City Ballet? ‘Les Ballets de Faile!’ is the result—a hodge podge of eclectic, culturally charged graffiti... [More]

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Gallery Facade Murals - This Giant Mural by French Artist JR Tells the Story of a Community

Gallery Facade Murals This Giant Mural by French Artist JR Tells the Story of a Community

This mural on the front wall of the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan features images of the people in North East Japan whose town was hit by the tsunami in March 2011. Created by... [More]

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Hand Drawn Street Art - IEMZA Uses a Graffiti Sketch Style for a Surreal Effect

Hand Drawn Street Art IEMZA Uses a Graffiti Sketch Style for a Surreal Effect

For a stylistic effect, graffiti artist IEMZA developed an intriguing graffiti sketch style that turns walls into sketchpads. Instead of using bold solid outlines that are common to most graffiti... [More]

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Mantra Based Art - El Sol 25

Mantra Based Art El Sol 25's New York Street Art Reinforces Positive Messages

These images of New York street art show the most work of El Sol 25 that has popped up around Brooklyn. The images were captured by the graffiti loving ‘Brooklyn Street Art’ blog. The... [More]

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99 Examples of Montreal Art & Design - From Cat Illustrations to Handmade Town Posters

99 Examples of Montreal Art & Design From Cat Illustrations to Handmade Town Posters

With such a rich creative history, it’s no wonder there are so many examples of Montreal art out there. Easily the most European city in Canada (and North America), Montreal stands as the... [More]

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Dialogue-Generating Graffiti - The Freedom Graffiti by Tammam Azzam Exhibit Evokes Hope for Action

Dialogue-Generating Graffiti The Freedom Graffiti by Tammam Azzam Exhibit Evokes Hope for Action

Showcased at the Ayyam Gallery in Dubai, Freedom Graffiti by Tammam Azzam makes a bold statement that raises awareness on the horrors taking place in Syria. Azzam’s most bold piece takes ‘The... [More]

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Moustached Graffiti Menaces - The YOK Graffiti in New York Depicts Moustached Brooklyn Hipsters

Moustached Graffiti Menaces The YOK Graffiti in New York Depicts Moustached Brooklyn Hipsters

These images are a collection of the graffiti of YOK around the city of New York and one thing they all have in common is moustaches. Yok’s droopy-eyed hipster creations have been peppered... [More]

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