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Italy

From 'graffiti hunter' to champion of Naples' street art

De Lucas was initially known as the 'graffiti hunter', now he has become the 'champion' of street artists.

12/10/2018

Taiwan

Watch: Taiwan's spinning acrobatic artist

WATCH: The street artist learnt his skills when travelling the world, learning kung fu at the Shaolin temple in China and acrobatics at a circus performance school in Denmark and Russia.

16/08/2018

Israel

Israel releases Italian street artist painting mural of Ahed Tamimi

Agostino Chirwin, better known by the pseudonym Jorit Agoch, was arrested alongside another Italian national and a Palestinian. The Italians have been given 72 hours to leave the country.

29/07/2018

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World Cup fever envelopes streets in Sao Paulo

The World Cup fever has enveloped the streets of the Brazilian city Sao Paulo, with many colored soccer sculptures erected to cheer for its national football team competing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

03/07/2018

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Ronaldo mural greets Portugal in Saransk

A Russian artist has paid tribute to Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo by painting a mural of the World Cup's current joint top goalscorer as the European champions are set to arrive in the city of Saransk ahead of their decisive final group match against Iran on Monday (June 25).

24/06/2018

United Kingdom

Music to the ears of buskers everywhere

A new payment system is up and running in London for street musicians and artists who have seen takings plummet, as more and more people go out without cash.

10/06/2018

Switzerland

'Swiss Banksy' settles 40-year dispute with Zurich

Swiss artist Harald Naegeli, known as the "sprayer of Zurich", has ended a long-standing dispute with Zurich city council.

31/05/2018

Cult

Strasbourg street art: Interactive map identifies the city's best creations

Want to find Strasbourg's best street art? An interactive map allows users to find new and popular works.

25/04/2018

Italy

Street artist turns tree stumps into work of art

After the council's chainsaws, Andrea Gandini moves in with his chisel.

29/11/2017

Cult

Trump Netanyahu kiss mural appears in the West Bank

Australian graffiti artist who goes by the alias of @LushSux painted the giant mural on the controversial Israeli barrier of Bethlehem

30/10/2017

West Bank

Trump and Netanyahu kiss

Romance between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu – who would have thought?

30/10/2017

Cult

Boom! goes the dynamite - Vhils sees his name up in...gunpowder

Portuguese visual artist Vhils's explosive technique is making itself felt in the Urban Art world.

22/09/2017

Cult

Spain's street art capital

11/09/2017

Cult

Art without borders: ‘French Banksy’ produces touching portrait of boy looking over US-Mexico border

A giant image of a little boy peering over the US-Mexico border has been unveiled days after Trump’s scrapping of the Dreamers programme.

07/09/2017

Cult

Street art prohibited in Cuba?

24/08/2017

Living

Pop Art inspired by da Vinci

Award-winning urban pop artist Rich Simmons discusses rising to fame almost overnight and the perks of creativity.

18/07/2017

Cult

Mostar’s street art is overcoming division and destruction

17/07/2017

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Spray-painted Mona Lisa brightens up Paris high-rise

"For me it's like a multi-cultural-skinned woman, that has different fabrics like from different parts of the world."

15/06/2017

Belgium

Down but not out: the curious case of Belgium's graffiti ghost town

Doel, a small town in northern Belgium, is slowly vanishing as a place to live but finds itself being reinvented as an open-air museum.

09/05/2017

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'Police' pounce on picture of Pope

A larger-than-life mural was taken down by Rome’s so-called decorum police (cleaning authorities) on Wednesday (October 19), hours after it went up.

20/10/2016