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UP’s Art News Recent Round-Ups
In this week’s Art News Round Up – Saype’s Ephemeral Land Art Graces the Swiss Alps, Maurizio Cattelan Launches a Global Scavenger Hunt, Bristol Unveils Oshii’s Monumental Mural, & Brattleboro Celebrates Graffiti with the Sucka Punch Jam.
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UP’s Art News Recent Round-Ups – September 19th, 2025
Welcome to your regular dive into the dynamic world of street art and culture. From striking new murals turning heads to global street movements shaping the scene and everything in between! We’re tuned into what’s happening now and why it matters, reporting on what our contemporaries are covering.
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UP’s Art News Recent Round-Ups – September 12th, 2025
Welcome to your regular dive into the dynamic world of street art and culture. From striking new murals turning heads to global street movements shaping the scene and everything in between! We’re tuned into what’s happening now and why it matters, reporting on what our contemporaries are covering.
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Concrete Jungles: Dzia’s Street Art Menagerie
Enter the geometric wildlife preserve of Belgian Street Artist DZIA whose main goal is to “show respect for wildlife and to restore awareness of the place animals occupy on the planet.”
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UPFEST 2024 – Spray, Pray, Worship: A Weekend at Europe’s Biggest Street Art Festival
UPFEST is the largest gathering of street artists in Europe (even though we’re not in Europe anymore, and could just as easily have ‘Scrawliest Part of That Island You Remember From Paul Mescal’s Instagram’ emblazoned on the website). Bristol is where it all began for the UK scene. And UPFEST has been running for 16 years. I have arrived to see why.
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Evyrein: Street Art Amid Venice’s Medieval Masterpieces
Still within the influence of the Renaissance, the concept of valuable art in Venice is fixed to almost the same standards as the 17th century. Evyrein is an Italian street artist who battles the fine-art dominated culture of the city in order to give voice to contemporary art.
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Bristol Street Art History: Forty Years of Graffiti Arts – Where It All Began
As the Saatchi Gallery in London celebrates four decade of Graffiti history, Melissa Chemam retraces the history of the artists who emerged from Bristol, in this three-part series.
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The Top 10 Most Expensive Pieces of Art Sold By Living Street Artists
Christina investigates some of the most expensive street art pieces ever sold, including Mr Brainwash, OsGemeos, Shepard Fairey, Retna, Nick Walker and more.
