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From Monaco to the World: UPAINT Enters Its Second Decade
Ten editions ago, bringing an international street art festival to Monaco still sounded like an idea that should not work. Now, a decade later, the festival has grown from an unlikely experiment into one of Monaco’s recurring cultural events, proving that urban art can exist in even the most unexpected places.
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Bublegum Brings Baroque Beauty to the Waterfront at Long Beach Walls
The LongBeachWalls festival once again transformed the city’s industrial landscape into an open-air gallery, bringing together muralists from around the world to leave their mark on Long Beach.
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ARTEL Brings Together Community At the Second Annual Williamsburg Mural Festival
The annual Williamsburg Mural Festival returned for its second edition, featuring music, murals, and good vibes. The festival was hosted and presented by ARTELFEST in partnership with North Brooklyn Open Streets and geld at the Bedford Slip. Muralists were curated by Calicho featuring: Jason Naylor, Majo San & Felipe Umbral, Isabelle Ewing, Dasha Bough, Manuel ‘The Creator’ Alejandro, Clove Flores, and Joe ‘ManintheBox’ Caito with music hosted by Thomas Indilla.
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Nuart Aberdeen 2026: Reading Walls in the Age of Images
Rather than treating poetry as something confined to books, literary elites or institutions, Nuart Aberdeen 2026 explored what happens when poetic language enters everyday urban space: walls, signs, abandoned buildings, side streets, infrastructural spaces and overlooked corners of the city.
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Press Release: Nuart Festival Artist Focus REMI ROUGH : Poetry Is In The Streets
Nuart Festival Artist Focus REMI ROUGH : Poetry Is In The Streets Nuart Aberdeen 2026 created a vibrant buzz in the Granite City in the spring – and left a legacy of new, stunning works to transform the city scape. And to help cement that gift to Aberdeen, we are profiling some of the artists who came,… -
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Who Said Japan Doesn’t Do Mural Festivals? JAPAN Walls in Shirahama
There’s a long-standing assumption that Japan isn’t really made for street art. Too controlled, too clean, too regulated. And yet, every autumn, a small coastal town in Wakayama quietly proves otherwise. Shirahama is rewriting the map.
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ARTKILL$: From Concrete Walls to Center Stage
During one of the loudest weeks in Austin, where everybody’s fighting to be seen, ARTKILL$ didn’t introduce itself. It reintroduced the culture. ARTKILL$ didn’t come from galleries. It came from pressure. No badges. No gates. All gas.
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Street Arts Festival Mostar, 2025
When I received the invitation to participate in the Street Arts Festival (SAFMo), I must admit — I was genuinely delighted. The first and only time I had been there was just before the war, in the summer of 1989. Mostar seemed to be waiting for my return, a visit I had been preparing for years. The Street Arts Festival simply accelerated it.
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Nuart 2026 – POETRY IS IN THE STREETS
Nuart Festival Aberdeen 2026 @nuartfestival | @nuartaberdeen Festival Theme & Artist Announcement | 10.03.2026 POETRY IS IN THE STREETS Welcome to the latest edition of Nuart Aberdeen. As far as we can ascertain, this will be the first street art festival in the world with a focus primarily on poetry and text-based works. Over the… -
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Hip Hop al Puerto: 40 Years of Chilean Hip Hop
Valparaíso, Chile, celebrates 40 years of hip hop culture at the Festival Hip Hop al Puerto. It was a nostalgic four days of collectively sharing and learning about Chile’s hip hop culture, with the first, current and next generation.
