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Teatro Edicola: The Theater that Lives between the Underground and the Sky
In a disused newsstand in San Severo, southern Italy, a company called Foyer ’97 has spent nearly thirty years asking what happens when you refuse to separate the stage from the street — and the audience from the act of living.
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Tearing the Icon: Eduardo Castaldo’s Reclaimed Art on Napoli’s Walls
Eduardo Castaldo left behind an award-winning career in photo-journalism to find his place on the walls of Napoli. Tearing icons, rewriting advertisements, and repurposing war reportages, he turns the street into a space of confrontation. His art challenges the language of power and exposes the fractures of mainstream narratives, refusing comfort and asking people to face reality.
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The Illustrative Vision of Sepher
Rooted in the suburbs along Lisbon’s Sintra Line, Sepher’s art pairs technical experimentation with a clear political and human purpose, transforming everyday environments into powerful reflections of the communities that inhabit them.
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A Dying Italian ‘Ghost Town’ Painted Its Way Back to Life – The Case Study of Stramurales
Stornara transformed blank walls into tourist magnets. Now over 152 murals attract visitors from around the world, saving local businesses and inspiring what some call a replicable model for rural revival.
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Claudia La Bianca: Creator of New Worlds
Planting the seeds of her life’s accomplishments with positive thoughts, words, and deeds, multi-disciplinary artist Claudia La Bianca has solidified her prowess as the creator of imaginative and yet rooted realities through murals, film, sculptures, and interactive installations.
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Fishes Invasion – Pop Up Store for Merioone Makes a Splash
In the heart of Rome, more precisely at Piazza Testaccio, a pop-up shop by the Italian artist known as Fishes Invasion, or MERIOONE, has recently opened. Specializing in sticker and paste-up art featuring the “Don’t Sleep” fish motif, the store officially launched.
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The Mark of Resistance: Jorit’s Urban Canvases
Walking through Napoli is an artistic journey through centuries of history. Among its urban canvas, Jorit’s massive hyperrealistic portraits stand out—marked by signature red streaks, symbols of unity and resistance. From graffiti roots to global activism, his murals are more than art; they are a call for justice, identity, and the power of community.
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From Pompeii to the Concrete Jungle: The Origins of the Word “Graffiti”
The term graffiti didn’t originally come from the streets of New York or Berlin, but from the hands of archaeologists with brushes and trowels — in Italy, no less!
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Southern Italy’s Urban Canvas: The Hidden Side of Bari
In a city like Bari, in the deep South of Italy, coming to terms with the presence of graffiti and street art has never been simple. Only in recent years has the city shown a greater openness towards the presence of such practices, following the boom of the so-called “urban art” that involved the entire country, if not the whole world, and thus accustomed even those who were previously reluctant to this form of art.
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Kill Tha G Word: The Italian Years of P.H.A.S.E. 2
“Kill Tha G Word” is a bilingual book that narrates the artistic evolution of P.H.A.S.E. 2, one of the most influential figures in the Writing movement. The book documents not only his fight against the term “graffiti,” which was imposed by the media in the 1970s, but also his artistic contributions to culture during his years in Italy.
