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From Wool to Walls: The Story of Portugal’s WOOL Festival
Covilhã, once the beating heart of the country’s textile industry, fell quiet when the industry collapsed. But over the past decade, the city has begun to tell a new story, one painted on its walls. WOOL, Portugal’s first festival dedicated to urban art, was founded in 2011 not as a marketing campaign or art-world spectacle, but as a tribute.
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Lisbon Street Art Collective Brings New Life to Deteriorating Vital Historic Landmark
This June, Lisbon-based graffiti and street art collective yesyoucan.spray (IG @yesyoucanspray) organized a paintjam with a curated group of artists to bring beauty to an important yet neglected passageway in the historic neighborhood of Graça. Visitors will now be treated to a vibrant gallery of stunning, energetic urban artwork.
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The Doors of Madeira
The city of Madeira, in the Azores islands off the coast of Portugal, is home to over 200 unique murals on a series of doors. What’s behind these doors? How did those murals get there? Find out in this new piece from Martin Ciesielski.
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Walking Through Portugal: A Street Art Stroll Through the History of Lisbon & Porto
As a follow-up to his interview with Portuguese absurdist graffiti artist Radical Playground, Noah gives UP readers a primer on why Porto and Lisbon are undiscovered gems for street art.
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Reclaiming Spaces to Spark Imaginations: An Encounter with Radical Playground
Noah examines how one European art collective is bringing a whimsical revolution to the streets of Lisbon, Genova, Bruxelles, and more: Meet Antoine Caramalli’s Radical Playground.
