SWEDEN: Streetart Gothenburg – 250 meters mural of 10.000 years of history – INSTITUT FOR URBAN KUNST

After a short summer break, we’re back and have lots of new and interesting material for you! Included is a brand new map for the Swedish city of Gothenburg with nearly 10.000 photos and cool interviews. So the first posting is from Sweden! This fantastic and super long history wall stands in the middle of Gothenburg and was created by the INSTITUT FOR URBAN KUNST. From the ice age till modern times.

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ECUADOR: Streetart Cuenca – Sucre – Fray Vicente Solano – JAKE MATE JAM – ZOOSTYLE CREW

In the Cuenca district of Sucre you can find a great spray wall at the street Fray Vicente Solano which is covered all over with beautiful urban artworks. New colorful creations emerging at regular intervals, but a special event was the first edition of the graffiti jam JAKE MATE organized by the ZOOSTYLE CREW with many participating local and international artists.

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GERMANY: Streetart Frankfurt – Main Yard Construction Fence – COR, OBSKUR87, FUEGO FATAL, SPOT, MOIN, SHOW ONE & TOE ONE

The area at the Städelshof has some history of creative use and many awesome exhibitions, film programs, performances, lecture series, music events or parties happened at this place of around 1300 m². From 2007 till 2014 at the former headquarters of the KUNSTVEREIN FAMILIE MONTEZ and now MAIN YARD started to revitalize the space with music and art events. At the moment the area got demolished and is in reconstruction. During that time the artist COR painted a great peace mural as sign of solidarity with Ukraine and further spray actions by local artists OBSKUR87, FUEGO FATAL, SPOT, MOIN, SHOW ONE and TOE ONE followed.

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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Streetart Prijedor – City of Murals & Paola de Manincor Award

Prijedor or in Serbian Cyrillic “Приједор” has about 80,000 inhabitants and belongs to the entity Republika Srpska in the northwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Places of interest are the Kozara mountain museum, the city library “Cyril and Methodius”, the city theater and the cultural-artistic Mladen Stojanović Association. Prijedor also has a larger number of fantastic murals in its streets and is aiming to get the name “Town of Murals” which they flourish with the annual “Paola de Manincor Award“.

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LAOS: Streetart Don Det – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection on the 4000 Islands

Don Det is a little island in the Mekong River and part of the Si Phan Don archipelago or also called “4000 Islands”. Basically those are not real islands on the open sea, but large sandbanks in the river, which becomes very wide on the way to the Khon Phapheng Waterfalls further south. In addition to the interview with local artist BASILE MORIN and the interesting collection of Toilet Graffiti, there are a lot of other beautiful works of art on the island. Many visitors from all over the world leave great creations on the huts and bungalows with the permission of the locals.

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GREECE: Streetart Athens – Exarchia District – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection

Exarchia is a district of the Greek capital Athens and famous for it’s avant-garde and alternative scene. This page here is specifically about graffiti and great urban art in this neighbourhood, whose alleys are filled from top to bottom with magnificent works. The murals are often marked by political messages, interspersed with anarchist bookshops or stores for rare records and vintage stuff. The bars and clubs regularly host live concerts of all kinds of music and there is a fun and lively nightlife.

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COLOMBIA: Streetart Bogota – Graffiti and Urban Art in the Capital

Bogotá is the capital of Colombia and has about 7.2 million inhabitants. Worth seeing are historical buildings in the center around the district Candeleria, the neoclassical Columbus Theater “Teatro Colón” or the gold museum “Museo del Oro”. There are also numerous sculptures made by local artist FERNANDO BOTERO throughout the city and the streets offer a true open air museum of urban art.

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GERMANY: Streetart Berlin – Moabit – Am Poststadion – 21ER GALLERY – ARTIST ARCHIVE

Around the grounds of the football club SC Union 06 Berlin at the Poststadion there is a great skate park and several small leisure sports facilities. Embedded is also a grandiose graffiti wall, which is regularly creatively designed by the 21ER GALLERY through painting campaigns with top-class artists from Berlin and all around the world. The facade is truly a kings wall. Check out the huge archive with fantastic artworks!

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ROMANIA: Streetart Timișoara – Undertown Streetart Gallery and Urban Art Collection

Timișoara is one of the most important cities in Romania and it is not without reason that it was chosen as the European Capital of Culture in 2023. The city with around 250,000 inhabitants offers an impressive combination of Byzantine, Baroque and Modernist architecture. Of course there is also a lot of great urban art, above all the UNDERTOWN STREET ART GALLERY under a large bridge to Iulius Town is a highlight with works by national and international artists.

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USA: Streetart Anchorage – Alaska – Urban Art and Graffiti Collection

Anchorage is a coast town located at the Cook Inlet bay and with around 290.000 inhabitants it is the largest city in in the US northernmost state Alaska. Recommended for visiting is the Alaska Native Heritage Center and the surrounding breathtaking nature. The city is the gateway to nearby wilderness areas and mountains such as the Chugach, Kenai and Talkeetna Mountains. Of course, there is also beautiful urban art here, especially the local artist ZIGGY has created countless large murals as well as smaller works of art across the city. These are often designed to match the locality or with images from historical events of the region.

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