ROMANIA: Timișoara Design – Triade Sculpture Park – Spotlight Heritage – Open Air Museum

The Triade Foundation initiated the „Sculpture Nursery“ project in 2003, wherein Romanian and international artists provided models of their works that were later produced in Timişoara for an outdoor exhibition. The Triade Park, located near the Interart Triade Foundation, where the Jecza Museum operates, houses more than 40 stone and metal sculptures. Some of these works were created by prominent Romanian sculptors.

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SWITZERLAND: Basel – Exhibiton Fair – ART BASEL – International Venue since 1970

The ART BASEL is considered one of the most prestigious and influential art fairs in the world and plays a central role in the international art market as well as in art theory discourse. It was founded in 1970 by Basel gallery owners ERNST BEYERLE, TRUDL BRUCKNER and BALZ HILT with the aim of establishing a fair of the highest quality that would clearly distinguish itself from purely commercial events. Since then, it has been held annually in Basel and has continuously developed into a global benchmark for modern and contemporary art. Every year the venue brings together several hundred selected galleries from over 40 countries showcasing their works.

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CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Metro Station Artworks – STM Collection – Société de transport de Montréal

The Montreal Metro comprises 68 stations and serves approximately 1.4 million bus and train rides daily. The first 20 stations were inaugurated on October 14th in 1966 and since then, the complex has continued to expand, but in addition to providing transportation, the metro network is also a vast art gallery with countless works, including wall paintings, installations, stained glass windows and sculptures. The transport department Société de transport de Montréal, or STM for short, curates and maintains these works.

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SOUTH KOREA: Gwangju – CUMA – Chosun University Museum of Art – Exhibition „Expanding the Gaze – The Reimagined Campus“

The Chosun University Museum of Art, or CUMA for short, is part of Chosun University in the city of Gwangju and exhibitions of fantastic works by current art students and graduates are regularly presented here, including works through all disciplines, from paintings and installations to sculptures, textiles, films and animations. It serves as a cultural space and window to the public, giving interested visitors an insight into the work at the art academy and the artistic identity of the students. From May 14th to 30th in 2025, the best works of the current semester were shown as part of the exhibition „Expanding the Gaze – The Reimagined Campus“.

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BRITAIN: Bristol Volksfest – Long Ashton – VW Festival at Birches Farm – Urban Art & Creative Automotive

In 1992, the very first BRISTOL VOLKSFEST was held around a soccer pitch in Almondsbury, Bristol. Founder ADRIAN ASHBY’s idea began as a hobby, offering like-minded VDub enthusiasts the opportunity to display their treasures and exchange parts, knowledge and appreciation for the legendary vehicles. From there, it naturally evolved into one of the UK’s largest VW shows, attracting fans from across the country and abroad every year. As well as the cool vehicles, which are often adorned with airbrushed artwork or creative decorations, you’ll also find graffiti sprayers in action, creating awesome pieces on the adjacent walls with the BUNKER CREW.

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USA: Urban Art Alaska – Fairbanks – Plane Graffiti – The Fairbanks Aircraft – ANN-KRISTIN GÖTZ

The decommissioned Beech-18 adorned Davis Road in Fairbanks, Alaska, for years in its original paint scheme. In June 2024, it was transformed into a work of art that artistically captures Alaska’s natural forces in two different designs by the artist AKG (ANN-KRISTIN GÖTZ). The graffiti and fine-line elements are inspired by the Nordic-Arctic winter night and the hot summer days in the interior. Check out this great airplane artwork!

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GERMANY: Exhibition Berlin – Skateboard Museum, FKKB & Hotel Berlin – WALLRIDE & OUT OF THE BOX

Berlin is well known for its skateboard scene and is also home to the artist and skateboarder CHRISTIAN ROTHENHAGEN aka DEER BLN and the artist PISA 73 – the initiators of the ‘SISSI‘ skateboard club. In cooperation with the curator JÜRGEN BLÜMLEIN from the SKATEBOARD MUSEUM and the FKKB they curated the exhibitions OUT OF THE BOX and WALLRIDE at the Hotel Berlin from 18th April till 17th May with a huge variety of colorfully designed skateboards and a historical photo show.

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SRI LANKA: Vehicle Art – Bus Design – Creative Public Transport – Moving Artworks

The buses and large vehicles for public transportation in Sri Lanka look more or less similar as in other countries in terms of size and construction, but the exterior design is simply unique. Most countries tend to use conservative designs for their public transport buses, like single-colored vehicles with a discreet logo. Things are completely different in Sri Lanka, where the buses are awesome true works of art. Those mostly Indian Ashok Leyland are colorfully upgraded and shine bright in every corner, not only on the outside but also on the inside. The more color, the better.

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BRAZIL / ISRAEL: Multidisciplinar Artist ALANDER ESPECIE – Paintings, Installations and Macramé

The artist ALANDER ESPECIE is a sculptor, designer and installation creator whose practice of intensive work is based on traditional weaving and macramé with curiousity about how the search for ancestry and his own path intertwine. Born in Brazil and after having an art period with his design art, he moved to Isreal where he discovered abstract painting. A multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural artist. Check out the interesting interview and his great artworks!

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SWEDEN: Trollhättan – Sculptures, Statues and Monuments – Artworks Collection

The city of Trollhättan has a number of great murals and street art, but urban art also includes creative objects and sculptures, of which there are plenty of very interesting ones throughout the city. The first public artwork by AXEL EMIL EBBE was inaugurated on 23rd June 1936, many more should follow. Especially the installations from CARL-HARRY STÅLHANE became popular landmarks.

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