GERMANY: Streetart Bremerhaven – Graffiti Jam Wall – SUMMA MADNEZZ – Edition 2024

The fantastic graffiti jam SUMMA MADNEZZ took place again at the Fischereihafen quarter in Bremerhaven for the 14th time, and like always an astonishing collab wall got created. The 400-meter-long façade of a former shipbuilding yard gets decorated every year during this happening with awesome masterpieces. More than 50 artists collaborated with several themes at beginning of September, one of them was „Four Elements“. So the four pillars of Hip Hop, which are Rap or MCing, DJing, B-Boying or Breakdance and Graffiti-Writing. Check out the fantastic artworks!

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CZECHIA: Graffiti Prague – Wilsonova Spray Space – Těšnov Hall of Fame – UnyFest

The Těšnov Hall of Fame is located in the Florenc district along the park of the same name and on the bridge to Wilsonova Street. It is a spacious area with several walls and bridge pillars, doing art here is allowed and legal. You can always find people painting, there are spray sessions and graffiti jams. On August 31st in 2024, the great UNYFEST also took place around the area with numerous urban artists and a fantastic line-up of various musicians from the hip hop scene.

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SPAIN: Madrid Exhibition – Bajo Derecha – Antonio Maura 18 – E Ciento Veinte – ABDUL VAS

On November 28th in 2024 the exhibition „Borrowed Times“ with great works by the artist ABDUL VAS opened with a beautiful vernissage at the Madrid gallery E CIENTO VEINTE. His works can be admired in the art space at Calle Antonio Maura 18 until February 8th in 2025. For ABDUL VAS, the overwhelming power of AC/DC’s music has displaced linear and routine time. He has decided to portray a set of writers who inhabit a dimension, where delicacy and loyalty to aesthetics intertwine, with the greatness of music from a time lent by eternity. Check out the new exhibition!

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GERMANY: Streetart Hannover – HOLA UTOPIA! – Urban Art Festival – Artist Gallery

HOLA UTOPIA! is an international hip hop and streetart festival in Hannover that transforms the city into a space of debate and promotion of progressive values. The socio-cultural festival encourages all Hannoverians to share their ideas for the future of their city during workshops. Leading German and international street artists then implement them into the design of large-scale artworks. Involved in the event is also the HIP HOP KULTUR e.V. and since 2024 the event also takes place in the city of Braunschweig.

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GERMANY: Streetart Braunschweig – HOLA UTOPIA! – Urban Art Festival expands to Braunschweig

The HOLA UTOPIA! urban art festival is actually based in Hannover and enriches the city every year with many great works. There in 2024 it took place from August 19th to 25th, but also for the first time as an offshoot in the city of Braunschweig, around 70 km to the east. From September 16th to 22nd, local and international artists painted Braunschweig’s city facades with colorful murals and wall paintings. Check out the great artworks!

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CHILE: Streetart Angol – Esmeralda 1450 – ZEN Graffiti Workshop – Villa Los Ríos Jam

As ZEN has already done many times in the past in the city of Angol, this time this great local creative once again held a graffiti workshop for artists who are just starting out in streetart and graffiti or have been doing it for a short time. Most of them are still in high school and they are teenagers. The workshop attendees seemed very enthusiastic, and ZEN was always giving tips and helping these young promises, until they finished their work. In this workshop jam named „Villa Los Ríos“, also KUSH accompanied ZEN and they did a cool collaboration wall.

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GERMANY: Streetart Berlin – Urban Nation Museum – Bülow Street Festival – Love Letters to the City

From September 13th to September 15th in 2024, the great BÜLOW STREET FESTIVAL took place along Bülowstrasse and around the URBAN NATION headquarters and museum. The entire façade was redesigned with fresh colors by the New York artist LADY PINK, and guests could also admire a colorful and extensive exhibition with “floating murals” on temporarily installed walls. An extensive and diverse program was offered over three days with creative participation activities, music on stage and culinary delicacies at food stalls. Check out the huge gallery with numerous event artworks!

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SERBIA: Belgrade Fantasy Land – Tandara Mandara Festival – Comics, Animes, Mangas, Gaming & Cosplay

From August 31st to September 1st in 2024, the fantastic TANDARA MANDARA FESTIVAL took place around the Belgrade Art Pavilion “Cvijeta Zuzorić” in Kalemegdan Park with its third edition and comic lovers, anime fans, cosplayers and gamers encountered a colorful oasis of fantasy and fiction. In addition to booths from publishing houses, illustrators and comic producers, there were also cosplay competitions, board games, collectible figures, toy cars and even a Lego exhibition. We also spoke with VANJA PETROVIĆ from DARKWOOD COMICS and with the Cosplayer ELION during the event in two interviews.

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ESTONIA: Tallinn Graffiti Jam – Telliskivi Loomelinnak – Balta Legal Wall – BALTIC SESSION

From 2007 till 2016 the dance and culture association JJ STREET organized the great urban art jam BALTIC SESSION where besides the dance competition also numerous graffiti artists decorated a large backyard and the adjacent warehouses on the premises of the Telliskivi Loomelinnak. This open wall was called „Balta Legal“, but unfortunately in April 2020 the spray spot got demolished. Here in our archive you can still admire some of the colorful pieces and characters.

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GERMANY: Exhibition Saarbrücken – Historisches Museum Saar – ILLEGAL – Streetart & Graffiti from 1960 till 1995

A visit to the Historisches Museum Saar on Saarbrücken’s Schlossplatz is the perfect complement to the “Urban Art Biennale” on the Hüttenfabrik museum grounds and in the city center of Völklingen. The special exhibition “Illegal” can be seen there from 18th May 2024 until 23rd February 2025, in which a selection of pieces by 123 national and international artists presents key works and never-before-shown rarities, all of which were created illegally directly for an audience on the street, all of which are characteristic of the prehistory and later development of streetart and graffiti in the USA and Europe.

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