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ARGENTINA: Streetart Buenos Aires – Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo – TOLERANCE POSTER SHOW

The TOLERANCE POSTER SHOW is a traveling exhibition and part of the TOLERANCE PROJECT initiated by the artist MIRKO ILIĆ from New York. He was inspired by the third edition of the film festival “House of Tolerance” Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2017 and asked 28 artists to create a poster about tolerance. After a successful 10-day show in Ljubljana, they decided to tour the posters globally. Now, whenever the exhibition appears in a new city, local designers contribute to the ever-expanding catalogue of artworks. In 2024 they also visited Buenos Aires in Argentina!

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NORWAY: Streetart Tromsø – Arctic Jam Breakdance Festival & Arctic Writers Graffiti Projects

Tromsø is located beyond the Arctic Circle, has around 77.000 inhabitants and is known as the „Gateway to the Arctic“. Recommendable sights are the Arctic Cathedral, the Polar Museum and the views from the Fjellheisen cable car, but Tromsø is also a hub for contemporary urban culture. A particularly significant event is the ARCTIC JAM, which includes a streetart festival organized annually by the artist collective THE ARCTIC WRITERS. The happening encompasses not only streetart and graffiti, but also breakdance battles, hip-hop workshops, and dance performances.

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GERMANY: Graffiti Artist & Event Organizer – MANUEL GERULLIS aka YOURS – Founder of MEETING OF STYLES

The graffiti writer MANUEL GERULLIS aka YOURS grew up in the 80s with his crews DBL or CNB. In 1997 he launchend the WALL STREET MEETING in Wiesbaden, today known as the MEETING OF STYLES, which became a global event network with more than 400 held jams world wide, but is also passionately involved in many other projects to open creative spaces like the KONTEXT, the SCHLACHTHOF, the KULTURCAMPUS or the EUROPEAN HIP HOP MUSEUM. His mission is to bring more color, creativity, respect, and peace via urban art into the world. We spoke with YOURS in an interview about his own development and the story of MEETING OF STYLES.

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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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GERMANY: Streetart Lemwerder – Aussichtsturm Flood Barrier – Weser Side Gallery – Farbflut Festival

From 15th to 17th June in 2018, an extraordinary urban art spectacle took place right on the Weser River in the municipality of Lemwerder: the FARBFLUT FESTIVAL. More than 200 local, national, and international artists decorated the 920-meter-long and 3.5-meter-high flood protection wall on the western bank with countless magnificent works. This has created what is probably one of the largest open-air galleries in Germany, if not the largest, here in the Wesermarsch region. It’s called the WESER SIDE GALLERY.

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SOUTH KOREA: Jeonju – Dashi Rock Media Festival – National Intangible Heritage Center – BBUREKA, MUTO & HAEPAARY

From 16th to 18th May 2025, the DASHI ROCK MEDIA FESTIVAL took place in the South Korean city of Jeonju, featuring fantastic live performances by musicians and DJs. The venue was at the National Intangible Heritage Center, where an extensive artists‘ market was also held, showcasing handicrafts and creative products as part of the Korean Craft Week. We were able to attend the event on Saturday and watched some of the acts, including BBUREKA, MUTO and HAEPAARY. The spectacle was breathtaking and grandly orchestrated with perfect sound and visual effects on huge stage screens.

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ALBANIA: Streetart Tirana – Muralfest Tirana – Dekor & Vizart Project – Artwoks Gallery

The MURALFEST TIRANA is a fantastic urban art festival in the Albanian capital, which has been held annually since 2018 with numerous murals made throughout the city by national and international creators. The event is organized by local multidisciplinary artist and key figure in the art and culture scene HELIDON HALITI, who also designs murals himself from time to time. He is supported in the organization by the agencies and collectives DEKOR and 167/B STREET, as well as VIZART and BASHKIA TIRANË. Check out the numerous artworks!

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THAILAND: Streetart Khon Kaen – Graffiti Jam & Spray Festival – Khon Kaen Walls

Since many years Khon Kaen is hosting an awesome annual graffiti jam, where artists from all over the country and around visit and embellish the city’s facades with colorful spray can art. The events had several names like KHON KAEN WALLS or KHON KAEN GRAFFITI JAM, also different people and groups where involved during the years. But they kept on going, and the graffiti events happen continously. Check out the awesome works from the previous editions.

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CANADA: Streetart Edmonton – Mural Festival and Urban Art at the North Saskatchewan River

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. North of Calgary, it benefits from the economic activity linked to the oil sands and is experiencing growth. The city is worth a visit. It’s built on cliffs on both sides of the North Saskatchewan River, offering lovely walks along the riverbank. On the south side is Old Strathcona, the historic heart of the city. Today, it’s a trendy neighborhood bisected by Whyte Avenue. There are many murals and streetart, thanks to the fantastic EDMONTON MURAL FESTIVAL.

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GERMANY: Streetart Oldenburg – Bundesbahnweg Graffiti Hall – MEMUR URBAN ART FESTIVAL

The fantastic MEMUR FESTIVAL took place in Oldenburg on the railway embankment wall along the Bundesbahnweg from August 12th to 14th in 2022. The title is a combination of memorial and mural. More than 30 regional and international artists designed a 280-meter-long wall with magnificent works depicting experiences and impressions of recent years, such as the pandemic, war, conflicts, and other areas of social and political tension. The common denominator of the artworks was thus the experience and reflection of collective memory.

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