Kategorie: Italy

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ITALY: Streetart Turin – Mirafiori – Via Giacomo Dina – MurArte Graffiti Wall – Urban Jam

On the weekend of May 8th and 9th in 2021, the great URBAN JAM took place in Turin with three spray locations, 30 artists and 200 meters of running wall painted with bright colors and in a wide variety of styles. One location was Via Giacomo Dina, a second one was the large Hall of Fame at Parco Dora and another spot was at Corso Regina, where a special „Abstract vs Lettering“ action took place. The event was organized as a MURARTE project by the two art collectives IL CERCHIO E LE GOCCE and MONKEYS EVOLUTION with the support of the cultural association OFF TOPIC.

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ITALY: Streetart Turin – Borgo San Paolo – Parco Braccini – Spalato Graffiti Space – Hall of Fame

In Borgo San Paolo on the north-eastern side of Parco Braccini and along the two streets Via Gabriele D’Annunzio and Via Spalato, they pass directly along the park, there is a fantastic urban art paradise and graffiti hall of fame. On either side of both streets are long concrete walls, which are filled with cool pieces. An awesome spray space area, and it’s quite huge! Great events and jams have already taken place here, such as the various reunions of the TOTS CREW or the tribute memorial jam WE LOVE ENAK.

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ITALY: Streetart Turin – Barriera di Milano – NAPE Memorandum Wall – MurArte Closing Party

In October 2018 various graffiti artists from around the city came together to create a great collaboration tribute wall for the legendary sprayer NAPE, who died in 2018. The event with dedicated memorandum artworks took place as a MURARTE CLOSING PARTY and was organized by the creative collectives IL CERCHIO E LE GOCCE and MONKEYS EVOLUTION. The graffiti artist PIERO SPADAROTTO aka NAPE lived from 4th August 1980 to 6th September 2018 and was one of the most important graffiti writers from Italy.

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ITALY: Streetart Turin – Corso Romania – Stazione di Torino Stura – Mistura Jam – MONKEYS EVOLUTION

The Torino Stura Railway Station, or in Italian Stazione di Torino Stura, is located on the Corso Romania and besides the public transportation it is also a fantastic urban art gallery. Especially in 2015, on the weekends of 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th July, the MONKEYS EVOLUTION collective organized the great graffiti jam MISTURA, where 60 artists from all over Italy plus foreign visitors covered the area of the railroad station with fantastic works of art.

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ITALY: Streetart Verona – Santa Lucia Graffiti Wall – Top2Bottom Jam & Tribute to NAPE

Along the tracks of Verona Porta Nuova station on Stradone Santa Lucia street, there is a huge graffiti wall almost a kilometer long with numerous fantastic works that change again and again. The fantastic TOP 2 BOTTOM graffiti jam organized by the ASSOCIAZIONE STREET SCALIGERA has also been held here in 2019 and 2023, where countless artists came together for a memorial day in honor of the artist NAPE, who died in 2018, and dedicate several works to him. PIERO SPADAROTTO aka NAPE lived from 4th August 1980 to 6th September 2018 and was one of the most important graffiti writers in Verona.

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ITALY: Streetart Florence – Firenze Paste Ups, Sign Art, Stencils & Sticker Collection

Here we have a beautiful collection of small-format urban artworks in the capital of the Italian Tuscany region. Florence is best known for its numerous Renaissance masterpieces of art and architecture. One of the most famous sights is the Duomo Cathedral with its dome by the legendary master builder BRUNELLESCHI and a bell tower by the famous GIOTTO. The Galleria dell’Accademia displays MICHELANGELO‘s statue “David”, while BOTTICELLI‘s painting “The Birth of Venus” and LEONARDO DA VINCI‘s “The Annunciation” can be found in the Galleria degli Uffizi. But also on the street you can find great artworks which are at least on the same level!

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ITALY: Milan & Venice – Hip Hop Project since 1997 and Graffiti Artist SAT – Arcano2 Magazine

The Arcano2 Magazine is a great publication from Milan and Venice that has been providing photos, reports and interviews from the world of hip hop and everything that goes with it. At regular intervals since 1997 they give an fantastic insight to graffiti, breakdancing and rapping especially from Northern Italy, but also from all around the globe. Initially launched as Arcano Revue and with the first volume in black and white, 12 issues have now been published, meanwhile each with 218 pages and 6 posters in glossy and color. We spoke with crew member SAT about the history of Arcano2 and his own development as a graffiti artist and MC.

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ITALY: Streetart Milano – Navigli District – Urban Art in the Canal Neighbourhood

The Navigli district, with its two famous canals Naviglio Grande and Naviglio Pavese, is located in the center of Milan and is known for its many creative art galleries, hip second-hand stores and trendy clubs. The Mercato di Viale Papiniano flea market and the monthly Mercatone dell’Antiquariato antiques mart are also particularly popular. “Navigli” is the name of all the numerous typical canals in and around Milan, so it basically is the canal district. Along those idyllic waterways and around the quaint alleys, there are of course plenty of colorful urban works of art.

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ITALY: Awesome Colourful Accommodation in Verona – The Muraless Art Hotel

The MURALESS ART HOTEL in Verona is the first hotel in Italy entirely dedicated to Streetart. Its role will be that of an accommodation facility but not only, in fact, thanks to its over ninety rooms, common spaces and its external facade entirely painted, tip to be a real 360 ° temple of Streetart, a museum dedicated to Urban Art and its main Italian protagonists. Check out the huge photo archive about this colourful art oasis!

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ITALY: Fantastic Painter Claudio Parentela – Abstract Mixed Media Experiments – Collages, Comics & Drawings

The works of the Italian artist Claudio Parentela from Catanzaro are basically a creative combination of a multitude of works of art. In turn, he often created these parts individually himself. In other words, pictures were painted, photos taken, cutouts sawn, glued or stapled from a wide variety of materials. But pages from catalogs, objects from the garbage or the last purchase receipt can also be integrated. Everything is possible with Claudio and he is particularly fascinated by the absurd and the unthinkable. The central drive and the fundamental theme of his art is freedom.

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