On October 7, 2023, 27-year-old Haifa-based art student and graffiti writer Inbar “Pink” Haiman aka The Pink Raven went down to the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel to serve as a volunteer. While there, she was kidnapped — along with dozens more partygoers — by Hamas terrorists riding motorcycles and armed with knives. On December 16, her family was informed that she was dead and that her body was still in Gaza. Approximately two weeks later, a huge group of artists celebrated her all-too-brief life in a painting session in Tel Aviv.
The image featured above is a portrait of Inbar painted by the hugely talented Dudi Shoval. Several more images that we captured while visiting the site last month follow:
Stylemaster Logikal
Street artist and painter Tru Amta
Graffiti writer and muralist Hami Art
The distinctly gifted Solomon Souza
Multidisciplinary artist Aviva Charles aka Ladybug Art
Artist, arts educator and tour guide extraordinaire Dina Segev
Unidentified artist
Photo credits: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 Lois Stavsky; 2 & 6 Sara Ching Mozeson
While there are only a limited number of legal murals in Bratislava, the streets of the Slovakian city teem with unsanctioned tags, graffiti bombs and motley urban interventions. What follows is a small sampling of what we captured on our recent visit to this captivating city:
Cork, Ireland native Fin DAC
One of several stenciled messages
French artist Cart’1, segment of larger mural
Local artists Daor & Dano
One of many several elegantly crafted tags
Poland-born, UK-based TANKPETROL
One of many distinctly stylish graffiti bombs
Photos: Sara Ching Mozeson and Lois Stavsky
The streets of Budapest’s seventh district teem with a huge range of urban art. The brightly-hued image featured above — painted by the Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel — is a tribute to the Spanish diplomat Ángel Sanz-Briz, who saved the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Second World War. Several more images of public artworks we captured in Budapest follow:
Neopaint‘s rendition of the Rubik Cube, invented by Hungarian native Ernő Rubik
Mosaic mural titled “Hesztia” created by Budapest-based artist Hegedűs Márton
A recreation by Szine Varos of the 50-year-old classic LGT Bummm! album cover originally designed by the highly acclaimed Budapest artist Kemény György
Hungarian artist and ALL CAPS COLLECTIVE member Gergely Void
Budapest-based Balogh Attila for Tereza, a Mexican restaurant in Budapest’s sixth district
One of many charming wheatpastes by the nomadic qWeRT
Photos by Lois Stavsky and Sara C. Mozeson
While visiting Brussels last month, we discovered a treasure trove murals by 20 different artists, all members of the Propaganza collective. Commissioned by the municipality of Ixelles, the murals — collectively known as the Boondael Project — add flair and intrigue to the long wall behind the STIB tram depot in Ixelles.
The calligraphic mural pictured above painted by the masterful Brussels-based artist Solo Cink, who discovered the art of calligraphy in his travels. Several more artworks from this striking 2020 public art project follow:
Antwerp-based classically-trained artist Dzia
Brussels-based visual artist Dake 25
Belgium-based multidisciplinary artist Matthew Dawn
Brussels-based artists Samuel Idmtal & Orlando Kintero, portrait of Pierre Rabhi, French writer, farmer, and environmentalist
Belgium-based contemporary artist Defo
The largely elusive, beguiling Belgium-based artist million.16cts
Photos: Lois Stavsky
The Grandscale Mural Project is once again transforming the streets of East Harlem into an oasis of beauty and intrigue. While visiting this past Sunday, I came upon dozens of completed walls, along with dozens of works in progress representing a wide range of styles and themes. Featured above is the lovely Colombia-born, East Harlem-based artist Gia Gutierrez — standing to the right of her newly-completed mural. Several more images captured this past Sunday follow:
South Bronx-raised, Puerto Rican artist Olga Correa
East Harlem-based, Stockholm-born artist Scratch
New York-based, Chilean artist Cekis
NYC-based Caryn Cast diligently at work on her portrait of the legendary singer, songwriter & guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe
NYC-born and based artist Cram Concepts
NYC-based, New Jersey-bred illustrator Anna Lustberg
BC1 and Al Ruiz collaborative mural featuring the late, legendary Tito Puente
Note: Keep posted to Street Art NYC Threads for more images from this year’s Grandscale Mural Project curated by Uptown Grand Central.
Photos: Lois Stavsky
