In addition to its dozens of outstanding murals, Montreal teems with intriguing graffiti and street art — fashioned by both local and visiting artists. Pictured above is Enzo Sarto. Here are a few more we captured last week:
And beginning today Montreal’s annual Under Pressure Graffiti Festival continues the transformation of the city into a visual wonderland.
Photo credits: 1 Lois Stavsky; 2-7 Tara Murray
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Pictured above is Argentine artist Felipe Pantone, painted for this year’s Mural Festival. Here are several more murals we captured on our visit to Montreal last week:
UK-based D*Face, 2016
Montreal-based Xavier Raymond aka X-Ray, 2016
Australian artist Reka, 2013
Toronto native Troy Lovegates aka Other, 2013
Tel Aviv-based Klone, 2016
Belgian artist Roa, 2013
Note: LOST PARADISE, a solo exhibit featuring the work of Xavier Raymond aka X-Ray will be on display at Montreal’s Station 16 Gallery from August 18th to September 10th.
Photo credits: 1, 6 & 7 Tara Murray; 2-5 Lois Stavsky
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Since 2013, Montreal has been hosting MURAL, an annual public art festival featuring a wonderful array of murals by both local and international artists. Here is a small sampling of what we saw while wandering on and off Boulevard Saint-Laurent this past week:
Montreal-based Five Eight, 2016
Melbourne-based Meggs, 2016
NYC-based Buff Monster, 2016
Brazilian collective Acidum Project, close-up, 2016
Chilean artist Inti, 2014
France native Mateo, 2016
Photo credits: 1-3, Lois Stavsky; 4, 5 & 7 Tara Murray and 6 Sara C Mozeson
Hailed in a range of media from the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
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Coinciding with the Democratic National Convention, the non-profit Rock The Vote launched its Truth to Power campaign in Philadelphia earlier this week. Among its events was a three-day pop-up art exhibit featuring a varied range of socially and politically engaged works in different media. Among the artists who participated are many whose works have also surfaced in public spaces. Pictured above is Keith Haring with the City Kids Foundation. Here are several more:
Mear One, False Profits
Beau Stanton, Elemental Crisis
Lmnopi, Tehrir
Mata Ruda, How Can I Write My Own Future with My Hands Bound?
Photo credits: 1-3, 5 & 6 Lois Stavsky; 4 Sara Ching Mozeson
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The newly released LET HER BE FREE documents Iranian brothers Icy and Sot‘s foray from skateboarding teens in Iran to politically-conscious, internationally acclaimed artists. To celebrate the launch of their book, the artists invite you to a pop-up exhibition of small and mid-scale stencil artworks that have been created exclusively for this book launch. Opening tomorrow evening. July 23 at 51 Orchard Street with a book signing, the exhibit continues through July 30.
Unity, spray paint on canvas
Justice, spray paint on cut-out wood
In Long Island City
And book cover
Published by Lebowsi Publishers with an introduction by filmmaker and poet Jess X Chen and an afterword by Brooklyn Street Art‘s Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington, the artists’ first collection of works features over 200 full color photos.
All images courtesy Icy and Sot
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This is the sixth in a series of occasional posts featuring images of New York City’s doors that sport everything from tags and stickers to sophisticated images.
And seen awhile back, Art Is Trash
Photo credits: 1, 2 & 4 Tara Murray; 3 Dani Reyes Mozeson & 5 Lois Stavsky
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This is the eleventh in a series of occasional posts featuring the art that has surfaced on NYC shutters:
Eelco on the Lower East Side
Crash and Bio on the Lower East Side
Moody Mutz on the Lower East Side
Phetus at the Bushwick Collective
Jules Muck aka MuckRock with the Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens
Photo credits: 1, 4 & 5 Tara Murray; 2 Dani Reyes Mozeson & 3 courtesy of John Woodward
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This is the 19th in an occasional series of posts featuring images of girls — and women — who grace NYC public spaces:
D*face in Manhattan
Pixel Pancho in Manhattan
Commodore in Brooklyn
Faring Purth with Thievin’ Stephen in Brooklyn
JR in Manhattan
Photo credits: 1 & 3 Lois Stavsky; 2 & 4 Tara Murray and 5 Dani Reyes Mozeson
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Back in March, Joshua B. Geyer‘s splendidly curated exhibit introduced us to the World Trade Gallery. We recently returned as its current exhibit, Deep Calls Deep, again features some of our favorite artists. Pictured above is a recent work by the wonderfully talented and highly imaginative Michael Alan.
Also by Michael Alan
With Erasmo to his left
Located at 120 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District, the World Trade Gallery is open Monday – Thursday 9am-7pm; Friday 9am-6pm and Saturday 11am-5pm.
Photo credits: 1, 4 & 5 Tara Murray; 2 & 3 Lois Stavsky
Note: Hailed in a range of media from the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
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This is the tenth in a series of occasional posts featuring images of children that have surfaced on NYC public spaces.
BK Foxx with JMZ Walls in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Joe Iurato and Logan Hicks at the Bushwick Collective
Ernest Zacharevic — based on photo by Martha Cooper — in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
Swoon in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Long-running Cekis in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Rubin 415 and Joe Iurato with the Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens
Photos 1 Courtesy of John Woodward; 2-4 Tara Murray; 5 Dani Reyes Mozeson and 6 Lois Stavsky
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