On the weekend of June 15, First Street Green Art Park was home to dozens of legendary artists, first-rate photographers, and graffiti aficionados as they came together to pay tribute to Fun Gallery co-founder Patti Astor, who had passed away in April. The first art gallery in Manhattan’s East Village to feature the works of such noted artists as Futura 2000, Lady Pink, Lee Quinones, Kenny Scharf, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fun Gallery ran out of a small storefront but had enormous impact.
The mural featured above was painted by 5POINTZ founder and the wonderfully versatile artist Meres One. Several more images captured last week in this event curated by Kate Storch, Jimmy NYC and Crime79 follow:
Lower East Side native and former Keith Haring collaborator Angel Ortiz aka LA2
Veteran writer Dezo, TC5 with Kate Storch on left
The prolific Japanese writer, muralist and designer Shiro One
Uptown-based designer, painter and muralist Al Ruiz
The legendary graffiti pioneer Stash
Veteran East Harlem-native writer and painter Delta2
NYC-based photographer Matthew A Eller, Segment from larger wall of photos featuring Patti Astor in a range of settings
Photos: Lois Stavsky
The 13th Annual Bushwick Collective Block Party brought a wonderfully diverse array of local, national and global artists to Brooklyn’s iconic outdoor gallery. The huge, beguiling dog featured above was painted by Denver-based Patrick Kane McGergor against a deftly-executed cityscape crafted by multidisciplinary artist Chris Haven.
In this Part II of At the Bushwick Collective are several more images of artworks that have surfaced this month at the Bushwick Collective, curated by its founder, Joe Ficalora.
Miami-based Nate Dee, “Brooklyn Trogon”
Austin, Texas-based Taiwanese-American artist Candy Kuo at work on mural in collaboration with Wade Indeed
Completed mural by Austin, Texas-based artists Candy Kuo and Wade Indeed
French artist Enzo Yurrebaso, segment of captivating mural
Los Angeles-based Robert Vargas, segment of huge powerful mural at the intersection of Wycoff and Troutman
Connecticut-based Corey Pane, Portrait of wife, Kailah King, and baby daughter
Photos of artworks: Lois Stavsky
With their seductive colors and striking styles, the graffiti that surfaces in Gefafe, Madrid always tantalizes. The image featured above was fashioned by Tras, CZB. Several more images that I captured while graffiti-hunting in this southern Madrid city follow:
Rikams and Riser
Nak2, MKC
Rojas
Seka and Rojas
Yenis
NKS
Okas Oner
Photos: Lois Stavsky
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
We returned last week to revisit the treasure trove of graffiti in an a Illescas, Spain abandoned lot that we’d discovered by chance last year. In addition to discovering some pieces that weren’t visible to us then, we came upon some newer pieces, including the one featured above. Several more follow:
Pichação and more
Color amidst the ruins
Marian and more
Burning in Illescas
Raek and Soker
Oca Rubinho, Raek and more
Photos by Sara C. Mozeson and Lois Stavsky
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
