LONDON (Reuters) – Londoners locked out of galleries can find an alternative art fix on a wall under under some railway arches after street artist Lionel Stanhope painted a Caravaggio classic, updated for the coronavirus age. The Italian baroque master’s “Supp... More »
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A six-foot image of a sad-eyed man, baseball cap askew and mask covering his nose and mouth is spray painted on a building in a Nairobi slum. Next to it are the words “Corona is real”. There are six other pieces of graffiti like it around M... More »
GLAND, Switzerland (Reuters) – Street artist David Perez has found his own way to pay tribute in Switzerland to the people he regards as the unsung heroes of the coronavirus crisis. Perez, 35, has adorned a pedestrian underpass in the town of Gland with a port... More »
DAKAR (Reuters) – The mural stretched over 10 metres of wall in Senegal’s seaside capital Dakar shows a giant pair of hands reaching out for sanitiser, and a woman in hoop earrings and a facemask colored blue, red, gold and green. It is the work of RBS CREW, a... More »
Local villager Lazar, walks past murals on the wall of his house, depicting him and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, in the village of Staro Zhelezare, Bulgaria, July 28, 2017. A group of young Polish artists are bringing a splash of colorful street art t... More »
A municipal worker removes the writing ‘doria’ in reference to Sao Paulo’s mayor Joao Doria, tagged by a Brazilian artist, known as Iaco, on Avenida 23 de Maio in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce It took Brazilian artist Iaco one minute to... More »
A girl walks in front of a graffiti painted on the wall of a house located inside the 15th-century complex built by Mameluk Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey, in Cairo’s City of the Dead, Egypt February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh On a winding road leading int... More »
A sticker art depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, made by a Japanese graffiti artist known as 281 Antinuke, is seen at a busy crossing in Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, Japan, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japanese graffiti arti... More »
A sculpture is seen near an explicit graffiti painted on the side of a building in central Brussels, Belgium, October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir An online petition to prevent the removal of an explicit mural in Brussels has gained thousands of signature... More »
DETROIT Police in a city known for its vast stretches of graffiti-marred abandoned buildings are seeking to make an example of noted street artist Shepard Fairey, who during a recent visit to Detroit allegedly defaced several properties. Detroit Police Sergean... More »
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