Returning for a second year, Blackpool’s “Sea, Sand & Spray” urban art festival brought together 40 of the best-known street artists to Blackpool over the weekend, and endowed upon the town some seriously good art. Smug, Kashink, Dale Grimshaw & Toasters were among those painting some of the spaces set aside around the city – … Continue reading »
Another new piece from Elph in the Old Town (New Street), space changing quickly now its back in summer with some nice pieces going up of late. Hope this space sticks around for a bit longer as it has brought some great work, like this, to Edinburgh’s streets in recent times. Elph’s inimitable style is … Continue reading »
I’ll admit to inadvertently spending less time investigating street art in the states, inadvertently of course, compared to street art in Europe. There is clearly no need for me to state that there is ridiculously good work in cities throughout the US. But, well, I went and did it anyway… One artist that has been … Continue reading »
Over the past decade or two, street art has developed and changed to become a massive global art movement helped in no small part by the development of technology and the internet. Whereas in the past street art was truly ephemeral, websites, blogs & Facebook pages have allowed thousands (even millions) of people to discover … Continue reading »
Recently I commissioned Nick Cocozza (following our ‘Scots on Walls #1′ interview from December 2012) to design a piece of art (specifically a customised banner) for the Urban Kultur Blog Facebook page. The brief was pretty basic. The piece was to include elements of some of my favourite cities for art/music such as Berlin, Paris, … Continue reading »
The JBAK boys (James Bullough & Karl Addison) have swapped the streets of Berlin for the deserts of Arizona, and have just completed their first collaborative mural with Julia Benz. Great to see their work going up in a different setting, and very much looking forward to seeing what else the Arizona trip yields over … Continue reading »
Two of Scotland’s finest street artists going big in London for the Walls Project, with two very different styles. The Walls Project is described as ‘an effort to paint the World, starting with London’ organising walls for some of the world’s best street artists. It is also somewhat less impressively described as being ‘Lee on his … Continue reading »
The letters of Ben Eine may be familiar to many, but I recently discovered the artwork of Monsieur Qui – Paris’ very own master of the alphabet. Some of these pieces are absolutely outstanding, and I really like the wheatpastes he has been doing too. Combining beautiful women, flowers, and skulls (minus the skin) seems … Continue reading »
In late 2012 I had a brief insight into Parisian street art, and have been thinking about it ever since. Having become reasonably familiar with London and Berlin’s scene, it was great to be confronted by work from a hoard of new artists whose work I was almost completely unaware of. While the heavyweights of … Continue reading »
One of my favourite artists active in Edinburgh at the moment is TrenchOne, instantly recogniseable and always interesting choice of subject for his work. You can check out more on his website, or keep on top of his artwork on his Facebook page. Support your local artist. UKB Continue reading »
