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Street art

The street as an artist’s canvas

Since the late 1950s and early 1960s street art has become a celebrated genre in the art world. Street art took off after French graffiti artist Gérard Zlotykamien began to use outdoor urban spaces as his canvas in 1963.

Gemälde Elizabeth Peyton, Angela, 2017

Chancellor Angela Merkel as art motif 16.07.2019

As she turns 65 on July 17, DW looks at how the German Chancellor has been depicted by artists. Across nearly 15 years in high office, Angela Merkel has graced everything from "Time" magazine to city street art walls.
Biennale Venedig 2019 | Banksy | Venice in Oil

Banksy: Street artist credited with fringe Venice Biennale artwork 23.05.2019

A video posted on the Instagram account of the ever-elusive British artist Banksy documents a new installation showing a controversial huge cruise ship docking in Venice's lagoon. It appears to be the artist's own work.
Street art in Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina

WorldLink: Street art festival revives Mostar 10.05.2019

In Bosnia-Herzegovina, scars of the 1992-95 war can still be seen nearly 25 years later. In Mostar, local residents have become so tired of the depressing damaged buildings that they've come up with a creative solution to spruce things up. Natalie Carney checked out a street art festival which has breathed new life into the war-scarred southern Bosnian city.
Italien Graffiti bei Verona

WorldLink: Verona street artist tackles offensive graffiti 10.05.2019

Spray paint is the bane of the existence of many city residents. In the Italian city of Verona, a local graffiti artist has begun transforming offensive tags into civic-minded street art. With a culinary flair, professional muralist Pier Paolo Spinazzé turns swastikas into strawberries, Celtic crosses into cupcakes and neofascist slogans into giant sausages.
Thailand - Krönung von König Maha Vajiralongkorn - Rama X

WorldLink: Reclaiming the last word 10.05.2019

This week: We go underground to meet Thai dissidents in hiding, speak with a rape survivor in India and visit a street art festival in the war-scarred Bosnian city of Mostar. Plus: Venezuelans struggle to survive the collapsing oil industry, Moroccan teen refugees in Ceuta, culinary graffiti in Verona and $1-dollar eyeglasses in Bolivia.
Schottland Edinburgh, Grassmarket

Inside Europe: Edinburgh introduces 'open streets' Sundays 09.05.2019

Edinburgh recently became the first UK city to join the 'open streets' movement, which aims to temporarily remove road traffic from cities. The initiative aims to reduce air pollution in urban centres, whilst bringing communities together in spaces normally reserved for cars, lorries and other motorized transport. Jack Foster reports from the Scottish capital.
Berlin Premiere Flying Pictures Tanzshow

When 'Pictures at an Exhibition' start flying 04.04.2019

What happens when Berlin breakdancers Flying Steps, Brazilian street artists Os Gemeos and 19th-century Russian composer Mussorgsky meet in a contemporary art museum? The new show "Flying Pictures" offers the answer.
Jean Rene JR Installation Louvre Paris

Optical illusion helps Louvre's famous pyramid turn 30 30.03.2019

A street art collage makes the museum's glass pyramid appear to sink into a huge crater. The iconic structure is now as synonymous with Paris as the Eiffel Tower but was mocked as "a joke" when first unveiled in 1989.
Museum Frieder Burda - Banksy Love is in the bin

Banksy's shredded 'Girl with Balloon' now on display in Germany 05.02.2019

When artist Banksy half-destroyed his "Girl with Balloon" seconds after it sold for near €1.2 million ($1.37 million) at an auction in October, the artwork seemed headed for the wastebasket. Now it's on show.

Frankreich, Paris: Kunstwerk von Banksy am Bataclan

Banksy tribute to Paris terror attack victims stolen 27.01.2019

Thieves have removed a mournful painting by the mysterious British artist from an emergency door at the Bataclan concert hall. The work was an homage to those killed during the coordinated 2015 terror attacks in Paris.
Sürkorea Wache an der Grenze mit Nordkorea

WorldLink: In search of answers 02.11.2018

This week we discover a love story that began during the Korean War, and never really ended. We speak with a friend of a man who disappeared while hiking back in 2004 — and could have been kidnapped by North Korea. Plus, we learn more about the power of running to cope with grief, overcoming illiteracy, a unique clothes shop which caters to transgender people and reviving traditions in Tahiti.

Afghanistan Kunst Grafitti Straßenmalerei in Kabul

WorldLink: Afghanistan's first female artist 13.10.2018

Shamsia Hassani is Afghanistan's first prominent female graffiti artist. The murals she paints in her hometown of Kabul often subvert gender stereotypes and present a different image of Afghanistan — one of beauty and color. Working in war-torn Kabul comes with its own set of challenges, as Dorian Jones found out when he caught up with Hassani at an international street art festival in Istanbul.
Symbolbild EU-Erweiterung

Inside Europe: 04.10.2018 04.10.2018

How Germany's new immigration laws are opening the door for non-EU citizens to work in the country - Macedonia's name-change referendum - Greece's failure to cope with a mounting humanitarian crisis - France's presidency in crisis after the country's interior minister quits - Istanbul's flourishing street art scene - legendary French singer and actor Charles Aznavour.

Türkei Istanbul - Mural Istanbul Street Art Festival

Inside Europe: Street art flourishes in Istanbul 04.10.2018

Turkey's largest city is witnessing an explosion in creative graffiti, and many of the artists driving the change are women. The country may be in the grip of rising authoritarianism, but Istanbul's leaders are not interfering with the rise in street art. In some cases they're actively encouraging it. Dorian Jones reports.
Deutschland | Aufbau zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit

Brandenburg Gate crowns itself with street art installation 28.09.2018

On German Unity Day, October 3, the well-known street art artist JR will transform Berlin's landmark with a 25-meter-high photo collage. This is intended to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Berlin - Kunstwerk von Streetart-Künstler El Bocho

Berlin celebrates Urban Art Week 05.09.2018

What makes Berlin's art scene so special? The first Urban Art Week is an invitation to discover more about the city's street artists and its unique graffiti tradition — and to try out a few techniques as well.
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