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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.

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.
Bergwald Projekt - Berlin and Beyond

Berlin and Beyond: Writing on the wall 29.06.2018

If all the world's a stage, then all of Berlin is a canvas. Here, urban art is writ large. No bad thing, says Tamsin Walker, in a city where money is increasingly doing the talking.
Ausstellung zu US Künstler Keith Haring an der Albertina in Wien

Art as activism: Keith Haring's political statements 04.05.2018

Before his death at the age of 31, Keith Haring had made a name for himself in New York's pop scene for his use of seemingly simplistic drawings and biting political statements. His work is on display in Vienna.
USA neues Werk des Street-Art-Künstlers Banksy

New Banksy mural in New York protests Turkish artist Zehra Dogan's imprisonment 16.03.2018

As part of the Erdogan government's crackdown on dissidents, Zehra Dogan was sentenced to over two years in jail — for a watercolor. Now, iconic street artist Banksy is protesting her plight with a new mural.

Images of Angela Merkel 14.03.2018

The newly re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel is consistent yet transformable. As a domina, hipster, street art figure or oil painting. The German chancellor as you have never seen her before!
Werke der pakistanischen Künstlerin und Designerin Shehzil Malik

A Pakistani illustrator's take on feminism and diversity 12.01.2018

Thoughtful, provocative, chic: Shehzil Malik's new aesthetic seeks social transformation in a conservative, male-dominated society — sometimes by deliberately flaunting social conventions.

Bildergalerie - Die Kunst von der Straße - Das Haus als Leinwand

Urban Nation: When street art gets its own museum in Berlin 18.09.2017

The Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin features street art's top names. Here are some of the artworks featured in the gallery.
Deutschland Wandgemälde vom Qi Xinghua am Eingang zum Park am Gleisdreieck in Berlin

Street art museum opens in Berlin 18.09.2017

Street art is the ultimate form of democracy according to the curators of the new Museum for Urban Contemporary Art that has just opened in Berlin. But does street art belong in exhibition halls?
Projekt Scholl/Trump

German resistance hero inspires anti-Trump street art 18.09.2017

The vintage-style propaganda posters in Washington, DC take aim at white supremacism, racism – and Donald Trump. A daring act of resistance, or an insulting slur on the US President?

Chale Wote Street Art Festival

Ghana showcases colorful street art 21.08.2017

Hundreds of artists from Ghana, Lesotho, Kenya, Nigeria and elsewhere flocked to Ghana’s capital Accra this past weekend for the Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Accra's Jamestown district.
Kunstprojekt The Haus in Berlin

Berlin Art Bang is in the Haus  18.05.2017

A spectacular exhibition in a former bank in Berlin shows 108 rooms designed by 165 urban artists from all over the world.
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