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The first ever AFRI-CANS Street Art & Graffiti Festival takes place this weekend on the streets of Kampala in Uganda. Hosted by Sparrow from Monk256 Crew, the event will showcase a number of local and international urban artists…
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Hennessy’s VS series is back with a new artist collaboration. Having previously featured work by graffiti artists Shepard Fairey (OBEY), Futura and KAWS, among purveyors of other art disciplines, the brand proudly announced renowned urban artist JonOne for 2017…
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Jared Aufrichtig (artist, curator and author of Expressions book) brings you “Modern Masters”, a group exhibition featuring 12 contemporary art masters within the realms of graffiti, urban art, painting, illustration, design and photography. With 6 local, South African artists as well as 6 international stalwarts (including OBEY, CASE and RISK), the show promises to delight a range of tastes…
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Durban based fine artist Dane Stops presents his first solo exhibition in Johannesburg, “Powerfully Pointless”…
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New Graffiti SA banner by Onlock
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Mr Ekse’s ‘JoVendorsBurg’ mural. Johannesburg, 2017. Photo: Cale Waddacor
Back to the City annual Hip Hop Festival is back for its 11th edition in Newtown, Johannesburg. This year, Caps & Cans and Loop spray paint have partnered up to bring a recharged version of the graffiti pillar battles…
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Come join the celebration of an incredible legacy, in loving memory of Durban graffiti artist Delon 4GIVN Moody. “All he ever wanted was to make everyone happy, so let us celebrate his incredible legacy the way he would’ve wanted - full of paint!”
Friday, 7th April 2017 at The Winston Pub, Glenwood
Live graffiti by: WosOne, Taik, Stops, Mook Lion, Spook, Giffy, Hoser.
Tribute piece by Mook Lion, Winston Pub (2016).
Photo by @DurbanStreetArt - check them out on Instagram.
Skubalisto & Mr Fuzzy Slippers form the creative vehicle called ‘The Bridge’. The duo has been collaborating for a few years and have been invited by Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel to showcase some of their new works…
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For the 2017 edition of the Johannesburg Homemakers Expo, we were commissioned to organise a live graffiti feature. Over 4-days, three graffiti artists created a masterpiece based around the theme “I Love Jozi”…
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Jarrett Erasmus presents Renegotiating The Street, the first part of a proposed project to fulfill a MA in Fine Art at the University of the Witwatersrand…
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Durban graffiti artist and illustrator Damn Vandal hosts his first home-city solo exhibition…
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Kevin Love is back for another death defying solo exhibition, ‘Damned If I, Damned If I Don’t”. Featuring paintings, sculptures and drawings…
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Street artist and illustrator extraordinaire Lisolomzi Pikoli, a.k.a. Mr Fuzzy Slipperz, is set to launch his first monograph made possible by Olafur Eliason’s “Little Sun” grant via the Stevenson Gallery.
The ‘Man Like Mountain: Of Memory and Scar’ book will be launched with an exhibition as well as film screening…
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NSFW: A Solo Exhibition by Dane Stops
7 November at 17:40 to 21 November at 16:00
Durban University of Technology Art Gallery
51 Steve Biko (formerly Mansfield) Road, Durban
The exhibition consists of work completed in partial fulfillment of a Master’s degree in Graphic Design. This body of work is an investigation into the artistic exploration of…
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Internationally renowned street artist Falko returns home to Cape Town after embarking on a journey to share street art with the people of South Africa’s small towns, dorpies and settlements. The mission of this project, known as Once Upon A Town, was to uplift communities and change the locals’ perception of value and their surroundings…
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In this intriguing episode of CNN’s Inside Africa report, the homogeneous link between modern day graffiti art and San rock paintings are explored…
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For the third instalment of the Westdene Graffiti Project - a suburban make-over - we recap all the new walls painted in 2016, from January to June…
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In light of her latest solstice print release, Sanctuary, we look back on Faith47‘s murals from 2016 thus far. The latest body of work is titled ‘7.83 Hz Frequency’…
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