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Worldwide graffiti jam, Meeting of Styles, is finally coming to South Africa! The event will take place in Braamfontein, Johannesburg with a string of Jozi’s best graffiti artists…

A new zine focusing on graphic illustration has dropped. The 40-pager includes South African street artists Conform, Damn Vandal, Fers, Fok, Keya Tama and Onlock - as well as Bush (who put it all together)…

The 2nd round of the Grayscale Graffiti Relay takes place on Saturday, 10 February. Crews will go head to head against the clock, handing over the can to a team mate every few minutes…

Open call for submissions to Street Capture‘s art grant, the informal collective using public art against state corruption…

Afri Cans Festival took place at the tail end of last year in Uganda. Albeit small, the event was one of the first in Uganda. Great to see Sparrow pushing the art form in his country…

After exploring graffiti and spaces with his Writing the City series, photographer David Lurie has a new book out that further explores the relationship of the city and its inhabitants: Undercity - The Other Cape Town, published by Hatje Cantz…

Graffiti Relay presented by Grayscale Urban Art Store. Crews battle it out with four members and four random letters, a race against the clock and the other teams…

Launched last week, a newly published book, Public Art in South Africa: Bronze Warriors and Plastic Presidents, focuses on the realm of public art with chapter dedicated to graffiti and street art…

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…

The Hip-Hop 411 graffiti jam takes place on Heritage Day in Soweto, Johannesburg…

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…

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…

Durban based fine artist Dane Stops presents his first solo exhibition in Johannesburg, “Powerfully Pointless”…

New Graffiti SA banner by Onlock

Almost two thirds of our way through calendar year 2017, here are some updates from the streets to the screens…

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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…

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.

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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…

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”…

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…

Durban graffiti artist and illustrator Damn Vandal hosts his first home-city solo exhibition…