Subvert the City – Make the Conversation Happen!
Subvert the City Action in Berlin – March 2017 Who does the public space belong to? A network of activists called Subvertisers’ International proposes an answer – it belongs to us! This...
View ArticleOX Billboards and The Aesthetic of Shock
OX Billboard Project in Cologne – Artist in action “Advertising billboards are like huge windows, oversized paintings, hanging in the city,” OX once said about his billboard takeover practice. This...
View ArticleTrue Grit in the Street – Recognizing Activist Art in Public Places
Thomas von Wittich – Moment of Hesitation, Berlin Kidz, 2016 Looking back across a decade, it’s safe to say that Street Art has come into its own. It’s increasingly recognized as a movement and a way...
View ArticleThe Power of Poster Art – History and Influence
Jacques Villegle – Boulevard Haussmann, 1988. Over the course of history, art has always been closely linked to social context. From the ancient elitism to contemporary democratization, it appeared in...
View ArticleDoes Berlin Need an Urban Art Museum Like This?
Urban Nation Museum. Source https://www.facebook.com/urbannationberlin/ The world of social media changed everything. Without it, street art might not have become so wildly popular, but also, perhaps,...
View ArticleStreet Art As the Omen of Gentrification
Thomas von Wittich – The F Word by Berlin Kidz, 2016. Crop. The world is experiencing a trend of urbanization, while experts estimate that by the year 2050, about 66% of the planet’s population will...
View ArticleHow to Support Up and Coming Artists Through an Agent
Incredibly diversified, global, quite unregulated and proverbially small, the art market is actually an enormous construct. While only the most famous names (often the same as the most expensive or...
View ArticlePublic Painter with a Poetic Conscience – OX in an Interview
OX – Intervention in Cologne, 2017 Ever fascinated by the street for its experimental potential, OX has spent decades developing a style unlike any other. Known as a billboard hijacker, he has been...
View ArticleThe Ever-evolving Idiosyncrasy of OX
OX – Intervention in Cologne, 2017 Vivid, expressive and pictographic, billboard posters OX disperses throughout the visual universe impose on our senses with a peculiar charm. Unfastened by...
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