Vesod has completed a new mural in Rogliano, Calabria, directly beneath the town’s Duomo of San Pietro. The work takes as its subject the martyrdom of Saint Peter, depicted crucified upside down. Rather than treating the religious image as a quotation from art history, Vesod folds the town into its structure. Gulìa Urbana describes Rogliano…

Farid Rueda has completed Sibari, a new mural in Pentedattilo, Calabria, created for the first edition of Reviving Pentedattilo. The Mexican artist centres the work on a horse transformed into Pegasus. Rueda traces the image to an ancient local legend whose protagonist is a horse, and to the area’s layered relationship with Greek history. “So…

For the first time, Street Art has taken root in Civitanova Marche’s industrial zone—a striking intervention in a landscape defined by functionality and productivity. Spearheaded by local artist Giulio Vesprini, this initiative marks more than just a creative endeavor; it’s a bold cultural statement. “Bringing art to a context where culture struggles to flourish is…

In the early days of 2021, a personal encounter with the prison system opened doors to a unique opportunity. Gabriella Cianciolo, a professor at the University of Cologne, extended an invitation to become a speaker in the interdisciplinary “Graffiti Art in Prison” project, aptly named GAP. Eagerly embracing the chance, our protagonist proposed taking the…

David de la Mano’s mural, titled “Waiting for the Wind,” graces the city of Bergamo, Italy, measuring an impressive 45 meters in length and 10 meters in height. This captivating artwork features a group of eight winged figures, drawing inspiration from Greek mythology’s Icarus. These ethereal beings find themselves in an imaginary realm, poised in…

Italian artist Tellas has just completed a new project in Argentiera, Sardinia, Italy. Entitled “FronteMare” this piece is a collaboration between Tellas, Puerto Rican artist 2Bleene and the architects from Landworks, who transformed a huge parking lot to a new area that works as a plaza and basket/pickleball. “FronteMare – Tellas says – wants to…

Here is the latest piece made by Beast Collective in Emilia, Italy. Entitled “Come what may”, the pasteup was placed on an old abandoned roadman’s house in the province of Bobbio in Northern Italy. As always with the pieces of this collective, there was the recovery of an archive photo of an historical figure, in…

Natalia Rak has created large-scale paintings since 2011, in the form of beautiful murals, commissioned from around the world. She has been focusing on female-centric imagery while using a rich and glowing palette, giving a breath of fresh air to the street art scene she is part of. In 2012 she received a degree from…

Born in Pontedera, Italy Ozmo made his first steps in the comics world, but since early 90s he soon moved his focus on writing and painting. In short time his tag would have become one of the most famous and respected ones in the Italian graffiti scene. A special reportage dedicated to Ozmo on ‘Aelle’…

Jacopo Ceccarelli aka 2501 recently work on a project in South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy. He designed and painted the walls of the outdoor area of ​​the Alperia Greenpower company headquarters on Via Claudia Augusta — the project was curated by Outbox. Alperia Greenpower is an Alperia subsidiary active in the field of energy production from renewable…