Nuno Viegas aka Metis, is a Portuguese artist born in Faro (1985) and raised in Quarteira. He presents us a contrast between the visually aggressive and sometimes dirty reality of traditional graffiti and its peaceful and clean representation in his works. The approach to this theme is a continuous tribute to all those who dedicate…

As we emerge blinking from the uncertainty and radical disconnection of the past two years of lockdown and social distancing, it is disorienting to rediscover those social connections and relationships to the people, places and spaces of our cities that have been stretched to the limit and in many cases broken and lost. No longer…

Portuguese artist Nuno Viegas have recently created a mural for Muro Festival in Lisbon. Muro Festiva is an  event by Galeria De Arte Urbana which added a huge amount of new giant murals to the capital of Portugal in the area of Parque das Nações. For this wall measuring 36 x 7 meters, Nuno Viegas…

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Nuno Viegas recently spent some time in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he was invited by Patrons Of The Arts to create a brand new work. With this piece the artist wanted to reflect about where graffiti came from (bottom piece) and how it evolved and transformed into something new (top piece) – street art/urban contemporary…

Nuno Viegas just sent us some images from his latest mural which was just completed somewhere on the streets of Leiden in Netherlands. Nuno Viegas, also known as Metis, is a Portuguese artist which presents us a contrast between the visually aggressive and sometimes dirty reality of the graffiti subworld and his peaceful and clean representation…