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Angelo Milano and how FAME became the first Street Art festival back in 2008

Dec. 9, 2020

He’s into punk music, the underground scene and he’s about doing things without asking too many questions. Angelo Milano doesn’t want to like, but rather to do things that he likes. In 2008 he started in Grottaglie, a small town in the interior of the Italian Puglia, the first edition of FAME, the first self-financed… Read more » Continue reading

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10 minutes with… Juan Díaz-Faes

Dec. 4, 2020

Juan Díaz-Faes (Oviedo, 1982) is all good vibe around him. Between surfing, gardening, cooking (or eating…) and carpentry crafts he spends his time in Cantabria, surrounded by sea and mountains, and creating with full freedom, controlling his rhythms, but above all without stopping. Because if he stops, he gets bored. His work, with fun and… Read more » Continue reading

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Studio Visit: Francisco Diaz aka Pastel

Nov. 27, 2020

As a child he played in the Argentine professional soccer league but at 14 he broke his knee for the first time. By that time Francisco Díaz, known as Pastel, had already begun to paint graffiti on the streets of his native Buenos Aires and that injury, which kept him from practicing any sport for… Read more » Continue reading

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Infinite Hyuro

Nov. 24, 2020

One of the brightest lights shining in the world of street art faded away last Thursday, November 19. Tamara Djurovic, known as Hyuro (1974 – 2020), died in Valencia last week after a year fighting against an illness that, although at times seemed to give her a break, ended up taking her away without even… Read more » Continue reading

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Ampparito: a personal tour through his latest exhibition

Nov. 17, 2020

«When Manuela and Pablo invited me to present my work at La Causa Galería this past June I came with a first idea that was much more installation-oriented. As everything had to be delayed, I considered it wouldn’t make much sense for me to stay into that concept and realized the exhibition would be very… Read more » Continue reading

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November’s Artistic Agenda

Nov. 13, 2020

Jillian Evelyn, Kristen Liu Wong, Zest, Nelio, the Monkeybird Crew, Leon Keer, Yosuke Ueno… We review the latest international openings with some of our ‘must follow’ artists. But in addition to this selection you can’t miss Rosh at Montana Gallery in Barcelona, Ampparito at La Causa Gallery in Madrid (from this exhibition we will soon come with more!)… Read more » Continue reading

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Animal Kingdom

Nov. 10, 2020

From wild beasts to cute little kittens today the protagonist is the animal world. The animal as a powerful and energetic being, as a bridge to talk about more complex issues such as politics or used as a humorous resource. Tigers, dogs, wolves, horses and sometimes fantastic creatures occupy the canvas of these five artists,… Read more » Continue reading

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November’s Recommendations: What to watch, read and listen by Moneyless, Julieta XLF, Gviiie and Emily Eldridge

Nov. 6, 2020

We immerse ourselves in the graphic novel “Herstory” and a few ecofeminist essays with Julieta XLF, we discover a couple of worth investigating Youtube channels with the Madrid-born Gviiie, the Italian Moneyless reveals his must-see films and with Emily Eldridge we tune into the musical beats of one of her latest radio discoveries. Let us introduce you… Read more » Continue reading

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Inside Nicolas Laugero-Lasserre’s art collection

Nov. 3, 2020

Right under Pont des Invalides and in front of the Grand Palais, last spring it dropped its anchor and opened its doors Fluctuart, a floating cultural center dedicated to Urban Art in Paris. Nicolas Laugero-Lasserre (Nice, France, 1975) is one of the founding partners and artistic director of this innovative project located on the waters… Read more » Continue reading

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10 minutes with… Misterpiro

Oct. 30, 2020

He is young, spontaneous, very talented, and freedom flows through every inch of his being, but above all, of his work. Big color stains that overlap each other creating a glazed effect, random brush strokes that become abstract forms and color, a lot of color. Misterpiro (Plasencia, 1994) has managed to bring together under a… Read more » Continue reading

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Studio Visit: Gordopelota

Oct. 27, 2020

You will know Martin Kazanietz by the name of Gordopelota (Buenos Aires, 1985) and if you still don’t know his work, it is likely that after seeing it, it will never leave your mind again. Amateur soccer, barbecue and a whole imaginary developed around the Argentine popular culture within a single work, a mixture of… Read more » Continue reading

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The great wave that comes from the East

Oct. 23, 2020

From the Adriatic to the Black Sea, we take a look at the work of several young artists who are stirring up the contemporary scene and most importantly, they promise to continue doing so in the coming years from the other side of the European continent. Evgen Čopi Gorišek from Slovenia, Alba Miočev in Croatia,… Read more » Continue reading

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Óscar Hormigos: Art in the ‘New Media’ Era

Oct. 20, 2020

Talking to Óscar Hormigos (Madrid, 1973) could be considered as a journey to the future: art creation through Artificial Intelligence in real time, ‘crypto art’ sales through digital platforms, evolution of generative art… But nothing is further from the truth: the future is already here and it is presented within Contemporary Art with an infinite… Read more » Continue reading

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Studio Visit: Hilda Palafox (Poni)

Oct. 15, 2020

Hilda Palafox (Mexico City, 1982) or Poni, her alter ego and the artistic name by which she is known, decided to leave her four-year job in advertising to make the leap into editorial illustration. But the leap took her much further. Today Hilda does large scale murals, illustrations, drawings, ceramics, paintings on textiles and in… Read more » Continue reading

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Autumn agenda: our must go exhibitions

Oct. 12, 2020

Exhibitions are piling up! In spite of the slow pace at which the sector (and the planet itself!) are stretching out, the exhibitions are still standing as a reference. We go on an European tour from Seville to Berlin, stopping by Madrid and Paris and jumping to Athens to review the work of some of… Read more » Continue reading