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Urban Art in Rome: Tor Pignattara Street Art Guide

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It’s not a secret that Tor Pignattara is one of my favourite areas in all of Rome, and the overabundance of street art that one can find wandering around here is just one of the things that I love about this multicultural neighbourhood the most.

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The Top 15 Murals of Political Street Art in Rome

Political Street Art in Rome Born out of a fierce need for expression of strong social disadvantage, every year street art is becoming more and more vanilla.

The spreading of urban art festivals has a lot to do with it: curators usually want something aesthetically nice, which will please everybody.

It’s gone from a tool to convey radical political messages. Now street art has become a ‘tool’ to decorate walls – probably the cheapest way for public administrations to show that some action has been taken to redevelop the outskirts, even if they’re only putting up a façade (no pun intended).

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MaisMenos’ solo show at Wunderkammern Art Gallery in Rome

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Since Festival Iminente 2016, I’ve noticed a theme on ± MaisMenos’ ± social feeds.

Through a political campaign –Vota Mais Menos-, Miguel is using the same propaganda mechanisms that governments tend to use to convey his social contestation.

And he is starting by calling into question the core value of democracy: voting.

Stavanger Street Art Street Art Guide

As seen on the streets of Stavanger: a street art guide

As one more year passed by, I found myself thinking about my happiest moments from 2016 and –undoubtedly- attending the legendary Nuart street art festival in Stavanger (Norway) was one of them. Apart from a couple of interviews (with Axel Void and Henrik Uldalen), I still haven’t told you anything about that amazing experience, although you might have seen my round-up of outdoor and indoor murals and my recap of Nuart Plus academic conferences on I Support Street Art, the website I was representing at the festival. So I guess it’s about time I shared what my favourite walls in Stavanger are, not just from last year’s edition of this independent festival, but since its very beginning back in 2001, when Martyn Reed founded one of the pioneering events dedicated to everything urban and public art, which –since then- has been breaking new ground in the street art scene worldwide.

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Abandoned cinemas in Rome

During the last few years more than 40 cinemas have shut down in Rome.

While some of them have –alas!- been turned into supermarkets or bingo halls, several others are still neglectfully abandoned, waiting not only for a reconversion but also for –at the very least- a vision.

Lagos Street Art Street Art Guide

As seen on the streets of Lagos: a street art guide

If you are not into street art, don’t bother going as far as Lagos, in the Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal. The town is very touristy, restaurants aren’t inspiring and, besides a few charming houses in the city centre, the town is made up of ugly concrete buildings and huge hotels.

But if you are into street art, Lagos is the place to go! Especially if, after a graffiti hunt, you fancy a rest at one of the many beautiful beaches not so far from the city centre.