Urban & Contemporary Artist, DANTE ARCADE’s main influences have their origin in the 90s, with New Wave, Memphis design and the golden age of arcade video games. He creates spaces that “are a refuge for his nostalgia” and says he likes to remember that “time used to run slower and everything had more flavor.”
TIME in Trinitat Nova is an extension of the Nova project, a tool for social transformation through art in the Trinitat Nova neighborhood, promoted by Pla de Barris (Neighborhood Plan) and Difusor/B-Murals in recent years. Characterized by a close and permanent collaboration with the neighbors, …
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This month Amaia Arrazola is painting a new urban art mural to unify art with a sustainable and inclusive city model. Art al TRAM is a project bringing urban art to the underground stops of the tram by the hand of the cultural entity Rebobinart. …
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Main image by Fer Alcalá. On Sunday February 21st more than 50 artists hit the streets for an artistic declaration against censorship from the Spanish state. This is the second street art protest this month and momentum is growing. On February 7th, following the announcement …
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Updated February 17, 2021 Artists from the world of graffiti, mural art and urban art came together to renounce the violation of another artists’ right to free speech. The independent coalition of artists mobilized immediately after it was announced last week that rapper Pablo Hasél …
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B-MURALS is a center specialized in urban art based in Barcelona that combines support for creation through the promotion of mural interventions, residences and exhibitions.Located in Nau Bostik, the industrial complex converted into a self-managed cultural space, the B-MURALS project is promoted by Difusor, an …
Dr Case is a photographer and visual artist who started his creative career as a graffiti artist. Today, we’re chatting with Dr Case about his story—the series of events that led him from the world of graffiti into calligraphy, photography and finally, into becoming a …
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Last weekend the Maker Faire Barcelona took place at the Nau Bostik, a self-managed artistic creation space located in the neighborhood of La Sagrera. We wrote about the event in a previous article, so we won’t go into the history and purpose of the event, …
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Street art is one of the many hallmarks of Barcelona. It has been filling the city and adding to the art scene in Spain since the early 1990s. Barcelona street art is widely accepted to be some of the most interesting in the world; created …
This is more than a light show! The urban landscape of Poblenou is transformed into an playground of experimentation and innovation using light as the medium. There is a sense of wonder as the crowd meanders from one installation to another. New technologies allow artists …
Art is meant to be more than beautiful; it’s inspiring, provocative and controversial. Creative minds are the best candidates to break taboos and push forward social change, and what better place to catch the public’s attention than in the streets? Since the 1970’s Barcelona has …