Tag: street art
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Amazingly Artful Tattoos by “Expanded Eye”
Even if tattoos aren’t your cup of tea, you’ve got to appreciate the wonderfully artful creations used in Jade Tomlinson and Kev James’ tattoos. The duo make up Expanded Eye, and split their time between London and Thonon-les-Bains, France where they pursue a wide range of artistic endeavors including illustration, street art, and tattoos. Kev does the…
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Bird Street Art on the Streets of Brazil by L7m
We’ve featured the amazing street art birds of Brazilian artist L7m before to rave reviews. And why not? The mix of realism that morphs into more frenetic strokes of spray paint is fun and visually beautiful. Some of the photos you see here were taken on the streets, while others are works on canvas. See much more…
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Tilt makes a statement at the Hotel Au Vieux Panier
Well we’re not sure you’d have the most restful sleep, but Tilt‘s graffiti covered room at the Hôtel Au Vieux Panier is definitely something to behold. One side of the room is completely covered in vibrant graffiti, tagged into every corner, every crevice and crack. The other? Completely stark white. Not a touch of color,…
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Slinkachu – Big world ideas in miniature street art
We can’t say enough about these amazing miniature installations. While most artists are looking to make the biggest impact they can, with large scale builds and exhibitions, Slinkachu sneaks under the radar to create some of the most poetic and moving installations you’ll likely never see. The the U.K. street artist, who previously brought you the…
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INSTAGRAM: BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS
Mindlessly double-tapping through Instagram can quickly turn into a black hole of nail art, puppies in costumes, and half-naked Rihanna. Looking for a more cultured and entertaining 20 minute diversion? Here’s some awesome artist and art-world Instagram accounts that you should definitely follow: www.artfido.com @artFido http://instagram.com/artfido No bias here! Although we haven’t been on Instagram…
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artFido’s Buried Banksy – go fetch!
To celebrate artFido’s one-year anniversary, we are giving our Facebook fans an opportunity to own their very own Banksy! Hidden deep in the heart of artFido, there is a Banksy artwork listed with a reserve of only one dollar. Yep. One dollar. That means someone is definitely going to walk away with their own, original…
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Lewis Marnell – Watching Paint Drip For Charity
If you’re in Melbourne, spend your Saturday afternoon at the Metro Gallery. Adnate, Shida & Dvate will be there from high noon working on three of their own pieces and one fine, fine collab. The collab will be auctioned off on artFido.com to benefit the family of Lewis Marnell, a pro skater who died of…
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Street Art – here today, painted over tomorrow
Some street art is going to be around forever. Like the stuff that’s in the cave in France that Werner Herzog made a movie about. The rest you’ve got to enjoy while you can. Because most street art, by its very nature, is ephemeral. Time, taggers, weather, zealots, other artists might all take a shot.…
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Graffiti into gif-iti – animated gifs give life to street art online
There has been a lot of talk about traditional art going digital, of how artists are now looking to sell art online and buyers buy art online. Yet few would have considered the possibility of taking street art online and further into the digital world. Lucky for us, there are some forward thinking street artists…
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Mark Fitz – On street art, getting people to buy art and how to sell art online
Mark Fitz first caught our attention during our “Put Your Art in Print” competition in 2012. He was yet to sell art on artFido but was obviously open to the new online art platform and wanted to reach a new market keen to buy art online. His “Creative Gun” was one of the most popular…