In a small Russian town, a pensioner’s street art denounces Ukraine conflict
Borovsk, RussiaReuters Over 20 years, Russian pensioner Vladimir Ovchinnikov gained a following for his street murals in the small town of Borovsk, some 115 kilometres south-west of Moscow, many of which depicted the plight of victims of Stalinist-era repressions. But on 25th March, just over a month after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, Ovchinnikov created a new […]
Vatican issues a street art stamp, ends up getting sued
Rome, Italy AP One night in early 2019, Rome street artist Alessia Babrow glued a stylised image of Christ she had made onto a bridge near the Vatican. A year later, she was shocked to learn that the Vatican had apparently used a reproduction of her image, which featured her hallmark heart emblazoned across Christ’s […]
Artists shine a light on child labour in New York streets
Thomson Reuters Foundation Children’s faces appear locked in the jaws of a sinister factory robot or warily peeping out behind New York landmarks in an interactive street art campaign launched this week to raise awareness about child trafficking and underage labour. Nine striking pieces commissioned by Street Art for Mankind – an artistic movement fighting […]
Street art depicting Pope Francis highlights homeless struggle in Milan
Vatican CityRNS Pop art graffiti depicting Pope Francis as homeless and a begging Madonna and Child, made by the subversive artist aleXsandro Palombo, appeared in the northern Italian city of Milan last week. “The coronavirus aggravated social inequalities and caused an alarming increase in poverty,” Palombo, an artist and activist for 25 years whose works […]
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