Nuart Gallery

NUART FILMING
Nuart are currently looking for a talented local film maker / cinematogrpher to discuss a pending project. If it's you or you know of anyone that fits the bill please get in touch. Showreels always useful.

For London friends, family and visitors. Nuart alumni Peter Kennard, a huge influence on Banksy and the UK street art scene, with a retrospective at London's Whitechapel Gallery.
Highly recommended.

Protest, resistance and dissent: a retrospective of the art of Peter Kennard The UK’s foremost political artist talks through half a century of his work, on show at the Whitechapel Gallery in London

NUART ABERDEEN in Juxtapoz Magazine
"One of the great things about the Nuart Festival, and now celebrating its 8th year in Aberdeen, Scotland, is that it is an actual living, breathing, organized idea of the use of public space. And as he so often does, Nuart's founder and curator, Martyn Reed, sets a yearly theme, wheras this year it was a look at "Living heritage." He wrote of this idea that "living heritage is the dynamic side of cultural heritage: heritage which is continuously transformed, interpreted, shaped and transmitted from generation to generation. It also represents the participatory, co-creative dimension of cultural heritage, and is characterised by its transient, non-stationary and hard-to-grasp qualities".

Juxtapoz Magazine - A City That Never Sleeps: Nuart Aberdeen's 2024 Edition and the Conversation of Living Heritage Around 1957, French artist François Dufrêne, long associated with Lettrist and Ultra-Lettrist poetry, started removing posters off the streets of Pari...

FREE PALESTINE
Bergen street art comrades with a stunning intervention on Johanneskirken. So proud of these guys. The artworld can no longer claim to hold the moral high ground, but street artists can.

Partners and colleagues at Buildhollywood with the low-down on this years Nuart Aberdeen including a rare interview with founder Martyn Reed and Prof Suse Hansen.

https://www.buildhollywood.co.uk/features/nuart-aberdeen-2024/

Nuart Aberdeen 2024 Nuart Aberdeen 2024 saw a fresh influx of public artworks appear on the streets of the Granite City. Monumental and expressive, the painterly portrait by Case Maclaim (aka Andreas Chrzanowski); Cbloxx (aka Jay Gilleard) created their signature aerosol magic and mystery; HERA (Jasmin Siddiqui) del

PER KLEIVE (NO)
"Amerikanske sommerfuglar" 1971

One of my favourite works from one of my favourite Norwegian artist and allegedly the inspiration for Banksy's Happy Choppers. Ends in 1 hour for anyone looking to get me an early birthday present.

https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/samlingen/objekt/NMK.2017.0104

STREET ART UNITED STATES
https://streetartunitedstates.com/nuart-aberdeen-2024-a-fusion-of-art-debate-and-celebration/

Aberdeen Inspired Nuart Aberdeen

Nuart Aberdeen 2024: A Fusion of Art, Debate, and Celebration From June 6th to June 9th, the vibrant city of Aberdeen will once again play host to the internationally acclaimed Nuart Festival, bringing together artists, academics, and enthusiasts to explore the dynamic world of contemporary street art. Established in 2011, Nuart Plus, the festival’s educatio...

NUART INTERNATIONAL STREET ART CONFERENCE
Full program now online
https://2024.nuartaberdeen.co.uk/category/program/

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Program Archives | Nuart Aberdeen 2024

Hera x Banksy:
Join us at the Lemon Tree for a street art double bill to kick off this year's festival.

Nuart Aberdeen 2024 starts with world-renowned festival artist Hera in conversation with cultural critic Carlo McCormick. Hera (Jasmin Siddiqui) has been travelling the world since 2001 painting large-scale murals, solo or as part of the duo Herakut. Aberdeen locals will fondly remember Herakut's iconic but now demolished mural on the façade of Aberdeen Market — an artwork that transformed the Granite City's "ugliest" and most-maligned concrete building. Although this mural and the building it adorned no longer exist, Hera's iconic work has become part of Aberdeen's local imagination and now forms part of the heritage associated with Nuart Aberdeen and this historic market site.
The evening will close with an exclusive UK Premiere of "Banksy and The Stolen Girl" with an introduction by Dr Enrico Bonadio.

Can a piece of street art express the feelings of an entire community and become the subject of a police chase? Yes, if it's by Banksy. In memory of the victims of the terrorist attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in 2015, Banksy covered a door of the building with a stencil that became known as "The Sad Girl." The artwork was brazenly stolen in the dead of night… but who stole it and why — and will it ever be found?

Terrific to see Nuart Alumni Peter Kennard getting some well deserved institutional gallery support, proving what we've know all along. That Peter is one of the UK's most important and relevant visual artists of his generation and foundational to street art practice.

Exhibition : Whitechapel Gallery. London
23 Jul - 12 Jan 2025

Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent
Peter Kennard (b. 1949, UK) is a London-based artist and activist, and Emeritus Professor of Political Art at the Royal College of Art.

Archive of Dissent marks one of the most extensive displays of Kennard’s work to date and has been specially conceived for Whitechapel Gallery. Taking over three galleries within the former Whitechapel Library space, the exhibition brings together work from across the artist’s prolific and influential five-decade career, offering an important repository of social and political history while illuminating an artistic practice that has continuously countered and protested the status quo.

Since the 1970s, Kennard has produced some of our most iconic and influential images of resistance and dissent. From the Vietnam War, Anti-Apartheid Movement, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and Stop the War Coalition campaigns in the 2000s, through to the present wars in Ukraine and Gaza and his ongoing commitment to environmental activism, Kennard has developed a unique visual practice that bridges art and politics for a broad range of audiences.

https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/peter-kennard-archive-of-dissent/

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Nuart Aberdeen 2024. June 6th-9th

“Living Heritage”
The Nuart family returns to the granite city for the 7th rendition of Nuart Aberdeen with a whole host of national and international street artists, graffiti writers and muralists. Supported by the Nuart Plus symposium hosting renowned academics, critics, industry professionals, writers, bloggers, photographers and creatives involved in producing and promoting all aspects of street art culture.
Catch artist talks, film screenings, street art tours, kids workshops, dj’s and much more during the opening weekend.
We look forwards to seeing a few of you there.





Our website is now live, and will be updated regularly, so please feel free to head to head over and have a look around - https://2024.nuartaberdeen.co.uk/

NUART 2024 ARTISTS

Addam Yekutieli aka Know Hope (IL/PS)
Bahia Shehab (LB/EG)
Case Maclaim (DE)
CBloxx (UK)
Hera (DE/PK)
KMG (SC - UK)
Mahn Kloix (FR)
Millo (IT)
Molly Hankinson (UK) .studio
Niels Shoe Meulman (NL)
Wasted Rita (PT)

Blek Le Rat
Our old friend and Nuart alumni Blek Le Rat's legacy and standing in street art culture was cemented decades ago. Friday's auction result at Phillips sees the rest of the art world finally catching up, 1.2 million kr smashing the high estimate and setting a new record for his work. Well done Blek, well deserved.

Unboxing. A piece of local and Nuart Street Art history. Destined for lving rooms around the world.
Martin Whatson & Sandra Chevrier "Lost in Transit"

F**K ART, LETS DANCE
Cementen. 20/04 or 420 maybe better. Tomorrow night, yours truly and Simon Harmer doing the math.

House is House.

F**K ART, LET`S DANCE // CEMENTEN

R.I.P Patti Astor

Sad to hear of the passing of Patti Astor, a huge inspiration for pretty much everything I've done in the world of street art and graffiti. I'd long harboured the idea of bringing Patti to Nuart, something we discussed together at length over the years but which sadly never came to fruition.

Patti Astor (1950-2024): A Cultural Icon of Downtown New York

Patti Astor, the legendary actress, artist, and cultural pioneer of New York’s downtown scene has died. She leaves behind a legacy that forever transformed the landscape of art, film, and hip-hop culture. She was 74 years old.

Born in Ohio in 1950, Astor emerged as a vibrant figure in the late 1970s, during the golden era of New York City’s underground art scene. With her magnetic personality and unyielding spirit, she became a central figure in the burgeoning street art movement, contributing to the vitality and creative energy of the Lower East Side.

Astor’s influence extended beyond the realm of visual art. In 1983, she made her mark in cinematic history with her role as “Virginia” in the seminal hip-hop film “Wild Style.” Her portrayal of a reporter covering graffiti artists helped capture the raw essence of urban culture and solidified her status as an icon of the downtown scene.

Beyond her on-screen presence, Astor played a pivotal role in elevating the voices of marginalized artists and performers. She co-founded the FUN Gallery in the East Village, providing a platform for graffiti artists and street performers to showcase their work at a time when their voices were often overlooked by the mainstream art world.

Through her life, Astor remained a tireless advocate for artistic freedom and expression. Her fearless pursuit of creativity and her unwavering commitment to pushing boundaries inspired countless individuals to embrace their own artistic visions and challenge social norms.

Patti Astor’s passing marks the end of an era, but her legacy will continue to reverberate through the streets of New York City and beyond. She will be remember only for her artistic achievements but also for her indomitable spirit and enduring impact on the cultural landscape of our world.

In the words of Patti Astor herself, “FUN is my weapon of choice.”
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DOLK
From the countries leading street artist to one of the most exciting new expressions in contemporary "painting".

For almost a decade, Andreas Dolk, Norway’s most recognised stencil artist, has been evolving a new style of artistic creation. Scan Magazine talks to the artist about his current obsession – artworks that transform the destructive power of a car crash into creations of energy.

https://scanmagazine.co.uk/andreas-dolk-on-creating-through-destruction/

FFans of Dolk (Andreas Hamran Færø)

LOST IN TRANSIT
Sandra Chevrier and Martin Whatson

RELEASE INFO
DATE : THURSDAY April 4th 2024, JEUDI 4 avril
TIME/HEURE: 1pm NYC time (5PM GMT)
LINK 7/LIEN

It has been almost ten years since Martin Whatson and I were invited to collaborate and create a temporary mural at Tou Scene during the Nuart Festival in Stavanger, Norway. Now, we have partnered with Graffiti Prints to produce a beautiful edition and multiple variations of this piece, titled “Lost in Transit,” which holds a remarkable story.

Nuart Festival commissioned artists Martin Whatson and Sandra Chevrier to collaborate and create a temporary indoor mural during the 2015 edition of the festival. Im guessing that everyone loved it because
In 2017, the festival commissioned the pair to recreate the mural, this time for a long-term purpose in the beautiful port of Stavanger. The people of the city and visitors from everywhere captured images of the mural and showed their love and appreciation for the artwork.

We decided to create an original canvas where the first version got “lost in transit” during shipment from Montreal to Norway. (Where the title came from!!)

And now, we have collaborated with our long-time partner Graffiti Prints to release a pretty cool screenprint.

TITLE: Lost in Transit
Martin Whatson & Sandra Chevrier

MAIN edition
Giclee print with a 18 Colour Screen Print On 330 Gsm somerset satin Paper

Check out the works here : https://graffitiprints.com/collections/new-releases

Sandra Chevrier Fans of Sandra Chevrier Fans of Martin Whatson Martin Martin Visit Region Stavanger

ISSUE VIII: INTANGIBLE
NUART JOURNAL CALL FOR PAPERS
DEADLINE: APRIL 30 2024

Street art and graffiti’s relationship with heritage has shifted dramatically in recent years. While earlier approaches were limited to considering vandalism at heritage sites, contemporary understandings position graffiti and street art as forms of alternative cultural heritage in and of themselves – with clear aesthetic, political, social and historical value. And as MacDowall (2019) points out, the proliferation of urban artforms on digital platforms have both accelerated and complicated this process of heritagisation.

We seek submissions that productively engage with the notion of street art and graffiti as forms of living heritage, and which critically consider the range of issues raised by the heritagisation of street art and graffiti and attempts to safeguard, document and archive, relocate, preserve and restore, and curate and manage these unruly forms of art.

Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2024

further details on https://nuartjournal.com/

""I became initiated into the way that the art world wields strategic snobbery to keep people out. And I think it's deliberate and I think it's unnecessary."

How the art world excludes you and what you can do about it First of all, can we stop using the word "liminal"? Bianca Bosker spent five years doing in-depth research for Get the Picture — an irreverent book about "strategic snobbery" in the art world.

An interesting case that relates a little to the post made yesterday and confirms the bubble of privilige and if not too unkind, ignorance, in the Norwegian art scene. It's like the global revolution in Street and Urban Art simply doesn't pe*****te into this world. Just a few quotes from the article....There is remarkably little to be found, although there is hardly any Norwegian contemporary artwork that has received more international media attention than this particular sculpture in recent years…. (Pøbel, Whatson, Dolk, Afk and many others).I still believe that it could have been positive for the field and society's involvement in the visual arts to discuss these basic questions, not least to investigate whether there isn't an untapped interest in art that could create new thinking... (hello, waves)

The closest we get to a movement with popular appeal is probably the contributions from the Waste Ombudsman... (hello, street art).It is not obvious that any rebellion of this kind will succeed in art genres other than architecture....(it already has)

https://www.norskebilledkunstnere.no/billedkunst/aktuelt/det-kommer-trolig-intet-nytt-figurativt-kunstoppror/

Alexander Zlatanos Ibsen Viktor Rakov Gjengaar Anna Serafima Svendsen Kvam Street Art Norway

«Det kommer trolig intet nytt figurativt kunstopprør» – Billedkunst Du har sikkert lest om Astri Tonoians avdukete Freya-skulptur For Our Sins, men har du sett noen kunstfaglig behandling av verket, spør Alexander Zlatanos Ibsen.

An interesting discussion taking place in Klassekampen regarding who gets to decide who receives visual arts funding and therefor define the direction of the field and what "good" art is.

The analogies with a car and football make sense in a kind of lowest common denominator defense, but fall apart quite quickly when given any serious thought. You wouldn't have a generic mechanic working on a ferrari for example, or doing body work, interiors or any specialist work, or for that matter working on the many other forms and modes of transport. As for football, this also takes many forms, from street football, a kick around or other serious forms of "play" involving a ball. The argument against art practioners having sole responsibility for decision making in visual arts funding is just this, that the field is now far broader than the narrow linear art historical narrative taught in art schools and now requires a different approach and skill set if the field is to be truly represented. Committee members for the distribution of Music funding for example, generally don't have degrees and masters in Music but are drawn from a much broader spectrum of the music "field" including users and industry professionals as well as performers.

To quote Banksy "Visual Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. We, the public, fill concert halls and cinemas every day. We read novels by the millions and buy records by the billions. We, the people, affect the making, the taste and the quality of our culture. The Art we look at, however, is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Not more than 5000 people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery or Art museum you are simply a tourist waving flags at a parade. A parade where the winner was decided without you"

Den store tålmodighets­prøven «Den store tålmodighets­prøven», kaller Anna Serafima Svendsen Kvam om å gjengkjenne kvalitet, enten det dreier seg om kunst, håndverk, idrett, formidling eller matlaging.

HANDMADE IN BETHLEHEM
By supporting these incredible women and purchasing their products, we are collectively taking action to build a brighter future where humanity shines.

Originally planned for a March launch, we've brought forward the release of our latest venture – The Bethlehem Project. In light of the current circumstances in Bethlehem, which has always relied on tourism, this initiative becomes vital. It aims to provide women with the means to support their families and communities during a time of horror and devastation.

The Bethlehem Project features ceramics adorned with hand-painted traditional Palestinian patterns that will aid women seeking refuge from the storms of war, violence, poverty, human trafficking, and oppression. We see these pieces as symbols of strength, hope, and the enduring power of love.

https://www.lovewelcomes.org/collections/the-bethlehem-project-ceramics

The Bethlehem Project Ceramics A creative social enterprise that helps refugee women begin to stitch their lives back together. Purchase beautiful products and support their journey of rebuilding. Shop with purpose, make a difference.

ART FOR GAZA
Round two of Art for Gaza is well underway, and we will present the artworks on auction at www.artforgaza.com.

All the artworks are donated by the artist in solidarity, and all the money from the auction go to the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center in Gaza, to provide fre prosthetic limbs to the thousands of people who have expreinced amputations during the israelli bombing.

Artist: Kaili Smith
Title: The Concert (Aunty Isa)
Medium: Screenprint on 310gsm German etching paper
Size: 90 x 70 cm
Edition: AP
Year: 2023

About the artist:
Kaili’s current work examines inner-city youth culture and family dynamic's, offering alternative perspectives through paintings and film. The work is influenced by his upbringing and experiences growing up.

www.artforgaza.com.

Website: www.kailismith.com
Instagram:

Elton John’s First Auction in 21 Years Has It All: Boots to Banksy.
Banksy Estimate : $1-$1,5mill
https://www.christies.com/auction/the-collection-of-sir-elton-john-opening-night-22050-nyr

A fascinating insight into his collection

NUART ALUMNI
A wonderful article on the remarkable Peter Kennard, an inspiration for both my thinking and art practice since being a young graduate in a mouse infested London basement living on noodles and cup a soups.

Some of you may recall his work for Nuart in Stavanger back in 2016.

https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/moving-images/peter-kennard/

Peter Kennard: the Canvas of Conscience In the dynamic interplay between art and activism, few figures have left as indelible a mark as Peter Kennard. His unique ability to meld aesthetic brilliance

BANKSY
Getting back to basics, no team, glamour, pr, photographesr. Just a simple hit on a road sign. You can take the art out of the street, but you can't take the street out of the art.

MASSIVE ATTACK
3D/Robert Del Naja's charity/solidarity print for Doctors withiout Borders. Perfect last minuite Xmas present. Available on the link below.

‘ceasefire’
59.4cm x 42cm
one colour screenprint on 350gsm colourplan paper
signed by the artist

£125 + vat & shipping / £400 + vat & shipping for set of 4

100% of profits will support the work of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (charity number: 1026588 ) emergency operations in Gaza and the West Bank.

production will start after the print sale ends on January 31st 2024. please allow up to 6-8 weeks for delivery

https://www.fire-sale.store/?

MY MODERN MET
German street artist Hera recently completed a 328-foot-long mural along a train platform in Stavanger, Norway.

Visit Region Stavanger GuideCompaniet Bane NOR Eiendom H&M Malerservice as Rosengren Bygg As Brian Tallman

Street Artist Captures the Spirit of Travel in Stunning Mural of a Backpack-Clad Girl For the artist, the piece speak to our inherent need to move about, whether freely or by force: "We all exist today, because our ancestors at some point either freely migrated to greener pastures, more fertile grounds, greater resources and safer living conditions, or were forcibly moved from one pl...

SWOON (US)
A symbolic day to see Swoon releasing a print of "Embrace", a work that has graced the streets of Stavanger since 2011. Unprecedented that a significant paper wheatepaste would last 12 years on the streets, testament to the public's respect for the work and the long lasting legacy that some of these works have.

Signed edition of 75
Archival Pigment Print on Moab Entrada with hand painted gouache highlights and watercolor wash

Swoon Studio SWOON'S SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA Visit Region Stavanger GuideCompaniet

https://swoonstudio.org/shop-1/embrace

We are all birds of migration, some with feathers, some without.

Detail : Hera of Herakut