Text / Stéphanie Lemoine Since the end of the 90s, artivism has deeply renewed political activism, and with it art in the public space… Street art is often depicted as the commercial and mainstream side of graffiti. However, many street artists claim a subversive and...

Text / Élodie Cabrera What if Instagram was the new public space? From the start, urban artists have taken hold of this gigantic agora dedicated to image sharing. In one decade only, this social network has become a ready for use Swiss knife, all at once a social...

Texte / Elodie Cabrera Each year more numerous, festivals reflect the enthusiasm of the audience, the cities and sometimes museums for urban art. Large or small scale, located in the heart of the city or in the outskirts, they have spread all over the world and...

Text / Elodie Cabrera Traditional by essence and subversive by nature, tattoos are a distinctive feature of marginal and exotic populations. It spread in every alternative community. Prisoners, whores, gangs, skaters, bikers, rap music singers, graffiti writers… Many...

Text / Elodie Cabrera Something is brewing behind the scenes of urban art. Several residency programs initiated by public and private actors have recently opened their doors, along with new prizes dedicated to this art form “born in the street”. A good thing for the...

Text / Emmanuelle Dreyfus Discreet or exuberant, feminine or androgynous, vandal or famous, women from graffiti and street art did not wait for permission to take the street and break the codes of a predominantly male art form without making a fuss. Each inspired by a...

Text / Aruallan At a time when French independent artist collectives are dying of hyper-precariousness, a 19th-century convent and its adjoining textile factory standing at the edge of the Spanish Pyrenees has become the home of artists who, for the past 25 years,...

Text / Emmanuelle Dreyfus Festivals, occupations of wastelands, local policies and mediation initiatives not only contribute to urban life but become strong arguments for mayors new battle horse: territorial marketing. Between communication campaign, politicization...