2022 can be resumed as a series of unexpected and messy occurrences in the art world. Society finally went back to normal after two years of pandemic and post-pandemic sequels, but with numerous war conflicts and inflation rates increasing more than ever at rapid pace, the art world has somehow maintained its essence and own… Read more » Continue reading
With galleries filling up with fresh proposals to commence fall, September represents in art the beginning of a new exhibition season. In other creative disciplines, it is nor any different, this is the case of the fashion industry. This month is widely known as the moment of celebration of Fashion Week in the big four:… Read more » Continue reading
Once a year, the dry landscape of the Nevada desert becomes an ephemeral city. More than 70.000 people settle during a week and become witnesses of the construction and destruction of Black Rock City, a place that explores the limits of the creative human mind. Full of artistic installations and performances, this year’s art… Read more » Continue reading
A new space with a lot of art has opened its doors in Madrid. A tablao for the bravest and most daring that presents a new look at flamenco, a classic and at the same time transgressive look, with contemporary elements that at the same time respect the flamenco tradition. A tablao 2.0 based on… Read more » Continue reading
The start of September marks the ending of the summer vacations, the return to the routine, setting the alarm clock to get up early again… But it’s not all bad news because September is also the start of a new exhibition season. Galleries fill up with fresh proposals to welcome autumn, and cities like Barcelona… Read more » Continue reading
En 2021 UVNT tuvo el privilegio de contar con los Premios de Adquisición y Producción como novedad, la participación de la Colección SOLO, la Colección MER, Casa de Indias, Montresso*Art Foundation y la Fundación Nadine marcaron una edición que puso en valor la producción creativa y la trayectoria de los galardonados. Este año, en UVNT… Read more » Continue reading
“A Contemporary Art current in which landscape and artwork are closely linked and which uses materials from nature such as wood, earth, stones, sand, rocks, fire, water… for its intervention”. This is the definition of Land Art, this artistic hybrid that mixes sculpture and landscape architecture for its public art creations. We review through this definition… Read more » Continue reading
For the first time in Urvanity’s history, our fair featured the Urvanity 2021 Acquisition and Residency Awards. In a pursuit to strengthen support for New Contemporary Art, we teamed up with some of the best international art Collections and Foundations, who gave the awards among the participating artists. We wanted to take this opportunity… Read more » Continue reading
Again this year, Urvanity has been filled with artists that were presented at the fair for the first time, emerging and established artists, that have now become part of our universe. We take a walk among the twenty-seven participating galleries this year to discover some of the works of the artists who have surprised us… Read more » Continue reading
Urvanity LAB has a new home: our latest creative laboratory has moved to the El Corte Inglés in Arapiles, in the Chamberí district of Madrid. Under the guidelines of the decorator and interior designer Lázaro Rosa Violán, the new outlet centre for leading brands in Arapiles has become an urban and ground-breaking space with… Read more » Continue reading
Urvanity, now in its fifth edition, from May 27th to 30th at the COAM in Madrid, has consolidated its position as the meeting place for New Contemporary Art. This year, for the first time, the fair presents the Urvanity 2021 Acquisition and Residency Awards for the artists participating in this edition, together with some of… Read more » Continue reading
Attention artists! The Madrid City Council and Foro de Empresas por Madrid are launching today the urban art contest in Colonia Marconi, in Villaverde (Madrid) for national and international artists. Here we tell you everything about it! What is the contest about? The Madrid City Council, through the Área de Gobierno de Economía, Innovación y Empleo and… Read more » Continue reading
The Urvanity team has reviewed some of the 2020 favorite murals. Some of them have been chosen for the message, others for the technique, others for pure aesthetics, color and beauty and others for the promise of what these artists will soon have to say. Nelio, Broken Fingaz, Daniel Muñoz, Gleo, Eltono… are some of the… Read more » Continue reading
Kaws, Aryz, Banksy, Waone Interesni Kazki… We go through some of the greatest book launches of these last months and we will give you a preview of the last publishing news to be released in 2021. Take note to update your book collection and make sure you write them down in this year gift list!… Read more » Continue reading
One of the brightest lights shining in the world of street art faded away last Thursday, November 19. Tamara Djurovic, known as Hyuro (1974 – 2020), died in Valencia last week after a year fighting against an illness that, although at times seemed to give her a break, ended up taking her away without even… Read more » Continue reading
And no, we don’t mean outer space. No constellations, no planets. We are talking about the public, the private, the space in general: about art in the city. Museums, soccer stadiums, restaurants, zebra crossings or tunnels for pedestrians. The city bows down to the artists in order to value their work in the public (and… Read more » Continue reading
We’ve already talked about the project Change Is A Team Sport. But this time we would like to present you a part we’ve not covered yet. Change is a Team Sport is a project based entirely on the principal of teamwork, of meeting and working together with other people, of exchange, of interpersonal interaction. But… Read more » Continue reading
Asalto Festival in Zaragoza, Rexenera in Galicia and Parees in Oviedo are the three flagship festivals of muralism and art in the public space in Spain. Artists such as Aryz, Case Maclaim, Lidia Cao or Bosolleti have left their trace at Rexenera, representing the urban scene from Galician to international artists and putting Carballo (A… Read more » Continue reading
From Paris to Barcelona and from Hamburg to Tokyo we go on a summer tour through some of the most refreshing exhibitions by following some of our favorite artists: Zest, Miss Van, Ana Barriga, Invader or Javier Calleja. Lets face the heat immersing ourselves into some art! Joan Cornellà At Galerie Arts Factory (Paris)… Read more » Continue reading
A project curated by Urvanity Projects and B-Murals for adidas Originals. Artistic freedom, creativity, collective work, pieces made for exhibitions, artistic interventions… A collective project of Urban Art, but above all, great teamwork. Thanks to the team involved in the project and everybody who participated, Change is a Team Sport comes to an end with the… Read more » Continue reading
A project commissioned by Urvanity and B.Murals. During the months of March, April and May, when the world seemed to be on pause, something was still cooking in Barcelona. In fact, it started some weeks before the lockdown and during this period, it stayed alive. We are talking about “Change is a Team Sport”, a… Read more » Continue reading
Quarantine has had us all glued into our phones and screens. At least during these months, our way of seeing and buying art has changed, and galleries have taken advantage of this period of confinement to renew and tune up. Now, while seating in our couch we can virtually visit and get immerse into the… Read more » Continue reading
Last Friday June 5th we celebrated World Environment Day. This has been the date chosen by the United Nations to -year after year- promote awareness and action for the protection and caring of our planet through pushing politicians and organizations to focus their fight on this common goal that also takes part through individual actions… Read more » Continue reading
In the past few years, we got used to seeing every week a bunch of freshly new painted walls by artists on the social media. Bali, New Dehli, Buenos Aires or LA… the most remote cities are the perfect frame for these large scale artworks. But these last months have been different. A lot of… Read more » Continue reading
In the recent months it seems that the world has stopped. It has pressed the pause key and has left us halfway. Halfway of our professional projects, halfway of our planned trips, halfway of those wines with friends. Halfway of what was to come. But creativity doesn’t stop and the desire of the artists to… Read more » Continue reading
It’s when facing big crises, when society tends to show its most creative side. That capacity to renovate and adapt to new ways of using everyday tools and media. That’s precisely what happened during these days, where most of us are in quarantine: artists, galleries and other artistic and cultural agents who have seen their… Read more » Continue reading
2019 ha estado lleno de arte y muros y os lo hemos ido enseñando en nuestras redes día a día. Aquí os dejamos con una selección de nuestros favoritos del año. Continue reading
La semana pasada estuvimos en Miami visitando algunas de las mejores ferias de arte contemporáneo a nivel internacional. Art Basel Miami, Untitled Art Fair, Scope Art, New Art Dealers Alliances – NADA Miami, Pulse, Design Miami o Art Miami y Context Art fueron algunas de las que recorrimos además de numerosos aperturas especiales de museos y… Read more » Continue reading
En pleno corazón de Miami, en el barrio de Wynwood conocido mundialmente por sus paredes plagadas de graffitis y piezas de Street art, se encuentra Wynwood Walls: el primer museo al aire libre de arte urbano. Inaugurado en 2009 por Tony Goldman, uno de los mayores inversores en bienes raíces de Estados Unidos, es hoy un… Read more » Continue reading
Llega a la galería milanesa Antonio Colombo la exposición ‘Almas de acero’ comisariada por Francesca Luzzana y Federico Stanzani desarrollada en torno a 15 bicicletas icónicas que gracias a sus soluciones tecnológicas a lo largo de la historia han marcado la evolución de ciclismo moderno y contemporáneo del 1919 a 2019. Numerosos objetos, documentos y videos… Read more » Continue reading
Okuda & Remed juntos en París La galería parisina Adda & Sarto acaba de inaugurar una exposición en colaboración entre dos artistas y además amigos: Okuda San Miguel y Remed. Se conocieron en los 2000, uno de Santander y el otro francés de Lille, pero fue Madrid la ciudad que les adoptó y donde cada… Read more » Continue reading