Mural Art
Amelia Earhart’s Derry landing celebrated in art
A mural celebrating Londonderry’s place in aviation history has been unveiled during a four-day street art festival in the city.
The Amelia Earhart artwork – thought to be Northern Ireland’s tallest mural – can be seen on the side of the North West Regional College’s Foyle building.
It’s the work of North Carolina street artist Jeks, one of a number of artists in Derry for the Get Up Street Art Festival, which is featuring as part of the Foyle Maritime Festival programme.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99wkv7z2d0o.amp
Global Street Art, the UK’s largest and leading mural-painting organisation, has unveiled a stunning new 286m² portrait of Rembrandt at 100 Mare Street, to announce the forthcoming London Mural Festival 2024, which touches down in August of next year.
Global Street Art was responsible for the first (and fully socially-distanced) London Mural Festival in 2020 during the height of covid-19, which saw over 200 artists paint across 75 different sites in 13 London Boroughs.
Read More: https://www.lbbonline.com/news/wide-eyed-mural-unveiled-as-london-mural-festival-is-announced
