Category Archives: Festival

Crystal Ship : New murals by Telmo & Miel (NL) in Belgium

April 15, 2018 butterfly

For this year’s edition of the Crystal Ship Festival Dutch duo Telmo Miel created two murals in Ostend, Belgium. Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann are the names behind Telmo Miel artistic duo, based in Rotterdam.

We last saw them in London in October 2017 during their Thinkspace exhibition at Moniker Art Fair ( covered), so we were pleased to see them in the streets of Ostend.

Combining multiple elements in a single composition, they layer references to the human and animal worlds to create complex creatures and fantastic scenario.
For the festival Telmo Miel painted a matching series called ‘Welcome’. Playing with the curved architecture, they painted a girl with an umbrella with a little monkey on her shoulder. The first version is under the rain while the mirrored version is under the sun.

View the full set of pics here

Check our full coverage on the Crystal Ship here

Festival

The Crystal Ship 2018 – Part I

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We have arrived on the city by the sea in Ostend, Belgium and participating artists to the third edition of the The Crystal Ship ( see line up here) are busy working on their murals and installations across the city.

So here is a first recap of the walls in progress and installations we have seen so far:

Ben Slow (UK)

Telmo & Miel (NL)

A Squid Called Sebastian (B)

Colectivo Licuado (URU)

Dourone (FR) (See our interview here)

Etam Cru (PL)

Gaia (US)

Icy & Sot (IR)

Jaune (B)

Joachim (B)

Matthew Dawn (B)

Milu Correch (AR)

Oak Oak (FR)

Wasp Elder (UK)

View all the locations of the Crystal Ship on a map of Ostend HERE

The official opening starts on 7 April at Monacoplein from 2pm
Come back again soon for further updates on the Festival

Festival, Ostend

The Crystal Ship 2018 in Ostend (BE)

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The Crystal Ship is a contemporary art festival bringing art to the seaside in Ostend, Belgium.
For its third edition over fifteen international artists will create large scale murals and art installations using the City by the Sea as their canvas. The new artworks will be added to the existing fifty murals and interventions visible through the city, making it the biggest mural festival in Europe.

The official opening will take place on 7th April 2018 in Monacoplein, Ostend

2018 Participating artists include:
A Squid Called Sebastian (B) – Ben Slow (UK) – Colectivo Licuado (URU) – Dourone (FR) – Etam Cru (PL) – Gaia (US) – Icy & Sot (IR) – Jaune (B) – Joachim (B) – Johannes Verschaeve (B) – Matthew Dawn (B) – Milu Correch (AR) – Oak Oak (FR) – Telmo & Miel (NL) – Wasp Elder (UK) – Zoer x Velvet (FR)

Here are some pics of the 2018 invited artists we’ve met across our travels:

Gaia

Etam Cru

Ben Slow

Icy & Sot

Jaune

Wasp Elder

Butterfly Art News will be reporting live from Ostend in Belgium on the new murals and present exclusive interviews from participating artists.

So stay tuned for more details coming soon…

The Crystal Ship
7-8 April 2018
Monacoplein
8400 Ostend, Belgium

Berlin, Festival, streets

Berlin: ‘UNSTOPPABLE’ Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art

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Urban Nation

After several years in the making, the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART will open its doors to the public on 16 September 2017. The Museum is literally ‘UNSTOPPABLE’ ,not even by the police…

This center for exhibitions, research and exchange on urban art is unique in the world. For the inaugural exhibition, a team of ten curators led by executive creative director Yasha Young selected some 150 leading artists to create exclusive artworks for URBAN NATION. They include outstanding international figures such as Shephard Fairey, Vhils, Nick Walker, Sandra Chevrier, Know Hope.

On the opening weekend, Bülowstrasse will be transformed into an open-air art gallery with an extensive program featuring live painting and performances by renowned artists like Blek Le Rat, Zezao, Olek, Herakut or Mademoiselle Maurice. workshops, show acts and much, much more.

The neighbouring streets are buzzing with new street art and installations for the upcoming Art Mile and open air festival during the inaugurational week end. We caught up with some international artists while they were painting new murals during the countdown of the Grand Opening.

Mademoiselle Maurice

Isaac Cordal

James Bullough

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Zezao
Zezao

Blek Le Rat

Tank Patrol

Louis Massai
Louis Masai

David De La Mano

Stay tuned for our coverage of the opening!

URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART
Bülowstrasse 7, 10783 Berlin-Schöneberg
Opening weekend:
16 September 2017, 7 pm to 10 pm
17 September, 10 am to 6 pm