We are pleased to partner with the ROSE BETON Festival in Toulouse (FR), curated by la Mairie de Toulouse and the 50Cinq. The second edition of the festival is paying tribute to Graffiti, with a selection of 14 international artists.

Le Château d’Eau will be showcasing an historical flashback on the New York graffiti scene with pictures from legendary Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, while French photographer Sylvain Largot will be presenting his snapshots from the current underground scene.

Works by Futura , Craig Costello, Tilt, Mist and Boris Tellegen will take over the Musee des Abattoirs with impressive installations.

In parallel, international artists will be painting a series of murals across town including Ben Eine, Miss Van, Hendrik Beikrich, Honet, Reso and Aryz.

To finish this incredible line up the week end of 11 -12 June will be celebrated with the Open Summer Festival (covered) and a graffiti jam featuring 20 artists from the local and European scene that will take over the space at the 50cinq as well as walls across the pink city.

Participating artists include: Logan, Zeus, Pencil, Opium, Dizer, Katre , Aroe, Sike, Jober, Poes, Wow, Maye, Ofuske, Demon, Satone, Nes, Rokse, Orcke, Toncé, Macs, Oster, Eps, Stus, Padre, Atom, Panks, Redy, Stop, Ja, Reks, Oko, SweetUno, Seno, Mile, Corail, Momies, Zest.

Check the full programme below:

ROSE BETON – TOULOUSE (FR)
June – August 2016

Photographies – Chateau D’Eau
Martha Cooper / Henri Chalfant/ Sylvain Largot
2 June – 27 June / Opening 10 June

EPOXY Exhibition at Les Abattoirs
Futura / Craig Costello / Tilt / Mist / Boris Tellegen
15 June – 28 August / Opening 10 June

Open Summer Festival – 50cinq
11 – 12 June 2016

Curated by Tilt, this year’s Rose Beton Festival in Toulouse is dedicated to the roots of graffiti and specially New York.

So to kick start the three months festival in the pink city, a photographic exhibition held at the oldest art space for photography, Chateau d’Eau retraces iconic moments from the NY subway trains and graffiti scene with legendary graffiti photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant.

Both had a very different approach when documenting the scene. Martha Cooper was interested in the overall scene as well as the context, while Henry Chalfant focussed on the graffiti itself.

On the lower ground floor a 15 meters wide installation showcases for the first time all the trains photographed by Henry Chalfant.

In parallel the exhibition also presents works by Sylvain Largot focussing on illegal graffiti.

View the full set of pics here

Photographies – Chateau D’Eau
Martha Cooper / Henri Chalfant/ Sylvain Largot
Until 27 June 2016

ROSE BETON FESTIVAL
Until August 2016

French artists POES and JO BER just completd this new mural for the ROSE BETON Festival in Toulouse, Southern France. They continue their collaboration like they recently did in Marrakech (covered) with a playful storyline about the Epic of Gilgamesh and his perilous journey to discover the secret of eternal life.

View the full set of pics from Rose Beton Festival here

Miss Van is back to Toulouse with a new mural for the Rose Beton Festival (covered here).

‘La symphonie des songes’ mural features her signature sensual female character in a dreamlike landscape playing with colourful folklore masks from various continents, transporting us from China to Latin America.

If you are in Toulouse, you can view it on 5 rue du Pont de Tounis

Photo credit: Butterfly, Benjamin BigAddict Roudet and @juliemorize

View the full set of pics of the festival here

ROSE BETON FESTIVAL
Until end of August 2016

UK artist Ben Eine recently created a new mural with his signature font on one of the walls of the Universite Paul Sabatier in Toulouse for the Rose Beton Festival. The colourful mural stating ‘STORYTELLING’ is already the favorite amongst the students.

Check the pics of the work in progress.

View the full set of pics here

ROSE BETON FESTIVAL
Until 28 August 2016
Toulouse