Niels “Shoe” Meulman. Shoe’s Black Book: Graffiti in the 1980s. 2025 There are black books that function as polished archives, and then there are black books that still feel alive—creased at the edges, unstable, carrying the residue of graffiti movement, […]
Alan Ket (KET). Urban Art Legends. 2016 Urban Art Legends is a concise, image-driven survey of artists who helped propel graffiti and street art from subcultural practice to global cultural presence. Written by Alan Ket—known professionally as KET, a longtime […]
As part of the “Cohesion in Diversity” event day, the URBAN NATION Museum in Berlin is hosting a special program. Under the title “Cityscapes and Communities: A Tour Through the Global Street Art Movement,” four free guided tours will be […]
Monumental Graffiti: Tracing Public Art and Resistance in the City. Rafael Schacter. 2024 In Monumental Graffiti: Tracing Public Art and Resistance in the City, Rafael Schacter proposes a reconsideration of monumentality through the lens of graffiti and street-based practices. Rather […]
May 17, 2026, 2–4 PMURBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstr. 7, 10783 BerlinFree admission, no registration required Urban Sketch Circle: Letters & Beats with Dejoe and Planet 256 In this special workshop for International Museum Day, you’ll dive into the world of […]
Stay Melty. Buff Monster. 2001 Stay Melty is a vibrant and comprehensive chronicle of Buff Monster’s world—a visual universe that has grown from his early wheatpastes and stickers in Los Angeles to large-scale murals, collectible toys, and fine art editions […]
Street Art World. Alison Young. 2016 In Street Art World, criminologist and cultural theorist Alison Young brings two decades of field research and observation to one of the most visible, contested, and misunderstood forms of contemporary art. Published by Reaktion […]
In diesem Jahr lädt der HipHopHub der Stiftung Berliner Leben zum beliebten FrühlingsCamp ein! Vom 7. bis 10. April 2026, jeweils von 10:30 bis 15:30 Uhr, erwartet Kinder und Jugendliche im Alter von 8 bis 13 Jahren eine kreative Ferienwoche voller Musik, Bewegung und Gemeinschaft.
The Martha Cooper Library invites the public to a discussion and book presentation about the project “Behind the Wall – Graffiti Art for the “Grüne Aue”” on March 13, 2026, at the URBAN NATION Museum.
Supply & Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey. Shepard Fairey. 2006 Nearly two decades before street art was broadly accepted by major institutions or auction houses, Shepard Fairey assembled his own retrospective in book form. Supply & Demand: The Art […]
Thomas “TOMSTA” Leichum (*1981, Vienna) showed a strong interest in drawing and painting from an early age. In the late 1990s, he discovered the spray can as a medium, which he has continued to work with ever since. A central
Planet 256 is an established part of Berlin’s urban art scene, known for his powerful characters and highly detailed styles. For many years he has been combining classic graffiti writing with illustrative influences, developing his very own visual cosmos. His
Sinan Dur was born in Berlin-Spandau and has been active as a graffiti and street art artist since the mid-1990s. His style is shaped by classic urban art, façade works, and international projects, including in Berlin and Istanbul. In addition
DXTR is a visual artist and illustrator based in Berlin. His work straddles the boundaries between street art, graphic design, and painting.
At the corner of Bülowstraße/Zietenstraße, just across the street from the URBAN NATION Museum, you can find a new attraction in Schöneberg: The ONE WALL by Roberto Rivadeneira. With references to abstraction and cubism, the mural ties in stylistically with […]
With his largest mural to date, Berlin artist Stohead calls for reflection on social values with his ONE WALL. Stylistically, the latest ONE WALL by the URBAN NATION Museum ties in with various art historical influences, iconic typefaces and Stohead’s […]
After a two-week renovation phase, the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART opened its doors on September 27th with a brand new exhibition curated by director Yasha Young. But not only that, also the worldwide unique Artist in Residence […]
