URBAN NATION had the great honor to welcome the Cologne street artist Christian Böhmer in Berlin at the end of March. His trademarks are pictures and paintings of people, who carry a paperbag on the head. The paper bag is on the one hand a simple mask, but on the other hand an abstract means […]
The easter bunny comes a little bit earlier this year. Instead of long ears and hiding eggs, he has very long hair and hid some of his installations for URBAN NATION in the neighbourhood of our museum @ Bülowstraße Berlin. We meet Pappas Pärlor, one of the most famous street artist from Sweden, and ask […]
The british street artist Skeleton Cardboard came for a few days from London to Berlin. He created for URBAN NATION some art work close to the museum @ Bülowstraße and prettified the office of our director Yasha Young. We asked him a few question about his past, his work and his inspiration. Originally from / […]
Our Director Yasha Young spent the last few days in London at the 2018 Remix Summit in London bringing together pioneers from different industries to explore the future of creative cities, creative culture and economy. She was invited as one of the speakers as part of an incredible group of voices. Check the official website […]
~ Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo ~ Street Art and graffiti and their relatives often go inside these days, including in Mexico City, where we recently found some interesting new intersections between urban art and contemporary art when we wandered off the streets into studio, gallery, and even museum spaces. Here we’ll show you […]
Two weeks ago, the time finally arrived: Over the last couple of months performance- and concept artist Mia Florentine Weiss worked on her brand new neon sculpture “NOW”. This sculpture was finally erected and illuminated on the 21st of October in front of the Reichstag building. Later, it was transported on an open truck to […]