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Bratislava Street Art
Bratislava has a surprising amount of street art and I am not talking about graffiti. Yes, there is a difference between street art and graffiti. Street art is constructive, asks important questions, it takes a fair amount of skill and exists for its audience. Graffiti, on the other hand, is destructive and self-centred. Street art can be an important creative outlet for local artists...
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Street Art in Istanbul
Once a year the Mural Istanbul Festival invites both local and international street artists to put up huge murals on the side of buildings, transforming the neighbourhood of Kadikoy into an outdoor street art gallery. What was great about this festival is that it brought me out to explore parts of the neighbourhood that I have never been to before with the added surprise...
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Berlin Street Art
For my stay in Berlin, I rented a flat that I had found on Airbnb. It belonged to an artist and happened to be my best Airbnb stay ever. The apartment was also the artist’s studio so there were paintings, statues and drawings everywhere. The bathtub was large and deep enough to swim in – no kidding – and the apartment had plenty of...
