We've been unabashed fans of JR's for years, but this latest project, shot in the favelas of Rio is our favorite. The manner in which the photographs blend in with the landscape is absolutely stunning.

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Artist: JAYBO

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“71% of adults used to play on the streets when they were young. 21% of children do so now. Are we designing children and play out of the public realm?

This project is a study into different ways of bringing play back into public space. It focuses on ways of incorporating incidental play in the public realm by not so much as having separate play equipment that dictates the users but by using existing furniture and architectural elements that indicate playful behaviour for all.

It asks us to question the current framework for public space and whether it is sufficient while also giving permission for young people to play in public.

Play as you go…” Bruno Taylor."

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From AFP:

"GENEVA (AFP) — A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum said Monday.

The art work, titled "Complex Shit", is the size of a house. The wind carried it 200 metres (yards) from the Paul Klee Centre in Berne before it fell back to Earth in the grounds of a children's home, said museum director Juri Steiner.

The inflatable turd broke the window at the children's home when it blew away on the night of July 31, Steiner said. The art work has a safety system which normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.

Steiner said McCarthy had not yet been contacted and the museum was not sure if the piece would be put back on display."

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You can see more of WIlliam's work here.

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As part of his talk at the Tate Modern a few weeks back, London based artist Rough showed a short film that he put together of UK based graffiti. You can watch it below:

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From Ironic Sans:

Bunge Grain complex in Quebec City is made up of 81 individual silos 30 meters tall. In celebration of Quebec’s 400th Anniversary, artist Robert Lepage used the complex as a screen for an incredible site-specific motion picture called The Image Mill. The film tells the story of Quebec’s 400 years through video, pictures, and sound. I expected a cheesy patriotic movie. But what I saw was subtle and elegant. The video, which shows 10 minutes of the 40 minute film, gives a good idea of what the movie was like. It shows how Lepage made innovative use of the contours of the silos, turning them into bullets, candles, a printing press, cigarettes, etc, and how he turned the entire complex into other kinds of buildings completely, such as a factory and an airport.

ABOVE: SOUTH CENTRAL TOUR (PART 2) from ABOVE on Vimeo.

From Above:

"From time to time I like to take a break from being so serious and just mix things up and get loose! This abstract, and very fun style is a good example. The intense color combinations, shapes and loose free flowing lines make your eyes move around a lot and mix the colorful forms. -Mexico City, Mexico"

ABOVE: SOUTH CENTRAL TOUR (PART 2) from ABOVE on Vimeo. From Above: "From time to time I like to take a break from being so serious and just mix things up and get loose! This abstract, and very fun style is a good example. The intense color combinations, shapes and loose free flowing lines make your eyes move around a lot and mix the colorful forms. -Mexico City, Mexico"...

Artist: Rems182

Artist: Rems182...