Oh the irony. Just before the year end, I showed you this piece of a tile showing up in Porto, which was completely destroyed and removed by the city council, apparently by being too offensive I suppose. Then, the artist moved on to part II, which was already intended for something else, but in this context suited better than before in this location. Brought to you thanks to the sharp eye in Porto of Miss K, the ”No tiles allowed” tile. Let’s see if they have reason to remove this one now.

A new piece by Alexandre Farto aka Vhils to end the year, which has been getting lot’s of feedback back on the facebook page. Vhils made this portrait of German chancellor Angela Merkel, leaving her with a third eye, a reference to the “eye of providence”  related to the latest Euro crisis, that’s been taking the news. One of his best pieces of the year, with the inclusion of several elements to the portrair rather than the usual etched face.

Another piece from Vhils again in Miami, this one with some days already.

Salão Coboi is a name I’ve been following for some time now, but still hadn’t had the chance to see their work live. They just had an exhibition which is still ongoing at Galeria Dama Aflita in collaboration with Round Square Collective. I just love their characters, and these sculptures really prove their terrific talent. Check the gallery and video inside.

If you have been following on the facebook page, this past weekend we went out to Covilhã to find the second event of WOOL fest coming to a start. Alexandro Farto aka Vhils arrived late Saturday night and immediately started working on his piece, laying out the lines for what would be a handfull of work next day. Trying to avoid the rain and the first signs of hard weather reaching Covilhã, his piece got laid out nicely on this huge wall of the city over the weekend. Pics and timelapse inside, thanks to Pedro Seixo Rodrigues.

After closely following part I of the work Add fuel to the fire has been doing, we both headed to Covilhã this past weekend to check the WOOL fest 2nd event. During that stay, Add fuel to the fire headed to the streets to leave 3 new pieces for the people of Covilhã. Check the pics and great video of the whole process inside.

Vhils has been producing a lot in the past days, with new pieces showing up faster than ever. This one is in Miami.

The WOOL festival has finished it’s first event, with the ARM collective spending some days in Covilhã painting night and day. Locals would stop by everyday to enjoy the developing of the main piece. They have taken in to account the surrounding church when painting their main piece, and that is visible by the illusion of tiles (Portuguese azulejo) used to blend in with the church’s near façade. Along the side walls, there’s also visible some small annotations, lost like a treasure map with small words of sayings and ways to pronounce words in Covilhã. All in all, probably the best ARM collective work I’ve seen so far and the best way to kick off a festival. All pics have been taken by Pedro Seixo Rodrigues, one of the mentors of the project. Enjoy…

NuArt festival has been putting up events yearly with huge quality artists, and this year is no exception. Dan Witz, David Choe, Herbert Baglione, Lucy McClauchlan, Dolk, Herakut, Tellas, Escif, Hyuro, Phlegm, DVS1 and of course Alexandre Farto aka Vhils, were part of this year lineup. Vhils has left two new pieces in Stavanger, Norway, with a darker side showing on these new works.

Experimenta Design kicked off last week and it was great to see akaCorleone‘s work exhibited for the JOIO collective show. His piece starts with the line “What yesterday was high technology, today is a pyramid of garbage”. Check the gallery and info inside.