Not more than two weeks ago, Btoy was the 3rd artist to be invited for the WOOL festival in Covilhã. Btoy is a female artist from Barcelona that works mainly on stencil. I’ve had the chance to see her working in Barcelona before, and was happy to see her work again 4 years later and this time in Portugal. Along with her was artist Uriginal, who I’ve left some flicks here as well. Besides painting the main wall, Btoy had time to do a weekend workshop with locals, and paste up some posters in town. Check it all inside, with pics from Pedro Seixo Rodrigues mixed with some of my own. Enjoy.

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.

Krypton Gallery just hosted a small show from Tosco & Fossil, by the name of “STOPMUNDO”. The space gallery suits perfectly for the large walls it provides, specially for graffiti artists as is the case. Check the gallery and video inside.

Montana Shop & Gallery is still holding an exhibition by Bordalo II entitled “Tornar o banal original” (Making the trivial original). Bordalo II blends in trashed objects with the paintings, where you can see behind the layers of ink a whole side of a car, a fire extinguisher or a tricycle splattered amongst vivid colors on the canvas. Check the gallery inside.

“Run n tell that” is the latest solo show from Mr. Phomer still showing at Waves & Woods, Lisboa, with his “everyday life (de)motivational posters”. Catch a glimpse of what you can find visiting the shop.

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…

The Underdogs are back, and this time to Maus Hábitos, in the city of Porto. This edition was composed by the usual artists Alexandre Farto aka Vhils, ±MaisMenos, ARM collective & Sphiza and special guests Mr. Dheo & Oker. Being up north, Miss K was kind enough to attend the inauguration and shoot some flicks from the night.

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.

Pedro Matos latest show “Ephemera” at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco is now live. A great body of work presented on his new solo show, which you can check inside, plus the presence of artists like Antony Lister, Ben Frost & Eine at the inauguration.

FABRICK P-01 is still on at Fábrica Braço de Prata, with the artists André Fernandes Trindade, Another, Ayer, Bonus, Frame01, Hesp, João Raul, Lg, Minimalanimal, Pluz & Skran. I gave a quick jump on the inauguration day, and will leave you with a very small sample of the pieces you can find inside.