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K.E.L.P. Spreads His Style Far and Wide: Street Art from South America to Europe

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K.E.L.P. stands for Kultura En La Pared (Kulture On The Wall). This Chilean Graffiti artist shares his process in pictures.  More »

Graffiti Mundo: Street Art for the People in Buenos Aires

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While the art scene worldwide is getting more elitist as time goes on, this is art by and for the people of Buenos Aires.   More »

Fireworks on Sydney Harbour on New Year’s Eve

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Liv Hambrett was right on Sydney Harbour for New Year's Eve and the fireworks to ring in the New Year.  More »

Eye Catching Street Art From Six Populated Continents

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Street art and graffiti are a world culture that show more what we have in common than what our differences are.  More »

Paris’ Surprising Street Art

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Mosko have been spray painting their colourful animals on drab walls since the early 90s. The 19th and 20th Arrondissements are particularly popular w  More »

Bogota’s Banksy? Political Graffiti from Colombia’s Capital

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Just blocks from where the Conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada decided to rest and let his horses drink from the brook in 1538, one can find some   More »

A Case of the Meat Sweats in Montevideo, Uruguay

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On a trip to the Uruguayan capital, Matador Trips editor Hal Amen gets coated in airborne animal fat and sausage grease.  More »

Views from the Top of the World at the Lebua Luxury Hotel, Bangkok

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The Sirocco sits out like a bird nest 64 floors above the hectic streets of Bangkok. You can pick your poison from among their specialty bars while e  More »

Thailand’s Loy Krathong Comes but Once a Lunar Year

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Chiang Mai is host to some of the most spectacular festivities in Thailand, where thousands of sky lanterns and fireworks fill the air in the days sur  More »

Royal de Luxe’s Giants Take Berlin

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The massive and astounding marionettes came to Berlin in a program called "The Berlin Reunion", a series of eight walks set to commemorate German Reun  More »

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