Street Art

Ten Years of the Open-Air Museum: The Crystal Ship Turns Ostend Into a Living Canvas

May 16, 2026 5 min read Street Art

For a decade, The Crystal Ship has transformed the Belgian coastal city of Ostend into a permanent open-air museum — with over 100 murals, works by JR, ROA, and more, curated by actor Matthias Schoenaerts.

Vanitas in the Pantheon: How a Street Artist Brought Memento Mori to a National Sanctuary

May 16, 2026 6 min read Street Art

Inside the central rotunda of Lisbon's National Pantheon, Spanish artist Aryz installed a monumental diptych that reimagines the 17th-century vanitas tradition through the saturated colours and monumental scale of contemporary street art.