The NuArt Festival is an annual Street Art festival traditionally held in September, in Stavanger (Norway), since 2001. Many associated artworks can be found in Stavanger, at Utsira and in Oslo. Since 2017, there is also a NuArt Festival in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Artwork on the side of the Aberdeen Market
Unicorn by Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo (BordaloII) at NuArt Festival Aberdeen (2018)

The not for profit event is purely dedicated to street art, in all its forms. It is one of the oldest official "street art" festivals in the world and invites many national- and international artists. The pieces are permanent (and legal) installations in the city landscape.

Nuart consists of a series of citywide exhibitions, events, performances, interventions, debates & workshops surrounding current trends and movements in street art.

Nuart Plus is an associated industry and academic symposium dedicated to street art.

Nuart RAD is an associated, local government initiated street-art project in Oslo.

Exhibits

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In Aberdeen, a large mural was painted on the exterior of the Aberdeen Market in 2017.[1]

The festival was due to take place in Aberdeen in May 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It returned in 2021, but some elements couldn't take place, such as guided group tours.[3] Artwork included "the largest paste-up wall in the world".[4] In 2022, the festival returned in a full capacity, along with free walking tours.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Beattie, Kieran (28 July 2018). "Calls for Nuart 'signature piece' to be saved in proposed Indoor Market refurbishment". Press and Journal. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ Ritchie, Kyle (10 May 2021). "North-east street art festival set to return". Grampian Online. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ Ollerova, Danica (23 July 2021). "Nuart update: Bonus balloon art by Fanakapan plus plans for the world's largest paste-up wall". Evening Express. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ Ollerova, Danica (6 August 2021). "Nuart Aberdeen 2021 hailed a huge success - and set to return next year". Evening Express. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Eye-catching Nuart street art festival returns to Aberdeen". BBC News. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. ^ "NuArt Website". Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  7. ^ Region Stavanger, with some photos
  8. ^ "SplitCity Magazine". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Visit Norway (in English)". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  10. ^ "NuArt Aberdeen". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. ^ "NuArt RAD". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  12. ^ Documentary (2011) Eloquent Vandals Archived 2019-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "LA Weekly article". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  14. ^ "The Press and Journal article". 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  15. ^ "BBC article". 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.