Urban art biennial

Urban art (L. urbanus [of the city], originating in turn from urbs [city]) refers to a Biennial, which has set its goal to clarify the current positions of this relatively new art movement, document its development in a two-yearly rhythm and provide an overview of the world scene in UrbanArt.

He had already taken on Pop- and Op Art and shed light on their influence on UrbanArt in quite a number of comprehensive exhibitions at the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks.

Over 40 international Urban art artists took part, which would become extremely successful for the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks.

With over 80 artists hailing from 21 countries and 6 continents including Shepard Fairey, Ceet Fouad, Fuego Fatal, JonOne, Ganzeer, Anders Gjennestad, Yazan Halwani, Logan Hicks, Mark Jenkins,[3][better source needed] the exhibition grew to twice its size compared to that of 2013.

Furthermore, the podium for the Biennial was vastly extended, more rooms created a 10,000m² covered area and an open-air course (the Parcour) of more than 100,000m².