Monday September 8th, 2014 ‘Os Gemeos’ Concerts Industrail Silos in Vancouver into Towering Giants First Boeing 747, and now an industrail complex on a Vancouver island; it seems on canvas is too large for Brazilian graffiti artists Os Gemeos who were invited to the Vancouver Biennale to turn six multi-story silos on Granville Island into their trademark 'Giants.' Learn more Friday September 5th, 2014 Streets: Os Gemeos (Vancouver) – Final After roughly three weeks of intense work, Os Gemeos recently finished their new mural for the Vancouver Biennale (Part I, Part II). The six large silos they painted on Granville Island continues their ongoing series of large murals titled Giants, and is now officially their biggest one to date. Covering the entire 70-foot (21 metre) tall structure, this incredible piece of work is their contribution to Biennale’s strong connection with sculpture. Learn more Wednesday August 27th, 2014 OSGEMEOS: dupla de artistas expõe obra na Bienal de Vancouver Os irmãos Gustavo e Otávio Pandolfo, que ficaram conhecidos por todo o mundo sob a alcunha OSGEMEOS, criaram um mural tridimensional para a Bienal de Vancouver. Para o evento a céu aberto, que fica em cartaz até 2016, a dupla criou uma intervenção em seis gigantescos tonéis na enseada False Creek, transformando-os em seus famosos personagens amarelos. Learn more Tuesday August 26th, 2014 Granville Island’s OSGEMEOS mural part of Vancouver Biennale Brazilian artists Os Gemeos are busy transforming several concrete silos on Granville Island as part of the 2014 – 2016 Vancouver Biennale artistic exhibition. Learn more Monday August 25th, 2014 Granville Island Silos Transformed Into Giants For Vancouver Biennale Giants have descended upon Vancouver's popular Granville Island. Six industrial concrete silos there are being transformed into a vibrant mural, thanks to internationally acclaimed street artists, Os Gemeos Learn more Monday August 25th, 2014 Streets: Os Gemeos (Vancouver)- Part II Although it has only been several days since we first reported on the start of a massive new 3D mural that Os Gemeos are working on for the Vancouver Biennale, twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo have already made huge progress on this project. Painting six large silos located on Granville Island, the Brazilian artists are working their way very fast through their biggest public work to date Learn more Saturday August 23rd, 2014 Os Gemeos Work In Progress Os Gemeos are bringing their "Giants" project to Canada where they are currently transforming six giant industrial silos with their signature characters for the Vancouver Biennale 2014 on Granville Island in Vancouver. The mural is part of the Vancouver Biennale’s 2014-2016 exhibition, a non-profit organisation that celebrates art in public spaces.  Public crowd source funding is helping to offset the cost of the $125,000 project. The Brazilian duo should be done by September 7th so keep your eyes peeled on Street Art News for our final images on these yellow "Giant". Learn more Thursday August 21st, 2014 Os Gemeos colorizes six giant silos on Vancouver’s Granville Island Os Gemeos takes their ongoing 'giants' project to Canada, transforming six industrial silos with their bold mural painting for the Vancouver Biennale. Sited on Granville Island, the Brazilian brotherly duo are renewing the industrial landmark, which is home of the ocean cement manufacturing and distribution plant, into an enormous public art work that spans 360-degrees of the 23-meter (75 foot) tall cylindrical forms. In its completion the mural will measure a total of 7200 square meters (23, 5000 square feet) - their largest opus to date - bringing renewed life to the locale, positioned alongside the world-famous public market, Emily Carr University and boat docks that attracts 10.5 million visitors per year. Learn more Wednesday August 20th, 2014 Brazil’s OSGEMEOS brings graffiti to Granville Island Celebrated artists Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, aka OSGEMEOS, are painting their largest-ever public mural on Granville Island. Learn more Wednesday August 20th, 2014 Os Gemeos Mega Mural For Vancouver Biennale Os Gemeos are currently in Vancouver, BC, working on a fantastic new project for the Vancouver Binneale. Continuing their ongoing series of murals titled “Giants” previously realized in Greece, USA, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Brazil and England, these six gigantic 70-foot (21 metre) tall silos, are gonna be their largest mural to date, and their first one painted in Canada. Learn more Monday August 18th, 2014 Beaches galore on Vancouver’s English Bay VANCOUVER – English Bay offers a spectacular view, ships anchored in the water, an expansive number of beaches and a surprising amount of art. The 14 larger-than-life laughing bronze statues, self-portraits of a renowned Chinese artist, are hard to miss even with the many other notable distractions near Vancouver’s West End residential neighbourhood. Known as “A-maze-ing Laughter,” the statues, created by Yue Minjun, have been a favourite of locals and visitors since their arrival in 2009. The installation was originally brought in for Vancouver Biennale, a biannual public art exhibition that features sculptures, new media and performance works by celebrated and emerging international artists. Learn more Monday August 18th, 2014 Streets: Os Gemeos (Vancouver) Part 1 Os Gemeos are currently in Vancouver working on an impressive outdoor project organized by the Vancouver Biennale. Painting six large silos, on the full 360 degree surface covering 23,500 square feet (7,162 square metres), this is going to be their biggest mural to date, and their first one in Canada. Learn more Thursday August 14th, 2014 Brazil reveals contemporary side at pavilion Open Borders/Crossroads Vancouver, the theme of the 2014 Vancouver Biennale, invites any number of trite interpretations. Happily, living ideas about the nature of place, along with a strong feeling for materials, reveal themselvers through the mixed-mnedia installations and large-scale sculptures on view in the biennale's International Pavilion. The exhibtion, spotlighting eight contemporary Brazilian artists, is mounted in the stripped-down and repurposed Pipefitters Building in Shipyard Square, east of Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver. Learn more Monday August 11th, 2014 Massive mural by famous Brazilian graffiti artists coming to Granville Island Six grey, industrial concrete silos on Granville Island are on the verge of becoming Vancouver’s most iconic piece of public artwork. World-famous graffiti artists Os Gemeos, twin brothers from Brazil, will spray paint the 21-metre tall waterfront silos in a 360-degree mural as part of the Vancouver Biennale public art project. Learn more Saturday August 9th, 2014 Giant mural coming to Vancouver’s Granville Island VANCOUVER -- The six massive silos that dominate the Ocean Concrete plant on Granville Island have now shed 50 years of grime and muck. And later this month two world-famous Brazilian street artists known as Osgemeos — who painted the FIFA World Cup Boeing 747 — will get to work transforming the silos into a monster-mural covering more than 23,500 square feet. Learn more Wednesday August 6th, 2014 Art and soul: Biennale goes big on Granville Island ART FOR ALL: A crew from Dave Notte’s Wolfgang Painters firm began preparation work on Ocean Concrete’s Granville Island silos Wednesday. It wasn’t to ready them for the firm’s logo or the sunburst, fruit or vegetable designs seen on its blender trucks. Instead, Brazilian street artists Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, a.k.a. Os Gemeos (the twins), will create a 2,000-square-metre mural by Sept. 7 that would cost $1 million if privately commissioned. However, after painting murals at London’s Tate Modern gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach and elsewhere, they’ll execute their biggest-ever work for free. The deal, costing only $125,000 for preparation, administration and travel accommodation, mostly crowd-funded, was made by senior curator Marcello Dantas for the 2014-16 Vancouver Biennale. Learn more Tuesday August 5th, 2014 Vancouver Biennale aims to rewrite contemporary Brazilian culture Open Borders/Crossroads Vancouver, the theme of the 2014 Vancouver Biennale, invites any number of trite interpretations. Happily, lively ideas about the nature of place, along with a strong feeling for materials, reveal themselves through the mixed-media installations and large-scale sculptures on view in the biennale’s International Pavilion. This exhibition, spotlighting eight contemporary Brazilian artists, is mounted in the stripped-down and repurposed Pipefitters Building in Shipyard Square, east of Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver. Learn more Wednesday July 30th, 2014 Hungry like the wolf Renowned artist Vik Muniz wants to bring the wolf back to Squamish. The Brazilian born sculptor and photographer was in town last week working with the Vancouver Biennale group and the Squamish Nation to help create a land mosaic to represent the community. An idea came to him after conversations with Squamish Nation members. Learn more Wednesday July 30th, 2014 “I Have A Dream” “I Have a Dream” arriva alla Biennale di Vancouver e fra i sogni ce n’è uno anche italiano. Il progetto per un’arte globale, la pace e un’agricoltura libera dagli ogm, che è nato dall’impulso dell’artista indiana Shweta Bhattade, vede la partecipazione di ben trenta paesi destinati a crescere nei due anni della manifestazione. Learn more Thursday July 24th, 2014 Vancity Buzz’s City Happenings The spirit of the games will live on in Olympic Village through a new art installation as part of the Vancouver Biennale. American artist Jonathan Borofsky’s “Human Structures Vancouver” was inspired by the artist-selected site, and the 2014-2016 Biennale’s theme “Open Borders/Crossroads Vancouver.” Learn more