{"id":956,"date":"2011-10-07T03:54:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T03:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilovemega.com\/blog\/?p=956"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T15:16:09","slug":"street-art-of-the-week-vhils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/street-art-of-the-week-vhils\/","title":{"rendered":"Vhils <br \/>STREET ART OF THE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Vhils is a Portuguese street artist who became first noticed when his work appeared alongside an artwork by Banksy in London.<\/h2>\n<p>The Times put a picture of him on its front page, get support from Banksy&#8217;s agent, and he became a new star of today&#8217;s street art. Unlike others (no names) I think that he really deserves his recognition.<br \/>\n<em>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/alexandrefarto.com\/\" title=\"vhils\">the portuguese street artist<\/a> Vhils aka Alexandre Farto.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4380\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-indoor.jpg\" alt=\"It&#039;s All About Make Up. Indoor art by Vhils\" title=\"vhils-alexandre-farto-indoor\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-indoor.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-indoor-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-indoor-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s All About Make Up. Indoor art by Vhils<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4379\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-Ian-Cox.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork by the Portuguese street artist\" title=\"vhils-alexandre-farto-Ian-Cox\" width=\"550\" height=\"707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-Ian-Cox.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-Ian-Cox-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by the Portuguese street artist<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4381\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4381\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-reality.jpg\" alt=\"Reality. Alexandre Farto Exhibition\" title=\"vhils-alexandre-farto-reality\" width=\"550\" height=\"364\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-reality.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-reality-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-reality-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reality. Alexandre Farto Exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4382\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-street-art.jpg\" alt=\"Vhils street art\" title=\"vhils-alexandre-farto-street-art\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-street-art.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-street-art-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-street-art-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vhils street art<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4383\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4383\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-urban-art.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirational street art on a street building\" title=\"vhils-alexandre-farto-urban-art\" width=\"550\" height=\"347\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-urban-art.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-urban-art-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhils-alexandre-farto-urban-art-475x300.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inspirational street art on a street building<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Discover the working process of the artist Alexandre Farto in this cool video.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scratching the Surface by Vhils\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R2_tdw8lINE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vhils is a Portuguese street artist who became first noticed when his work appeared alongside an artwork by Banksy in London. The Times put a picture of him on its front page, get support from Banksy&#8217;s agent, and he became &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/street-art-of-the-week-vhils\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[73,17],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-news","tag-portugal","tag-street-art-inspiration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vhils STREET ART OF THE WEEK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Portuguese artist Vhils is one of the best street artists of today&#039;s generation. 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