Tag: Martin Firrell

Pride posters across Europe: Martin Firrell’s Acts of Pride closes Pride season in Manchester

Stuart Mitchell

As Pride celebrations draw to a close this summer, Manchester Pride marks the final stop for Acts of Pride, a striking series of digital artworks by celebrated British public artist Martin Firrell. The series, which launched earlier this summer, has travelled across 12 cities in Europe, spotlighting Pride 2025 at transport hubs and busy public spaces in iconic city centre locations from Amsterdam and Antwerp to Dublin, Oslo, Riga, and Stockholm. Titled Acts of Pride, the series highlights the value of visibility, inclusion, and unity for LGBTQIA+ communities, serving as…

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Martin Firrell celebrates seven women leaders in a new public artwork series showcased by Clear Channel UK

Stuart Mitchell

Internationally acclaimed Franco-British artist Martin Firrell, in partnership with Clear Channel UK, announced a major new public art series which will explore the ways women regard and exercise power in the modern world.     The project titled Women and Power, is the latest installation in Firrell’s 25-year association with leading Out of Home media and infrastructure company Clear Channel. The art series features inspiring quotes from seven eminent female leaders and change-makers across arts, academia, business and culture, it will be rolled out on Clear Channel’s digital Out of…

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Clear Channel Europe marks the UN International Day of Democracy with 4 Tenets for Europe, from Franco-British artist Martin Firrell

Stuart Mitchell

4 Tenets for Europe appeared simultaneously on billboards across 11 Clear Channel European markets, the brainchild of Martin Corke, Clear Channel European Marketing Lead and internationally acclaimed public artist Martin Firrell (‘The Conscience of the 21st Century’ – International New York Times). The commission also marks 25 years of the artist’s creative association with Clear Channel and the artist’s 60th birthday. “As that milestone approached, I asked myself, what have I learned that I believe to be unalterably valuable and true about life? I came up with four things –…

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Artist Martin Firrell marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Gay Liberation Front with new thought-provoking artwork, proudly displayed across Clear Channel UK’s digital network of screens.

Stuart Mitchell

Tuesday 13th October marked 50 years since the founding of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in the UK, a pivotal moment for gay rights in British history and arguably the founding moment of the modern movement. In recognition of this significant anniversary for the LGBTQ+ community, Clear Channel, partnered again with internationally renowned French artist Martin Firrell to offer free digital billboard space nationally for three new artworks. The series is based on an original placard carried by human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, a former prominent member of the GLF,…

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