Sir Taki is a visual artist and filmmaker residing between the United Kingdom and Switzerland. In July 2022 Sir Taki made an intervention proposed to Arte Urbana Lugano (AUL), a project of the Events and Convention Division that brings international local artists to the city each year during the LongLake Festival to bring new life to public spaces.

Regina Kioko Ikeda Ferretti is a multidisciplinary artist who has been active in Ticino for years. In July 2022, she made an ephemeral intervention at the invitation of Arte Urbana Lugano (AUL), a project of the Events and Convention Division that brings international local artists to the city each year during the LongLake Festival to bring new life to public spaces.

Antoine Déprez (FRA, 1978) and Ursula Bucher (CH/GR 1977), are illustrators and artists who have been active in Ticino since 2002. In July 2022 they will create an intervention near Lugano's Lido at the invitation of Arte Urbana Lugano (AUL), a project of the Events and Convention Division that brings international street artists to the city each year during the LongLake Festival to breathe new life into public spaces.

During the three-week LongLake Festival local and international artists will leave their mark on the walls of the city: Urban Art, a festival of Urban Art, the City of Lugano's project created in 2009 to bring art into public space, is back. We talk about it with Valeria Donnarumma, creator and coordinator of Urban Art Lugano.