As a company who often travels for work to film commercials overseas, we are deeply fascinated in exploring cities and new territories. We always look for the best place to eat, meet new people and feel the overall vibe of the city we are in.
One that always caught our eyes were the magnificent wall arts in every city. No wonder our personal Instagram accounts are filled with these aesthetics.
Graffiti and street art breathe new life into a city by capturing the essence and culture of the place they’re in. This well-known piece of public art will captivate not just art and photography buff but also the general public, whether they call the city home or passing through on a visit. Formerly frowned upon as a form of vandalism, towns throughout the world are now welcoming all kinds of street art with open arms, transforming the cityscape into a living, breathing canvas.
Not since the worldwide pandemic that urged the whole planet to stay at home. We are hyped at the fact that one day we will come to visit these places for street exploration.
Let’s take a look at the top 5 cities with awesome street art:
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Buenos Aires
Tourists in Buenos Aires have long been drawn to sights such as the Fundacion Costantini Museum and Bombonera Stadium because of its ancient structures, green spaces, and many museums. Nevertheless, in recent times, street art has emerged as the new craze. Whereas most urban areas have strict laws against graffiti, here, there are none.
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This has attracted world-renowned artists like Blu to make their mark on the city while boosting local graffiti legends like Martin Ron, Jaz (Franco Fasoli), and Gualicho (Pablo Harymbat). They create retro-futuristic cityscapes populated by new forms of animals, plants, and machines and Blu is an excellent example of this. The Coghlan Art District and Villa Urquiza, which was previously full of abandoned buildings and is now a brilliant labyrinth of enormous and vividly coloured murals.
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San Francisco, California
In addition to its well-known tourist attractions, the city of San Francisco is home to an abundance of murals and graffiti art, some of which convey critical societal themes. Here, the Clarion Alley Mural Project creates stunning public art that is free to see and accompanied by fantastic live music. Head to the 1 AM Gallery in San Francisco to get the most out of seeing the city’s most delicate street art, as well as seminars on creating pseudonyms, utilizing spray cans, and building a massive mural with the other art lovers.
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New York
Now and Nosm, who created “The Day After” on the Goldman Wall at Bowery and Houston Street in 2012, are among the most sought-after street artists in New York City. The area was previously home to underground art renegades like SAMO and graffiti-influenced painters like Keith Haring. Even though Raoul and Davide Perre (also known as Raoul and Davide) are identical twins who spent their early years in Germany, they now call Madrid home.
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Barcelona, Spain
A country that has been a home to the world’s most renowned artists, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. Spain is one of the most artistic countries in Europe. It has a thriving street art scene; from the Gothic Quarter to the Three Chimneys Urban Park up to the corner of C/Sant Pau and C/ de la Riereta. These colorful masterpieces adds to the street’s culture and vibe. It gives it a character and complements the overall behavior of the community.
“My God, Help Me to Survive this Deadly Love” in East Side Gallery, Berlin
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Berlin
Local and international street artists welcomed the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 by painting murals on the still-standing structure. It re-energized Berlin’s art scene and turned once-drab East Berlin districts like Mitte and Friedrichshain into hotbeds for some of the continent’s most colourful street art. “My God, help me to survive this deadly love” by Russian artist Dmitri Vrubel shows Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in a passionate liplock, and many people have likely seen it before
