It is entitled “Fresque Colombia.”
MURALS ARE MIRRORS
Public murals often mirror the histories and values of the communities where we find them.
We invite you to browse this growing collection of murals from around the world.
- To view them grouped by location, go to the Gallery.
- To contribute to the collection, visit the Send a Mural page.
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– Nel Benningshof and Nick Despota
“On corner of Franklin and Fell streets. The why? Because it just is. Perfect in kid’s seriousness and jokiness with the pink thing (radio? toy?) in that kiddy way. Plus the heart! Funny and scary.”
Baby with a Handgun was created by American artist BiP (Believe in People). The anonymous artist has created murals in Spain, Russia, Peru, Brazil and Columbia. Their San Francisco mural comments on the easy access of handguns and the disproportionate use of police violence. View full mural in the Gallery.
Forced displacement in Colombia remains a critical humanitarian crisis driven by armed conflict, with more than 8.5 million historical victims registered by the end of 2023. It disproportionately affects rural areas, with Cauca, Chocó, and Catatumbo being hotspots, and illegal armed groups being primarily responsible. This mural is located in Comuna 13, Medellín. The child’s gaze reflects the uncertainty of the present and future. Below is a detail. See the full image in the Gallery.
Walking is one of my favorite parts of travel and a way I discovered various mural in Lima, Peru, especially in a district associated with artists. View these and a third mural in the Gallery.
A few months ago a vibrant new mural appeared in our neighborhood in East Richmond, California. It was painted on the wall of the Arlington Market. Since I don’t usually visit the store it took me a while to discover it. Nourishing the Earth that Feeds Us was created by a group of community artists, and artists from Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area. Details
A few blocks from our house, kids at Crestmont School are rendering a Frank Stella painting on a classroom wall. The work they’re reproducing is Tahkt-I-Sulayman Variation II, 1969. Teacher Amy says “we took some liberties with the colors.” Visit the Gallery to view both this work in progress and the Stella work in the collection of the Minneapolis Museum of Art.
Paris 13. This mural is called “Olympic Shame” (obvious pun on “Olympic Shame”). It was made during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by Djalouz, a French artist. For him, the Olympic truce does not exist, as it masks everything happening around the world. (The image below is cropped. To see the full frame and details, go to the Gallery).
Every Olympic ring conveys a message. The first is a handcuff topped with CCTV cameras; in the second, the Mayor of Paris swims in a polluted Seine; the barbed wire of the third alludes to migrants; in the fourth ring a rabbit rides the subway without paying: and the fifth is a no parking sign (for immigrants). On the upper part, a white man is sitting on the throne of an African dictator, migrants are trying to cross the sea, and the Little Prince struggles to say “Draw me a sheep.”
Lisbon is rich with street art and murals. On a walkway between neighborhoods many established artists paint murals that merge into each other. This image was made at a corner where two murals visually overlap, showing the color and abundance of the art along this walk. Gallery
This mural is in Quebec City. It reflects the old-world European character of the city. The masterful perspective and subtle shading creates incredible depth. I also liked the way the people in the scene come from different historical periods. Gallery