La Boca is a popular destination in Buenos Aires, known for the football stadium, La Bombonera and also for the most colourful street in the city: El Caminito. Despite being a mass tourism attraction, La Boca remains a rough, working class and downbeat neighbourhood with its houses made by cast-off ship materials and the lifeContinue reading
“Sweet home” by Nello Petrucci in Pompeii, Italy
Street art in the time of coronavirus gets involved into the communication of social and positive messages. Undoubtedly, public art has a main role to talk with a wider audience: it uses a simple media because it is made by images and it is accesible to everyone because it is created in the streets. ItalianContinue reading
“Never give up” by Millo in Santiago, Chile
Walking in the city centre of Santiago de Chile it’s possible to bump into this huge mural made by Italian street artist Millo. The work is part of the street art festival “Hecho en Casa” which brings to Chilean capital popular artists from around the world. The aim of the event is to rethink theContinue reading
“Angel” by Žilda in San Giovanni in Porta, Naples
The decadent beauty of Naples, with its port, the roofs over the Gulf, the narrow alleys and the abandoned churchs are the ideal background for the street art by Žilda. Coming from France, Žilda is also known as “The Banksy of Rennes” for the use of stencil that, not covering irreverent messages, wants to createContinue reading
Alex Face Mural at National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand
The capital of Thailand, Bangkok, beside the mix of modernity and the 19th century tradition, reserves beautiful artworks scattered around the city. Walking around the street food stalls and avoiding the rush of tuk tuks, it’s possible to immerse ourselves in a bright colourful world of Thai-graffiti. One of the best-known of local Bangkok streetContinue reading
Hueman in Wynwood Walls Garden, Miami
Bright colours and ethereal portraits are the mark of female street artist Allison Tinati known as Hueman. She grew up drawing and painting in Northern California, to move to LA for studying Design and Media Arts. Starting as graphic designer, she decided to focus her carrer on art, as she admits: “I began painting muralsContinue reading