We see a lot of street art posts on artFido, but where is the best street art actually made? Where can we see it? To answer these questions, we collected a list of some (not all!) of the best cities in the world to see street art in.
On the surface, there’s only one thing linking all of these cities – their residents (and the travelling star street artists that visit) have a propensity for decorating their surroundings with big, beautiful, and only sometimes legal works of art. But what does it take for a city to have a vibrant street art community?
It takes buildings to paint on, for one. Street art sometimes seems to feed on an artist’s desire to fight the oppressive brick and concrete walls that surround them on all sides, so the buildings they paint on are at once canvases and catalysts for their rebellion. The city also needs to have a thriving community of underground artists who are itching to communicate their artistic and philosophical ideas to as many people as they can.
As more and more major cities around the world receive positive attention for the underground art decorating their streets, perhaps those cities’ governments will start to rethink the laws they’ve put in place to stifle street artists’ opportunities.
At the bottom of this post, you can submit your own images of awesome street art from your city. Show us what your city has got!
New York City, U.S.A.
Image credits: Eduardo Kobra
Image credits: Timothy Saccenti
Lodz, Poland
Image credits: Etam Cru
Image credits: ROA
Image credits: Etam Cru
Valparaiso, Chile
Image credits: oueduabroad.wordpress.com
Image credits: Jean-BaptisteYunis
Mexico City, Mexico
Image credits: unknown
Image credits: curiot
Image credits: ROA
Prague, Czech Republic
Image credits: Adam Jones
Image credits: fra-biancoshock.org
Image credits: BLU
Image credits: Honet
London, United Kingdom
Image credits: DALeast
Image credits: Alexis Diaz
Image credits: David Walker
São Paulo, Brazil
Image credits: l7m
Image credits: Eduardo Kobra
Image credits: 6emeia
Paris, France
Image credits: unknown
Image credits: Levalet
Image credits: Seth
Melbourne, Australia
Image credits: herakut
Image credits: ajhaysom
Image credits: ajhaysom
Berlin, Germany
Image credits: mentalgassi
Image credits: BLU
Image credits: JR
Cape Town, South Africa
Image credits: interesnikazki
Image credits: faith47
Moscow, Russia
Image credits: Agostino Iacurci
Image credits: Alexandre Farto
Image credits: c215
Bethlehem, West Bank
Image credits: Lois Stavsky
Image credits: banksy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Image credits: jr-art.net
Image credits: favelapainting
Istanbul, Turkey
Image credits: Franko Fasoli
Image credits: DHA
Bogotá, Colombia
Image credits: Entes&Pesimo
Image credits: Bogota Sreet Art
Image credits: unknown
Bristol, United Kingdom
Image credits: ROA
Image credits: DALeast
Santiago, Chile
Image credits: CHARQUIPUNK – LAROBOTDEMADERA
Image credits: Jano y Basti
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Image credits: Martin Ron
Image credits: jamesschloeffel.com
Image credits: Martin Ron
Lisbon, Portugal
Image credits: sam3
Image credits: Os Gémeos
Image credits: Os Gémeos & BLU
Amazing! Here in Montreal, Canada, we have great stuff too!
You definitely forgot Manchester, UK! They have amazing graffiti in the Northern Quarters!
Shame on the current administration of Bogotá, Our bloody mayor is prohibiting this type of art…
You should try Bucharest or Brasov as well