The Ultra-Realistic Graffiti Portraits of Jorit Agoch
Jorit Agoch is a famous Italian graffiti artist known for his clean style and large-scale, ultra-realistic portrait murals painted on the side of buildings all over the world. Over the last 16 years, we’ve featured many impressive graffiti artworks, like the mind-boggling optical illusions of Portuguese street artist Odeith, the ingenious portraits of Fabio Gomes […]
The Stunning 3D Murals of Wild Drawing
Wild Drawing is a talented street artist who specializes in stunning 3D murals that turn transform bland structures into works of art. Born in Bali, Wild Drawing, or WD for short, first got into street art in the year 2000 during his studies at the School of Fine Arts. He and his colleagues were often […]
This Mural Absorbs as Much Pollution as 780 Trees
Who would have though that simply painting a mural on the side of a building would one day have the same pollution-cleaning effect as planting 780 trees? Organized by the sportswear company Converse as part of their City-Forests campaign, the latest mural in the Polish city of Warsaw is not only an aesthetically pleasing artwork, […]
Homeless Street Artist Paints Incredible Murals Using Only Plant Leaves, Mud and Natural Pigments
A homeless artist in the Indian state of Kerala spends most of his days decorating concrete walls and buildings with beautiful murals he paints using only plant leaves, mud, charcoal and natural pigments. Everyone knows him as Raju, but that’s not his real name. Judging by his dirty clothes and unkempt beard, you’d think he […]
Jailed Artist Creates Awe-Inspiring Mural with Prison Bedsheets and Hair Gel
When Jesse Krimes was growing up, he probably never realized what a cruel pun his last name would turn out to be. In 2009, he was sentenced to 70 months in prison for possession of cocaine, after a long-drawn legal battle of unfair charges and accusations. While the judge recommended that he be sent to […]
Awesome Starry Night Mural Made from over 1,000 Doorknobs
David Goldberg, the owner of a hardware store in Bethesda, Maryland, decided to repurpose his extensive collection of doorknobs and other door accessories by using them to recreate Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night. It’s crazy how many people choose this specific artwork to unleash their artistic talents. So far, we’ve featured all kinds of Starry […]
Tasmania’s Town of Murals – A Colorful Outdoor Art Gallery
If you didn’t believe in the power of art to change an entire community’s history and fortune, then Sheffield, also known as Tasmania’s Town of Murals, is the perfect example to convince you. Despite being located in a spectacular natural setting, at the foothills of Mount Roland, in north-western Tasmania, the small town of Sheffield needed something […]
Hundreds of Paintings Come Together to Form Stunning Mural Mosaics
Invented by Lewis Lavoie, Mural Mosaic is an artistic concept which brings together hundreds of artworks painted by various artists into one exceptional image. Lewis Lavoie created his first mural mosaic in 1997, for a retaining wall next to an art gallery in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. For this, the artist painted hundreds of individual paintings that […]
Charlotte Mann’s Meticulously Detailed Marker-Drawn Murals
Don’s you ever wish you could take a magic marker and simply draw things into existence? I’m talking about things like a better view for your house, new furniture or a brand new bicycle. That’s exactly what Charlotte Mann can do. Most of the time, we don’t like it when other people draw on our […]
Delicious Street Art – Sugar Icing Murals by Shelley Miller
Montreal-based artist Shelley Miler uses sugar and edible blue paint to create incredibly detailed murals on the side of buildings. Her works are influenced by the cultures of the places in which she’s creating, and although they look as durable as ordinary murals, they simply wash away at first rain. Looking at Shelley Miller’s artworks […]
Aggravure III – A Unique Mural Made with 450,000 Staples
In all the years I’d stapled posters on my wall, I never gave it a second thought, let alone consider it an art form. But an artist has painstakingly created a series of beautiful murals made from nothing but staples tacked onto a wall. The pictures you’re looking at are the works of French artist […]
Unreal 3D Murals by Eric Grohe
Eric Grohe is a well known artist who makes use of a technique known as trompe l’oeil to create jaw-dropping murals. American artist Eric Grohe transforms common-looking structures into unbelievable works, and since uses keim mineral paint, his masterpieces can last for over a hundred years. He takes bland looking buildings, derelict walls and manages […]
Vietnam’s Ceramic Road Sets New World Record
Stretching 3.95 kilometers, along Hanoi’s Red River, Ceramic Road has been declared the world’s longest ceramic mural, by the Guinness Book of Records. Ceramic Road was a massive art project, initiated by artist Nguyen Thu Thuy, out of love and passion for Hanoi, and as a special way to celebrate the city’s 1000th anniversary. She […]
Rice Field Art in Rural Japan
You may think crop circles are cool, but they nothing compared to the rice field murals found in villages like Inakadate, Japan. Using purple and yellow-leafed rice, combined with the more traditional green variety, the villagers of Inakadate create true agricultural masterpieces. This all began in 1993, when people thought of doing something spectacular, to […]