The streets of Bengaluru have been transformed into a vibrant living gallery as part of the Gode BLR Mural Festival, a Bengaluru Hubba 2024 initiative. Organised as part of Bengaluru Hubba 2024, the Gode BLR festival has transformed ordinary walls into works of art, Murals have sprung to life across key locations in the city, adding splashes of color and …
A Diego Rivera mural titled “The Allegory of California” hides in a private staircase inside the City Club of San Francisco. The industry and extraction shown here convey one version of California’s history — the version long reinforced in schools, in which much of California’s origin story has been wrapped up in the Gold Rush. The face of Rivera’s painted …
MIAMI — A hamburger and drink combination called the Lionel Messi. Staff at the Fiorito restaurant pose in front of a mural of Lionel Messi to celebrate after the Argentine soccer star announced he is joining the Major League Soccer team Inter Miami, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Miami. Álvarez and his brother Cristian had the original mural with Messi’s …
Filipino painter Michael Conjusta was hired by Qatari authorities to paint graffiti murals during the 2022 World Cup. Doha, Qatar – Michael Conjusta, a Doha-based freelance artist was going about his day one August afternoon when he received an unexpected WhatsApp message with an offer to paint graffiti murals at football stadiums during the FIFA 2022 World Cup. But I …
In the early 1990s, Baca was commissioned to make a work of public art for the Metrolink station in Baldwin Park. “Danzas Indigenas” — “Indigenous Dances,” in English — featured the floor plan of the San Gabriel Mission over which was layered a diagram that revealed the steps for an Indigenous dance. Baca later said that the phrase had been …
