Murals
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Amidst the global coronavirus pandemic, street artists, muralists pay tribute to frontline workers, healthcare professionals
•Street artists all over the world have ventured out into quiet streets and left behind vibrant, thought-provoking, amusing commentary on the crisis. Many echo the same message as Banksy, that it’s the nurses and front-line healthcare workers that are the real heroes in this coronavirus crisis.
Greta Thunberg's face is plastered on another building, this time in San Francisco
•Argentine muralist Andres Iglesias hopes the mural helps people realize “we have to take care of the world.”
San Francisco's Mission Street murals speak of the city's multicultural history, ethos
Nimish •The Mission District is a Latino hub in San Francisco that also has the densest collection of street murals in all of California. If you are a street art enthusiast, this should be your first stop when you go exploring the city.
Delhi’s Lodhi Colony turns into an art district as 30 artists paint murals, as part of a St+art India project
Manik Sharma •The artists who have helped change the face of Lodhi Colony have taken inspiration from the Lodhi Gardens and aspects of Mughal culture, such as jali patterns
Photographer Thomas Laird on his 30-year commitment to saving Tibetan Buddhist murals
Manik Sharma •Not all of the murals in Tibet can be seen or studied, and many of them are disappearing. Thomas Laird's photographs could be the last evidence that these murals ever existed
Street art comes to Sassoon Docks: Mumbai's historic fishing district gets a makeover with the St+Art project
Shubhra •The St+Art project has transformed Mumbai's historic fishing district Sassoon Dock, paying homage to the Koli community — the city's original inhabitants
Street art comes to Sassoon Docks: Mumbai's historic fishing district gets a makeover with the St+Art project
Fp Staff •The St+Art project has transformed Mumbai's historic fishing district Sassoon Dock, paying homage to the Koli community — the city's original inhabitants
#TransformingLives: Watch how this school in Dharavi got a colourful makeover
Fp Staff •Watch the story of how the one-in-shambles C Survey School in Dharavi got a bright makeover from an artist in Goa, in this Slice of Life documentary
A confusing canvas: What does the public really think about 'public art'?
Julip •The trick, with public art, is to try and find the balance by creating murals that are neither over-conceptionalised, nor degrade standards.
Art: The big city is muse for Amitabh Kumar and Dhruv Malhotra
Deepanjana •Two very different artists have one thing in common: their art is inspired by big cities. Muralist Amitabh Kumar takes the art out of the city while photographer Dhruv Malhotra suggests even an ugly city can be a work of art.