World Art Utopia

Mr. Magoo

Pao’s Mr. Magoo walks along a gray wall base in Milan, his painted hand resting on a real bent pipe that becomes his walking stick.
Artwork FileMilan, Italy

Mr. Magoo

SeenMar 2014

Pao · 2013 · Milan, Italy

Photo: Street Art Utopia archive; the same photograph appears on Ekosystem’s page dated 20 September 2013; photographer not identified. Art: Pao.

Pao painted Mr. Magoo on a Milan wall in 2013, placing the cartoon character’s hand over an existing pipe so that it reads as his walking stick. Source Source Checked

Seen Mar 2014 refers to Il Giorno and Espoarte reports that describe the figure on the wall; these are publication dates, not camera dates. Those reports grouped it with Pao’s newly appeared works in the Isola district, while Pao’s archive dates it to 2013 and an Ekosystem photo page is dated 20 September 2013. The two March 2014 reports share identical wording, so they count as one source. Current condition is unverified. Source Source Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. The pipe completes the figureIl Giorno described it as «un Mr Magoo passeggia su una parete, sfruttando un tubo come bastone» (“a Mr Magoo walks along a wall, using a pipe as a cane”). Source Source Source Checked
  2. Dated by the artistPao’s own archive lists Mr. Magoo in Milan under 2013; its one-line description says “painted on a poster”, which the photographs do not show. Source Reported
  3. One of a group of cartoon worksIl Giorno reported Mr. Magoo alongside Pao’s Snoopy figures and characters from the cartoon Hallo Spank! in the Isola district. Source Reported
  4. An early photo recordAn Ekosystem photo page dated 20 September 2013 is tagged Pao, Milano and summer13 and titled Mister Magoo. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Isola district, Milan, according to the March 2014 reports. The sources checked do not give the exact wall. Source Source Reported

Open in Maps

Map search for the district; the exact wall is not published in the sources checked, so no Street View view was verified.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 201320 Sep

    Ekosystem photo page dated; not a camera date

  2. 20143 Mar

    Il Giorno report on Pao’s Isola street comics

  3. 201412 Mar

    Espoarte article on Pao’s Milan characters, with a photo of the work

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark reports or records. Publication and upload dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Title
Mr. Magoo Source Source Checked
City
Milan, Italy Source Source Source Checked
District
Isola, according to March 2014 reports. Source Source Reported
Support
The artist’s archive says “painted on a poster”; the March 2014 reports say on a wall (“su una parete”), and the photographs show the figure on the wall base. We lean towards the wall. Source Source Source Conflicting
Found object
An existing wall pipe serves as the walking stick. Source Source Checked
Current condition
Not verified by a dated recent photograph. Unconfirmed

🔗 Related

All sources & image credits

Photo: Street Art Utopia archive; the same photograph appears on Ekosystem’s page dated 20 September 2013; photographer not identified. Art: Pao.

Last checked: 25 October 2026 · How we verify art