Rainbow Carrier — Kenny Random, Padua
Kenny Random · 2020 · Vicolo Bernardo Parentino, Arcella, Padua
Photo as published on Street Art Utopia; photographer not named in our records (greenMe credits a near-identical image to the artist’s Instagram). Artwork: Kenny Random.
Kenny Random’s top-hatted silhouette walks off with a rainbow that weeps spray paint. The Padua street artist painted it in late October 2020 on Vicolo Bernardo Parentino, on the back wall of the Multiastra cinema in the Arcella district (greenMe calls it the Multisala), and local press read it as the second Covid wave carrying away the “andrà tutto bene” (everything will be fine) rainbow of the first lockdown. Source Source Source Checked
Seen Sep 2026: on Street Art Cities the mural was last marked as seen on 23 September 2026; we found no newer report or photo. Source Reported
💡 5 things to know
- A rainbow that weeps paintIl Mattino di Padova described a rainbow that “weeps” spray paint while the artist’s familiar figure in a top hat carries it away, sadly, with a cobalt puddle of paint on the ground. Source Source Checked
- The lockdown rainbow, taken backPrima Padova and greenMe read it as a man taking away the rainbow of “andrà tutto bene”, the hope of the first lockdown, as Italy entered the second wave of the pandemic. Source Source Source Checked
- Birds, and a black cat in the pressSmall black birds fly around the man and perch on the rainbow; Il Mattino and Hermesmagazine also mention a black cat following him, another of Random’s signatures, which is not visible in our photo. Hermesmagazine calls the figure his “man with the hat”. Source Source Source Checked
- One of two gifts to the cinemasIl Mattino reported a second new mural on the same building, a long face with a daisy and a balloon; the cinema’s managers called the two works gifts shared with Padua’s cinemas, which had just been closed by decree. Source Reported
- Posted on 27 October 2020Kenny Random posted the new work on Instagram on 27 October 2020, as embedded by Prima Padova and Libreriamo; Street Art Cities gives its creation date as 26 October 2020. Source Source Source Checked
📍 Where it is
On Vicolo Bernardo Parentino in the Arcella district of Padua, on the back wall of the Multiastra cinema; Street Art Cities lists it at no. 25. Source Source Source Checked
Opens a map at the Street Art Cities pin for the mural on Vicolo Bernardo Parentino.
🗓️ Sightings
- 202026 Oct
Date created · Street Art Cities
- 202027 Oct
Two new murals reported · Il Mattino di Padova
- 202029 Oct
On Vicolo Bernardo Parentino · Prima Padova
- 20202 Nov
Mural described · Hermesmagazine
- 202228 Mar
On a Padua street-art walk · Un’amica in viaggio
- 202623 Sep
Last marked as seen · Street Art Cities
Amber stamps mark records or reports. Publication dates are not camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
Kenny Random si porta via l’arcobaleno
“C’è un arcobaleno che “piange” vernice spray mentre la nota sagoma dell’uomo con cilindro, simbolo dello street artist, se lo porta via, mestamente”
“There is a rainbow that ‘weeps’ spray paint while the well-known silhouette of the man in the top hat, the street artist’s symbol, carries it away, sadly.”
Un uomo ruba l’arcobaleno, la provocazione di un artista padovano
“Un uomo ombra colorato di nero seguito da alcuni uccellini anche loro neri, ruba il simbolo della speranza”
“A shadow man coloured black, followed by a few little birds, also black, steals the symbol of hope.”
The cinema’s managers on Instagram
“Questi sono due regali che condividiamo con i cinema di Padova”
“These are two gifts that we share with Padua’s cinemas.” The managers of the Arcella cinema, as quoted by Il Mattino.
✅ The facts
- Title
- Untitled in the press and on Street Art Cities; the travel blog Un’amica in viaggio calls it “Dripping Rainbow”. “Rainbow Carrier” is our descriptive name Source Source Unconfirmed
- Date
- Late October 2020: posted by the artist on 27 October 2020; Street Art Cities gives 26 October 2020 Source Source Source Source Checked
- Other dating
- Un’amica in viaggio says it appeared in “winter 2020”, while the press reported it in late October 2020 Source Source Conflicting
- Location
- Vicolo Bernardo Parentino (Street Art Cities gives no. 25), on the back of the Multiastra cinema, Arcella, Padua (greenMe writes “cinema Multisala”) Source Source Source Source Checked
- Subject
- His silhouette of a man in a top hat carrying a dripping rainbow, with small black birds; Il Mattino and Hermesmagazine also mention a black cat following him, not visible in our photo Source Source Source Checked
- Companion work
- A second Kenny Random mural, a long face with a daisy and a balloon, appeared on the same building at the same time (greenMe, which writes “cinema Multisala”, also reports two new paintings) Source Source Checked
- Commission
- No commissioner or festival named in the sources we found; the cinema’s managers called the murals gifts Source Unconfirmed
- Size
- Not stated in the sources we found Unconfirmed
🔗 Related
All sources & image credits
- Il Mattino di Padova — Kenny Random si porta via l’arcobaleno — 27 October 2020
- Prima Padova — Un uomo ruba l’arcobaleno, la provocazione di un artista padovano — 29 October 2020
- greenMe — Un uomo si porta via l’arcobaleno — 29 October 2020
- Libreriamo — Un uomo si porta via l’arcobaleno, l’ultimo murales di Kenny Random — 30 October 2020
- Hermesmagazine — L’uomo che si porta via l’arcobaleno: il murales di Kenny Random — 2 November 2020
- Un’amica in viaggio — Street art a Padova — 28 March 2022
- Street Art Cities — Untitled by Kenny Random, Vicolo Bernardo Parentino 25, Padua (created 26 October 2020; last seen 23 September 2026)
- Hero image: as published on Street Art Utopia; the photographer is not named in our records. A thin pale strip was cropped from its top edge, and a 16:9 share image was made from it with blurred sides.
Last checked: 7 November 2026 · How we verify art