New Street Art From Around the World (20 Photos, Vol. 16)

Twenty walls, twenty different ways to change the view.

Rainbow tears, giant hands, a building-sized butterfly and a painted dinner table lead this volume. Across Europe, North America and New Zealand, artists turn walls into stories, jokes and impossible scenes.

Tap Love beneath your favorites: the order changes as readers vote.

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🌈 What if no one had to hide who they are? — By AKUT in Aschaffenburg, Germany 🇩🇪

A face fills the entire wall while bands of red, orange, green and blue run from the eyes like painted tears. AKUT’s own post confirms the title “What if no one had to hide who they are?” The mural was completed for the Aschaffenburger Kulturtage at Schneidmühlweg 62 in the Damm district; Aschaffenburger Kulturtage provides the project context.

More: See Street Art by AKUT and HERA.

💡 What We Could Verify: AKUT began painting graffiti in 1991 and was a founder of the Ma’Claim Crew, whose members specialised in photorealistic spray-can work. Urban Nation’s artist biography records this early career before the formation of Herakut in 2004.

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📷 Photo by Stylefile Magazine.

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🤲 Strength looks different in every walk of life — By HERA and Case Maclaim in Heidelberg, Germany 🇩🇪

Two monumental hands meet while HERA’s small figures move around them. SRH’s official report confirms the title “Strength looks different in every walk of life” and explains that the work grew from conversations across the campus, framing encounter, diversity and different life paths. HERA and Case Maclaim created it with Metropolink at the SRH Campus in Heidelberg-Wieblingen.

More: See HERA’s Murals Around the World.

💡 What We Could Verify: Hands are a long-running element in Case Maclaim’s practice rather than a motif devised for this commission. Urban Nation records that he began painting in 1995 and describes his layered hand gestures as a language of movement, unity and political or social action.

🔗 Follow HERA and Case Maclaim on Instagram.

📷 Photo by DJ Boulevard Bou.

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🦋 L’Azuré de Champaret — By Mantra in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France 🇫🇷

A small butterfly becomes building-sized above the street. In his post for the work, Mantra identifies the butterfly as Aricia agestis and the flowering plant as oregano, Origanum vulgare. The city’s official street-art route places the June 2026 mural on the Le Languedoc building at 1 Rue du Languedoc in Champaret.

More: See 15 Buildings Full of Butterflies by Mantra.

💡 Lepidoptera Fact: A 2012 study published in Science found that warmer conditions enabled British populations of Aricia agestis to use the widespread Geranium molle as a larval host, facilitating a northward expansion of 79 kilometres in twenty years. The University of York research record summarises the result.

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🌳 CLIMAX MEMORIAE — By Marco Filicio in Rignano Garganico, Italy 🇮🇹

An old tree twists above a deer, broken stone and two intense red forms. Marco Filicio describes “CLIMAX MEMORIAE” as a visual exploration of human resilience. Paleolitica Street Fest assigned him the theme “Adattamenti,” connecting climate change, extreme events and human survival; the mural is on Via Grotta. Museo Paglicci provides the project context.

💡 Archaeology Fact: Grotta Paglicci lies within the municipality of Rignano Garganico. The site’s archaeological account identifies its painted hands and horses as the only Palaeolithic wall paintings known in Italy and records two richly furnished burials dating to about 30,000 years ago.

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🙈 “Portrait à la main” — By Remy Uno in Le Mans, France 🇫🇷

A woman covers her face while the portrait fragments across narrow vertical panels. In Plein Champ’s post for the work, Remy Uno says the image addresses the impulse to hide oneself in front of an audience and calls it a play on words: “portrait à la main.” The mural was created at Parc du Gué-de-Maulny for Plein Champ.

💡 Artist Fact: Remy Uno co-created the Marseille collective Lartmada in 2002. His published biography describes fragmentation, repetition and reassembly as recurring methods used to present different perspectives on the same narrative.

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📷 Photo by Art Mural.

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♟️ A Leap Across the Chessboard — By Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith and Lowry in Boston, Massachusetts, USA 🇺🇸

A figure hangs between a checkerboard floor and an open city horizon, as if the wall has split into two possible worlds. Wolfe-Goldsmith says the mural was completed in eight days and credits Lowry with the chessboard. BLKOUT Walls’ official 2026 map places the work at Bridge Boston Charter School in Roxbury.

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📷 Photo by Lamar Landers.

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🧱 Hands Pull the Wall Apart — By CAMER1 in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA 🇺🇸

Two enormous hands appear to tear through the brick surface, turning the long wall into a burst of movement. In his post for the mural, CAMER1 says it reworks the famous hands on the Sistine Chapel ceiling; the wall is at 210 W Washington St. He painted it during Rensselaer’s June 2026 Mural Week. The Prairie Arts Council credits CAMER1 and Talking Walls with curating the new murals, while RenArtWlk provides the local project context.

More: See Helping Hands in Street Art (8 Photos).

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🍽️ A Table Set Across the Wall — By Ēriks Caune (Thobekk) in Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻

A table seen from above stretches almost the full height of the building, crowded with plates, cups and traces of shared food. Riga’s official street-art guide identifies Thobekk as Ēriks Caune and describes the scene as a table after a celebration, marked by shared meals and conversations. It is his largest original work to date, on the Primo Hotel wall facing Āgenskalns Market at Nometņu iela 64; Āgenskalna tirgus provides the project context.

More: See Street Art About Food (8 Photos).

💡 Market Fact: The table faces a market pavilion that was technologically ambitious when it opened in 1925. Āgenskalns Market’s historical archive lists central heating, sewerage, electric lighting, ventilation, storage cellars, a café and a two-storey restaurant among its early facilities.

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📷 Photo by Jānis Spurdziņš.

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🫏 A Hooded Portrait at Graffiti Rock Jam — By GAME UNO and Suter in Třebíč, Czech Republic 🇨🇿

A hooded portrait looks up through bright color beside a wide piece of lettering and an expressive donkey. GAME UNO and Suter made the wall for Graffiti Rock Jam vol. 18, held across Třebíč from July 17–19, 2026 with ten legal zones and two large-format mural projects. Nowejdworekcrew organized the event with Adam Papírník.

💡 Heritage Fact: Třebíč’s UNESCO property joins a former Jewish quarter and cemetery with the Christian Basilica of St Procopius. UNESCO describes the ensemble as exceptional testimony to peaceful Jewish–Christian coexistence from the Middle Ages to the Second World War.

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🌺 Faces and Flowers Across a Long Wall — By FEFA in Laon, France 🇫🇷

Two quiet faces emerge between saturated flowers, leaves and small flashes of color. FEFA describes the mural as the meeting of two polarities and life as a paradoxical experience. The City of Laon places it on the Salle des Épinettes on Rue Fernand Dathy, created for the 2026 International Urban Arts Festival.

More: See Walls Bloom With Flowers (12 Photos).

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📷 Photo by Art Mural.

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🐦 Time Out — By Atelier Wandart in Liestal, Switzerland 🇨🇭

A seated figure carries a birdhouse against his back while birds settle, circle and take flight around him. Atelier Wandart documents “Time Out” as a private commission in Liestal, painted in spray paint and acrylics at roughly 10 by 12 metres.

More: See Birds Take Over the Walls (14 Photos).

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🌅 Sunset — By Dyoma21 in Satka, Russia 🇷🇺

A fragmented female figure rises the full height of the facade. In his own post, Dyoma21 explains that the figure represents magnesite just before it enters a kiln, loses part of itself and becomes a stronger material. He created “Sunset” for the Sobranie Foundation at 8 Svobody Street in Satka.

💡 Local Art Fact: Satka’s organised mural programme predates this commission by almost a decade. The Sobranie Foundation records that Satka Street Art Fest was introduced in 2017 with Magnesite Group and the district administration.

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🎭 Two Characters Meet on One Wall — By Karlos Álvarez and El Epigarp in Atlixco, Mexico 🇲🇽

A goggle-wearing figure and a boxy masked character meet in a dense field of tags, symbols and bright color. Karlos Álvarez and El Epigarp document the collaboration at Festival Cultural El Refugio in Atlixco. Festival Cultural El Refugio provides the project context.

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🌍 Worlds — By Tau Soloman in Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Three faces move from warm red to cool blue while one white line loops across the entire wall. Tau Soloman identifies the 14-metre work as “Worlds”, inspired by childhood television shows and games and drawn over four days for Hidden District. Hidden District’s official site places it at 1/13 Waikaukau Road, Glen Eden.

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🛼 A Cartoon Creature Rolls Through the Street — By JIJÓN in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico 🇲🇽

A turquoise creature stretches into a rolling machine, part letterform and part street cartoon. JIJÓN documented the piece in Ciudad Neza, packing the low wall with elastic shapes, orange accents and playful momentum.

🔗 Follow JIJÓN on Instagram.

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🧩 Imbrications — By Takir Vortex in Candes-Saint-Martin, France 🇫🇷

Interlocking pink, gray and white forms wrap around the doors, windows and roofline of a small building. Takir Vortex’s own post identifies “Imbrications” as a residency work at Street Art Parc, with the architecture folded into the composition. Find it at 46 Route de Compostelle; Street Art Parc provides the project context.

More: See Eight Walls That Change Shape.

💡 Site Fact: Street Art Parc is located in the wooded grounds of Château de Candes. Les Plus Beaux Villages de France records roughly sixty monumental works created on site during artist residencies.

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💀 A Cosmic Skeleton With a Paint Roller — By Tokk in Koblenz, Germany 🇩🇪

A cartoon skeleton raises a paint roller against a blazing red and purple sky. Tokk’s finished-wall post documents the work for the Rule Breaker Blockparty at Kulturfabrik Koblenz, Mayer-Alberti-Straße 11, mixing fantasy, graffiti energy and a joke about the act of painting itself. Kulturfabrik Koblenz provides the venue context.

💡 Building Fact: Kulturfabrik’s name is literal. The City of Koblenz records that the complex began as the Mayer envelope works, founded in 1862 and later described as Europe’s largest envelope factory; the Jewish-owned company was “Aryanised” under National Socialism and its owners emigrated to the United States.

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🦇 BATGIRL — By Devil Art Design in Bacoli, Italy 🇮🇹

Deep blues, hard highlights and comic-book shadow frame the masked heroine. In the artist’s own post, Devil Art Design identifies the work as “BATGIRL,” painted on May 17, 2026 for Street Fighters Jam in Bacoli. Street Fighters Jam provides the project context.

More: See DEVIL69’s Street Art in Italy (5 Photos).

💡 Comics Fact: The Barbara Gordon version of Batgirl was created at the request of the producers of the 1960s Batman television series. DC’s publishing history records her first appearance in Detective Comics #359, dated January 1967.

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🐾 A Wild Meeting of Characters and Letters — By Monkey HPZ, Chupa Jums, Pixeljuice23, Dangercomfort and Sker FF in Wiesbaden, Germany 🇩🇪

A dark animal character crouches between layered pieces of lettering, small creatures and a bright yellow-green ground. Monkey HPZ documents the collaboration with Chupa Jums, Pixeljuice23, Dangercomfort and Sker FF for the 2026 Meeting of Styles at Brückenkopf Kastel. Wiesbaden’s official festival announcement records more than 150 participating artists, around 3,000 square metres of new murals there and the theme “Togetherness.” Meeting of Styles Germany provides the event context.

💡 Graffiti Fact: Meeting of Styles began in Wiesbaden before becoming an international network. The network’s official history traces it to the 1997 International Wall Street Meeting at the former Schlachthof and dates the international network to 2002.

🔗 Follow four of the artists on Instagram: Monkey HPZ, Chupa Jums, Pixeljuice23, and Dangercomfort.

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🎥 A Film Projector Opens Into Another World — By Spraylover86 near Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹

A small film projector sends out a dense black-and-white world of figures, machines and fragments. Photographer Project 193 Berlin documented the work inside an abandoned site somewhere near Lisbon; the exact location is not disclosed. Spraylover86 keeps the surrounding wall almost empty, making the projected image feel even more concentrated.

More: See Spray Lover’s Cat Mural in Lisbon (4 Photos).

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📷 Photo by Project 193 Berlin.

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