New Street Art That Brings Walls to Life (16 Photos, Vol. 34)
By Vidar
Sixteen walls that turn familiar places into something else
Alice outgrows a shipping container, a woman says goodbye to a dog, and a flower-faced figure reaches toward a butterfly. These sixteen works move between illusion, memory, wildlife, music and portraiture.
Tap Love beneath the works that stay with you.
🌿 Mother Memory — By Sebastián Mendoza in Paipa, Colombia 🇨🇴
Mother Memory stands among medicinal plants, a guardian fox, Muisca ceramics, books and artists’ tools. Mendoza explains that torn colors from Paipa’s flag evoke political division as the central figure tends to wounds of the heart.
Created for Red de Bibliotecas de Paipa at the Centro de Memoria del Pantano de Vargas.
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🐉 Fantasy Clash — By Stone 139 in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
A huge pink creature twists across the wall while a one-eyed spray-can character confronts it with a long pointed tool.
Stone 139 painted the wall during the 2026 Summer Camp Graffiti Jam in Playas del Coco.
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🐦 Portrait and Bird — By SEPC in Manizales, Colombia 🇨🇴
A calm portrait fills the yellow wall. A small bird settles beside the figure while painted architecture and real street signs meet at the corner.
SEPC revisited a spot in Villa Hermosa that he first painted nine years earlier.
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🗝️ “Alice” — By Flow Graffiti Art in Bouville, France 🇫🇷
A 5-by-6-metre anamorphic painting turns a shipping container into a room too small for Alice. She kneels beside a tiny door with the key in hand, and the illusion locks into place from the chosen viewpoint.
Created for Inspire Festival 2026 on Route des Ifts in Bouville. Photo by Julia.
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🃏 Joker & Harley Quinn Wall — By Slash.97 & Wall Veteran in Świebodzin, Poland 🇵🇱
The collaboration runs angular gold-and-red lettering between the Joker and a bubblegum-blowing Harley Quinn. Hot pink, lime and white keep the whole wall moving.
Painted for Saints District Jam on the walls of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1, ul. Gen. Sikorskiego 11.
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📖 Color Through the Windows — By Gizem Erdem, assisted by Bak Bi, in Witten, Germany 🇩🇪
A curled-up figure rests in a riverside landscape with a large book and coffee cup as real windows punctuate the scene. Stadt Witten says the motifs point to the recreational value of the Ruhr and Muttental.
Created by Gizem Erdem with help from Bak Bi for the Heven-Ost/Crengeldanz open-air gallery at Herbeder Straße 79.
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🦅 Winged Creature — By Farid Rueda in Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Farid Rueda fused a peregrine falcon, red fox and European eel into an alebrije-inspired creature representing air, land and water.
Painted for Le MUR d’Anvers at Sint-Bartholomeusstraat 32 in Merksem.
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🎨 “The Peace Soldier” — By Valé Stencil in Saint-Brieuc, France 🇫🇷
A grayscale child sits beneath a ceiling flooded with turquoise, magenta, orange and yellow. Valé Stencil presents the child as a peace soldier, using paint as a symbol of hope and creativity in place of violence.
Created for Just Paint Saint-Brieuc at 41 Rue Saint-Guillaume.
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💧 Under the Pouring Water — By Badi Coloreando in Churriana de la Vega, Spain 🇪🇸
A girl is immersed to the neck in turquoise water while a single clay vessel pours from above. A floating candle, leaves, dark berries and a painted brick arch complete the scene.
Badi credits the Ayuntamiento de Churriana de la Vega with commissioning the project.
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🎵 “Forever Jungbusch” — By Tea Kvar in Mannheim, Germany 🇩🇪
Three fictional figures carry local references: a record for Jungbusch’s music culture, a spoked wheel for Mannheim’s bicycle history, and an anchor and rope for the nearby harbor.
Produced by Stadt.Wand.Kunst with Studierendenwerk Mannheim on the nine-storey student residence at Hafenstraße 35–45. Photo by Alexander Krziwanie.
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🦋 “Liberté” — By MrDheo in Saint-Brieuc, France 🇫🇷
A grayscale figure turns toward a butterfly with both arms raised. Flowers cover the face, while bright color returns through the hands and lower body. MrDheo says the wall gave him room to move beyond his comfort zone, try new things and take risks.
Created for Just Paint Saint-Brieuc at 34 Rue Fardel.
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🪞 “IDENTITY” — By Zurik in Iniesta, Spain 🇪🇸
Two faces overlap across the broad wall in warm earth tones, black, white and deep blue. Sharp fragments separate the portraits and connect them at the same time.
Zurik pairs the work with a quotation attributed to José Saramago about identity residing not in a name, birthplace or date of birth, but in being.
Created for the Astarté Festival de Arte Urbano on the rear façade of the Auditorio Municipal de Iniesta.
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🌬️ “JE SÈME AUX QUATRE VENTS” — By Cédric Yelow in Pantin, France 🇫🇷
A woman blows petals toward ornate lettering framed by roses, leaves and small birds. The deep teal background makes the painted sign feel built into the wall. In Yelow’s account, the work reflects his desire to sow his art beyond home.
Painted in July 2026 for Le 27 Pantin on Allée des Ateliers.
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🌊 Underwater Portrait — By Dpedrosart in Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸
Light bends across a face just below the surface. Painted reflections, bubbles and dark water stretch across the wide metal doors.
Photo by José Martí.
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🐕 “너의 이름은 / Your Name Is” — By Royyal Dog in South Bend, Indiana, USA 🇺🇸
A woman says goodbye to a sick dog, whispering her name into its ear while a cat sits beside them. In Royyal Dog’s account of the 76-by-46-foot mural, the scene draws on a Korean belief that dogs must remember their owner’s name so they can meet again in heaven.
Created for Mural Mania on the south wall of the Trigon Building at 224 W Jefferson Blvd.
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✨ Street Portrait — By Amey Sheikh Ali in Sibu, Malaysia 🇲🇾
A man in glasses and bright blue workwear holds a lit cigarette near his face while oversized blue-and-orange lettering rises behind him. Hard highlights and deep shadow give the portrait its weight.
Created for Sibu Urban Art Festival at Sibu Graffiti River.
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