New Street Art That Makes You Stop (11 Photos, Vol. 23)

August 6, 2026

By Vidar

Split view of a layered portrait mural by U DISS on Nusa Penida and a colorful portrait mural by Max Sansing in Rensselaer, Indiana.

Color, memory and optical illusion across 11 walls

An octopus wraps around a narrow building in France, a giant blue eye fills a wall in Portugal, and portraits in Indonesia and Indiana break into bold layers of color.

Tap Love beneath the works you want to see rise in the ranking.

Adaptação, an octopus mural by Nuno Miles wrapped around the windows of a narrow building in Saint-Brieuc, France.

🐙 “Adaptação” — By Nuno Miles in Saint-Brieuc, France 🇫🇷

A red octopus climbs through three levels of windows while one tentacle holds a spray can. The narrow façade makes the creature feel even taller.

Nuno Miles documented Adaptação after creating it for Just Paint Saint-Brieuc. The mural stands at 15 Rue de Rohan, while the city’s festival page documents the wider 2026 project.

💡 What We Could Verify: The One Art Gallery identifies Miles as a self-taught painter who also holds a PhD in Media Arts.

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Contrapeso mural by Dúo Amazonas on an apartment wall in Rosenheim, Germany, showing two figures gathered around a glowing center.

🌺 “Contrapeso” — By Dúo Amazonas in Rosenheim, Germany 🇩🇪

Two figures bend toward a bright center surrounded by deep reds, green and black. The small apartment wall becomes a concentrated burst of color.

Dúo Amazonas describes Contrapeso as two forces that do not oppose each other but need one another. It was painted at Schirmbeckstraße 6 for Transit Art 2026, organized by Städtische Galerie Rosenheim.

💡 What We Could Verify: Rosenheim’s Transit Art archive identifies Dúo Amazonas as Lina Sanabria of Colombia and Nati Andreoli of Argentina. Based in Spain, they founded Madrid’s Espacio Amazonas and have worked in Europe and the Americas since 2017.

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Le Gecko Volant mural by Braga Last One and Les Créateurs de Bonheurs on a house in Divion, France, showing a gecko suspended beneath a smiling parachute-like cloud.

🦎 “Le Gecko Volant” — By Braga Last One with Les Créateurs de Bonheurs in Divion, France 🇫🇷

A gecko hangs beneath a smiling, parachute-like cloud as painted vines climb around the house. The real windows and front door sit inside the scene instead of interrupting it.

The regional tourism office confirms the title and credits Braga Last One alongside Les Créateurs de Bonheurs. The mural was created at 31 Rue Villebois-Mareuil for Festival Les Petits Bonheurs.

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Pink trompe-l’œil mural by Shozy covering the side of an apartment building in Calais, France.

🪢 Pink Illusion — By Shozy in Calais, France 🇫🇷

A folded pink surface appears to twist away from a black grid as it travels down the tower. The restrained palette and painted shadows turn the flat façade into a large trompe-l’œil construction.

Painted at 320 Boulevard du 8 Mai for the Calais Street Art Festival 2026, the finished wall was documented by Shozy and photographed by Ryan F Photographie. No formal title has been confirmed, so the heading is descriptive.

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Black-and-white portrait tribute to Luís Represas painted by Styler in Rinchoa, Portugal.

🎤 Luís Represas Tribute — By Styler in Rinchoa, Portugal 🇵🇹

Luís Represas’s face fills the low wall in closely packed monochrome lines. A seated figure above the mural makes its scale immediately clear.

Sintra Notícias confirms that Styler created the work in Rinchoa as a tribute to the Portuguese singer-songwriter. Photo by Marina Aguiar.

💡 What We Could Verify: Sintra Notícias reports that the mural was inaugurated as a permanent memorial after Represas died on 22 July 2026. He had co-founded the band Trovante in 1976.

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No Rush mural by Curtis Hylton and Les Créateurs de Bonheurs in Robecq, France, showing a hare formed from roses with moths around it.

🐇 “No Rush” — By Curtis Hylton with Les Créateurs de Bonheurs in Robecq, France 🇫🇷

A hare made from layered roses rises above the entrance while moths circle the façade. The muted palette lets the animal sit naturally against the building.

Curtis Hylton titled the work No Rush after creating it with Les Créateurs de Bonheurs for Festival Les Petits Bonheurs. The mural stands at 166 Rue de Saint-Venant, where the regional tourism office documents the project.

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Los Domingos Ya No Volverán, a mural by Tomaz Major in San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico, showing children gathered around a table beneath trees.

🍽️ “Los Domingos Ya No Volverán” — By Tomaz Major in Mitla, Mexico 🇲🇽

Children gather around a table in a leafy outdoor scene painted across the full house wall. The real window remains visible inside the tree canopy.

Tomaz Major titled the mural Los Domingos Ya No Volverán, which translates roughly as “Those Sundays Will Not Return.” He created it for the fourth Festival Internacional de Murales Mitla, organized by Centro Cultural Pitao Bezelao.

💡 What We Could Verify: Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History explains that “Mitla” derives from the Nahuatl Mictlán. Its older Zapotec name, Lyobáa, means “resting place” of the dead.

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Colorful portrait mural by Max Sansing in Rensselaer, Indiana, showing a woman framed by green, orange and purple forms.

🌺 Rensselaer Portrait — By Max Sansing in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA 🇺🇸

A calm face fills the wall between sweeping orange hair, a green head covering and a flower. The wide composition keeps the portrait readable from across the alley.

Created for RenArtWlk’s 2026 mural week, the work fills the back wall at 210 W Washington Street. Visit Rensselaer’s official lineup confirms Max Sansing among the participating artists. No formal title has been confirmed, so the heading is descriptive.

💡 What We Could Verify: Sansing’s official biography says he grew up on Chicago’s South Side, joined graffiti crews, taught himself oil painting and later trained at the American Academy of Art.

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Tejido Lenca mural by Zelva in San Isidro, Honduras, showing a Lenca figure surrounded by woven cloth woven cloth and bright birds.

🧵 “Tejido Lenca” — By Zelva in San Isidro, Honduras 🇭🇳

A central figure, woven cloth and brightly colored birds overlap across a wall filled with reds, greens and yellows. The long composition carries the movement from one end to the other.

In his post for Tejido Lenca, Zelva describes the work as a tribute to the Lenca people. It was created for Joya de los Lagos in San Isidro, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortés.

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Reptiles al Sol, a collaborative wall by Seta Fuerte and Acsoner in Medellín, Colombia, combining a crocodilian, monarch butterfly and turquoise graffiti lettering.

🐊 “Reptiles al Sol” — By Seta Fuerte and Acsoner in Medellín, Colombia 🇨🇴

A crocodilian opens its jaws above turquoise lettering while a monarch butterfly holds the far edge. The wildlife and graffiti styles meet without either disappearing.

Seta Fuerte’s finished-wall post calls the collaboration Reptiles al Sol and credits Acsoner.

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Layered portrait mural by U DISS on Nusa Penida, Indonesia, with a woman’s face interwoven with orange, blue, pink and black forms.

🎭 Layered Portrait — By U DISS on Nusa Penida, Indonesia 🇮🇩

A woman’s face is interwoven with repeated profiles and planes of orange, blue, pink and black. The separate layers lock together around the central gaze.

U DISS appeared in the Graffitrip Nusa Penida 2026 lineup. The finished-wall post credits organizer Smots and photographer Jeremy Angus. No formal title has been confirmed, so the heading is descriptive.

💡 What We Could Verify: The Coral Triangle Center reports that 296 coral species were recorded in the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area in 2008; the protected area also includes mangroves and seagrass beds.

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🔗 Follow U DISS, Smots, and Jeremy Angus on Instagram.