The world's most amazing street art: check out these seven striking images
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Street art is a colourful and compelling addition to the urban landscape around the world - from New York and London to Banksy’s Bristol.
A new book from Lonely Planet documents 42 international cities, profiles 15 leading festivals, interviews some of the key artists and lists hundreds of locations to spot celebrated works.
Mirror Travel asked the book's author, Ed Bartlett, to choose seven of the lesser known – and in some cases surprising – places to get your fix.
1) KIEV, UKRAINE
Artist: Guido Van Helten. Photo: Guido Van Helten. Location: Lesi Ukrainky Blvd 36, Kiev.
Ed says: Ukraine’s capital has a vibrant and increasingly political scene. The giant tower blocks of Podil provide a suitably epic canvas.
Artist: Herakut. Photo: Herakut. Location: Nylendugata 29, 101 Reykjavik .
Ed says: The world’s northernmost capital used to have a zero tolerance approach to street art. Today it’s home to projects like Wall Poetry, where artists and musicians collaborate to create lyric-inspired artworks.
3) MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
(Photo: Urban Presents)
Artist: Remi Rough. Photo: urbanpresents.net. Location: Rue Tétouan, Marrakech .
Ed says: The famous souks of the Medina are one of the last places you might expect to see street art. The 2016 Marrakesh Biennale brought a range of international artists to paint walls around the maze-like Moroccan city.
4) MEXICO CITY
Artist: D*Face. Photo: @rebelsalliance. Location: Rear of Avenida Cuauhtémoc 273, Roma Norte, 06700 Mexico City.
Ed says: Diego Rivera introduced the tradition of muralism to Mexico City in the 1920s, and today artists from all over the world come to paint on the streets. Here British artist D*Face creates an homage to Mexico’s ‘Day of the Dead’.
5) CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
(Photo: Luke Shirlaw Ironlak)
Artist: Rone. Photo: Luke Shirlaw. Location: Quest Serviced Apartments, 113 Worcester Street, Christchurch 8011.
Ed says: The centre of Christchuch was virtually destroyed during the 2011 earthquake. Street art played a huge role in its regeneration through projects such as RISE.
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6) JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Artist: Adnate. Photo: Adnate Location: 21 Gus Street, Johannesburg 2043.
Ed says: Like London’s Shoreditch or New York’s Williamsburg, the industrial warehouses of Maboneng Precinct have gradually evolved into a hip neighborhood covered with interesting street art.
7) ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Artist: M-City. Photo: M-City. Location: Talimhane Sokak 5, Osmanağ, 34714 Kadıköy, Istanbul.
Ed says: The history and architecture of Istanbul makes for a unique street art experience. Head across the Bosphorus to Kadıköy on the Asian side of the city to see giant works from the Mural Istanbul Festival.