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This trio has mapped hundreds of murals in Melbourne. Here are 15 of the best
This trio has mapped hundreds of murals in Melbourne. Here are 15 of the best

Sydney Morning Herald

time20-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Sydney Morning Herald

This trio has mapped hundreds of murals in Melbourne. Here are 15 of the best

Melburnians are pretty proud of their city's prolific street art. But when Neda Nikolic found the world's largest online urban art community that maps such works, she noticed Melbourne was underrepresented. So, two years ago, she teamed up with friend Andrew Haysom, and later Lia Arraiano, to add Melbourne's murals to the Street Art Cities database. Today, Melbourne is the No.1 city in the world for total street art recorded on the platform, with 3639 masterpieces logged – up from being ranked 43rd in July 2023. This Victorian trio says it's added 3272 works. 'We've got so many wonderful artists across Melbourne,' says Haysom, who became Street Art Cities' Australian manager this year. 'That's why this city's scene is so special.' In May, the trio lifted Australia to No.1 for total street art on the platform, which only accepts select 'hunters' with adequate photography skills to capture art and describe a work's location and background. 'It's very addictive,' says Nikolic. 'This is like the Olympics of street art.' Melbourne's contemporary street art scene has also changed immensely in recent decades: First, there was the underground graffiti subculture of the 1980s and 1990s. Then, there was the Banksy-boom of stencils in the 2000s. Later, major murals took off in the 2010s. But the first big wall-art installation, which helped kick-start the large murals across Melbourne today, was famed New Yorker Keith Haring's work at Collingwood Yards, which is now heritage-listed.

This trio has mapped hundreds of murals in Melbourne. Here are 15 of the best
This trio has mapped hundreds of murals in Melbourne. Here are 15 of the best

The Age

time20-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • The Age

This trio has mapped hundreds of murals in Melbourne. Here are 15 of the best

Melburnians are pretty proud of their city's prolific street art. But when Neda Nikolic found the world's largest online urban art community that maps such works, she noticed Melbourne was underrepresented. So, two years ago, she teamed up with friend Andrew Haysom, and later Lia Arraiano, to add Melbourne's murals to the Street Art Cities database. Today, Melbourne is the No.1 city in the world for total street art recorded on the platform, with 3639 masterpieces logged – up from being ranked 43rd in July 2023. This Victorian trio says it's added 3272 works. 'We've got so many wonderful artists across Melbourne,' says Haysom, who became Street Art Cities' Australian manager this year. 'That's why this city's scene is so special.' In May, the trio lifted Australia to No.1 for total street art on the platform, which only accepts select 'hunters' with adequate photography skills to capture art and describe a work's location and background. 'It's very addictive,' says Nikolic. 'This is like the Olympics of street art.' Melbourne's contemporary street art scene has also changed immensely in recent decades: First, there was the underground graffiti subculture of the 1980s and 1990s. Then, there was the Banksy-boom of stencils in the 2000s. Later, major murals took off in the 2010s. But the first big wall-art installation, which helped kick-start the large murals across Melbourne today, was famed New Yorker Keith Haring's work at Collingwood Yards, which is now heritage-listed.

Yardworks Festival 2025: Where is it and what is on?
Yardworks Festival 2025: Where is it and what is on?

The Herald Scotland

time02-05-2025

  • Entertainment
  • The Herald Scotland

Yardworks Festival 2025: Where is it and what is on?

Yardworks is now one of Europe's leading festivals of street art and graffiti and is a vibrant, family-friendly celebration of colour, culture and collaboration with artists flying in from all over the world to take park. Visitors to the festival can expect to see plenty of well-known street artists take part with people such as Bacon from Canada who is known for his wildlife murals. Zurki, from Colombia and Spain as well as Portugal's Nuno Viegas, American Jeks and Belgium's Kitsune will also be involved. Glasgow's own Smug, who has produced murals such as Saint Mungo and The Swimmer, will also take part while Peachzz, who was recently voted the second best street artist in the world by StreetArt Cities will also be taking part. Read More Yardworks is part of Glasgow 850 this year and there will be work exploring Glasgow's street art heritage while the city's radical past is also spotlighted by College Workshops, inspired by suffragettes and protest art. Festival goers can also enjoy street food from some of Glasgow's top vendors including Nomad, Fries Guys, Dirty Bird, Loop & Scoop and more. Tickets for the event cost £16 for the weekend if you are an adult, £8 for a child and a family ticket for two adults and two kids over five is £35 while under fives go free.

Sleaford dental practice mural by Peachzz puts smiles on faces
Sleaford dental practice mural by Peachzz puts smiles on faces

BBC News

time16-03-2025

  • General
  • BBC News

Sleaford dental practice mural by Peachzz puts smiles on faces

A mural celebrating the buildings and wildlife of a Lincolnshire town has brought the outside wall of a dental practice to artwork is on the side of Treeline Dental's building in Boston Road, Sleaford, It was made by Sheffield street artist Megan Russell, otherwise known as mural depicts the Sleaford Navigation and Money's Mill, as well as local wildlife including a swan, a duck, a Duke of Burgundy butterfly and a dog violet, which has been voted the county flower of Lincolnshire. Peachzz started the mural on 4 March, and it took her and an assistant three days to Kesteven District Council said the building had recently undergone repairs and restoration through the Sleaford Shopfront Grant Jimmey Palahey, clinical director at Treeline Dental, said: "It seems to be putting a lot of smiles on lots of faces."Dentistry for us is a lot more than just teeth and mouths. It's holistic care so [the mural] has provided something in the community that people can be proud of and represents Sleaford." The work was funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the owner of the came second in the Street Art Cities best mural in the world contest last year for her piece Reverie, in said: "Everyone was so welcoming and [Sleaford] was a really nice place... I hope it's quite uplifting when people see it."I like putting nature in places where there isn't lots of it, like in towns and cities."District council leader Richard Wright said: "It's been so warmly welcomed, with lots of people stopping to compliment Peachzz during the works and joining the positivity around it." Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.

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