Lagos’ bustling streets have transformed into a vibrant open-air gallery as the city hosts its first-ever Street Art Festival. Bold murals and striking graffiti by Nigerian artists now cover walls across the city, celebrating urban culture, identity, and creative expression.

The festival highlights Lagos’ growing reputation as a cultural and arts hub, bringing street art into the mainstream and giving local artists a global platform.

Arts Hub Lagos Elevates Nigerian Graffiti at Street Mural Festival

A new Banksy mural has ignited fierce debate after appearing on the wall of London’s Royal Courts of Justice. Depicting a judge striking a protester with a gavel, the provocative piece was quickly confirmed by the artist on Instagram — and just as quickly covered up by officials citing building preservation rules. As crowds gathered and critics weighed in, questions over free speech, protest rights, and artistic censorship surged once again.

Banksy targets British justice: New mural of judge striking protester sparks uproar 

The inauguration of the new Indian Parliament seems to be marred with a fresh controversy, this time a diplomatic one, over a mural inside the building that shows all the key kingdoms and ancient cities portraying ancient India.

'Akhand Bharat' mural row: Nepali leaders get irked, urge Prachanda to raise issue with Indian officials

The mural, showing a rising sun and two children of color wearing crowns, was intended to promote racial equity at a school building in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Fifth graders from PS 295 spent months designing the artwork, which was spread across the cafeteria wall that their school shares with MS 443, a middle school, with the help of Groundswell, a longtime community arts organization.

A school mural was supposed to celebrate Black Lives. Instead, it was destroyed.

A giant mural of pioneering guitar legend Eddie Van Halen was unveiled on Hollywood's famed Sunset Strip on Tuesday (January 26), on what would have been the rocker's 66th birthday.

Sunset Strip mural honors rocker Eddie Van Halen

Bansky has confirmed a new artwork depicting an old woman violently sneezing as her dentures fly into the air is his. The elusive street artist has dubbed the mural "Aachoo!

Banksy confirms new sneezing woman mural as his latest work

A giant yellow street mural is being completed outside Trump Tower on NYC's Fifth Avenue. The street mural painting process began early Thursday morning, and a crowd has been gathering to watch. Watch report.

Your Story: BLM demonstration in US | Mural painted in front of Trump's tower once again

A large Black Lives Matter mural was unveiled in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem on Wednesday. Local artists began painting the mural located in the center of Harlem on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd at 125th Street on Friday, July 3. The two-block long mural was painted with colorful symbols of the African American experience.

Black Lives Matter mural unveiled in Harlem

Brussels added to its large collection of murals on Thursday (June 18) with a newly commissioned work in memory of African-American George Floyd, whose killing by police has sparked global protests against racism and police violence.

Brussels adds George Floyd memorial to large mural collection

A group of artists climbed ladders up one of the many blast walls snaking through the Afghan capital Kabul this week to paint a mural of George Floyd in solidarity with the anti-racism protests kindled by his death in police custody.

Afghan artists paint mural on blast wall in tribute to George Floyd

A mural by secretive British street artist Banksy stolen from the Bataclan theatre in Paris has been found in a farmhouse in central Italy. The work, one of a series of murals painted in June 2018 in the French capital, shows a veiled female figure staring mournfully downwards.

Banksy mural stolen from Bataclan theatre found in Italian farmhouse

George Floyd. The name over and over again. That's what traveling artist Renda Writer envisioned as his tribute to Floyd on a large blank wall.

Traveling muralist pays tribute to George Floyd

Activists put out a call online on Tuesday for local artists to come beautify the boarded up businesses. By Wednesday, several dozen artists were spray-painting murals and slogans in support of anti-police brutality protests, Black Lives Matter, and George Floyd, who was killed in Minneapolis last month by a white police officer who pinned him down with his knee.

Oakland artists use boarded-up windows for murals to show support

Sudan murals commemorate protest 'martyrs'

Pop icon Sir Cliff Richard was born in Lucknow in 1940

Lucknow paints mural of Cliff Richard, he says 'thank you for remembering me'

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