explosion of color

Tudela (Navarra), Spain

I love this!

Walking down down a dreary street and coming into contact with a mural like this one on an abandoned building really adds a great deal of beauty to the surroundings.

building size murals

Chicago, Illinois - USA

yet another mural...

San Francisco, California - USA

Balmy Alley murals in the Mission District of San Francisco

more murals

San Francisco, California - USA

Balmy Alley murals in the Mission District of San Francisco

Mission District murals

San Francisco, California - USA

This mural honors the great painters, Friday Kahlo, and her husband, Diego Rivera, as well as other important figures from Latin America.

so many murals

San Francisco, California - USA

Murals on Balmy Alley in the Mission District of San Francisco

Balmy Alley

San Francisco, California - USA

Many murals can be seen throughout the Mission District of San Francisco.  Balmy Alley, in particular, contains the most concentrated collection of murals.  These murals initiated in the 1980s as an expression of artists' outrage over what was happening with human rights and political abuses in Central America.  Murals can be found on garage doors, walls, gates or whatever area is possible.  Today the murals are constantly changing and range from a variety of issues.  I highly recommend walking around this colorful and vibrant multi-cultural neighborhood.  It's definitely worth your time.

Coit Tower murals

San Francisco, California - USA

Here is one of the many murals to be seen while walking up to the top of Coit Tower.

white with a splash of color

Asilah, Morocco

Yet another mural in the medina of Asilah...

medina walls

Asilah, Morocco

Another example of the mesmerizing murals of the medina in Asilah...

color extravaganza

Asilah, Morocco

Here's another amazing mural from the International Culural Moussem of Asilah!
 

mesmerizing murals

Asilah, Morocco

The International Cultural Moussem of Asilah (Asilah Arts Festival) is an annual cultural extravaganza which brings life and color to this city and has been doing so since 1978.  The town is a platform for cultural dialog and exchange between different countries through conferences and seminars.  Each year a guest country is invited to share its culture through mural paintings, engravings, music, dance and poetry.

One of the things I like most about this town are its murals!  Select artists are invited to paint their works of art on the whitewashed walls of the medina every year.  The best ones are kept for years to come.  Here is an example of one of them.