Street Art in Buenos Aires

Street art (urban art) and graffiti interventions are in Hollywood, São Paulo, London, New York ... and also in Buenos Aires. The Buenos Aires walls house one of the most active urban art movements in Latin America.

Artists come from all over the world to turn gray walls into an open-air museum. Expecting nothing in return, they work as a team with their local peers, who travel every year to show their work in galleries and festivals abroad.

Where do we find them?

There are little gems that intervene in the city here and there, surprising as you pass; but in general, the most colorful neighborhoods to visit are Palermo, Colegiales, Villa Crespo, Congreso, Barracas, Montserrat and La Boca.

Street art in the city has been regulated since 2009 in the muralism law, a culture that developed in the streets from very early times, following political ups and downs. Interventions must have the approval of the property owner.

In Palermo you can find murals like these:

Frida Kahlo (Av. Dorrego, between Gorriti and Conde)

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