Murals

At one of Oslo’s most-visited buildings, few notice the painting that has mocked its architect for 70 years.

Austin’s first public mural is a 50-year-old psychedelic time capsule where armadillos, musicians, outlaws and local legends hide an entire city’s history in plain sight.

The façade of Soviet Azerbaijan's state printing house is shaped like an open book, inlaid with writing systems from Egyptian hieroglyphs to a Mayan calendar.

The last remaining example of a painted house from the medieval period in Nice.

A rainbow tunnel painted across three buildings and six storeys pulls a child (and every passerby) straight down the rabbit hole, ranked among the world's best murals the year it went up.

The sequential animation shows a galloping horse stretching, morphing into a winged Pegasus, and finally transforming into a bird soaring.

One of Ohio's longest history books isn't made of paper—it's painted across the floodwall.

Murals created to save a fisherman's quarter from demolition!

A colorful street mural created in downtown Vista by world-renowned spray-paint artist Chor Boogie (Jason Hailey), who grew up in the area.

A wild-haired maestro surrenders to artistic passion in this multi-story mural.

An enormous mural of a leaping orca painted on a fuel tank at a remote Antarctic base.

This street was the filming location of the iconic flying bicycle scene from “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”

A set of multi-story murals honor Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.

One of the most colorful free outdoor attractions in San Diego, this park is filled with murals and ties to history.

An unexpected mix of medieval buildings and modern street art.

One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.

A serendipitous meeting between a South American revolutionary and a local barman resulted in an iconic image of 20th-century art.