Public Art

Explore Hull's historic Old Town by following the sea creatures scattered throughout its charmingly cobbled streets.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

Tiny artwork tucked within glass letterboxes form this hidden gem of an art gallery.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

A medieval Italian village is fighting depopulation with this vibrant annual street art festival.

This unique sculptural clock transforms into a periscope every hour.

Whimsical woolen creatures have taken over this historic Northern Ireland park.

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.