Street art is very common in the cities of Latin America. Walls, houses and ruins are full of it and it is an integral part of urban culture. In cities such as Cartagena, Panama City and Sao Paulo, you can find incredible street art that is overwhelming in size and complexity. With the region’s tradition of social movements and political instability it is no wonder, that a lot of the paintings have a political or social message. These colorful and vibrant pictures are more than just scribbles on a wall; they tell stories and leave a lasting impression.
Here is a collection of my favorite street art of some Latin American countries.
Cartagena, Colombia
Medellín, Colombia
Olinda, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Panama City, Panama
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I just did a roundup of this for Santiago and Valparaiso! Street art is absolutely the best way to get to know a place.
Hi Lauren! Send me the link of your post, I would love to see it.
All of these are absolutely stunning! I can’t believe people can actually make murals like that xx
Wow! Those are incredible street art!
Wow these are so beautiful, it’s great they are classed as Street Art rather than graffitti which unfortunately is the case sometimes in the UK.
So cool! I totally missed out the street art in Cartegena, what a shame. Also, Eduardo Kobra (Sao Paolo) is awesome – in love with his pieces. What a great collection and writeup.
He is the guy from the Einstein painting in Sao Paulo, right? Love it!
What a sight! It is beautiful. I think this world needs more art like that.
This is so beautiful! We are starting to have lots of street art and murals in Helsinki too. Lots more coming this summer, cannot wait!
Love this post. Street Art is a great way to see a totally different perspective of cities. You have captured some real beauties.
Love me some colorful street art! I also saw great stuff in Lima and Rio!
Bergen in Norway is super up and coming for street art, found out last year during my visit 😀
This is great! I love Latin America <3 Written about it a few times, think Colombia is my fave (along with most other travellers I've met!) see what you think – https://lulaaventura.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/working-in-colombia/
I love street art so much!! I haven’t been to South America before but definitely adding these places to my list! Great post 🙂
Thank you Janine! South America is such an incredible place and I love the urban culture such as street art. I hope you get a chance to go soon.