{"id":70932,"date":"2016-07-13T13:03:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T11:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=70932"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:50:51","slug":"street-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Barcelona&#8217;s street art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The various streets and districts of this Mediterranean city have a lot to offer when it comes to <strong>street art<\/strong>. <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> has a variety of ways to help you access those hard to find galleries and boutiques as well as local <strong>bars<\/strong> with ties to <strong>underground art<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No matter if you prefer to do your own exploring or would like a guided tour, below are a couple of pointers to help you uncover the emerging street art and <strong>graffiti<\/strong> scene of this creative city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art\/#Where_to_find_the_art\" title=\"Where to find the art\">Where to find the art<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art\/#Cosmic_Balance\" title=\"Cosmic Balance\">Cosmic Balance<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art\/#Guided_street_art_tours\" title=\"Guided street art tours\">Guided street art tours<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_find_the_art\"><\/span>Where to find the art<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_70935\" style=\"width: 307px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70935\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-12-at-11.00.12-am-297x300.png\" alt=\"Photo by Sab45 via Instragram\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Sab45 via Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetartbcn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Street Art Barcelona<\/a> is a collaborative platform created to support and promote the <strong>Barcelona art scene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here you\u2019ll find news and updates on where you can visit the latest artistic creations in the streets of Barcelona and beyond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the first mural for Miss Van in over 10 years. It was commissioned by the FemGraff Festival held from March to April this year. Its aim was to invite the residents of Barcelona to think, question and express what it means to be a woman today in our city . Miss Van is originally from Toulouse in France but has spent most of her artistic life in Barcelona. Read more here on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetartbcn.com\/by-miss-van-femgraff-festival-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Street Art Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The artists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.txemy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Txemy<\/a>, SAV45 and <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/laurosamblas.portfoliobox.me\/\">Lauro Samblas<\/span> collaborated on an abandoned house outside of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cosmic_Balance\"><\/span>Cosmic Balance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cCosmic Balance\u201d is a new <strong>mural<\/strong> painted by the artist from Valencia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DEIH-317588634957592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DEIH<\/a> during the Jidar Toiles de Rue Festival this May. Her themes have a vibrant futuristic overtone with a touch of doom or the wacky. Look closely and you will see galaxies and more in the details of her subjects. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetartbcn.com\/by-deih-rabat-marocco-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">This one is located in Morocco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Guided_street_art_tours\"><\/span>Guided street art tours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you prefer to have a <strong>guided tour<\/strong>, then Barcelona Street Style Tours might be for you. They offer a couple of options; you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcelonastreetstyletour.com\/free-barcelona-street-art-walking-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">walk the Born\/Gothic Quarter<\/a> or <strong>El Raval<\/strong> neighbourhoods or take the morning to bike around the developing industrial neighbourhood of Poble Nou.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70938\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70938\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/street-art-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by MiquelGP54 via VisualHunt \/ CC BY-NC-ND\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by MiquelGP54 via VisualHunt \/ CC BY-NC-ND<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are walking in the city and know where to look, you will discover so many pieces of street art that you will feel like you are visiting an outdoors art gallery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take some time to observe the creative practices of these artists, you might find that you yourself will be inspired to create something just as beautiful.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"70932\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 137.5px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">4.7<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">3<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The various streets and districts of this Mediterranean city have a lot to offer when it comes to street art. 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