Urban art and graffiti interventions are in Hollywood, São Paulo, London, New York... and also in Buenos Aires. The walls of Buenos Aires are home to one of the most active urban art movements in Latin America.
Artists come from all over the world to turn grey walls into an open-air museum. Without expecting anything in return, they work as a team with their local peers, who travel each year to show their work in galleries and festivals abroad.
Where do we find them?
There are little gems that dot the city here and there, and surprise you as you pass by them; but in general, the most colourful neighbourhoods to visit are Palermo, Colegiales, Villa Crespo, Congreso, Barracas, Monserrat and La Boca.
Urban art in the city has been regulated since 2009 with the law on muralism, a culture that developed in the streets from very early times, following political ups and downs. Interventions must have the approval of the owner of the property. Get to know the different expressions in these self-guided tours with works for all tastes: traditional route and emerging route.
A rainbow in Figueroa Alcorta and Pueyrredón
In 2011, the Swiss artist duo L/B, Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, spent ten nights with a team of ten people. Under the bridge, they painted a set of lines in seven colours that follow the shape of the structure and meet in the centre. “The idea was to mix dynamism, harmony, wellbeing and readaptation of the space, to create a look on the Buenos Aires traffic, on an avenue of very intense traffic that permanently connects the north and the south", they described. This permanent rainbow is a small oasis among the vehicles.