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    In Ghent, you can find more than 330 works of street art, graffiti jams, public art, poetry, and tolerance zones – all collected in the online database “Art in Public Space”. The city is buzzing with impressive and constantly evolving street art.

    You can easily filter by different categories and choose between a list or map view of the works.

    Have you spotted an artwork that isn’t on the map yet? Be sure to let Cultuur Gent know!

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  • Street Art

    Lindert Steegen

    Heuvelpoort , 9000 Gent Lindert Steegen

    The square in front of the Albert Hein supermarket on Overpoortstraat used to be a grey corner. Now it is a very inspiring and colourful spot. The 200 m² pavement painting was created at the request of the owner and manager of the shopping centre in Overpoort.

    Lindert Steegen ©Michiel Devijver
  • Street Art

    Street art tour for toddlers

    Brugse Poort , 9000 Gent Diverse artiesten / Several artists

    Day-care centre Tierlantuin and the Rabot community workers joined forces, and the end result is a street-art tour for toddlers, peppered with stories written by local residents, parents of young children and young people from the neighbourhood. With this tour, they want to make street art accessible to families with young children. At the same time, up-and-coming artists get the chance to show their creations to a wide audience.

    peuterwandeling ©Michiel Devijver
  • Art in public space

    AVL-man

    E3-plein , 9050 Ledeberg Atelier Van Lieshout

    The AVL man came to Ghent during the major open-air exhibition ‘Over The Edges’ (2000), and was subsequently purchased by the City of Ghent. In 2006, he found his home on the redeveloped E3-plein square in Ledeberg.

    De grote AVL-man ©Michiel Devijver
  • Street Art

    Searching the Blue Bird

    Dorpsstraat 16 , 9052 Zwijnaarde Jamz

    The work is inspired by the well-known fairy tale ‘The Blue Bird’ by Ghentian Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck. Its central theme is the pursuit of happiness, which is symbolised by a small blue bird.


    Jamz ©Michiel Devijver
  • Street Art

    Gomad Graffix

    Kornalijnstraat , 9000 Gent Gomad Graffix

    For the Goldmine project organised by Wallin’, Gomad Graffix created a beautiful mural in the Nieuw Gent neighbourhood. This mysterious woman called “Mother Nature” brightens up the neighbourhood with her colourful flowers and curious bird.

    Gomad ©Michiel Devijver
  • Street Art

    From a house, a home, and from a home, a nest

    Kerkstraat 224 , 9050 Gentbrugge Taquen

    Sparrows, robins and other birds inhabit the trees that surround this house.
    Perhaps the most complicated thing is not always finding a house or where to live, but rather making it a home.

    Taquen ©Michiel Devijver
  • Street Art

    Vanitas

    Nodenaysteeg , 9000 Gent Klaas Van der Linden

    Vanitas (vanity, emptiness, transience)
    Klaas Van der Linden created this still life for restaurant Het Pakhuis, just around the corner. Vanitas symbols (skulls, snuffed candles, wilted flowers, etc.) and night-time scenes are at the core of Van der Lindens oeuvre, which reflects on life in all its aspects.

    vanitas ©Michiel Devijver
  • Street Art

    Untitled

    Doornakkerstraat , 9040 Sint-Amandsberg Carolina Favale

    This work by Carolina Favale adorns a wall of an old school, now converted into a community centre and featuring more artistic gems. You can admire them by visiting the community centre during opening hours.

    Carolina Favale ©Michiel Devijver
  • Street Art

    The Ghent gang

    Tweebruggenstraat , 9000 Gent Collab

    Art of Chase, Bué The Warrior, Kiuw, Keep Punching Joe, ARRF the wolf, Toys, MALF, A Squid Called Sebastian, Lobster Robin

    Gent gang @Michiel Devijver
  • Archive

    Sara Plantefève-Castryck

    Tweebruggenstraat , 9000 Gent Sara Plantefève-Castryck

    Blanco offers artists space for experimentation, reflection and presentation.
    In the Tweebruggenstraat, BLANCO provides the wall as a canvas to a new artist every 4 months.

    This work is the work of Sara Plantefève-Castryck.

    Sara Plantefève-Castryck ©Michiel Devijver
  • Archive

    Le Mur

    Kruideniersstraat , 9000 Gent Sotte

    With Le Mur, Bar Broos provides a visible and centrally located canvas for young, creative talent. Every month, the wall is painted over by a new artist, thus forming a steppingstone for young talent.

    Sotte © Michiel Devijver
  • Street Art

    Luogo Comune

    Kikvorsstraat , 9000 Gent Luogo Comune

    Luogo Comune is a street artist from Italy whose style is full of symbolism. His visual language combines elements from the natural world with objects from local traditions.

    From now on, “The Golden Dragon” watches over the Nieuw Gent neighbourhood.

    Luogo Comune ©Michiel Devijver

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