Street Art Istanbul

Organized through the support of the kadıköy municipality and çekül foundation for the protection and promotion of environmental and cultural values mural istanbul is one of the city s most prominent street art festivals.

Street art istanbul. Balat and fener two of the city s most colourful and bohemian quarters is where i found most street art. But modern istanbul has a few neighborhoods where large blank walls have become a canvas for colorful artistic expression. The more progressive a city is the more acceptance its populace seem to show for street art. You can find building tall murals train graffiti and stencil pieces even far away from central city districts like.

Either roam while you are walking around or just use the offline content map for roaming free experience. Know the artists spaces. Erbilss karaköy turgay s place. Second it is where vahit tuna s notorious installation of 440 pairs of women s shoes is located.

The culture of street art in istanbul is comprehensively well developed. Bringing in amazing street artists from abroad to painted building sized murals the yeldeğirmeni neighborhood has been turned into an open air museum since the. Istanbul as ancient as it seems is also just as progressive. There is street art all over istanbul and all it really takes is paying a little attention to find it.

To find the best places and the locations for street art in istanbul i downloaded the street art istanbul app. Fatih maltepe üsküdar and so on it is a never ending journey. Another great resource for the street art in kadikoy on the asian side is the post by the occasional traveler. First street art in istanbul is of incomparable beauty and covers quite a big part of the city.

Street art festivals in istanbul. Street art istanbul map will keep you updated with the current street art pieces in istanbul. Street art festivals in istanbul. Mural istanbul is a street art festival organised with the support of the kadikoy municipality that has been running 2012 the works i found were mostly from 2013 very strong influences of the gezi park protests which happened around the same time as the festival and 2015.

Their multi coloured buildings seemed to be in natural sync with the hundreds of. I missed the 2016 and 2017 works so i have to go back again to find them someday. Istanbul is huge it has tens of different districts and the recent start art revolution has made it possible to spot pieces all over the city. There are a handful of street art festivals in istanbul the most prominent one being mural istanbul.