1 Bloom 2014 12 13 tilf 2015 Imprisoned in a courtyard just off the famous Fabbrica dei Cannoli, the In the background of Tarzanà Square you can fnd an interesting work done by a BALLARÒ capo female fgure represented by the Palermo artist Bloom hides from the combo of Como artists, Ema Jons and Tilf, that frames the entrance to a popular PALERMO view. Search it between the bars of the gates. night club. The two fgures, bleak as they are harmonic, interact with each other In Palermo, you can fnd the highest concentration Located around the axis of the historic market, this district for many years expanding over the entire wall. 2 2014 of street art close to the historic markets. Ballarò, has not been considered a relevant area for street art, perhaps due to the Collettivo fx 13 14 0 A sign says “questa piazza prima non c’era” (“this square was not the- Axel void 2011 Palermo together with Mercato del Capo, is still one of the 23 Piazza Corso Calatafimi fact that nightlife is not that common in this area. Nevertheless, thanks re before”) and it’s true: Piazzetta Mediterraneo has been renewed Garraffello Square is one of the main landmarks for the artists passing through Palermo. Street Art Map most active. With its noises, colors and distinctive Indipendenza to the work of Tutto e Niente, an artist from Palermo, and the project from scratch and set in an urban void. On one side the work of the Here, writing and erasing happen everyday so, together with some new work by Tadlock smells, it has been hosting several artists during the Inseminazioni Artistiche, you can now fnd a rich collection of art work. Collettivo FX represents an anti-racism scorecard with the faces of and K2M, some works defy time, as the installations of Uwe or the murals of the American “winners” and “losers”. Axel Void. Palermo is a city rich in art. Dominated by different civilizations, last few years. Walk along the side streets and visit Via Brasa

Via E. Basile 0 14 15 2014 it has always borne witness to a multitude of cultures, styles and the bottom-up regenerated areas of Mediterraneo 3 2015 hopnn Julieta xlf Caracciolo Square, along with Garraffello Square, is one of the points and Ecce Homo squares. Set just behind the main nightlife street in Ballarò, not far from a big traditions. Palermo has always harmoniously displayed diversity, and where street art concentrates, and today it hosts memorable fshmongers. photo-poster of the French collective Dysturb, you can fnd one of the typical Inspired by the sea, the Florence artist Hopnn left some interesting pieces has captivated travelers thanks to its architecture, its food, its dialect piece of the Valencia artist Julieta XLF: a little girl with a fox. The old town and its art. Today, street art is also proof of this phenomenon. Zisa under the portico. Corso Re Ruggero has many of them. Palazzo dei Normanni Via Del Bastone 4 0 After a slow beginning to the graffti writing scene in the 80s and i 16 Via D’ossuna 2016 Street art is not only in the four city districts, but also g 2015 i Gio pistone u Vlo S. Mercurio S. Vlo 21 Knarf Via Dei Benedenttini L o

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Thanks to the medieval confguration of the old city, made up of Via Via G Delle uglielmo 17 18 Il Buo no Piazza 6 2016 0 2016 Via M. Bonello Cappuccinelle Via Antonino Mongitore Antonino Via Via V. E. C215 Zolta small and narrow streets, and the open-mindedness of its citizens, Orlando Via C. Forlanin a Via Dell’ Incoronazione Via Quattro Coronati Via A. Vesalio t ot With the project Inseminazione Artistica (“Artistic Insemination”), the area Via Matteo Bonello 19 R In Via dell’Università you can fnd one of the signs of the work on Caravaggio na on Palermo has proven over time to be a perfect city for street artists. Decollato Piazza Via S. F.Sco Saverio Via Fastuca Via Gioamia next to Sant’Anna al Capo Square was marked by many artists. Among the- Cattedrale led by the famous French artist C215 with the stencil technique. His personal St. Anna Vicolo Lungo P.zza S. Giovanni Via P. Novelli Beyond events and projects, in fact, most of the works in the city V. S. Cristina Al Capo interpretation of “Boy with a Basket of Fruit” will certainly convince you to fnd the se are James Boy, BDN, Ache77, Leonardo Borri, and Naples artist Zolta,

Via L. S. Villanueva S. L. Via Cortile Dei ò Via Gioeni V. M. Sclafani V.Lo Brugn Pellegrini 18 rest of the series. who made two big faces on a big cement wall at the back of the Square. grow individually and informally, often unoffcially commissioned Via Seggettieri V.Lo Carini by local people and almost never disrespectful of the places in Via Lagumina 17 7 18 19 2016 Via Ritiro S. Pietro Via C. Avolio P.zza M. F. Zingaro Via S. Bologna Salta G. Artale Via Beati cyop&kaf RMOGRL OTTANTUNOVENTI V.lo Dello Poali Baronio Piazza 20 Via Porta Carini which they arise. Street art in Palermo is located almost entirely in Via G. Majali P.zza N. 1 Figurative and abstract, spray and brushes, street art in Palermo ex- Colajanni Piazza Beati One of the oldest pieces in town, quite faded and hidden behind the bars of V.lo Degli Dei Biscottari Sett’ Angeli Paoli Corso Tukory Via Del Fondaco the four main areas of its center (Capo, Ballarò, Kalsa, Vucciria) V.lo Gallo Via S. Agata Alla Guilla Via Sedie Volanti Orfani a walled-up door near the GAM (Modern Art Gallery), is the one left from the presses itself in all of its forms. In the Capo you can fnd everything:

Via Via G. Delle Via Zagara well known duo from Naples Cyop&Kaf. The artists also left some pieces in from the stencils of C215 to the decorations of the I mangiatori di and thrives around the small local cultural organizations such as 2 Colonne 24 Via Rosselli Via S. Via Del Protonotaro Patate and Tiaktical. the colourful geometries of the Florence artist Nicol Via Porta Di Castro the Vucciria area – don’t miss them! ò P.zza

All’Albergheria Via G. Verga G. Via ExKarcere community center near the Massimo Theatre, and the Via Trappetazzo S. Marco RMOGRL 8120 are also very interesting. Via Saladino Via Judica Di San Vito

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you: hike through the streets and fnd the monstrous half-human- Via A. Musco ò Via MarioV.lo Puglia Probably the most prolifc artist among those active in Palermo, the Como To fnd pieces of street art in Palermo it is often necessary to go into Via F. P. P. F. Via Di Via Scapparelli Agostino Via Ballar Pieta Via N. Martoglio Via San Gregorio Via Volturno artist Ema Jons left works in almost every district of the city. In the narrow small blind alleys and courtyards. Near the Capo market, in the tunnel Via S. Giusseppe Sant’ half-animal fgures of Ema Jons, the colorful foxes by the Spanish Professa D’arimatea Via Vittorio Emanuele Via Montevergini V. lo 4 Via Vicolo del Caccamo all’Alloro, the artist produced a 30-meter long piece. that leads to the Ecce Homo yard you can fnd two interesting works by Piazza Julieta XLF, the large black and white portraits by the Collettivo Rua For Via F. Raimondo S. Delle Via G. Grasso G. Via Michele A. the Florence artist Exit Enter and the Pisan RAME13. Piazza maggi Stigmate 0 Via Mura Di S. Agata 9 FX, the new interpretations of the Sicilian carts decorations by I Del P.zza 5 V.lo Castelnuovo 2012 Carmine Casa Via Panneria ozmo Via A. Professa Candelai Favara In 2009 the well known Milan artist Pao was the curator of the street art exhibition 20 21 Mangiatori di Patate, the strong social commentaries of NemO’s, Via 2013 Piazza i mangiatori di patate Bologni Via Del Celso liere Via G. Wallpaper. The lineup included Lucamaleonte, Sten + Lex, Gattonero and many V. lo Gran Cancel the stencils by the famous French C215 and all the other splendid P.zza Inside the Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa it’s possible to see the works of different artists S. Onofrio Via G. Donizetti others. Ozmo attended it as well but left his work incomplete for bureaucratic

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Via A. Scarlatti rather it aims to be a tool to explore the main areas of the city. You Via U. A. Amico 2013 Via Oreto Via Maqueda Quattro mural that revisits in a contemporary way a painting by Rogier van der Weyden Emmanuel van der meulen Canti Via Maqueda Via Ruggero Settimo The halls of the Cantieri Culturali are always changing and often works may start with our suggestions and then wander through the streets Giardinelli V.lo (1440), The dream of Pope Sergius. Their work was made with stencils. P.zza P.zza Piazza S. N. Bellini Pretoria Vicolo Mori disappear, covered by white paint. Among these, there will likely be one from the carried by what most attracts you. In the margin of the small map, Degli V. Sgarlata Scalzi S. Orosola Via Venezia French Van Der Meulen, completed within an unused hall. Via Bandiera 11 2015 there are some directions to other big concentrations of street art Via Torino V.lo Via Trieste NAF-MK V.lo Paternò Via Giardinaccio Via V.lo Meschita Via Borz Via G. Patania An important part of the common repertoire of street art is undoubtedly near the urban perimeter, developed thanks to the projects of St.Art Rosalia Lampionelli ì Via Bari Via Giacalone Via Divisi 23 Via Napoli Via Dell’ Orologio the one that refers to posters. In Via Alloro the Florence artist Naf-mk P.zza Via Bara All’Olivella Piazza ogna dici UNIVERSITY Via Calderai Franchi and Borgo Vecchio Factory in the district of Borgo Vecchio, in the Stazione Via Via Salvatore Spinuzza Giulio V.Lo S. Via G. Schiop e adapts the famous Virgin Annunciate by Antonello da Messina to the Near the University campus, between Via Basile and Viale delle Science, you can Via Fiume

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Via Roma Via Vittorio Emanuele Discesa Dei Giu Salita Monteleone near Palazzo Abatellis Museum. couple Vira Lata and an interesting combo by Nemo’S and I Mangiatori di Patate. del Mediterraneo (an international fair), and Pizzo Sella Art Village Via i Via Cavour r a li g Via Lattarini Via S. Licata Via Piave a 0 inside the Reserve of Capo Gallo. To enhance the knowledge of the C Via Monteleone 11 12 ia 16 2016 V Via Roma bibbito & astro naut 24 individual works and to be up to date about the activities in the city, Maccheronai Via Epicarmo ZETALAB P.zza P.zza Discesa Via Zara Behind the Fonderia Oretea, near the Cala, in addition to some pieces of Julieta Via Montesanto S Anna Malta Via Via Milano Via Gorizia Caracciolo P.zza In 2012, the Zetalab, which was a community center in the district of Notarbarto- San we recommend you follow our Facebook page Street Art Palermo. Via Maestri D’acqua P.zza Cassa XLF, Ema Jons and TILF, between pickup trucks and a pile of empty fruit crates Domenico Via Roma Di Risparmio Via A. Gagni lo, organized a street art exhibition called Wallz using its own walls and inviting Via V. Cantavespri P.zza P.zza S.

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