We arrived in Dunedin near the end of our 2-week in New Zealand with the skies overcast. However, our eyes lit up and the streets became brighter once we discovered that there is a thriving street art scene. We love to use the local art to guide us around the streets of a new town. …
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Hunting Graffiti In Padua
We love finding interesting street art during our travels. Previously we have posted about the stencil art around Ubud Bali, in Oaxaca in Mexico, and have explored the street art in Cape Town South Africa (blog coming later) and the laneways of Melbourne and even our home suburb of Mount Hawthorn. When we found out that Padua had some well-known street artists, …
Ubud the Artist Town
Ubud is well known as an artist’s community. There are a few high-class galleries that are worth a visit to see traditional Balinese and contemporary art, such as Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA), Neka Art Museum, Antonio Blanco Museum, and the Museum Puri Lukisan. There are also plenty of art shops around town including …
Stencil Art from the Mexican City of Oaxaca
We have been on a few trips to Mexico, the longest was four weeks that we spent travelling around in 2005. On the visit to the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca, we enjoyed a walk around town, and were captivated by the interesting architecture, and the quirky stencil art we found on the buildings. It …
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