Street Art of Milan, Italy

Today's post covers street art that I discovered in Milan, Italy outside of the street art that I saw painted for this year's LoopColors Looperfest event. You can read more about the Looperfest "Power of Women" here. Some of Milan's street art is located further afield, and I went a little outside the main city to get most of the artwork pictured in this post.

The piece above and the piece below are by Pao, and the penuins made from the bollars are called 'Panettoni'. The penguins are found in quite a few places in Milan, and I discovered one in Como as well.

Next is a piece I recognised from Italian-based duo Urban Solid, who have come to London a few times (covered here). Their most recent series is of figures painted and placed on walls, and they created two sets of these for London. The first set lasted for a long while and was a popular selfie piece. The second installation (installed in the same place) did not last long, and it's pretty much in the same shape as the one I discovered above on the Navigli Grande canal.

I'm not sure who created the below stencils, but they were located at Navigli Grande.

Artist Zibe painted the above in the grey electrical boxes, and this was part of a series of work on these boxes called 'Project Energy Box' ('Fluid Thoughts'). The artist is from Mexico City but has lived in Milan since the 1980s, and his work is popular in Milan.

I'm not sure who painted the piece above and below, but they are both near Navigli Grande canal.

One of the biggest and best murals is a series of historical figures from Milan's past that street artist Mr. Blob painted. This is located in the centre of Milan at Saint Lorenz cathedral. It features Napoleon, composer Verdi, Leonardo da Vinci, writer Manzoni, and two figures with their fingertips waiting to touch as in the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Vatican.