Street Art and Graffiti in Santiago de Chile (Part 1)

My first selection of street art and graffiti here in Santiago de Chile. Some of these were certainly illegal pieces of graffiti (one was actually sprayed over by the same artist only a couple of days after I photographed it), but others look like they might have been commissioned by the owners of the building. What most have in common is the unfortunate fact that they will disappear sooner or later, as most wall art is on buildings doomed for demolition. Since I have more photos, I will add a second gallery at some other time.
If you would like to compare styles across South America please view our gallery of Street Art in Uruguay. We might make this an ongoing topic. There are many more pieces to discover in Santiago; if you like please explore these 2 sites on Twitter and Tumblr, both dedicated to “Street Art in Santiago”.

Santiago: wall art patchwork (to be demolished)

Street Art Santiago: colourful portrait

Santiago: casa bolivar

Santiago: amazing technique in this graffiti

Santiago: this graffiti is now gone

Santiago graffiti: after a while you recognise the artist’s style

Wall Art Santiago: peace dove

Wall Art Santiago: you cannot eat money

Wall Art Santiago: snow puma

Tags: graffiti mural public art

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viviana says:

23/09/2021 at 13:54

donde estan ubicados todos los grafitis? solo salen las fotos y en que calles se encuentran?

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- Juergen says:
  
  01/11/2021 at 01:44
  
  The Barrio Brasil is a good one to wander around in! There’s plenty of street art – but some gets painted over and new works appear on other walls.
  https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.4416428,-70.6695841,3a,75y,167.84h,90.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZQSU0jxVl6-ykSWVmoAvdg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
  
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Anita @ No Particular Place To Go says:

05/08/2014 at 17:06

We’ve been traveling the last two years in Mexico and Central America and also noticed that American or western-style supermarkets, while more convenient, tend to cost quite a bit more. It’s always an adventure to shop locally and the little tiendas, mercados and fruit and vegetable places are fun to visit as well as save money.

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