Buenos Aires is home to the best street art in Latin America, so I have read. My journey to Argentina and Chile this year, started and ended in Buenos Aires. The first few days was spend in the district of Palermo. My plan on the return was to stay in the district of San Telmo and then do a guided walking tour of both San Telmo and La Boca. Unfortunalt I did not managed to do that. But here are some more of what I saw in Palermo.
Only a few years back most of the graffiti in Buenos Aires were found in Palermo. The start of most artistic work were found in this neighborhood, but has spread all over the city. It is not only the work of local artists you will see here. Many well known international street artists come to Buenos Aires, which gives the city a wide range of art by world class artists.
Not only is Palermo well covered with art, but it might also be the best place to spend time. It is a trendy area with lots of restaurants, bars, cafees and shops.
Palermo seems loaded with artistic expresions. When walking around I found that you just need to walk up any street or walk around a corner and you will see art presented in many forms and just about everywhere.
Buenos Aires is one of those cities where graffiti is legal. The street art scene has changed over the years. It started out from writings of simple words and stencils to become bigger and more sophisticated. Time has changed since the dictatorship in the 70s and 80s when the slogans painted was more political oriented.
I read somewhere that Buenos Aires has introduced an international street art festival with fewer restrictions than in many other capitals in the world. I don't have any details about this or whether it's an annual event, when it is etc.
This is a nice piece, but unfortunately the sun was in the way!
La Boca is also one of the districts that is very popular with street artists. Since I did't make this year, I will have to make it a priority next time.
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