This piece of street art by Zabou (ig) on the old Telegraph offices, painted for HTN24, is about 50 feet/16 metres tall, dwarfing Alice Pasquini’s Glide and BUST’s piece of neo-pop at the corner of Royal Avenue and Donegall Street.
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Here is a gallery of street art and writing/graffiti art from Union Street (above Kent Street) and Library Street, in Belfast city centre, painted for Hit The North 2024.
Caryn Koh (ig)
Horhay (ig)
Garreth Joyce (ig)
Dreph (ig)
Qwynto (ig)
DECOY (ig)
NIZMO (ig) + SNAK (ig) + JAM2 (ig) + SURIV (ig)
[Library Street]
unknown writer
unknown writer
unknown writer
KVLR (ig) + PENS (ig)
unknown
Friz (ig)
NOYS (ig)
RAZER (ig)
unknown
KONE (ig)
VENTS (ig)
Library Street
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Here is a gallery of the new street art from Kent street above Union Street and on the north side of Kent Street below Union Street, painted for 2024’s Hit The North festival. For the south side of Kent Street, see Happy Accidents.
“upper” Kent Street:
Odisy (ig) & Vibes (ig)
Kitsune (ig)
Rob Hilken (ig)
unknown writer
Artista (ig)
below Union Street:
Elno (ig)
Lours (ig)
Vane MG (ig)
Sepr (ig)
Malarko (ig)
unknown writer
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unknown writer
below Union Street, north side of the street
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Here is a gallery of three waves of painting (24 pieces) from the Project 24 space (Spectator) on Queen’s Parade, Bangor. From top to bottom, the images are from late March, the bank holiday at the start of April, and mid April. (The wall was also painted in January – see Stop Ruining Art.)
Above is a self-portrait by artist Jossie Pops (Johnny Hamilton) (ig) who also painted the portrait of actor Gerard Butler immediately below. Shortly, after, RickyDrewAPiccy added a piece between these two – a robot with the words “Don’t drink flat whites. Don’t wear massive coats. Don’t be a robot.” (Fb) – but it was quickly replaced by the Codo heads (under ‘April 7th’, below).
Good Boys by Ana Fish (ig)
Seahorse by ?
Quest Love by Chop Suey (ig)
Utility box painted by Codo (ig)
April 7th
Bananas 4 You and How About This For Art by ?
Fish by HMConstance (ig)
Octopus by Cha Cha/Carla Hodgson (ig) (see previously her 2021 octopus in This Is Not The Same As Other Days)
Witch by Ana Fish (ig), replacing Jossie Pops’s self-portrait
Heads by Codo (ig)
[Gerard Butler remains untouched]
Sleeping Dog by Jo Pearson (ig) replaces Ana Fish’s Good Boys.
Groundskeeper Willie (from The Simpsons) by ?
Dandelions by Imogen Donegan (ig)
Surfer by Soaring Tides (ig)
“Love” by Benjomac (ig)
All-Seeing Eye by Dara Condon (ig)
The Caterpillar by ?
A utility box painted by Codo (ig)
April 21st
Orangutan by ?
Writing by ? replaces Dandelions
Captain Pikachu by ? replaces Surfer
Wide shot. The gable on the left is Ward Park 3 by Friz.
“Keyto 2024” Penguin and Luxo Jr by Keyto.
Which Keyto then replaced with this piece:
Dory by ?
Writing by ANCO and DET of TMN
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Samuel Beckett was born in Foxrock, near Dublin, on this day in 1906. These painted shutters (artist unknown) are in the High Street in Enniskillen. Beckett’s connection to the town is that he attended Portora Royal public school. (WP)
See also in Enniskillen: The Happy Prince.
See also: Beckett in east Belfast – No Matter. Try Again.
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Life Hack (Xitter) is a youth project in Creggan, Derry, based in the Ráth Mór centre on Bligh’s Lane. In addition to this long telescoping eye around the Westway Roundabout (with Peaball (ig)), its members were also involved in painting the pillars at the lower entrance to Bishop’s Field/Gort An Easpaıg – see the final image, below.
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Here is a selection of street art in Limavady/Léım An Mhadaıdh/”Leap of the dog” including, above, a leaping dog by London artist irony (ig).
Below, in order, are a pangram illustration by KVLR (ig), musicians by Claire Prouvost (ig), a jazz band by Matthew Knight (ig), a goat by Visual Waste (ig) for the Stendhal Festival (web), and a mental health piece by Peaball (ig).
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Here are a few pieces from the so-called “peace” line dividing CNR and PUL west Belfast, featuring, above, ‘Road rage Ruth’ by Kilian (ig). Previously by Kilian on the “peace” line: The Brain Is Wider Than The Sky. See also the works done for HTN23, HTN22, and HTN21.
For wild-style from December (2023) see Bombing The “Peace” Line. For ten or so pieces of street art and wild-style writing on the wall from May 2023, see Ready To Rumble.
The obscured piece by Bust and the “World Wall Stylers” tag can be seen in better condition in New Levels, Same Devils (2022). “Ríoghnach” is an Irish-language name.
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Two faces by Birmingham graffiti artist Fum.Armada (ig), in Union Street and North Street, Belfast.
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“Psst”, “Yes”, “OK”, “Erm?”, “Ha ha”, “Eeeeeeek”, “Wow”, and a vandalised “Phew”, all in Callender Street, Belfast. Artist unknown.
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