Dublin artist ACHES (inst) came north for Culture Night/Hit The North last month and painted this tricoloured female face in Kent Street.
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Headaches
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Silicon Head
A Sideways Sniff
Verz’s (Fb) new puppy is the subject of his piece for CNB/HTN17. The work’s official title is “Sleep’s Not Come”. KVLR’s 2016 piece is next to the wheelie bin. (See Up Under The Earth.)
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South East Antrim Remembers
This new South East Antrim 2nd battalion UDA/UFF mural in Glengormley prominently uses poppies, usually seen in UVF murals on account of their shared name with the Ulster Volunteers of 1912 and WWI. Replaces They Live With Us.
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Sashay Away
ESTR (Emmalene Blake web | Inst) and Lanni Powder (Inst) painted this colourful RuPaul mural for Culture Night Belfast/Hit The North. Here is a time-lapse video of their work.
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Worlds Within
Ulster Defence Association
A 1972 Victor Patterson photograph of a UDA mobile patrol in the Oldpark is recreated for this new mural in the Village, south Belfast. “The UDA was formed in September 1971 for most of this time it was a legal organisation. It’s [sic] declared goal was to defend Ulster loyalist Protestant areas and to combat Irish republicanism mainly the IRA. The UDA/UFF declared a ceasefire in 1994 it ended its campaign in 2007.”
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Three Jimmys
A trio of Jimmies by Glen Molloy (Fb) in Exchange Place: comedian Jimmy Cricket (web | tw), actor James Nesbitt (IMDb), and (featured above) deceased comedian James Young (WP). At the end of the lane is Brian Kennedy, one of eight local musicians on the wall of the current construction site on Hill Street, also by Glen Molloy.
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Harland & Wolf
Manchester’s Nomad Clan were in town for CNB17/HTN17 and painted the large wall outside the Dirty Onion in Hill Street, punning on local shipbuilders Harland & Wolff. There’s some video of the piece in progress in this CNN profile.
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So It Is
Visual Waste painted a mural on the wall at the Dirty Onion for Harp’s “Pure Here” campaign, featuring sights (such as the Big Fish and the Balls On The Falls) and characters (including the Castle Court busker and Julian Simmons) from Belfast. For information on the launch, which included boxer Carl Frampton, see Belfast Beyond.
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Extramural Activity 