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50 Incredible Before & After Street Art Transformations That’ll Make You Say Wow
Look around you. The world is full of empty canvases. Everywhere you turn are empty walls where beautiful pieces of art could be, but often these spaces are overlooked in favor of boring blank nothingness. But fortunately for us there are artists out there who are determined to transform our world into the vibrant public art gallery that it deserves to be. Take a look at these before and after pictures of spectacular street art to see what we mean. Compiled by Bored Panda, the gallery below serves to remind us of what our towns and cities could look like if only we used our imagination. Don't forget to vote for the best!
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#1
Knowledge Speaks - Wisdom Listens, Street Art In Athens, Greece
Viki Banaszak 8 years ago
The eye reflections on this owl are awesome! The whole piece is stunning.
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#2
Juliette Et Les Esprits, Montpellier , France
Jennie Sapherson 9 years ago
This is absolutely fantastic, I thought it was real at first glance!
Swisin Budiman 9 years ago
I thought the opposite, the murals can hide the windows an balconies.. turns out the other way around!!! So cool, it feels like bring back life to the plain walls!!! 😂😂😂
yulia missy 9 years ago
incredible, i have to zoom this picture for make sure is it mural, cool!
Melody Haechton 7 years ago
What a transformation! It's so inviting, wants you to sit and stay a spell.
#3
3D Mural In Poznan, Poland
Toni Gallagher 9 years ago
Love the 3D perspective. Had to check if the cat on the roof was real or not. :D
#4
Renaissance, Le Puy en Velay, France
Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
Does anyone else see half a Michael Jackson face on the lower portion of the "Before" wall?
Joval Mangalan 7 years ago
anyone else notices that the tree, stop sign and lamppost are missing?
#5
Photorealistic Mural, Glasgow, Scotland
Lila Richards 8 years ago
It's probably meant to be Glasgow' patron saint, St Mungo, who restored a robin to life after it was beheaded. The bird is on the city's coat of arms.
Lila Richards 8 years ago
I saw this just this evening - I'm on a bus tour of the UK and Ireland.
#6
Au Fil De Loire, Brives Charensac, France
over opinionated 9 years ago
I wish I could walk into that painting and stay there. It's beyond beautiful.
Melody Haechton 7 years ago
Makes you wish you could be part of it. Either at the beach or helping with flowers.
#7
Giant Starling Mural In Berlin
Paul Waszkiewicz 9 years ago
To the right up in the clouds I see a bust of Jesus & the suns rays...!!!!...AMAZING..!!!
#8
The Whole Town Gets Repainted In Vibrant Graffiti, Palmitas, Mexico
Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
I think that guy who lives in the green house started the whole thing.... lol
Liliana V 9 years ago
Then the other side of the town is like :( :( :(, i want some color.. and then they have a head to head color war! I have a big imagination... :)
Toni Gallagher 9 years ago
It's like that movie that starts of in black and white and eventually everything becomes coloured. Beautiful change.
Belinda Bennett 9 years ago
That's amazing. A lot of thought went into creating the flow of colours. But to get it right up close & painting. How did they know where to paint what?!!!!
#9
Topart, Budapest, Hungary
András Laki 9 years ago
"Topart" is the name of the painting, not the place of the wall. It means lakeside in Hungarian
Michael D'Angelo 5 years ago
It's curious that the real trees somehow seem less real than the psintIng!
Viki Banaszak 8 years ago
I love the way these murals take something so bland and serviceble and turn it into a beautiful fantasy.
Belinda Bennett 9 years ago
That's pretty cool. Pity the photo wasn't taken from the same angles tho, coz for me, the houses beyond, in the top centre quadrant are distracting
Pati Whitcomb 9 years ago
I am baffled...artists are some of the world's most important people, and we need to respect them immensely for bringing miracles to us every day!!
#10
Full Moon Hostel, Bristol, UK
Natasha Word 9 years ago
These murals are beautiful, but the "after" then "before" is driving me crazy!!!
Revis Bell 9 years ago
I dunno, seems like logic dictates that you put the "before" picture before the "after" picture...
#11
Diving Dog Mural, Mechelen, Belgium
#12
16th Avenue Tiled Steps, San Francisco, California
Arty 9 years ago
difficult to see the difference if the pictures aren't taken from the same point of view...
Settle down 9 years ago
The point of the two photos is to show that you can only see the art when ascending the stairs, and that they look normal when descending. These two photographs do a great job of illustrating that - Nothing more to be seen.
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Stephen Calcote 9 years ago
This reminds me of "The Exorcist Stairs" in Georgetown DC. A makeover like this would add some pizzazz.
#13
Porte Des Lavandières, Aurec Sur Loire, France
Hayley Downes 9 years ago
Love this. Shadows for top half lean right. Bottom half lean left love it. Genuine paint work I think
over opinionated 9 years ago
I am usually the first one to say it isn't Photoshop but how can the clouds be identical? Shame it's really pretty.
#14
Trash And Found Object Racoon Mural, Lisbon, Portugal
Belinda Bennett 9 years ago
I'm assuming this is a mixed media piece. Is that tyre's for eyes?
#15
Lets Keep The Plants Alive, Bialystok, Poland
Melissa Apple 9 years ago
They didn't necessarily cut them down. The pictures are at different perspectives.
Denise Dowdy 9 years ago
Great work, but ironic - as the trees that were there have been cut down in order for the work to be done :(
Deirdrie Schmidt 9 years ago
One photo with the trees in view is taken at ground level. The 2nd photo was obviously taken by a drone? otherwise you would be unable to see the mural if they had taken it at street level.
Deirdrie Schmidt 9 years ago
You can just see the top of one of the trees in the bottom left hand side of the picture...
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Brick Kidz, Montreal, Canada
#17
Ringo Starr Street Art In Barcelona, Spain
#18
Dob Suli, Budapest, Hungary
over opinionated 9 years ago
I love the ones it looks like you can walk into and around. Beautiful.
#19
The Kiss Mural, Chelsea, New York, USA
Erin Gallagher 9 years ago
Yeh...wish they'd memorialized a consensual kiss instead of this specific image. Look up the history of this picture if you're unaware - the woman was afraid, grabbed, and trying to push back against her assaulter.
Orson Christian 9 years ago
So you are OK with continuing to glorify a sexual assault? That kiss, iconic as it may be, was not consensual and she did not even know him, He just grabbed her and had his way.
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#21
Honeycomb Of Life, Germany
#22
Budapest’s District 7
#23
Clochemerle, Vaux En Beaujolais, France
#24
La Galerie V, Levallois, France
Roxy Burnand 9 years ago
This is photoshopped? The bicycles at the front are in exactly the same position.
Melorie Vasquez 9 years ago
Maybe the 'before' pic is photoshopped- like maybe the photographer didn't get it before so he 'fixed' it lol
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#25
Umbrella Mural, Paris, France
over opinionated 9 years ago
It's so fantastical. It's definitely my favorite. As much as the others are photograph quality beautiful this is just awesome.
#26
Owl Mural In Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
#27
Street Art On The Steps Of Beirut, Lebanon
#28
Magic Book, Malmo, Sweden
Tamsen Botinelly 9 years ago
The colors are incredible - and this really shows the expression of someone with a great imagination, reading a well-written book. This was me as a little girl. I just love it!
#29
Abandoned "Lietuva" Movie Theater, Vilnius, Lithuania
over opinionated 9 years ago
That's the beginning of cats cradle I remember that string game well from growing up.
#30
Bird Mural In Covilha, Portugal
Pedro Rodrigues 9 years ago
Painted last year during the WOOL - Festival de Arte Urbana da Covilhã more info here: www.woolfest.org www.facebook.com/woolfest
#31
Mural In Montreal, Canada
#32
Signal Box In Toronto, Canada
over opinionated 9 years ago
I wonder where that is I live close enough to Toronto to get to see that if I could find it.
Allen Santos-So 9 years ago
It's at the corner of Danforth and Logan, where Alexander the Great Parkette is! We saw the painted signal box on Google Street view.
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#33
Arthur Rubinstein, Lotz, Poland
Ola Lipczyńska 9 years ago
Haha. Thanks! I started thinking where on the west we could have such city that kept German name 😉
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The Ethnicities, World’s Largest Street Mural For The Rio Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
#35
The Masonic, Bristol, UK
PeggyBrandt Brown 9 years ago
Bristol has SO much street art! Onr of my favorites is that happy blue whale on the Prince of Whales pub.
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Aquarium, Levallois, France
Ola Lipczyńska 9 years ago
Maybe it is from the design project for city acceptance?
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Lyn Soussi 9 years ago
Sadly, I agree. My favorite though, let's hope it does get done for real one day.
#37
Barátságfa, Budapest, Hungary
over opinionated 9 years ago
I wonder how you paint that and get it to turn out the guy is so small against the tree.
#38
Mitre´s Smile Mural On A Metallurgical Factory Placed In Avenue Mitre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
#39
Hercules Fighting The Centaur Nessus, Manchester, England
#40
Okuda, The Universal Chapel, Arkansas, USA
#41
Café Reynaud, Estrablin, France
Tom Sheppard 9 years ago
Obvious Photoshop! They're the same building! The differing perspectives are of no importance!!!
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Kat Mogstad 9 years ago
Here's a thought. Maybe they didn't think to make a "before" photo so they used the same photo and scrubbed it to give some idea of what it may have looked like before they painted it. Come on people, stop being so critical of the comparisons and enjoy the art.
#42
Putin Kissing Trump Mural In Vilnius, Lithuania
#43
Les Dolto, Levallois Perret, France
#46
Le Café Des Acteurs, Levallois, France
Kiyomi Calwell 9 years ago
It looks like Patrick Commecy is loading up his proposal photos here but the murals are actually there... it would be great to see the finished photos.
Mala Qiu 5 years ago
Just went to Google maps to see if this one actually got done - it did!
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#48
Cinéma “Le Vallois”, Levallois, France
#49
Colorful Piano Stairs In Beirut, Lebanon
#50
Ornamental Stairs In Beirut, Lebanon
#51
Beautiful Mural In Frankfurt (oder), Germany
Nikole Gericke 6 years ago
Frankfurt (Oder)...eine kleinstadt in ostdeutschland.. Das kaum einer kennt. Und es ist mein Wohnblock☺
#52
La Guinguette, Brives-Charensac, France
Theresa Wilson 9 years ago
I've thought that about a couple of these. I wonder if they are 'mock ups' from a company that does murals. "This is what your building could look like if you hire us...."
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#53
Porte Des Festes, Aurec Sur Loire, France
Tom Sheppard 9 years ago
Did u "Photoshop bitchers" notice SUBTLE differences between the 2 "identical" photos? Tree leaves, shape of roundish sign? NO! Too busy!
over opinionated 9 years ago
I wish that more of the Photoshop ones were real there usually the prettiest.
#54
Dissection Of The Little Mermaid, Linz, Austria
over opinionated 9 years ago
I'm sorry to any little girls who see this. It's a little vulgar for children to see.
#58
Love Is The Answer, Chelsea, New York, USA
#64
Happy Childhood, Drawing Of A 7 Year Old Girl Which Was Moved On A Wall, Kaunas, Lithuania
#65
L'arbre Aux Oiseaux, Levallois, France
Chloe Meyer 9 years ago
I'm calling BS (PS) on this one too. I think they've cropped the second pic so you can't see the cars. The leaves on the trees are all in the exact same position.
#67
Nostradamus, Salon De Provence, France
#69
The Otter, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
Theresa Wilson 9 years ago
Ummmm this photo is actually 'The Mole' by the same Belgium artist Roa, who later completed 'The Otter' (not showing). Both murals are in Fort Smith.
Patrick O'Neal 9 years ago
I was going to say that didn't look much like an otter to me....
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#71
Feast Before Flood Mural, Arnhem, The Netherlands
#72
Blu’s Mural In Cuvrystraße, Berlin
Alexander Eichner 9 years ago
from nice drawing to black painted walls. I was so sad, when i saw this painted over the last time i was in berlin :-(
Laura Serra 9 years ago
It's in protest they removed it. Approved by Blu! There is a great article on the coverup of the mural. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/19/why-we-painted-over-berlin-graffiti-kreuzberg-murals
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Szimonetta Bódi 9 years ago
This one also deserves attention. Hungary, Budapest Akácfa utca 27 20161025_2...3b8fbb.jpg 
Joanne Palmer 9 years ago
Major difference to the landscape and peoples moods & thoughts about a town! Love it <3
Archi Tect 9 years ago
1st rule of posting something - BEFORE PICTURES 1ST THEN THE AFTER ONES!
Szimonetta Bódi 9 years ago
This one also deserves attention. Hungary, Budapest Akácfa utca 27 20161025_2...3b8fbb.jpg
Joanne Palmer 9 years ago
Major difference to the landscape and peoples moods & thoughts about a town! Love it <3
Archi Tect 9 years ago
1st rule of posting something - BEFORE PICTURES 1ST THEN THE AFTER ONES!
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