The Kiss - Il Bacio — artwork #10177 by Uman · Roma, Italy
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Manuela Merlo, better known as Uman, is an Italian muralist born and based in Rome. A graduate of the Roma III Art Institute in advertising graphics, she went on to earn a cum laude degree in scenography from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. She began with oil and acrylic studio painting before moving to urban murals, where she has developed a mixed pastel/spray technique in the service of a war…
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Added 19/05/2026
A monumental mural painted in 2024 by Uman on the gable end of an apartment block on Via Pitigliano, in the Portuense district of Rome (Municipio XI). A reinterpretation of Gustav Klimt's The Kiss, the composition stages an intertwined couple against a backdrop of gold leaf and black-and-gold geometric motifs - the man tattooed 'LOVE' on his arm, the woman with long blue and pink hair and a flowered green dress. The piece ranked 18th best mural in the world for 2024 on Street Art Cities.
The artwork The Kiss - Il Bacio is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Roma in Italy, more precisely here: Via Pitigliano, Portuense, Municipio XI, 00148 Roma.
This graffiti is also tagged as: kiss, klimt-tribute, gold-leaf, love, couple.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Uman
The photo was published on 19-05-2026 by an unknown hunter.
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