Street art in Belo Horizonte

Map of street art in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Belo Horizonte is the capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil's third-largest city with more than six million people in its metropolitan area. A planned city founded in 1897 to replace Ouro Preto, it retains a grid of wide boulevards and a modernist heritage, particularly in Oscar Niemeyer's Pampulha neighborhood, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Its street art scene is dominated by the CURA Festival (Circuito Urbano de Arte), founded by Marcelo Segreto in 2015. This annual festival invites Brazilian and international artists to take over downtown building facades, making BH one of the world capitals of contemporary muralism.

Among the city's iconic frescoes are works by Criola, Lídia Viber, Diego Mouro, Never2501, and Kobra. These monumental murals, visible from highways and the city's hillsides, transform the urban fabric into a vast open-air gallery, bridging Afro-Brazilian culture, indigenous cosmogony, and international modernity.

Find the 1 artworks by the following street artists in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Criola

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