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.

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#1 Knowledge Speaks – Wisdom Listens, Street Art In Athens, Greece

Wild Drawing

#2 Juliette Et Les Esprits, Montpellier , France

Patrick Commecy

#3 3D Mural In Poznan, Poland

Waldemar Wylegalski , Google Maps

#4 Renaissance, Le Puy en Velay, France

Patrick Commecy

#5 Photorealistic Mural, Glasgow, Scotland

Smug

#6 Au Fil De Loire, Brives Charensac, France

Patrick Commecy

#7 Giant Starling Mural In Berlin

Nika Kramer , Google Maps

#8 The Whole Town Gets Repainted In Vibrant Graffiti, Palmitas, Mexico

Germen Crew

#9 Topart, Budapest, Hungary

Neopaint

#10 Full Moon Hostel, Bristol, UK

Cheba , pubsgalore

#11 Diving Dog Mural, Mechelen, Belgium

Bart Smeets

#12 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, San Francisco, California

tiledsteps.org

#13 Porte Des Lavandières, Aurec Sur Loire, France

Patrick Commecy

#14 Trash And Found Object Racoon Mural, Lisbon, Portugal

Bordalo, Google Maps

#15 Lets Keep The Plants Alive, Bialystok, Poland

Natalia Rak , Google Maps

#16 Brick Kidz, Montreal, Canada

Seth Globepainter

#17 Ringo Starr Street Art In Barcelona, Spain

AppleAtrocity

#18 Dob Suli, Budapest, Hungary

neopaint

#19 The Kiss Mural, Chelsea, New York, USA

Elvert Barnes , Mary Lane

#20 Wise Grandpa, Kaunas, Lithuania

Gyva Grafika

#21 Honeycomb Of Life, Germany

Marina Zumi

#22 Budapest’s District 7

neopaint

#23 Clochemerle, Vaux En Beaujolais, France

Patrick Commecy

#24 La Galerie V, Levallois, France

Patrick Commecy

#25 Umbrella Mural, Paris, France

#26 Owl Mural In Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA

Alexis Diaz

#27 Street Art On The Steps Of Beirut, Lebanon

dihzahyners

#28 Magic Book, Malmo, Sweden

Natalia Rak

#29 Abandoned “Lietuva” Movie Theater, Vilnius, Lithuania

Ernest Zacharevic , pamirsta.lt

#30 Bird Mural In Covilha, Portugal

Pantonio

#31 Mural In Montreal, Canada

ashop

#32 Signal Box In Toronto, Canada

Emilia Jajus

#33 Arthur Rubinstein, Lotz, Poland

Eduardo Kobra

#34 The Ethnicities, World’s Largest Street Mural For The Rio Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Eduardo Kobra

#35 The Masonic, Bristol, UK

Paul Green , Google Maps

#36 Aquarium, Levallois, France

Patrick Commecy

#37 Barátságfa, Budapest, Hungary

Neopaint

#38 Mitre´s Smile Mural On A Metallurgical Factory Placed In Avenue Mitre, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Guiviro

#39 Hercules Fighting The Centaur Nessus, Manchester, England

Pichi&Avo

#40 Okuda, The Universal Chapel, Arkansas, USA

OKUDA SAN MIGUEL

#41 Café Reynaud, Estrablin, France

Patrick Commecy

#42 Putin Kissing Trump Mural In Vilnius, Lithuania

Vygintas Skaraitis , Google Maps

#43 Les Dolto, Levallois Perret, France

Patrick Commecy

#44 Roméo Et Juliette, Levallois, France

Patrick Commecy

#45 Mural In Vilnius, Lithuania

millo

#46 Le Café Des Acteurs, Levallois, France

Patrick Commecy

#47 Octopus Mural, Fremantle, Western Australia

Phlegm

#48 Cinéma “Le Vallois”, Levallois, France

Patrick Commecy

#49 Colorful Piano Stairs In Beirut, Lebanon

dihzahyners

#50 Ornamental Stairs In Beirut, Lebanon

dihzahyners

#51 Beautiful Mural In Frankfurt (oder), Germany

creative-stadt.de

#52 La Guinguette, Brives-Charensac, France

Patrick Commecy

#53 Porte Des Festes, Aurec Sur Loire, France

Patrick Commecy

#54 Dissection Of The Little Mermaid, Linz, Austria

nychos , ursulinenhof

#55 Tableaux D’eyzin-Pinet, Eyzin-Pinet, France

Patrick Commecy

#56 A Wall For Memorie Urbane Festival In Gaeta, Italy

millo

#57 Surreal Mural In Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

Ana Maria

#58 Love Is The Answer, Chelsea, New York, USA

Mary Lane

#59 Galerie Romanin, Béziers, France

Patrick Commecy

#60 Mairie D’adissan, Adissan, France

Patrick Commecy

#61 Facade In Bad Freienwalde, Germany

creative-stadt.de

#62 Welsh Dragon, Cardiff, Wales

Phlegm

#63 Mural In Hollywood, Fl, Usa

Douglas Hoekzema

#64 Happy Childhood, Drawing Of A 7 Year Old Girl Which Was Moved On A Wall, Kaunas, Lithuania

Gyva Grafika

#65 L’arbre Aux Oiseaux, Levallois, France

Patrick Commecy

#66 Huge Mural In Budapest, Hungary

neopaint

#67 Nostradamus, Salon De Provence, France

Patrick Commecy

#68 Swallow-Tailed Kite, New York City, NY, USA

Lunar New Year

#69 The Otter, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

ROA

#70 Vive La Récré, Fraize, France

Patrick Commecy

#71 Feast Before Flood Mural, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Fintan Magee

#72 Blu’s Mural In Cuvrystraße, Berlin

Blu
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