Quiz: Where Is This Art? (15 Photos)
By Vidar
Fifteen photos. How many places can you name?
From a willow archer in the woods to a bunker with a blue eye, these artworks turn their surroundings into part of the picture. Pick one place for each photo, then discover the artist and the story. A few clues will help you along the way.
This willow archer was created for castle woods in Yorkshire. Which English town?
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Skipton, England, UK 🇬🇧
Anna & The Willow created this archer for Skipton Castle Woods. The artist’s commission page calls it The Spirit of the Medieval Hunter; the flowing skirt and bow are woven from willow around a supporting frame.
This chalk goblin found a giant cookie in a Michigan university town. Which one?
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 🇺🇸
David Zinn made One Cookie Per Day in Ann Arbor in April 2019. His description of the work identifies the ingredients as chalk, charcoal and a real utility cover—the street supplied the cookie.
Most of this street is paint. Which French city is home to the silk-weavers’ mural?
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Lyon, France 🇫🇷
CitéCréation’s Mur des Canuts fills a wall in Lyon’s Croix-Rousse district, historically home to silk workers. The artists’ project page dates the first version to 1987 and describes a painted surface of 1,200 square meters.
Two street barriers become kissing snakes at Taiwan’s Pier-2 Art Center. Which city?
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Kaohsiung, Taiwan 🇹🇼
Tom Bob turned these ordinary barriers into KISS at Pier-2 Art Center in Kaohsiung. The artist’s original post shows how the curves of the existing metalwork become the snakes’ bodies.
A tree does the hairstyling in Poland’s capital. Which city is this?
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Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱
Bruno Althamer designed this portrait of singer Kora in Warsaw, using the neighboring chestnut tree as her changing hair. In the commissioning magazine’s account, he explains that the living tree makes the portrait respond to the seasons.
A 25-foot shark dives into a roof in a city famous for its university. Which English city?
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Oxford, England, UK 🇬🇧
Bill Heine and sculptor John Buckley conceived this shark-and-house artwork in Oxford. The Shark House’s own history records its installation on 9 August 1986 and its fiberglass-and-steel construction. Photo: Set in Stone Project / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized.
This woman’s hair is made of living plants on an Oregon building. Which city?
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Portland, Oregon, USA 🇺🇸
Fin DAC’s OSolTerrae is on the SolTerra building in Portland. The building’s architects describe the mural and living wall as an integrated feature; the foliage grows out of the building to complete the painted headdress.
A painted power tool seems to break through a building in Liechtenstein. Which town?
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Schaan, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮
Patrick REDL Wehrli made this illusion for the Hilti Art Foundation in Schaan. His own map entry locates it on Feldkircher Strasse, while his portfolio gives the mural’s dimensions as 7.5 by 15 meters.
This sleeping figure rests at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, near which Cornish town?
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Near St Austell, Cornwall, UK 🇬🇧
Mud Maid rests along the Woodland Walk at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, near St Austell. Heligan’s history credits Sue and Pete Hill with the sculpture; these two views show how differently the same sleeping figure appears in green growth and snow.
A painted woman reaches from an old tobacco factory in Spain’s capital. Which city?
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Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
Alice Pasquini painted this wall for the 2016 edition of Muros Tabacalera in Madrid. The project’s artist list confirms her participation; in this photograph, a real outstretched arm completes the painted encounter.
This donkey made from discarded materials lives at Portugal’s PINTA nature park. Which town?
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Vimioso, Portugal 🇵🇹
Bordalo II made two donkey portraits for PINTA in the municipality of Vimioso. In Lusa’s interview with the artist and project team, they describe collecting discarded materials from nearby villages. The title Burro de Miranda refers to the donkey breed.
A giant meadow covers a wall in a Polish port city near the German border. Which city?
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Szczecin, Poland 🇵🇱
Krzysztof Bitka painted this meadow on Dębogórska Street in Szczecin. The city’s own report identifies it as part of Street Art Szczecin 2021, proposed by Dom Kultury Skolwin.
This doorway becomes a face at Szimpla Kert, a famous ruin bar. Which city?
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Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
V O I D painted this doorway at Szimpla Kert in Budapest, as documented in our original feature. The arched frame and door panels become part of the face. Photo: i.adoor.you.
This ghost sits at Castello di Vezio above Lake Como. Which lakeside town lies below the castle?
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Vezio, above Varenna, Italy 🇮🇹
The castle overlooks Varenna, although Castello di Vezio itself is in the municipality of Perledo. Lecco’s official tourism guide describes its white plaster ghosts and the terrace overlooking the town and Lake Como.
Last stop: Normandy. This giant eye once watched the beach from a bunker. Which coastal place?
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Siouville-Hague, France 🇫🇷
Näutil painted The Eye at Siouville-Hague in 2014, as his project archive records. There is a final twist: in 2016, he returned and painted the eye closed, so this photograph preserves its earlier, watchful appearance.
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