Street Art Double Takes (9 Photos)

Nine double takes and the artists behind them

None of these came with a sign explaining itself. In Gdynia, a kid seems to dangle from an underpass ceiling; in Orvault, a park bench stares back with E.T.’s eyes. Below, each one gets its answer: who made it and where.

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🌅 “Morning is Broken” — By Banksy in Herne Bay, England 🇬🇧

A boy, with a cat at his side, pulls the corrugated-metal sheets over a farmhouse window apart like bedroom curtains. On a boarded-up house, it reads as the first morning in years.

💡 Nerd Fact: Banksy confirmed the work on Instagram on March 15, 2023, but demolition of the derelict house at Blacksole Farm had begun the day before. The contractors said they had not known it was a Banksy.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsMorning is BrokenBanksy · Blacksole Farm, Herne Bay, KentCorrugated-iron curtainsBlacksole Farm, KentFragment recovered1Demolition crews had started on the derelict farmhouse the day before Banksy confirmed the work on Instagram, on 15 March 2023.KentOnline2Contractor George Caudwell said the crew had no idea it was a Banksy, and the landowner watched without knowing either.KentOnline202315 MarBanksy’s Instagram post202315 MarAlready torn down202315 MarPiece pulled from a skip202315 MarGuardian: site demolished202316 MarFar Out: partly demolishedRead the full file →

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🧱 “GRIETA” — By Alberto León in Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸

Four figures climb up through a jagged crack in a plain wall, one above the other, while a man in a black cap walks by. “Grieta” is Spanish for “crack.”

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🐇 Peek-a-Boo Rabbit — By Adeline Yvetot in Belleville, Paris, France 🇫🇷

A small gray rabbit peeks around a rough wall corner, easy to miss at walking speed. In an artist feature for M.U.R de Rennes, Yvetot describes her rabbit as an invitation to curiosity, travel and discovery.

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🧗 A Child on the Ledge — By Marek LOONEY Rybowski in Gdynia, Poland 🇵🇱

A painted boy grips the real concrete edge of an underpass and hangs there in red sneakers while a butterfly drifts past. It is one section of a longer mural that runs through the pedestrian underpass beneath the bypass, linking the Demptowo and Pustki Cisowskie districts of Gdynia.

💡 Nerd Fact: The City of Gdynia says residents chose the mural in the participatory budget, with more than 2,700 votes; the same project also paid for a public defibrillator and an outdoor gym.

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🎾 Crashing Tennis Ball — By Jan Is De Man in Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱

A giant tennis ball bursts through the brick wall of the clubhouse at Zuilense Tennis Club, Burgemeester Norbruislaan 680 in Utrecht, with painted bricks flying out around it. Someone clearly hit that one too hard.

💡 Nerd Fact: Zuilense Tennis Club was founded on May 16, 1925. The club says the mural was unveiled at its centenary celebration in July 2025, the same day it received a royal medal of honor.

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🍇 Berry Workers — By Oakoak in Avignon, France 🇫🇷

Tiny painted workers climb a bare vine on a pale wall and haul its real berries like heavy cargo. The fruit was already there; Oakoak only added the crew, the same trick that runs through his own street-art archive.

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🎯 “Schleudersitz” — By Cornelia Konrads in Neustadt an der Donau, Germany 🇩🇪

A park bench hangs in a red strap pulled back across a forked tree trunk, ready to be fired. The title is German for “ejection seat”; Konrads dates the work to 2010.

💡 Nerd Fact: Sculpture Network lists it under Flying Objects, an art exhibition on a former vineyard in Neustadt an der Donau that is now a leisure park overlooking the Danube valley. So the bench is aimed at the view.

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👽 E.T. on the Bench — By Jinks Kunst in Orvault, France 🇫🇷

Two big glossy eyes and a small nose turn the wooden backrest into E.T., peering at whoever sits down. In his post about it, Jinks Kunst calls it part of a series of benches painted at Château de la Gobinière in Orvault. He had a solo show at the château in 2018.

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🚸 Crossing the Crossing Sign — By Pabi A in Lund, Sweden 🇸🇪

The pedestrian has had enough of his triangle and is climbing out over the top of the sign. Design Observer used this Lund piece in an essay on art made from overlooked parts of the city.

💡 Sign Fact: Sweden’s crossing-sign figure is nicknamed Herr Gårman, “Mr. Walkman,” and has been on Swedish crossings since 1955.

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