Street Art About Kindness (10 Photos)

October 18, 2026

By Vidar

Small acts of kindness on the street

Some of these are easy to walk past, like a chalk hamster with a scarf or a hole low in a garden wall. Others take on bigger subjects, from fatherhood to bullying.

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🐰 Hares During a Flood — By E. G. Kuznetsov in St. Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺

Four sculpted hares stand in a row on a ledge, the front one reaching down to a fifth still climbing up. A toddler steps in and pushes. The group is in the Peter and Paul Fortress and shows hares saving a friend from a flood.

💡 Sweden Fact: The idea comes from Söderköping, Sweden, where Eva Fornåå’s Rabbit Crossing by the Göta Canal is about rabbits helping each other across the water. The St. Petersburg hares only look like metal; they are plastic.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsHares During a FloodE. G. Kuznetsov · 2015 · Peter and Paul Fortress, St. PetersburgFive haresMade in 2015On Hare Island1A Russian rabbit website says the group is based on Eva Fornåå’s rabbit composition in Söderköping, Sweden.Krolikiss2Like the fortress’s other hare sculptures, it is moved around the grounds from time to time, a visitor writes.Yandex Maps review2015MadeKuznetsov’s group · Krolikiss20215 AprPhoto series published · SuperSnimki202515 JulVisitor review · Yandex Maps202627 FebVisitor review · Yandex Maps202613 MayVisitor review · Yandex MapsRead the full file →

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🐱 Blooming Friendship — By TABBY in Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹

A rat stands by a real hole at the foot of the wall and holds a red flower up toward the cat looking down at it. TABBY posted it in May 2024 with the line “Peace can start with a small gesture.”

💡 Cat Fact: A tabby is a cat, and that’s the point. TABBY has said he basically is the cat, and the cat has to catch the rat, which is why Banksy’s rats keep turning up in his stencils.

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🐕 Man and His Dogs — By Lalone in Málaga, Spain 🇪🇸

A hooded figure sits on the sidewalk in Lagunillas with a small brown dog in his lap and one hand on the white dog stretched out beside him. The kid at left has the same hood up.

📷 Photo: Marisol

💡 Graffiti Fact: Lalone’s real name is Eduardo Luque. When Málaga’s Carmen Thyssen Museum picked his design for a mural in 2023, he was the reigning champion of Spain’s national graffiti league.

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👶 When Statues Become Fathers — Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪

Hjalmar Branting still raises his fist at Norra Bantorget, now with a doll in a sling on his chest. On International Men’s Day 2024, ordinary dads put baby slings on male statues in more than 20 places around Sweden for Arena Idé’s #kvantitetstidspappan campaign on unequal parenting.

💡 Statue Fact: Carl Eldh started the Branting Monument in 1926, a year after Branting died. It was not put up at Norra Bantorget until 1952.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced facts#kvantitetstidspappan at the Branting MonumentArena Idé and local fathers · 2024 · Norra Bantorget, StockholmOne-day actionDoll in a baby sling20+ places in Sweden1Ordinary fathers put the slings on; the think tank Arena Idé was behind the campaign.Arena Idé2The campaign pointed out that Swedish fathers still take only 30.9 percent of paid parental leave days.Arena Idé202419 NovBranting on the list · Arena Idé202419 NovNationwide action · Aftonbladet202426 NovBranting in Stockholm · My Modern MetRead the full file →

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🧣 Geraldine’s Scarf-Sharing Program — By David Zinn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 🇺🇸

Geraldine wears a scarf far too long for one hamster, and the spare end trails along the ledge. Zinn called it the first optimistic day of her scarf-sharing program.

💡 Rain Fact: Zinn works in rain-soluble chalk and charcoal, so Geraldine was never going to last. He has also written The Chalk Art Handbook for anyone who wants to try.

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🚸 “Stop Bullying” — By GOIN in Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

A schoolgirl stands with her head down, a bag over her shoulder and one red boxing glove, a few steps from a School warning sign. French stencil artist GOIN painted it on the side of the Spotted Cow pub for Upfest 2024.

💡 Bristol Fact: GOIN came back to the idea in July 2026, painting another girl with red boxing gloves on Jamaica Street while he was in Bristol for Upfest.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsStop BullyingGOIN · 2024 · Southville, BristolUpfest 2024StencilOne red glove1Everything is black and white except the boxing glove, which carries the whole subject.Street Art Cities2GOIN also released the image as an open-edition print, Stop Bullying, on 4 June 2024.goin.art202430 MayCreated · Street Art Cities2024MayUpfest photo · Scooj202425 AugUpfest mural guide · Inspiring City202519 JulClive Smith photo · camera date20259 SepBlog report · Jenikya’s Blog202618 MayLast marked seen · Street Art CitiesRead the full file →

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🦔 Barnes Hedgehog Highway — Barnes, London, UK 🇬🇧

A hole in a garden wall, a few loose bricks as steps and three blue hedgehog plaques asking people to keep it open. It is one small stretch of the Barnes Hedgehog Highway, which lets local hedgehogs move from garden to garden.

💡 Hedgehog Fact: Local jeweler Michel Birkenwald started by asking his neighbor to cut a hole the size of a CD in his fence. He and his friend Robin have since drilled more than 1,000 holes in Barnes and Sheen.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsBarnes Hedgehog HighwayBarnes Hedgehogs · from c. 2014 · Barnes, LondonHoles the size of a CDOver 1,000 holesRun by neighbours1Founder Michel Birkenwald began by asking his neighbour to cut a hole the size of a CD in his fence.Barnes Common2Barnes Common says he and his friend Robin have now cut well over a thousand holes in the area, including Mortlake, Putney, Sheen and Richmond.Barnes Common201815 FebHedgehog crossings · Atlas Obscura201815 Oct100 highways · IFAW award202024 DecAbout 800 holes · The Guardian202225 JulOver 1,000 holes · Hedgehog Street202321 JanThis passage · Commons photo, camera dateRead the full file →

📷 Photo: The wub / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped.

🐭 Evelyn’s Kindness Pipe — By David Zinn

Evelyn sits in the gap where a rusty pipe comes out of the brick wall. David Zinn’s title explains her job: she guards the pipe that sends kindness into the world.

💡 Chalk Fact: Zinn has been drawing characters on the sidewalks and walls of Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 1987.

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🐶 “Have You Seen This Dog?”

It looks like a missing-dog flyer, with two photos of the same dog. Then comes the answer: “Now you have. Have a GOOD day.” Every tear-off tab says “Have a great day.”

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🤍 “El Abrazo” — By Jota López in Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸

An older woman and a young woman overlap up the side of the building, with a flower in the lower corner. Jota López painted it on a side wall of the Isaac Rabin senior center in Moratalaz, so the hug is between generations.

💡 Mural Fact: Jota López was born in Murcia in 1995, started with graffiti around 2008 and later trained as an industrial designer and worked in 3D animation. His bio calls the result abstract portraits with a retro-digital look, hence the pixel blocks.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsEl abrazoJota López (Jotalo) · 2024 · Moratalaz, MadridMuraltalaz projectOn a centre for older peopleColourful 3D style1Madrid’s tourism board says it reminds us of the care we receive from our elders in childhood.esMadrid2The city calls it one of the Murcia-born artist’s colourful 3D proposals.Diario de Madrid202517 JanReported · Madrid city news20259 FebMapped · Street Art Cities202527 MarPhoto · El PaísRead the full file →