This Is Clever (14 Photos)
By VidarMost liked mode is active for this post: images are ranked by community likes.
From playful illusions in Milan and Buenos Aires to an octopus rising in Limerick and carved cubes by the sea in the Netherlands. This update brings clever object makeovers, surreal sculptures from Norway, and small imaginative touches that change how the city feels.
More: Art Shouldn’t Be Just for Galleries (10 Photos)
1. Roller Crosswalk — Cosimo Cheone Caiffa in Trezzano sul Naviglio, Milan, Italy
A mural depicting a man painting the street itself, with the roller seamlessly extended onto the crosswalk, blending wall and pavement into one continuous scene. More: 23 Amazing 3D Murals by CHEONE!
🔗 Follow Cosimo Cheone Caiffa on Instagram
2. Dog Library
A playful community idea where a small sign invites dogs and their owners to “Take a stick, leave a stick,” turning a tree base into a whimsical lending library for pets.
3. Biberstumpf kaffeeklatsch — Coffee Break in a Stump by David Zinn in Michigan, USA
A painted groundhog enjoying a cup of coffee inside a hollowed tree stump, blending natural textures with imaginative character design. More: David Zinn’s Hidden Chalk Art (12 Photos)
🔗 Follow David Zinn on Instagram
4. Witch Cone Shadow
A simple traffic cone casting a painted shadow of a witch flying on a broomstick, transforming an everyday street object into a playful illusion.
5. Painted Octopus — Lumen Street Theatre in Limerick, Ireland
A bollard turned into the head of a bright blue octopus with tentacles sprawling across the pavement, created for a scavenger hunt event. More about it and photos: Painted Octopus on a bollard in Limerick, Ireland
6. Eroded Rubik’s Cube — At Scheveningen Harbour in the Netherlands
A massive weathered concrete cube painted like a Rubik’s Cube sits among sea defenses, turning coastal blocks into an oversized puzzle piece. More!: Eroded Rubik’s Cube in the Netherlands
7. Lady in the Wall — Martín Ron in San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
A large-scale portrait of a woman in a hat and bracelets, painted across an exposed brick wall, fusing realism with architectural framing. More: 9 Martín Ron Murals That Redefine Urban Art
🔗 Follow Martín Ron on Instagram
8. HORN SOLO — Falko Fantastic in Cape Town, South Africa
🔗 Follow Falko Fantastic on Instagram
9. The Rising Tide — Jason deCaires Taylor in Haugesund, Norway
Sculptures of riders on horses installed in shallow waters, their presence shifting with the tides, connecting art to the surrounding seascape.
🔗 Follow Jason deCaires Taylor on Instagram
10. Cats on the Wall
A simple mural showing a black cat sitting on a yellow band painted across the wall, paired with a white cat shape in the shadow below. The artwork blends with the building’s colors and layout, using light and contrast to create a playful scene.
11. Sembrando Paz by Adriana del Rocío García Hernández & Carlosalberto Gh in Culiacán, Mexico.
A large mural showing a mother and children surrounded by white doves and flowers, painted across the corner of a residential building.
12. By ImSorry in Cape Town, South Africa.
🔗 Follow ImSorry on Instagram
13. “Dieter” by Blesea in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France.
🔗 Follow Blesea on Instagram
14. “Territori potablava” by Miquel Wert in Barcelona, Spain produced by Fundació Contorno Urbano.
🔗 Follow Miquel Wert on Instagram
Which one is your favorite?
Keep exploring 👇
7 Comments
Join the conversation
Drop into new walls weekly
No spam. Just the freshest city finds.
Location: Cape Town, South Africa.
Context: Cape Town’s mural culture became a major part of neighborhood identity in areas like Woodstock and Salt River, where public walls are used for local storytelling and community visibility. In that context, each new wall is not just a standalone image but part of a wider urban archive built in public view.
Location: San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Context: San Telmo is one of Buenos Aires’ oldest neighborhoods and a core area for the city’s cultural revival after the late 20th century, especially through street fairs, public performance, and open-air visual culture. Works placed here often reach both local residents and international visitors from the Sunday market corridor, so the wall becomes part of a shared civic narrative rather than a gallery-only audience.
Location: Haugesund, Norway
Context: British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor creates site-specific tidal and underwater installations that often double as artificial reefs. This piece is designed to be fully revealed and submerged by the daily tides, acting as a visual clock for rising sea levels and an exploration of humanity’s relationship with the ocean.
Jason deCaires Taylor pioneered large-scale underwater sculpture parks—his first was Molinere Bay (Grenada) in 2006, and the works are typically cast in pH-neutral marine cement to double as artificial reefs.
[…] More: More clever street illusions […]
Dear STREET ART UTOPIA
Thank you for the mail
Nicely curated images♥️
Warm regards DR TAPESH BANSAL * Intensivist & Physician* * mbbs aiims md med aiims mrcp edic* * founder & president *
http://www.youtube.com/@youngindiaintensivist7709
[…] This Is Clever (8 Photos) […]