A Walk Around The City's Many Graffiti Spots Will Reveal Its Beautiful, Colourful Side

A bunch of talented students from Delhi College of Arts along with some graffiti artists transformed this staid, serious, grey wall of South Asia’s largest jail into a long stretch of artistic expression.

As the country’s first public art district, this set the tone for a creative moment that’s now changed the face of some of the most forgettable walls we crossed every day. We have the St+Art India’s army of artists to thank for making our trips to Meherchand market oh-so-picture-perfect.

Spreading its wings to the NCR, St+Art India artists from India, Mexico and Singapore recently took over Arjangarh Metro Station, painting it in a myriad colours and celebrating nature through its birds, bees and deer illustrations.

The alternative village has enjoyed a fair share of limelight thanks to its exciting facelift. The next time you go shaadi shopping, make it a point to spot Super Mario, sci-fi characters and children, all dispersed through lanes and old buildings trying to drive home a the creator’s thought process.

This stunning black-and-white portrait of Mahatama Gandhi is truly unique for it used generic building paints to bring this graffiti to life. The work is a beautiful coming together of two creative minds: German artist Hendrik Beikirch and Anpu, one of the city’s loved painters.

Apart from the lake and the fact that some of our favourite restaurants are all clustered in the hipster district, we like that the road that leads to Social and other odd alleys wear an air of mysterious beauty thanks to the wall murals. The above is the work of a steampunk-loving Polish artist, Mariusz M-City Waras {one of the many talents working with St+Art} who’s rendered this erstwhile discolouring wall a remarkably distinct character.