Street art by Franc Got Buffed (ig) in Kent Street. His title, not ours – inspired by the Channel 4 reality ‘fixer upper’ show Escape To The Chateau (itself presumably inspired by the phrase “escape to the country”?)
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Work by NOTA [None Of The Above] of TMN [The Most Nasty] krew in Union Street, Belfast, replacing Rob Hilken’s fried eggs.
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Here is a selection of graffiti art/wild-style writing from Belfast, including (above) “Racism is small dick energy” on the Cupar Way “peace” line.
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The cult of the Great Pumpkin seems to be spreading from the US but it’s not clear that in fact the Great Pumpkin loves unconditionally: in the Peanuts universe, Linus believes that on Halloween night the Great Pumpkin rises from the pumpkin patch and delivers toys to good and believing children (Peanuts wiki). Paste-up in Belfast city centre.
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Art by R|B Blackcat (Fb | ig) in the door of the Swanston building in College Street, Belfast. For background on the building, see the previous art in this doorway, The Gateway Is Love.
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Street art by Leighoops (ig) at the entrance to Artcetera off Rosemary Street.
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Work is well under way on the main floors of a new 12-storey student accommodation that will tower over the houses in Stephen Street (in the middle-ground of these images); the construction involves Lacuna Developments, Farrans Construction, and Plantavi and is due to be completed in spring 2023. For a timeline of the development, see SkyScraperCity.
The plot along Carrick Hill remains vacant – see Dense for the board (in the second image) calling for traditional family housing.
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Buildings go up, buildings come down, buildings go up again. And in the meantime, gulls and taggers leave their marks.
Previously: The Verticality Of The Divine
Between Donegall Street and Little Donegall Street, Belfast city centre.
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London-based artist Fanakapan (ig) specialises in what he calls “balloon graff”. For his trip to HTN2021 he painted shamrock smiley faces. Kent Street car park, Belfast.
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