NYC street art – where to find the most colorful one-stop collection

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If you’re a street art lover like me, read on! This is one must-see spot where you’ll find TONS of amazing NYC street art all in one easy-to-get-to location. Want a one-stop spot for all your instagram content and selfies? This is it. Downtown ‘Mural Project at the Financial District’s 2WTC and 3WTC (where the South Tower stood prior to 9/11) is the place to go in New York.   

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Make sure to walk the entire Oculus Plaza between Fulton & Vesey Sts and Greenwich & Church Street in order not to miss a thing!

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It is the site where the South Tower stood until September 11.  And it was purposely made to be a bright, colorful and happy spot to offer hope and a moment of relief quietly countering its tragic history.  The World Trade Center memorial and museum are just steps away and many come here afterwards to regain perspective and find peace.

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I’m sure it brightens everyone’s mood because it makes us happy every time we pass by! It certainly served as a source of inspiration and joy during our lockdown period.  This is me finally leaving the front door during phase 1 of NY’s lockdown. haha

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They have such fun art that kids can relate to too!  Trust me, if you love NYC street art, visit this place.  Kids of all ages will be wow-ed!  It’s very relatable art.  nyc street art, wtc, world trade center, nyc blogger, instagramable nyc, nyc mural art, fidi nyc

Isn’t the scale of all this art just jaw-dropping? 

Featuring murals from artists such as Todd GrayHektadBoogieRezStickymongerBoogieRez and husband & wife team Chinon Maria and Sebastian Mitre this one location will give you the best sampling in NY street art.  

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The large-scale mural project surrounds the stunning Oculus which hovers proudly nearby.

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This structure is such a tourist attraction.  Can you see why?  Don’t forget to go inside for shops, eateries and the most modern subway terminal ever.

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You’ll definitely want some pictures with this skeletal and architectural masterpiece while there!

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These WTC Murals were organized by Silverstein Properties in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who wanted more than a construction site featuring corrugated metal. nyc street art, wtc, world trade center, nyc blogger, instagramable nyc, nyc mural art, fidi nyc, oculus nycI’m so thankful for their vision.  Don’t you just love the NYC street art that resulted??

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I found the below piece especially moving during the Black Lives Matter Movement.

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Which mural is YOUR favorite??

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NOTE:  It’s conveniently located right off the at the World Trade Center which means all the below trains, bus and Path station lead to it.

For more of my NYC street art round-ups, click here.

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Portia Munson The Artist Who Displays Hoarded Collections As Art

Juliet LOVES pink.  So it is with great amusement and girly fun that she and I have explored a pink pop-up, and a pink restaurant in NYC. Recently, the Flag Art Foundation featured Portia Munson’s “Pink Project” and so off we went, (her dressed in pink of course) to explore and see it for ourselves.

The exhibit explored artworks that array ordinary objects within containers, a theme that artist, Portia Munson readily played with.  In the past, we had seen her pink objects exhibited in a glass coffin and also perfectly lined up on a pink table, OCD style.  This time though, her exhibitting format took over a room.  A pink bedroom!  Juliet could not have been more thrilled looking around at all the pink gloriousness.

She brought her Barbie doll (also dressed in pink for the occasion) and showed  her around.  Out loud, she dreamed of living there and said, “Mommy, I wanna live here.”  Here she is after I explained she couldn’t.

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It was truly amazing to see!  The canopy for this pink bedroom was made up of pink children’s onesies of all kinds which made me wonder how many items of pink clothing Juliet has gone through at the ripe old age of 5.

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The artist actually sewed all of these clothes to create this tented effect.

From reading about Portia’s passion for pink, I understood that she was exploring the marketing of femininity and questioning how culturally loaded the color was.

Leaving the exhibit, I started questioning where the line between hoarding and collecting for art’s sake was drawn.

Check out her last NYC exhibit called, “The Garden” below.

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What do you think?  Is this hoarding or art?

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