Maya Hayuk Mural on the Houston and Bowery Wall

Brooklyn-based artist Maya Hayuk braved New York’s plunging winter temperatures and snow-covered streets to complete her latest mural on the famous wall at the corner of Bowery and Houston in Lower Manhattan.

Bradley Theodore Paints Mural of Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour

Bradley Theodore created this mural on the facade of L’asso pizzeria on Kenmare Street just East of Elizabeth Street on the border of Soho and Little Italy. The mural features two fashion personalities, Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour head-to-head in a lovestruck pose. The Vogue editor in chief and Chanel designer are shown in profile, facing each other. They are identifiable by their hairstyles - Wintour's famous bob, and Lagerfeld's white ponytail. A small red heart hangs in between them. Their faces are painted as brightly rendered skeletons with colorful teeth.

Swoon’s Hurricane Sandy Mural at the Bowery Graffiti Wall

Swoon’s mural at the Bowery-Houston graffiti wall is rather timely, channeling themes of Hurricane Sandy on this day the city and state are marking one year since Hurricane Sandy made landfall. The piece features an illustration of the A train (“rise above the challenge”), an allusion to the suspended subway service to the Rockaways, and a community message of “people helping people.”

Revok and Pose Mural at Bowery and Houston Graffiti Wall

This is the new mural by MSK street artists Revok and Pose at the graffiti wall located at the corner of Bowery and Houston Streets in Lower Manhattan. The two-story masterpiece is a colorful collage of comic book stylings that doubles as a memorial mural. REVOK and POSE pay tribute to fallen street artists like Nekst, IZ, and Dondi. Images and text are painted around the spine of the phrase “Uphill Both Ways.”

"The Spirit of East Harlem" Mural by Hank Prussing and Manny Vega

This mural is called "The Spirit of East Harlem" by Hank Prussing and Manny Vega. It is painted on a residential building at East 104th Street and Lexington Avenue. It was started by Hank Prussing in 1973 and restored by Mr. Vega lin 1999. The piece, a towering homage to the neighborhood as it was in the 1970's, is made up of loving portraits of residents, set in a landscape of high-rises.

"Audrey Hepburn" and "Temper Tot" Murals on Mulberry Street in Little Italy

Brooklyn-based artist, Tristan Eaton recently created this eye-catching mural, entitled Audrey Hepburn, a 12-foot-by-7-foot multicolored mural of silver screen legend Audrey Hepburn on the southeast corner of Mulberry and Broome streets, on a wall belonging to Caffe Roma. Eaton juxtaposed a black and white illustration with patterns of abstract color to create the visually captivating portrait. Set within a white box, the large area of vibrant colors boldly pop out against the red brick wall. 

Another eye-catching street artwork is a four-story mural of a green creature called "Temper Tot" by Ron English on a parking-lot wall in the heart of Little Italy. It depicts a grouchy child with a muscular body before or after a tantrum wearing cutoff jeans. The not-so-jolly green giant frowns upon Mulberry Street, across from the Church of the Most Precious Blood, a 125-year-old Roman Catholic parish that hosts the Feast of San Gennaro. Reaction on Mulberry Street ranged from “hideous” and “disgusting” to “funny and creative.” The murals are part of the Little Italy Street Art Project, a group founded last summer to build up the neighborhood as a creative destination and to cultivate a broader view of Little Italy among New Yorkers.

Manny Vega's Mosaic Mural, ESPIRITU in East Harlem

 

Byzantine hip-hop visual artist, Manny Vega created this mosaic mural called ESPIRITU, a visual prayer in glass and stone for the here and now. Vega's art aims at creating "a place for all people to recognize themselves as members of a global community." He believes that through shared information about our histories, customs, and belief systems, we can reflect, compare and continue to learn from one another. The mosaic is located at the corner of 105th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem. East Harlem is known for its murals and mosaics documenting the aspirations, trials and history of a generation of Latinos and Puerto Ricans acclimating to life in New York City.

DUMBO Walls Project Featuring New Street Art By Shepard Fairey And Other Artists

Shepard Fairey, the graphic designer/illustrator and street artist behind the iconic Obama Hope poster created a mural by the York Street F stop in DUMBO (District Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) in Brooklyn as part of the DUMBO Walls Project. The project is a series of eight outdoor murals packed within a four-block stretch of DUMBO along the BQE (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway). It is sponsored by the DUMBO Improvement District and Two Trees Management Co in partnership with the NYC DOT Urban Art Program and Jonathan LeVine Gallery. Fairey's new piece (pictured above) is a large mural with "Peace" on the left and "Justice" on the right. Other artists participating in DUMBO Walls include Eltono, Stefan Sagmeister, Yuko Shizimu, CAM, DALeast, Faith47 and MOMO. Below are two other vibrant murals featured in DUMBO Walls.

Mural By Crash Featuring Popeye

Graffiti artist, Crash (aka John Matos) put together this fresh composition featuring the iconic cartoon character Popeye for a mural on the wall at  the corner of Houston and Bowery Streets. The mural is a spray-painted image of Popeye swinging his fists through the letters in the artist’s name. The Popeye is illustrated from the lower-torso up, taking up the full 17-foot height of the mural.

Mural for Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013

This is one of the murals for the recent Red Bull Music Academy NYC 2013. The mural is on an apartment building on Lafayette Street in SoHo. The Red Bull Music Academy was a five-week series of concerts, lectures, art installations and workshops that is one of the biggest musical happenings in New York, as well as perhaps the most elaborate example of the reach of corporate brands into popular culture. The academy is a combination citywide festival and private musical summer camp. It has been held in different international cities almost every year since 1998, when it began in Berlin. The events in New York City this year were underwritten by Red Bull.

Marty

Graffiti artists created a new mural on the corner of Houston and Bowery Streets to celebrate the birthday of Martha Copper. Martha Cooper, a well-known photojournalist specializing in art and anthropology, is celebrating her 70th birthday. Best known for her photography of graffiti and street art, Martha Cooper methodically documented subway graffiti during the 1970s and 1980s. Her body of work is considered the most substantial of its kind.

Eduardo Kobra’s Mural of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Photo "VJ Day, The Kiss"

Eduardo Kobra painted these stunning murals on 25th Street at 10th Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The top mural takes inspiration from Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic photo of a sailor kissing a nurse on VJ Day in Times Square in New York City ("VJ Day, The Kiss"). The photo symbolizes the triumph of love over war and how America found relief in the silence of the guns. Below is a mural depicting vintage Times Square street scene.

Barry McGee's Mark Morris Dance Center Mural in Fort Greene, Brooklyn

California-based artist Barry McGee created this 96-by-67-foot mural (Untitled, 2012) on the east wall of the Mark Morris Dance Center in the culturally rich neighborhood of Fort Greene in Brooklyn. The colorful artwork is comprised of small squares on a grid. Each square holds a brightly colored geometric pattern or set of letters. A few hold drawings of cartoon-like faces or spray cans. The mural was photographed by Jason Schmidt and showcased in the December issue of Vanity Fair magazine.