You must see it.
Kyiv murals in the city center
Murals are a visiting card of Kyiv. It's not for nothing that the capital of Ukraine is also called the capital of street art. To see the most colorful murals, just walk through the downtown, because many of them are located one near the other.
Realist has collected for you one of the most beautiful and unforgettable panels in Kyiv. Their authors are not only Ukrainian artists, but well-known muralists from all over the world. You can admire the murals in photographs, but, believe us, in life, they are even more beautiful.
1
Mural "Revival"
33/6а Borichev Tok Street
The mural on a five-story building on the Andriyivskyy Descent appeared in 2014. It was created by Crimean artist Alexei Kislov and French artist Julian Mullan. The picture symbolizes the revival of Ukraine.

Nearby:
Zamkova Hora (Castle Hill), Richard-Lionheart Castle
2
Street art
7 Desyatinny Provulok
The mural's author is famous Argentine artist Franco Fasoli. The peculiarity of his works is the adaptation of Mexican mythology to other cultures. Fasoli was so inspired by Ukraine that in his mural he depicted the country's flag.

Nearby:
Landscape Alley
3
Mural
9 Olesya Honchara Street
In 2011, one of the first murals in Kuiv appeared — the panel by Slavomir Tchaikovsky, who works under the pseudonym Zbiok. The picture depicts complex relationships between people.

Nearby:
Park of the Kyiv intelligentsia
4
Mural "Paper Airplanes"
48-a Antonovicha (f. Gorkogo) Street
If you miss your childhood without the Internet and modern gadgets, there is a mural dedicated to that in Kyiv. A resettler from the Donbass region, Olexander Korban, very accurately conveyed dreams of a carefree childhood in his panel.

Nearby:
Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
5
Mural "Freedom"
12 Ivana Franko Street
The Ukrainian Alex Maxiov created in 2016 this antiwar mural. It is 18-meter high.

Nearby:
Actor's House
6
Street art
16/2 Ivana Franko Street
In Kyiv you can see another mural dedicated to childhood. The picture depicts the world as seen by children — kind, cheerful and sincere.

Nearby:
Mural "Freedom"
7
Mural "The Talkative Dinosaur"
118 Saksaganskogo Street
It's one of the newest mural, appeared in Kyiv in February 2017. This is a 10-meter mosaic made in Italy. That's why its colors are so rich. The uniqueness of this panel is also because it is the first mural in the city in the mosaic technique of such complexity.

Nearby:
National Circus of Ukraine
8
Mural "Blue Bird"
5 Lesi Ukrainki Boulevard
An "American track" in the Kyiv street art was left by a US resident, Ernesto Maranje. Locals gave the panel a title of one of the fairy characters.

Nearby: Kyiv Fortress
9
Mural "The Cyclist"
13 Vyacheslava Lypinskoho Street
Cycling lovers will be pleasantly surprised in Kyiv with a cyclist portrait on the wall of a five-story house. By the way, the mural's author — Canadian artist Emmanuel Jarus, — decided not to draw fictitious people. He just created his self-portrait.

Nearby:
Kyiv Cycle Track
10
Mural "King of the Blues BB King"
24-a Mikhailivska Street
Kyiv residents are fond of blues. To immortalize it, they devote him beautiful murals. Thanks to this affection, BB King — a legend of the blues — has settled down in Kyiv.

Nearby: Park of the Heavenly Hundred
11
Patriotic mural
3 Olhinska Street
Surprisingly, an image dedicated to the patriots of Ukraine was created by the famous French muralist Seth. He truly succeeded in conveying the brotherhood and unity of our people through contemporary art.

Nearby: Ivan Franko Drama Theater, Alley of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred
12
Mural "Ravens"
9 Reyterska Street
Ravens are an unofficial symbol of this part of the city. They have been living for as long as 15 years in one of the downtown courtyards. These ravens even inspired artist Alexander Brittsev, who dedicated a mural to them in that courtyard. It was called a symbol of the beginning of a new life.

Nearby:
Courtyard with ravens
13
Mural "Children"
10 Striletska Street
This mural is unique in that it is also a mosaic. Created in 2010, it also belongs to the era, when street art in Kyiv was born. Its author is the famous Ukrainian sculptor Konstantin Skretutsky. The author knew some of the children depicted on the mural personally.

Nearby: "The Ballet Dancer," a sculpture by Konstantin Skretutsky
14
Mural "Anna Rizatdinova"
12 Striletska Street
Not far from the mosaic "Children," you can see another panel, dedicated to the Ukrainian gymnast Anna Rizatdinova. The work's author, Australian street artist Fintan Magee, was so inspired by the Ukrainian that he decided to portray the sportswoman in a jump.

Nearby:
Park of the Kyiv intelligentsia
15
Mural "Rise"
145/1 Velyka Vasylkivska
(f. Chervonoarmiyska) Street
American artist James Bullough in his works always touches on the themes of geopolitical conflicts. In Kyiv, he also left a trace of his art on one house.

Nearby:
Hlynka Lake
16
Mural "Ukrainian St. George"
38 Velyka Zhytomyrska Street
The panel symbolizes the Ukrainian people fight for independence. The authors are famous Ukrainian artists from the art duet "Interesni Kazki" Alexii Bordusov and Volodymyr Manzhos.

Nearby:
Landscape Alley
17
Mural-talisman
23 Velyka Zhytomyrska Street
The Ukrainian sculptor Konstantin Skretutsky created yet another of his brilliant panels — a luminous mural. Its main idea is that everyone should take care of their city. Thanks to fluorescent pigments, at night you can read two psalms and the Ten Commandments on the mosaic.

Nearby:
Park of the Kyiv intelligentsia
18
Street art with biblical motives
24-b Velyka Zhytomyrska Street
This mural is a proof that Kyiv residents like colorful paintings on the walls of their houses. After all, it was residents, who asked the artists to decorate the peeling wall. And now they enjoy the beautiful mural with biblical motives.

Nearby:
Landscape Alley
19
Mural "Life Without Science Is Death"
2 Grigory Skovoroda Street
The panel was created in 2013 in a central square of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy. Here are a lot of students. That's why the mural's authors Seth (France) and Waone of the duo Interesni Kazki (Ukraine) wanted to tell young people that knowledge had not harmed anyone yet.

Nearby:
Kontraktova Square
20
Mural "The Time of Change"
4-b Striletska Street
Yet again — the work by a Ukrainian (Volodymyr Manzhos, art duet "Interesni Kazki"), yet again — an image of the Cossack. The main idea of the panel is the battle between good and evil. The multi-armed Cossack symbolizes victory for all Ukrainians over all impending adversity.

Nearby:
Sophia Cathedral
21
Mural "Lesya Ukrainka"
28 Striletska Street
Lesya Ukrainka's poem "Lilies of the Valley" became the reason for the mural with her portrait to appear. Australian street art-artist Guido van Helten was inspired by the poetess's work and immortalized it in his mural.

Nearby:
House of Lesya Ukrainka
22
Mural "Berehynia"
(Slavic ancient goddess)
1/2 Tarasa Shevchenko Provulok
The girl depicted on this mural is a native of the South Caucasus. For the author, artist Mata Ruda from Costa Rica, she became a symbol of the female spirit, the protectoress of the home.

Nearby:
Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square)
23
Mural "A look into the future"
6a Velyka Zhytomyrska Street
This panel created a conflict between its author Aryz and a nun. The woman was so unhappy with the artist's work that she overturned his buckets with paint. But the mural was destined to appear.

Nearby:
Princess Olga Monument
24
Mural with the Yaroslav the Wise
19b Velyka Zhytomyrska Street
The panel by artist Dmitry Fatum was not understood by everyone. According to him, he portrayed the Kievan Prince Yaroslav the Wise before his death, when he was passing a ball to his son Izyaslav. The ball was a symbol of power.

Nearby:
Park of the Kyiv intelligentsia
25
Mural "Crossing"
19/22 Voloshska Street
This picture decorates a building of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service. Street artist Fintan Magee thus tried to convey to each of us a request to protect nature.

Nearby:
Museum of Cossacks
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