STREET ART, SANTA TERESA, RIO DE JANERIO

BRAZIL ICON PELE GETTING A HUG FROM THE MONA LISA

Santa Teresa is the name of a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

It is located on top of the Santa Teresa hill, by the centre of Rio, and is famous for its winding, narrow streets which are a favourite spot for artists and tourists.

The neighborhood originated around the Santa Teresa Convent, built in the 1750s on the Desterro hill.

At the end of the 19th and early 20th century it was an upper class borough, as testified by its magnificent mansions, many of which are still standing.

Santa Teresa ceased being an upper-class neighbourhood long ago, but it has been revived as an artistic hotspot.

It is home to several artists and art studios and galleries.

The offer of restaurants and bars is also varied.

--Courtesy (UK spelling version) Wikipedia 

WYNWOOD WALLS

Hundreds of thousands will come to greater Miami the first week of December to attend Art Basel Miami Beach.

Tens of thousands will be spent on admissions and tens of millions will be spent on fine art.

All of that is wonderful and our subtropical city is better of for it.

But the best art in all of South Florida is free.

The largest collection of outdoor mural art on earth is located in Wynwood, a still gritty former warehouse district just northwest of Downtown.

The late Tony Goldman's Wynwood Walls started it all.