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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
"Cuadros de la calle" Graffiti and urban art in Madrid
Hello! My name is Diana and I am from Madrid. I invite you to walk with me through the best works of urban art in Madrid. I am an art historian. I consider myself open, friendly and with the capacity and fluency to transmit what “Cuadros de la calle” means to me. cheer up!
Tour description
Welcome travelers! My name is Diana and I am from Madrid in love with painting in all its aspects. That is why I want to present my tour "Pictures on the street" , where we will see the best graffiti on murals , full of history and color.
Learn about the beginnings of graffiti with Jack the Ripper and his walls stained with the blood of his victims, the first Polish graffiti artist!
I have chosen a series of works that have their origin in contemporary art : pop art inspired by Warhol or Lichtenstein (the comic) , Matisse and Fauvism, TVboy (always hidden) and his irony towards current politicians, in a fun way. and sarcastic.
Suso 33 and her beginnings in Madrid, Gerada and her portraits of women and many more works, which also delve into current feminism.
We will also see the wonderful mural works in the Tabacalera space , which will speak for themselves.
Where do we start? The route
🔸 1 Ambassadors Glorieta. Tabacalera or old tobacco factory (exterior murals) Origins of graffiti and explanation of the murals
🔸 2 The beautiful Sundial in an old corrala in Madrid
🔸 3 Monkey from Okuda and Bordalo "yes, the monkey gentrifies"
🔸 4 Large-scale murals in the center of Madrid. Love and still life.
🔸 5 Woman with sword and heart.
🔸 6 Suso 33 and graffiti in the 80s
7 Graffiti and the importance of the creative process : Mina and Zosen
🔸 8 The iconic hug of Juan Genovés of the two Spains in the Plaza de Antón Martín
🔸9 Women's work by the Cuban artist Gerada where we will see that not everything is what it seems.
🔸10 Mural of infinite languages (the multiculturalism of the Lavapiés neighborhood)
🔸 11 TV boy and his nocturnal secrets. (Ayuso and Las Meninas) We will finish on Calle Moratín, in the neighborhood of letters.
THE FREE TOUR IS A FREE PAYMENT TOUR. IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS FREE.
THE ESTABLISHED MINIMUM IS 10 EUROS PER PERSON.
WE ARE PROFESSIONAL GUIDES WHO TRY TO GIVE THE BEST OF OURSELVES SO THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE AND PLEASED.
PLEASE CANCEL ONE DAY IN ADVANCE IF IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ATTEND THE TOUR OR AT LEAST 12 HOURS BEFORE THE START OF THIS.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE GURU.
I WILL BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU THE BEST OF URBAN ART IN MADRID!
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Meeting point:C. de Miguel Servet, 16, 28012 Madrid...C. de Miguel Servet, 16, 28012 Madrid, Spain
I'll wait for you at the Embajadores metro exit (Renfe Cercanías). In front of the Bathhouse and the Tabacalera graffiti
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
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