02/07/2018
The Walls of Kadıköy Become Colourful with the Mural Festival
The Mural Istanbul Festival, organized by Kadıköy Municipality, which transforms empty walls of Kadıköy into works of art, is starting on June 20.
The Mural Istanbul festival, held for the 7th time this year, will take place from June 20th to July 9th. 4 walls of Kadıköy will be colored with the art of Mural with participation of 3 foreign and 1 local artists in the festival. The first day of the festival will start with the works of Arlin from Brazil in Quarter of Rasimpaşa and Artez from Serbia in Quarter of Osmanağa.
In the second part of the festival that will begin on July 2, the works of Lonac from Croatia and Omeria from Turkey will colour up the walls of Rasimpaşa.
The Mural Istanbul Festival, which started in Yeldeğirmeni in 2012, has attracted many local and foreign artists. With the pictures made on the empty building facades, many streets of Kadıköy have turned into open air exhibition halls and so far 36 artists have colored 32 walls in total with their original works.