Street Art on Ben Shetah Street in Jerusalem

On Ben Shetah Street in Jerusalem, on top of the National Insurance Institute building, you will find a large and impressive mural that stretches the length of the building.

The painting is divided into parts and each part has its own colorful atmosphere. This is a continuation of the mural painting project in Jerusalem initiated by the Ministry of Tourism and the Municipality of Jerusalem and carried out by the Government Tourism Company.

The painting on Ben Shetah Street in Jerusalem was painted by a group of painters from the “City of Creation” Citecrition from the city of Lyon in France. Some of the figures in the painting are: Shmuel Agnon, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, Anna Tycho, Yossi Banai, Montefiori, Golda Meir and Teddy Kolek.

This post is part of a dedicated series of posts on street art and graffiti in Jerusalem

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About Me

My name is Dror Hadadi and I have always loved and been drawn to graffiti and street art – to language, color, subversion and art. Urban art, which exists in public space 24/7, fascinates and captivates my heart.

Graffiti and street art are a free ticket to a global exhibition, which is constantly changing, growing and developing. Graffiti creates and drives an artistic dialogue between the passerby and architecture and urban life. Sometimes graffiti disrupts, harms and etch its presence on the wall. Sometimes it brings the public wall to life, allowing us a colorful and exciting glimpse into the artist’s private world – and into our own world as viewers. In both cases, in graffiti and street art, an immediate communication and dialogue is created between the viewer and the message left for him on the wall. Graffiti and street art that takes place in the urban-public space, maintains a dialogue with us on a daily basis, and allows us to communicate with the space closest to us, which serves as a setting for our living environment and life in the urban space.

Enjoy!