Do you know Malaga’s Soho, one of the most picturesque and modern districts in town? Walk along its streets and discover the birthplace of street art in Malaga, where urban art, leisure and gastronomy offer visitors an authentic and different vision that you can’t miss.
The origin of the graffiti in Malaga’s Soho district
Also known as the Ensanche Heredia, the district is located to the south of the old town of Malaga next to the port, bounded by the Alameda and the Muelle Heredia. It was a difficult area, affected by drugs and crime. However, thanks to the MAUS (Málaga Arte Urbano Soho) project in 2013, its streets were transformed into a canvas for artists from all corners of the world and renamed Soho, to evoke New York’s arts district and reflect its new identity. Today, it has become one of the busiest and most visited areas of the city, where you can find dozens of places to eat, enjoy live music and admire great works of art in the streets.
Malaga’s Soho and its corners full of street art
As you enter the district, street art will appear around every corner as if it were an open-air art gallery. Numerous artists such as Obey, D*Face, Roa, Belin, Flatxl or Dal East have painted their works on the murals in the streets. Next to each artwork, you will find a QR code with all the information.
A tour around Soho: discover the most important graffiti in Malaga
– We start our tour from the Tetuán bridge, where you will be able to enjoy fantastic views. Next to the Guadalmedina river, behind the Centre for Contemporary Art (CAC), you can see the immense murals of D*Face’s pilot and Obey’s woman, the best known in the city. On the sides of the Guadalmedina river, you will find a variety of graffiti that you can also see up close if you go down the small stairways. On the wall of the CAC opposite the river is the artwork ‘Hola, Welcome to Spain’.
– Then we pass through the Alameda de Colón and go to the crossroads between Calle San Lorenzo and Calle Barroso, where we can see several works, including the famous ‘Think of a wish and go out and get it’ by Boa Mistura.
– Now, we head to the pedestrian street of Casas de Campo to see the works of Roa, Obey and D*Face, along with the work of Philip McQueen or the pyramid of ‘Reptilians’. We continue along the pedestrian street until we reach the crossroads with Somera street, where we will see two large murals, one by the Catalan artist Aryz and the other by the French artist Remed and the Spaniard Okuda, entitled ‘The dance of Venus and the sailor’.
– At the crossroads with the pedestrian street Tomás Heredia, you will see Obey’s ‘Femme fatale’ and, in the direction of the Alameda Principal, the spectacular work of the Chinese artist Dal East. We continue to Cordoba street until we reach the Teatro del Soho Malaga. In this area you will see the Disaster Street Wear shop front and the enormous work of the Belgian artist Roa.
– From there, we return along Cordoba street towards the intersection with Vendeja street, where we find the TVBoy mural, featuring 5 local celebrities: Picasso, Banderas, Marisol, Dani Rovira and Chiquito de la Calzada. We continue along Vendeja Street, in the direction of the CAC again, until we reach the junction with Tomás Heredia and we come across the work of the Malaga artist Dreucol.
– Continue along Calle Vendeja until you reach La Fábrica, the temple of craft beer.
The best place to end your tour of the graffiti in Malaga’s Soho district
A good walk should be accompanied by a good beer. That’s why the best reward after your journey will be at La Fábrica Cruzcampo, where we await you with a wide variety of craft beers and delicious dishes.
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