• The event, which began last month and runs until the end of this month, is the brainchild of a small group of artists and curators who want to give the crowded metropolis a colourful edge.
    The event, which began last month and runs until the end of this month, is the brainchild of a small group of artists and curators who want to give the crowded metropolis a colourful edge.
  • The festival is also screening international short films on street-art culture, as well as hosting workshops on graffiti, stencil art and sign painting.
    The festival is also screening international short films on street-art culture, as well as hosting workshops on graffiti, stencil art and sign painting.
  • A forthcoming event will have the inmates at the city’s Tihar Jail joining the artists to paint an entire wall.
    A forthcoming event will have the inmates at the city’s Tihar Jail joining the artists to paint an entire wall.
  • The graffiti is in other parts of the city, too. One of the city’s biggest stretches of wall was, after some negotiation, turned over to the German street artist Hendrik Beikirch.
    The graffiti is in other parts of the city, too. One of the city’s biggest stretches of wall was, after some negotiation, turned over to the German street artist Hendrik Beikirch.
  • Some of the best works include a several-storey-high depiction of a child climbing, by the stencil artist Tona from Hamburg.
    Some of the best works include a several-storey-high depiction of a child climbing, by the stencil artist Tona from Hamburg.
  • Sixty graffiti artists from across India and the world, including Taiwan, Germany and Italy, are in town to leave their mark on the urban landscape.
    Sixty graffiti artists from across India and the world, including Taiwan, Germany and Italy, are in town to leave their mark on the urban landscape.

In pictures: Street Art Festival in New Delhi

Olga Camacho

February 16, 2014

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Murals have begun to pop up in New Delhi’s artsy neighbourhood of Shahpur Jat, thanks to the capital’s first Street Art Delhi festival. Photos by Aarti Betigeri

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