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Street Arts in Kuala Lumpur City That is Worth To Explore

Thinking that Kuala Lumpur city is all about modernisation and urbanisation, with its tall skyscrapers and buildings? Well, the city is rich of arts features in it. And it is not only about art galleries and museums, but the city itself is an art gallery.

Take a good stroll around the city and if you explore well enough especially the downtown Kuala Lumpur, you’ll find many murals on the walls of the buildings. From the back alleys that is brighten up with colourful arts to the artwork on taller buildings, you’ll have a lot to explore and enjoy.

Around Jalan Alor & Changkat

These back alleys were once dark and not many would dare to walk around, but when it was painted with the colourful murals, it has lighten it up with good vibes. While it was an abandoned street previously has become a spot that travellers would purposely visit.

Kwai Chai Hong

Also once an abandoned spot, the long lost space has been repurposed into an Instagram-worthy spot. The management of Kwai Chai Hong has reactivated the space with different murals and art installations that makes people eager to visit.

Pasar Karat, Jalan Petaling

While this area does not have many street murals, it is just a short distance away from the rest, so you might want to take a stroll to the Pasar Karat to have a look at this piece.

Red by Sirocco

This 25-storey high mural, entitled ‘Courage to Dream’ is painted by our local artist from Sabah, Kenji Chai. It is painted on the building, Red by Sirocco.

River of Life

You definitely do not want to miss taking a walk along the River of Life in the city while enjoying one of the biggest street art in Kuala Lumpur.

Jalan Leboh Pasar Besar

Painted by the famous artist who has his works across multiple cities in Malaysia, Ernest Zacharevic created the ‘Transboundary Haze‘ at Jalan Leboh Pasar Besar.

It was painted in collaboration with Greenpeace Malaysia, Splash and Burn and filmmakers Studiobirthplace. To coincide with the World Environment Day, the artwork entitled ‘Transboundary Haze’ is to urge those in authority to hold polluters accountable for clean air as a basic human right.

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