Covid On The Street: Pandemic Graffiti From Around The World

raffiti has never been so powerful—or urgent. And, in the case of the famed and elusive Banksy, noble. In the past months of the global coronavirus outbreak, local artists have used the walls and sidewalks of their cities and towns as canvases. As the shutdowns and shelter-in-place orders spread across Italy, Spain, Germany, the U.K., India and the U.S, the Krylon cans came out.

The pandemic has robbed millions of their livelihoods and ability to touch and hug. But not the desire or defiance to hit the empty pavement to create outdoor art galleries. Here are the fresh arrivals to our streets, ready and waiting for the grand reopening.Andy Buchanan/Getty ImagesAdam Berry/Getty Images

New take on the famous Berlin Wall painting of Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker kissing: Today, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in face masks, Berlin, April 27.Trumpet master Louis Armstrong wearing protective gloves and face mask, New Orleans, April 24. Sopa Images/Getty Images; Robin Utrecht / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty-Images; Victoria Jones – PA Images/Getty Images

“Super nurse” by Amsterdam-based street artist FAKE, April 24. Graffiti in support of the NHS, London, May 12.“Our Nurses Our Saints,” by graffiti artist Bandit, New Orleans, April 3.Stencil graffiti of actors John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson In their roles in “Pulp Fiction,” wearing face masks, Madrid, May 3.Yves Dean / Getty ImagesMessage of Covid-19 love in Brooklyn, May 9.

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