From Rio to Copenhagen, here’s the best street art inspired by our strange times

Now more than ever, street artists have plenty to tag about – and with the world pretty much shut down, they have plenty more space to do it too. Whether or not lockdown restrictions have made their works more difficult to pull off, the streets are as barren as they’re ever going to be – and from Copenhagen to Rio de Janeiro via San Francisco, artists are out there putting a punchy (and very often political) spin on the fast-emerging new world order.

Of course, we shouldn’t really be scouring the streets IRL, so we’ve picked out some of the best street art that’s cropped up around the globe in recent weeks. By the time this is all over, we reckon our streets will be looking a lot more colourful.

Glasgow, UK

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A post shared by the rebel bear (@the.rebel.bear) on Apr 2, 2020 at 12:32pm PDT

Pompei, Italy 

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A post shared by nello petrucci (@nellopetrucci) on Mar 11, 2020 at 4:29am PDT

San Francisco, USA

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A post shared by Jennifer Barger (@dcjnell) on Apr 19, 2020 at 6:10am PDT

Warsaw, Poland

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A post shared by Radek Alf (@raddarwarsaw) on Apr 3, 2020 at 5:07am PDT

Bryne, Norway 

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A post shared by Giovanni Ranaldo (@giovanni.ranaldo) on Apr 4, 2020 at 2:00pm PDT

Vienna, Austria 

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A post shared by Rob Perez (@deadbeathero) on Mar 29, 2020 at 7:54am PDT

London, UK

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A post shared by Lionel (@lionel_stanhope) on Mar 17, 2020 at 12:45am PDT

Miami, USA

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A post shared by HULA | sean yoro (@the_hula) on Mar 18, 2020 at 9:47am PDT

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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A post shared by Airá Ocrespo = Mc Grafiteiro (@airaocrespo) on Mar 18, 2020 at 6:15am PDT

Tartu, Estonia

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A post shared by Printsess Täna (@princess_t2na) on Apr 1, 2020 at 8:33am PDT

Los Angeles, USA 

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A post shared by Pony Wave (@ponywave) on Mar 24, 2020 at 8:57am PDT

Copenhagen, Denmark

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A post shared by Andreas Welin - Art Murals CPH (@welinoo) on Mar 22, 2020 at 9:12am PDT

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