Painting the Town

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Lexington has seen a proliferation of public art in recent years. Below, we've taken a closer look at eight often-seen murals that have been installed in the downtown area – some that were facilitated by the local street art organization PRHBTN and some that were facilitated by other businesses or organizations. Click each title for a link to more information on that mural.

Visit www.prhbtn.com for a map and more information on additional Lexington murals.

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  • 1
    Lincoln - photo by Magnus Lindqvist.jpg

    214 E. Main St , Lexington, Kentucky

    Arguably the most iconic and high profile mural in Lexington, this 60-foot-tall painting by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra has been featured on local music videos, television shows and the cover of University of Kentucky orientation packets. ...

  • 2
    Moonshine - photo by SJ Sanders.jpg

    310 W. Short St. , Lexington, Kentucky

    The duo How & Nosm consists of Raul and Davide Perre, Spanish-born brothers – identical twins, to be more precise – who finish not only each other’s sentences, but also each other’s art. ...

  • 3
    Buy the Ticket - photo furnished.jpg

    375 Thompson St. , Lexington, Kentucky

    An approaching train is the focal point of this mural, installed last month at the recently opened Distillery District music venue The Burl. (The venue also commissioned and funded the work, though it was installed in conjunction with ...

  • 4
    Louis - photo by Geoff Maddock.jpg

    185 Elm Tree Lane , Lexington, Kentucky

    After a North Limestone mural by the artist ODEITH commissioned by PRHBTN was accidentally painted over in 2015, the organization Kentucky for Kentucky helped bring the artist back to Lexington to paint another mural later that year. ...

  • 5
    Three Elements - photo by Tatiana Aristizabal.jpg

    Tatiana Aristizabal Z

    227 N. Limestone St. , Lexington, Kentucky

    Having recently moved to New York from Belarus in search for more artistic opportunity, the married muralist duo Key Detail x Yu-baba – both of whom are former architects who left the profession also in search of further artistic freedom ...

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    Nightwatchers2 - photo furnished.jpg

    139 W. Short St. , Lexington, Kentucky

    Created by Los Angeles studio artist Andrew Hem, this mural was co-sponsored by Transylvania University professors Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova to commemorate their 2012 community engagement project, the Lexington Tattoo Project, in the form ...

  • 7
    The Hive - photo furnished.jpg

    156 Deweese St. , Lexington, Kentucky

    The mural on the exterior of the downtown hair salon The Hive was created by Michelle Newby-Armstrong, a Lexington-based art teacher at Cardinal Valley Elementary, with contributions by three groups of students and fellow local artist ...

  • 8
    Als Bar Mural - SJ Sanders.jpg

    601 N. Limestone St , Lexington, Kentucky

    In 2008, LexArts partnered with the Lexington Urban-Fayette County Government to start the Lexington Outdoor Mural Project, bringing together neighborhoods, businesses, city government officials and artists in an effort to fuel unity between ...

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