Writing on the wall: Art UK digitises thousands of murals as street artworks go mainstream
From medieval church wall paintings to Liam Gallagher’s viral X post, charity has catalogued more than 6,600 piecesSome of the UK’s smallest public murals are on bollards in Shrewsbury while one of the biggest is on a 1960s 16-storey block of flats in Gosport.Perhaps the funniest though is in...
<p>From medieval church wall paintings to Liam Gallagher’s viral X post, charity has catalogued more than 6,600 pieces</p><p>Some of the UK’s smallest public murals <a href="https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-phantom-coach-of-the-lion-hotel-759182">are on bollards in Shrewsbury</a> while one of the biggest is on a 1960s <a href="https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/seaward-tower-561505">16-storey block of flats in Gosport</a>.</p><p>Perhaps the funniest though is in Cardiff. Ahead of last summer’s Oasis concerts it was <a href="https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/cardiff-is-the-bllx-771938">a straightforward copy of Liam Gallagher’s viral post on X</a> declaring: “Because Cardiff is the bollox.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/01/art-uk-digitises-thousands-of-murals">Continue reading...</a>
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