Editorial continuity
Stories, guides and perspectives on Valencia’s street art
The Journal goes deeper where the main guides need to stay concise. Publication follows evidence and useful questions—not an artificial daily news rhythm.
Field notes & routes
Ways to read and move through a changing city
These articles combine practical routes with the details that make urban art inseparable from its setting: surfaces, scale, repetition, context and change.
Work by Lula Goce · Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaDones de Ciència: Valencia’s murals of women in science
Dones de Ciència turns walls across Valencia into a distributed public collection: each mural pairs a woman scientist with a woman artist. The official self-guide connects thirteen works through three cycle-friendly itineraries from Torrefiel to Pinedo.
PRINCIPIOS: archive of Valencian urban art · Centre del Carme Cultura ContemporàniaA brief history of graffiti and street art in Valencia
Valencia did not become a street-art city through one festival or one famous wall. Its visual culture grew from unauthorised writing, shared crews, illustration, political images, university encounters and a generation that moved from local streets to international projects.
Poliniza Dos 2026 at the Campus de Vera · Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaPoliniza Dos: urban art across Valencia’s UPV campus
Poliniza Dos is both a live annual encounter and a changing open-air archive: more than 300 artists from over twenty countries have worked across the Universitat Politècnica de València since 2006.
Work by Jacobo Palos · Ajuntament de ValènciaLiga Nacional de Graffiti Valencia 2026: MariaDie wins in Montolivet
MariaDie won the Valencia stage of the Liga Nacional de Graffiti with a woman transforming into fire, after ten competitors and invited local artists painted live in Montolivet.
Work by Felipe Pantone · Street Art CitiesThe best street art in Valencia: where to begin
The best street art in Valencia is not one permanent wall. Begin with El Carmen, compare the maritime streets of El Cabanyal, follow the Túria’s abstract route and learn a few visual languages before you walk.
Work by Escif · Wikimedia Commons · IVAMA self-guided street art walk through Valencia
Walk from Torres de Serranos to IVAM through the layered streets of El Carmen, with six stops, a live map and a method for finding street art without assuming that yesterday’s walls are still there.
Work by Sandra Betancort · Visit ValènciaAbstracte, un riu d’art: Valencia’s abstract mural route
Across almost ten kilometres of the Túria Garden, Abstracte links twelve mural interventions through colour, geometry and the architecture of the former riverbed.
Valencia Spain Street Art · Wikimedia CommonsHow to identify a street artist without guessing
Style can start an investigation, but authorship needs more than resemblance. A responsible identification keeps clues, sources and uncertainty separate.
Work by Okuda San Miguel · Wikimedia CommonsHow to photograph street art without losing the street
A close-up records the image. A useful field photograph also records scale, surface, setting and time.
Don’t shoot. People are sleeping! · Wikimedia CommonsHow to read a changing street
Look for layers, surfaces and relationships before turning a walk into a search for named works.