Sao Paulo, a refuge for urban art

Sao Paulo is among the most populated cities in the world. In its metropolitan area alone, 12 million people live together. Thanks to its financial boom, a city has been created that mixes architectural tradition with new skyscrapers. But in the middle of a metropolis that never stops, this city is a refuge for art and has dozens of cultural institutions that rescue colonial, modernist and even neo-Gothic heritage.

A simple tour of the city of Sao Paulo allows you to appreciate contemporary museums, sculptures and, above all, a project of great importance for the city. Today, this gigantic city is known as the "World Capital of Graffiti" with approximately 70 murals by at least 200 urban artists painted on buildings throughout the city.

Tito Bertolucci is an urban art curator who supports dozens of emerging artists on Via Magdalena, a street next to the city's main cemetery where samba, graffiti and, above all, galleries converge. "There are artists here who have taken their work all over the world with powerful messages on the walls of the main capitals of the world."