Painted on the side of a building in downtown São Paulo, this elegant and fantasmagoric mural representation of Santa Muerte, aka Our Lady of Holy Death, confronts you with your mortal coil and finite time on Earth.
The genesis of this contemporary memento mori, titled La Madone de São Paulo, came in 2015 through an artistic collaboration between the Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz and the Chilean artist INTI. It was created for the first international O.bra Festival, a collective art project that aims to bring mind-blowing art to urban settings.
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| Crypt of the São Paulo Cathedral | 2017 | 0.8km | site_ao | ||
| São Paulo Guide de en fr nl pt | 0.4km | site_izi | |||
| Walter Galera Garden | 2020 | 0.3km | site_ao | ||
| ‘Imprensa’ Mural | 2019 | 0.7km | site_ao | ||
| Monumento Mãe Preta | 2018 | 0.2km | site_ao | ||
| Former World’s Tallest Lego Tower | 2011 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| Crypt of the São Paulo Cathedral | 2017 | 0.8km | site_ao | ||
| Sé Station Mural | 2018 | 0.8km | site_ao | ||
| São Paulo’s Oldest Magic Shop | 2018 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Puppet Cabinet at Monteiro Lobato Library | 2018 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| Museu da Tatuagem de São Paulo | 2018 | 0.3km | site_ao | ||
| In Praise of Small Architecture | 2019 | 0.4km | post | ||
| An immersive art installation lets you see, smell and feel the toxic fog of polluted cities | 2019 | 0.4km | post |
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