If there is a street art heaven, this might be it – Wynwood, Miami. Wall to wall splattered, stroked and sprayed with luminous colour in countless styles. My husband was slightly alarmed by the neighbourhood I appeared to be directing him into as we drove the Miami streets. Maybe I could have found a safer route, but Google Maps doesn’t have a car-jacking warning, so we crossed our fingers for no red lights as our surroundings made us increasingly uneasy. At the end of that unnerving road is one of the places I was most looking forward to visiting on our Florida road trip-Wynwood Walls.
Wynwood Walls
The brainchild of real estate mogul Tony Goldman, Wynwood Walls is the epicentre of what has become an arts district; a showcase of some of the world’s best urban artists co-curated by Goldman’s collaborator, art dealer Jeffrey Deitch. With the success of the Walls, the project expanded far beyond the initial hub. A once derelict warehouse suburb has been gentrified by a thriving creative community who moved in and transformed abandoned spaces and blank walls. Let me take you on a tour of some of my favourite pieces in this open-air gallery of Miami street art.
![Miami street art by Case Ma'Claim](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Case-Ma’Claim.jpg)
![](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2017/06/Ben-Eines-Boring-at-Wynwood-Walls.jpg)
![Pink sculpture mounted on black and white striped wall](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Rafael-Barrios-art-Wynwood.jpg)
![Kashink "50 Cakes of Gay" at Wynwood](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Kashink-Wynwood-Walls-Miami-Florida-2.jpg)
![Fans on a wall painted in fluorescent green and silver](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Fans-Wynwood-Walls.jpg)
![Wynwood Walls portrait](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Unknown-artist.jpg)
![Art on the Street - Miami | Duende by Madam ZoZo](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Unknown-Artist-5.jpg)
![Lucy McTier's Muhammad Ali at Wynwood](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Lucy-McTier-2.jpg)
![](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Coco-Chanel-Wynwood-Walls.jpg)
![Black and white street art mural of couple kissing](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Unknown-Artist-3-569x853.jpg)
![Striped black, white and red mural by Dwayne Wade](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Miami-Dwyane-Wade-Wynwood-Walls.jpg)
![Cryptik artwork in Wynwood, Miami](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Cryptik.jpg)
![Shepard Fairey at Wynwood Walls, Miami](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Shepard-Fairey.jpg)
![Mr D 1987, Miami](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Mr-D-1987.jpg)
![Oraculo Project, Wynwood, Miami](https://duendebymadamzozo.com/dbmzz-content/uploads/2016/01/Oraculo-Project.jpg)
If you’re planning a weekend in Miami or a road trip around Florida, see my tried and tested itineraries for the Sunshine State.
Peace, love & inspiring travel,
Madam ZoZo