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Thread: #GeorgeFloyd murals in the US & around the world (Barron's)

https://twitter.com/JillPiggott/status/1268385121197076482

“This wall is part of a large mural that’s on the other side that has a picture of Martin Luther King facing Malcom X, trying to show the struggle, the social struggle & racial struggle that’s been happening for so long"-- artist Octavio Logo (KNWA Fayettville).

Syrian artists Aziz Asmar & Anis Hamdoun painted their #GeorgeFloyd mural “to call for peace and love.” Asmar said Floyd’s death “by suffocation” reminded him of Syrian civilians “killed by suffocation after the Syrian regime hit them with chemical weapons" (Fox5DC).

#Birmingham's Wheelhouse Salon was damaged during protests & needed to be boarded up. The owner had the mural painted on the plywood: "Let’s send a message that we too support the movement and we stand in solidarity with our African American brothers and sisters" (WBRC).

Artist Celos paints a mural of #GeorgeFloyd along Broadway in #LosAngeles (ArtNet).

A mural of George Floyd in West Dublin (ArtNet).

A #GeorgeFloyd mural in Berlin drawn by Dominican graffiti artist Jesus Cruz Artiles, also known with his nickname as EME Freethinker (ArtNet). #ICantBreathe #SayHisName

#Houston honored native #GeorgeFloyd with a mural by Donkeeboy (Google Images).

Stevenson Square, #Manchester, UK: #GeorgeFloyd portrait (Telegraph.Co.UK)

Artist at work on UK mural (Telegraph.co.UK)

#GeorgeFloyd mural in Hennepin, #Minnesota (Google Images)

Artists at work on the #Minneapolis mural of #GeorgeFloyd (Google Images).

Artists at work on the #Minneapolis mural of #GeorgeFloyd (ArtNet).

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