New York has its share of major murals ...
... like this Eduardo Kobra sighted from the High Line public walkway.
The city has also has plenty of culture-jamming defacing of advertisements.
Some artists like KATSU take to innovative methods ...
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad... like employing drones to tag one of the city's most visible billboards last April.
... muralist Nunca has turned large swathes of the city into ...
The Chilean artist Jorge Selaron spent over 25 years decorating this 215-step staircase in Rio de Janeiro, giving it the name "Escadaria Selarón."
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdElsewhere in Rio, public infrastructure gets turned into art.
In Amsterdam, the street art is obviously paired with bicycles.
Earlier this summer, Bristol, UK, had Europe's largest street art fair.
250 artists came from 25 countries to decorate the industrial city's walls.
In London, the Shoreditch neighborhood is a go-to spot for graffiti.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdFamiliar faces tend to show up.
The creative fermentation of New Orleans...
... is everywhere in the city.
Banksy made several works reflecting on Hurricane Katrina.
But the Mecca of street art is Berlin.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdThere's just nothing like it.
A section of the Berlin Wall called the East Side Gallery...
... hosts a rotating selection of artists.
And a symbol of division ...
... has been turned into a vessel of creativity.