Where to find the best street art in Melbourne City
Melbourne is famous for coffee, cobblestoned laneways and fabulous street art. Do you know where to find the best murals and graffiti exhibitions in Melbourne city?
Street art covers almost every nook and cranny of this creative, colourful city, but there are more highly concentrated clusters than others.
Exploring the city’s best street art hotspots are one of the cool things to do when you’re visiting this culture friendly city. With a reputation for many things, Melbourne is popular for its coffee, its trendy restaurants and cafes, its sports and of course its iconic street art.
Showcasing Melbourne’s street art exhibition.
Hosier Lane
This sloping paved laneway is the epicentre of Melbourne’s street art scene. There are always visitors gathered here taking photos of the featured street art.
Hosier Lane is a much celebrated landmark due to its sophisticated urban art. Easy to find, Hosier Lane is a 2 minute walk from Flinders Street Station and Federation Square, and runs between Flinders St and Collins St.
One of the most enjoyable experiences when viewing these artworks is the way people interact with the art. Watch how each piece entices passers by to interact.
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More Street Art in Melbourne – Street art locations
Presgrave Place
Presgrave Place is something of a standout. It doesn’t offer much in the way of hole-in-the-wall galleries or design boutiques, but portrays kitschy, framed artworks that line the brick walls and if you look up, you will see the Banksy-inspired rat sculptures hanging above.
Blender Lane
The spiritual home of Melbourne’s famous street art scene. Colourful art fills every surface of this little laneway. Home to the artists’ market during the summer and attend workshops or check out the experimental gallery run by Blender Studios.
Union Lane
Union Lane is a much-loved street art hotspot near the busy Bourke Street Mall. Make your way down the narrow laneway between towering buildings and revel in this colourful exhibition of artworks. See works by local artists covering more than 550 square metres of wall space.
AC/DC Lane
Melbourne has never forgotten the day in 1976 that AC/DC rode along Swanston Street on a truck to film a video clip for It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll). The legendary band was later immortalised by the renaming this laneway.
Amphlett Lane
In tribute to Divinyls’ lead singer, Chrissy Amphlett has had one of Melbourne’s laneways named in her honour. Amphlett Lane is off Little Bourke Street between Spring and Exhibition streets.
Amplett joins rockers AC/DC who also have a Melbourne CBD lane named after them, as well as Crowded House drummer Paul Hester, who was honoured with the naming of the Paul Hester Walk along the Elwood Canal.
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Melbourne’s laneways loaded with pockets of street art, some a little better quality than others. These art treasures are tucked away in laneways and narrow alleys right across Melbourne city however, Hosier Lane is by far the most famous. In fact, Hosier Lane is the most well-known art exhibition in Melbourne’s street art scene.
