Graffiti and Street Art Tour in Haifa's Lower City

These guys from Haifa met at the WIZO high school in Haifa, when they were still "kids.".

Initially, they painted here and there around the city, but the municipality did not look kindly on this. Over time, they became increasingly famous, and at the Wall Festival they are invited to paint at several locations on HaNamal Street.

Later, they become a corporation called GHOSTOWN, the city of ghosts. Are they trying to hint at Haifa, perhaps?

They are very successful, not only in Haifa, editing music videos for bands such as U2 and Pearl Jam. But they always have a warm place in their hearts for the city of Haifa, which is why their beautiful murals depicting the city's history and utopian future can be found in many locations throughout the city.

A graphic designer from Haifa, she painted this beautiful woman for the Walls Festival. Like many of her works, it is reminiscent of Frida Kahlo.

Alin's works are delicate and beautiful, dealing with femininity, women, botany, flowers, and soft pastel shades.

Erez and Ziv, the brothers from the Simch family – many of their works in Haifa were painted together, like this one.

The two arrived in Haifa from Carmiel, studied at WIZO College, and fell in love with the city. Since then, most of Haifa's streets have been decorated with their amazing paintings.

Each of them has a place of honor with its own style and flair. Fortunately for us, these guys stayed in town and managed to set up the Sira Collective, located at 21 Sirkin Street, whose goal is to serve as a kind of incubator for young artists in the city and to publish artistic projects in the city.

Ben Mashiach is an artist from Haifa, and most of his works are displayed in the Lower City, Talpiot Market, and Wadi Salib.

The picture shows none other than his partner. The painting was commissioned by the Pub Gallery – Patush on Hanamal Street. Here is an example of how graffiti and street art are not only found on the streets and are not always done illegally, but are sometimes commissioned by the owner of the building.

Messiah's works are characterized by shades of black and white and a great deal of drama in each photograph and painting, which tell a complete story about another world.

Maayan Bechar, owner of a gallery on HaNamal Street, initiated this moving corridor, in which 27 artists from Haifa and beyond painted what was in their hearts about a month and a half after the outbreak of the war.

I selected a painting depicting a can of Nirlat paint spilling out, and the shape in which it spills and even continues onto the hangar floor is in the shape of the Land of Israel.

Nirlat is the factory of Kibbutz Nir Oz, which, of course, burned down on October 7 along with the rest of the kibbutz. Nirlat has always supported local art and donated paints for this purpose.

As part of the Talking Walls project by entrepreneur Maayan Bechar, featuring artists who are not necessarily street artists.

This picture shows a drawing by Yarin Mansour, who is actually a software engineer working at a startup near the hallway where she drew it.

Her painting touched my heart in a special way, because it shows in a very painful and clear way all that was lost to the families of those murdered on October 7.

If you encounter a girl holding a fish or two foxes or three or four... on a highway, under an overpass, at a small intersection, or anywhere else in the country—know that Yulia drew it.

Yulia began her career by creating plaster molds of ducks—ducks are a significant part of her life, hence the nickname... She thought she would make a small number of duck molds, but ended up creating 1,000, and then moved on to plaster dolls, which she pasted on the streets until she discovered spray paint and painting. Today, she paints freely throughout the country.