Lodhi Colony is characterized by its orderly grid of low-rise residential blocks featuring large, distinctive arches at the center of their walls. Built in the nineteen forties, this was the final housing project constructed by the British…
Lodhi Colony Street Art
Walk through India's first open-air public art district, where local and international artists transformed mid-century government housing blocks into massive murals.
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1. Lodhi Colony Market
2. "Impressions of Lodhi" by Yip Yew Chong
Impressions of Lodhi is a ten-meter-high and thirty-meter-long mural spanning a wall in block thirteen of Lodhi Colony. It features a collage of life-sized and larger-than-life images depicting daily scenes, including a flute seller, a…
3. Gupt Dwar
The Gupt Dwar mural, located at block sixteen, features a central yellow archway that gives the piece its name, which translates to secret passageway. Painted by Singaporean artists Yok and Sheryo, the work draws inspiration from the…
4. "Letters to Lodhi" by YOK and SHERYO
The mural titled Letters to Lodhi is instantly recognizable by its vivid, blinding expanse of yellow painted across the facade of a building in Lodhi Colony. Created in twenty nineteen by the artist duo Yok and Sheryo, this work is part of…
5. Wall is Transparent by M Pravat
This mural stands out for its intricate, geometric lines and a fractured visual style that disrupts the uniform concrete of the Lodhi Colony residential blocks. Painted by M Pravat, the work reflects the artist’s background in exploring…
6. Trans Lives Matter by Aravani art project
The Trans Lives Matter mural is a vibrant, large-scale work painted directly onto the exterior wall of the N. P. Co-ed Senior Secondary School in Lodhi Colony. Created in two thousand nineteen, this piece serves as a visual retrospective…
7. Zubin Mehta wall mural
The mural of Zubin Mehta is painted in black and white against a bright teal background on the side of a government residential block in Lodhi Colony. It features a large portrait of the Mumbai-born conductor alongside an illustration of…
8. Fish Out of Water Mural
The Fish Out of Water mural is easily recognized by its surreal, colorful menagerie of creatures that seem to float across the residential wall, including a fish equipped with wings. Completed in twenty-twenty-two by Indian illustrator…