Work by David McMillan (ig) in the Bullitt hotel alley-way, replacing JMK’s Étaín.
See also: Rob Hilken’s circles on the Church Lane frontage.
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Hotel Getaway
Belfast city centre
Ship Of Fools
Ciaran Gallagher (web) chronicled the various contests for the leadership of the Conservative party involving Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, and Boris Johnson. The panels originally appeared in Hill Street, outside The Friend At Hand, (e.g. Circling Sharks) but have now been moved to the courtyard of the Dark Horse, replacing the Klondyke Bar. This level of panels ends with Sweet Rockall.
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Queen Of The Commons
More Than Machinery
The portrait shows Chaplin dressed in the clothes of the barber but the words are spoken when he is dressed in the clothes of the other character he played in The Great Dictator (1940), Adenoid Hynkel, the Phooey Of Tomainia:
“We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in.
Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.
Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind.
We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.”
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Painted by Glen Molloy (ig) in Seymour Street, Belfast
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Tupac & Busta
Two by Chop Suey (ig): above, 2Pac in Library Street in the city centre; below, Busta Rhymes on the Cupar Way “peace” line, lower Shankill, west Belfast.
For Chop Suey’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard piece in Bangor, see Around Every Corner.
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This Way To Love
Here are three altered street signs from Alfred Street in Belfast city centre. Above, the UK shows the door … to Europeans, presumably; below, a giraffe is too tall for the sign; bottom, ‘this way’ to love. Comment/Get in touch if you know the artist(s).
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Atom Man
Leo Boyd (ig) repaints his ‘Electric Avenue’ electrical box (shown below), with ‘Atom Man’.
Chapel Lane, Belfast.
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Age Of Invention
Ed Hicks was in Belfast in early March, 2023, to extend the mural in College St Mews (seen previously in Cool) and to repair part of the mural that had been damaged by a fire in one of the wheelie-bins. As before, this new section combines technical drawings with various creatures and sundry items.
If you know anything about the characters or references, please comment or get in touch. The info plaque in the street (seen in Cool) mentions baker and philanthropist Bernard Hughes, but the central portrait does not seem to be of him.
At the same time, Ed also contributed a piece to the Women’s Work jam in College Court (see We Built This).
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My God, It’s Full Of Stars
This is street art by Cheba (web) on the façade of the Havana Club/the Spaniard in Skipper Street, next to the spots by Shane O’Driscoll.
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Support Your Local Artist
Or artists – as there are plenty of them. This piece is by Danni Simpson (ig) on the shutters of Bradbury Art Store in Callender Street, Belfast.
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