'If you're not ready to get caught by the police, stay home with your brush': Tel Aviv street artists indulge their addiction

They create art for a few fleeting moments and risk being fined or having their work vandalized. Meet the diehard artists behind the murals and spray-painted slogans that make Florentin the city's creative hub

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A giant colorful mural inspired by Pablo Picasso's antiwar painting "Guernica" by street artist TheMissk in Tel Aviv's Florentin neighborhood. Credit: Tomer Appelbaum

They create art for a few fleeting moments and risk being fined or having their work vandalized. Meet the diehard artists behind the murals and spray-painted slogans that make Florentin the city's creative hub

Vera Weidenbach

06:08 AM • March 30 2026 IDT

When Julia Shtengelov heads out to paint, she takes her bike, hides cans and brushes in the basket on the back and looks for interesting spots. Even after the start of the second war between Israel and Iran, she continues to do so, between sirens.

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