23 May 2021

The murals of Nelson's ArtWalk

From Standing Room Only, 2:50 pm on 23 May 2021

A mural recreating a painting by the late Bill Hammond is about to be added to Nelson's ambitious ArtWalk project.

Rather than being painted onto the sides of buildings, the murals are printed onto aluminium then securely attached to the sides of buildings around the city.

The paintings are selected from Nelson's Suter Art Gallery collection and local fundraising has paid for the murals.

The Hammond work is the 23rd of 28 murals that will make up ArtWalk, with the organisers saying it's been a huge hit with the community.

Prime mover Anne Rush talks to Lynn Freeman about the project.

And if you're in Nelson look out for the Bill Hammond work that's going to be installed this week.