Street Art museums. The state of the art

Abstract

The concept of “urban art museum” is currently being used to describe a wide variety of spaces of a very diverse nature without too many ties in common. Thus, there are urban art museums created from a more traditional perspective, that is, enclosed spaces, with the work concentrated within its walls, as opposed to others, more innovative, located in open spaces or with works scattered throughout the city. There are also museums that lack any type of materiality, and that exist exclusively in the virtual space. The initial vision of the creators of these spaces is also extremely varied and pursues objectives that range from wanting to be considered as anti-museums to integration into the existing network of contemporary art museums.
This compilation aims to be a catalog of initiatives that complements the articles in this monograph, to facilitate an orderly and detailed study of existing initiatives. To understand how divergent entities come to merge, museums and urban art, it is necessary to analyze the reasons that lead the creators of these spaces to identify them in their own way.