Best LA Murals & Street Art

This open-air gallery tour covers the murals and street art of Los Angeles, for art lovers, photographers and curious visitors. Stops run from Olvera Street and Broadway downtown to the Arts District, Boyle Heights, Melrose Avenue, Valley Glen and the Venice Art Walls. The América Tropical Interpretive Center tells the story of Siqueiros' 1932 mural, whitewashed soon after it was painted; climb to the rooftop platform to see it. Judy Baca and hundreds of young people painted California's history along the half-mile Great Wall of Los Angeles in the Tujunga Wash. Estrada Courts in Boyle Heights holds more than 80 murals from the Chicano mural movement of the 1970s. On Broadway, The Pope of Broadway shows Anthony Quinn 70 feet tall.

Reach the Paul Smith Pink Wall early in the morning to skip the photo line, and view Estrada Courts from the street, since people live there.