A woman walks past a boarded up storefront with a George Floyd mural on in New York last month. Photo: AFP
The role of art in confronting political and social issues has been brought to the forefront in recent months, as artists have created multiple murals denouncing the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Poignant portraits of Floyd have sprung up in cities around the world, including New York, Toronto, Manchester, Nairobi, and Athens, as well as his hometown of Houston and the war-torn city of Binnish, Syria.
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