BesArt. The River Museum

Set along the Besòs river corridor, BesArt expands the idea of a mural museum into a riverside landscape where art, infrastructure, and ecology meet. Murals line large retaining walls and flood-control surfaces, giving artists a scale that feels cinematic. The project is notable for linking urban art with environmental recovery: a river once associated with pollution is reframed as a cultural and ecological space. Works range from bold contemporary graphic compositions to figurative and nature-inflected pieces, and authorship spans local and international muralists. The local flavor comes from the contrast between concrete engineering and revived biodiversity—murals beside reeds, birds, cyclists, and metropolitan neighborhoods.

Parc Fluvial del Besòs, Passeig de la Salzereda, 56-58, 08922 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Spain