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evolution from a field of free expression to a purely more
artistic one. In addition to the creation of an open-air
museum, it also allowed citizens to focus on the evaluation
of the existing heritage of their city, and to attract the
several tourists in the city.
Therefore, not only did the concept of art in motion develop,
but more and more have the wall painting work of art
become an urban aesthetics operation and a message in
which the territory find its own identity.
Part of the mural made by Monkeys Evolution in via Giovanni Verga (photo
by F. Vaglio Laurin)
Over the years, the Municipality of Turin has confirmed the
liveliness and the potential of the MurArte project, that is
with full rights one of the most interesting examples of
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