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LA’S MURALS provide a keen sense of its UNDERGROUND ART SCENE as creativity bursts off to cover onceblank walls through the city. LA Weekly calls Los Angeles a “city of 1,000 murals,” saying its “urban sprawl creates the perfect canvas.” The Weekly highlights 20 of the city’s most groundbreaking murals, which range from celebrations of Latino culture to interpretations of film heroes: laweekly.com/arts/20-oflas-most-iconic-murals-7927290.

For a comprehensive view of the cities murals:

muralconservancy.org/murals.

Perhaps the best way to see some of the city’s most daring murals is with LA ART TOURS:

laarttours.com/graffititour.