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Specialized Art Tour in Miami
Street art, live murals, and the artists who made Wynwood the world's largest open-air gallery.
2.5 hrs2–8 peopleEN / ESWynwood Walls main entrance, NW 2nd Ave
⏱2.5 hours
👥2–8 people
🗣EN / ES
🚶Easy walking
☀️Daylight tour
The tour
Wynwood wasn't always this. Twenty years ago it was a warehouse district with a rat problem and a reputation for car theft. The murals started because Tony Goldman — a developer with a long track record in SoHo and South Beach — had a different idea about what could happen when you invite artists to work at scale.
Today the walls change constantly. Street art has a lifespan. Some pieces get buffed after a month; others have been there for a decade and protected by local consensus. I know which ones are likely to still be here and which are already gone.
On this tour we walk the full Wynwood Walls circuit plus the surrounding blocks most visitors miss — the side streets where younger artists work, the rooftop permission walls, and the few remaining unpermitted pieces that give the neighborhood its original edge.
Along the way I'll tell you about the artists: who's local, who flew in for Art Basel, which pieces were commissions and which were done guerrilla-style at 3 AM. And I'll explain why a neighborhood this expensive still has graffiti that nobody touches.
What you'll see
- Wynwood Walls — the murals, the artists, which pieces are recent vs historic
- The side streets most tourists never walk, where younger artists work
- How and why Goldman commissioned the original Wynwood Walls project
- The difference between street art, graffiti, and commissioned murals — and why it matters
- Art Basel's effect on the neighborhood: what it looks like in December vs June
- Galleries worth visiting after the tour (and how to actually talk to gallerists)
The itinerary
- 1
The Wynwood Walls Circuit
~35 minWe start inside the main Walls complex — even if you've been here before, you'll see details you missed. I'll run through who made what and when.
- 2
The Permission Walls on NW 2nd Avenue
~25 minThese larger-scale pieces on the buildings along the main avenue are where the biggest international commissions happen. Several of these artists were flown in specifically for Art Basel.
- 3
The Side Streets: Where the Energy Still Lives
~30 minWe turn off the main drag onto the blocks most visitors skip. This is where you'll find pieces that haven't been documented, that don't have QR codes, that locals know by the artist's tag.
- 4
The Evolution Block: Old Wynwood vs New Wynwood
~20 minThere's one corner where you can see all three eras at once: the original warehouse wall, a legacy mural from 2012, and a new commission from last year. I use it to tell the whole neighborhood story in five minutes.
What's included
✓ Included
- Guided walk (2.5 hours)
- Small group (2–8 people)
- English and Spanish
- Wynwood Walls exterior access (always free)
- Gallery recommendations for after the tour
✗ Not included
- Transport to/from the meeting point
- Gratuity (appreciated)
- Food and drinks (unless noted)
Meeting point
Wynwood Walls main entrance, NW 2nd Ave
2520 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33127
No direct Metrorail. Best options: Uber/Lyft to the Wynwood Walls entrance, or Metrobus routes 6 or 36 to NW 2nd Ave and NW 23rd St. Free street parking available early morning.
Pricing & booking
Per person (group)
$55
Private tour (up to 8)
$220
Tour photos
What guests say
“The side streets in Wynwood that nobody knows about — that's where the real art is. She showed us pieces that aren't in any guide, by artists whose names she actually knew personally.”
“We did the Art Basel week tour and she knew which pieces had just gone up the night before. Small group, very personal, walked away knowing artists' names I actually looked up when I got back to Montreal.”
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