St+Art India Foundation

Over the years, Gujarat-born Hanif Kureshi created a movement out of street art through the St+art India Foundation and its ripple effects have extended across India.

A Brazilian design and illustration collective has transformed the walls of India’s first open air art district and given it a whole new identity.

Mention the words ‘ shipping container’ and one immediately thinks of large, drab, rusted and dirty metal boxes mounted on flatbed trucks or placed in container yards. This is set to change, for some containers at least, thanks to the highly creative initiative of St+art India Foundation.

The St+Art India foundation, which is a non-profit organization working on art projects in public spaces with the aim of making art accessible to a wider audience, has created India's very first open public art district.

Tigers, treetops and a girl with flowing tresses -- all these and more greet commuters embarking on trains at the Govindpuri Metro Station in Delhi these days. The man behind the colourful makeover is artist Agostino Iacurci from Rome.