08/10/2025
The 2nd MATAROA Street Contest in four points!
⚫ 20 street artists from this year’s and last year’s competitions have transformed the Mediterranean Garden into an open-air street art museum.
⚫ The Pumping Station on Thessaloniki Promenade has been newly decorated on one of its sides with a collective mural created by eight street artists.
⚫ A new, imaginative installation by artist and writer Thanasis Lalas, a car turned into a work of art, stands at the heart of the Garden.
⚫ In parallel, clean-up interventions took place along Thessaloniki Promenade, removing visual pollution in collaboration with Kärcher and the Municipality of Thessaloniki.
This initiative by the Cultural Society, in the context of the MATAROA project and in collaboration with the Municipality of Thessaloniki, offers citizens and visitors a public space that celebrates the power of art in everyday life — fully aligned with the “culture of everyday life” we envision for our city!
Special thanks to our sponsors/supporters: Giorgos & Zoi Papageorgiou, EYATH S.A., Isomat, and TECHNOMAT S.A.
🎬 Watch the video and discover all the artworks and actions of this year’s event!