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Hi, it's the 6th grade class here.

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This May, our class has picked a unique museum to explore, the one that's right on the streets.

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Because art isn't just in museums, it's all around us. Do you know what we're talking about?

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Yeah, we're referring to graffiti art, but what is it?

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Graffiti art is like a big colorful sacred language that artists use to talk to the world.

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Instead of speaking with words, they paint pictures on walls or buildings.

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Graffiti has a long history dating back thousands of years.

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Ancient civilizations like the Egyptians and Romans used to carve words and pictures on walls.

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World Modern Graffiti Rally took off in the 1970s in big cities like Nueva York.

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Graffiti comes in all shapes and sizes. Some artists write their names in fancy letters.

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Others create big pictures with characters and animals.

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Graffiti artists use all kinds of tools, sprays are the most popular, but they also use markers, brushes or chalks.

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You can find graffiti art in lots of places, from big city streets to small towns at least and today even in museums.

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The Strat Museum in Amsterdam is a street art and graffiti museum.

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The exhibition displays more than 180 artworks by more than 170 artists.

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It also has temporary exhibitions. This May is an exhibition in which one of the most famous Spanish graffiti artists will participate.

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We are talking about Ocuda San Miguel.

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He is known for his colorful style, often with geomagical shapes and surreal figures.

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You can find his art in Strat Museum but also all over the world, such as in cities like Madrid, Houston, New York or Berlin.

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This May we are taking you on a journey with two Ogil graffitis, one from Lyon and another one from London.