THE KOBE MURALS
For twenty years, Kobe Bryant wore a Lakers uniform. In that uniform, he won five championships, made eighteen all-star teams, fifteen All-NBA teams, All-Defense twelve times, won one league MVP, won two finals MVP, won four All-Star MVPs, and once scored eighty-one points in a single game.
He self-mythologized and self-applied the nickname, Black Mamba, was a peerless evangelist for hard work and maximum effort, and attained global celebrity. Kobe was, simply put, the ideal player for Los Angeles, a city that prizes – to almost obscene degrees – hard work, accomplishment, and celebrity. Through all his successes and in the many facets of his personality, he became a symbol to Angelenos of all that makes them and their city so singularly special. It was a dream relationship between athlete and city. So when he died suddenly in a helicopter crash on January 26th, 2020, along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others, it was tantamount to the loss of a soulmate.
In the year since, the city’s grief has been made manifest on its walls. Over two hundred murals have gone up since his passing, commemorating the many different ways in which Angelenos connect to the fallen star – his athleticism, his drive, his winning ways, his role as a father. Taken together, these murals represent an act of collective mourning and ongoing eulogizing unprecedented in the history of sports.

401 S Alameda St.
Artist: @royyaldog

939 S Figueroa St.
Artist: @pauldanielsart

2079 E 15th St.
Artist: @mastermindmurals

1600 Argyle Ave.
Artist: @kate.jjj

629 La Cienega Blvd.
Artist: @theproducerbdb

7725 Melrose Ave.
Artist: @jc.ro

7751 1/2 Melrose Ave.
Artist: @paintedprophet

7767 Melrose Ave.
Artist: @gz.jr

7829 Melrose Ave.
Artist: @paintedprophet

5873 W 3rd St.
Artist: @gz.jr

1251 S La Brea Ave.
Artist: @mrbrainwash

1430 S La Brea Ave.
Artists: @slot_one_the_servant @wrapitup_la

5325 W Pico Blvd.
Artist: @1.4.4.0

5522 Venice Blvd.
Artist: @gz_jr

2429 W Jefferson Blvd.
Artist: Sloe 88 @sloe_motions

5791 Obama Blvd.
Artist: @jayo_v @justcreatedit

490 N Beverly Dr.
Artist: @jgoldcrown

450 S La Cienega Blvd.
Artist: @artoon_art

12430 Washington Blvd.
Artists: @shplinton @gmilanesi

2615 Wilshire Blvd.
Artist: @the_rev_carl

827 Ocean Front Walk
Artists: @theartofangieb @designedbyjio @alfonsogarcialettering

598 6th Ave.
Artist: @muckrock

410 Broadway
Artist: @jz_jr

2909 W Olive Ave.
Artist: unknown

4420 W Victory Blvd
Artist: Isaac Pelayo @isaacpelayo

6454 Lankershim Blvd.
Artist: @banditgraffiti

8906 Reseda Blvd.
Artist: @leviponce

11734 Victory Blvd.
Artist: @mr.remart

17719 Saticoy St.
Artists: @writingonthewalls_la

19218 Ventura Blvd.
Artist: @hattaspublicmurals