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Nuart Aberdeen’s top team has been in the Granite City scouting for walls to transform into works of art this June.

They have identified almost 50 locations where world-acclaimed street artists can work their magic during the festival, which will run from June 6 to 9, attracting thousands of people to the city centre.

Olivia Skalkos, festival manager, said: “We’ve been here for a couple of days and we have identified 47 potential walls and we’re hoping the owners say yes to potentially being part of Nuart.”

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Scouting about, the Nuart Aberdeen team explore the city streets. Image Credit - Aberdeen Inspired

Olivia and festival production manager Calum Lasham were in Aberdeen with festival curator Martyn Reed, who travelled from Stavanger, home of Nuart.

They have been exploring the streets looking for possible new sites, while also calling in at legacy works left by previous Nuart Aberdeen festivals, which has been staged by Aberdeen Inspired since 2017.

Not every wall the team has identified will become a canvas this summer. Which walls will be put forward for planning permission and which artists will work on them will be announced in the coming weeks – along with a theme for this year’s Nuart Aberdeen.

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The Nuart team in front of Martin Whatson's mural on Virginia Street.

Image Credit - Aberdeen Inspired

Martyn said: “It’s a little bit early to delve into all of that and we don’t want to give too much away - it depends on the site and whether we get permission for the sites and walls we want.

“But the response we get from Aberdonians is always amazing, so we think we are going to have something very special this year and our visit just now is the first step towards that. This is an amazing city, it’s our second home and we’re excited to be back.

There is good news if you can’t wait for the return of Nuart Aberdeen in June. The hugely-popular tours of the Nuart works are returning from Sunday, March 31, starting at 1pm. You can find out more and book your place for the first tour here

Watch our Instagram reel of the Nuart Aberdeen team in action here.

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Image Credit - Aberdeen Inspired