Scotland’s street art festival Nuart has returned to Aberdeen, with new artwork popping up around the city.
Walls across Aberdeen have been transformed by 13 artists, more than half of whom are from Scotland, each leaving behind their interpretation of this year’s theme “Poetry Is In The Streets”.
Thought to be the world’s first world’s first poetry and text-based street art festival, installations range from murals such as KMG’s at Cruickshank Botanic Garden, to V2k’s text-only works. In addition to the larger scale artworks, there are a number of smaller projects which will appear around as part of a city-wide treasure hunt.
Due to the Tall Ships Races last year, this is the first Nuart festival in Aberdeen since 2024. Now in its ninth year, organisers are now breaking festival tradition with an indoor installation from Robert Montgomery which will appear at Bon Accord Baths until Sunday, April 26.
While some artworks are still in progress, here are 14 pictures of Nuart 2026 projects around Aberdeen.
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1. Bon Accord Baths — Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery has created two works for Nuart 2026, marking his return to Aberdeen with a first for the festival. The Scottish artist has created this temporary installation inside Bon Accord Baths, which reads “Even after all this time the sun never says no the the earth ‘you owe me’ / Look what happens with a love like that a whole world blooms, it’s the love they are forgetting, the love the sun gives down to the earth to be shared with every traveller every migrant / Do not let them forget the love”. He has a second work for the festival which can be found on Thistle Lane, with his 2017 piece on Jopps Lane. | Lauren Jack/The Scotsman
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2. NESCOL — dr.d AKA Subvertiser
Having previously participated in Nuart back in 2019, dr.d AKA Subvertiser has created this mural which pokes fun at verification steps online at North East Scotland College. | Lauren Jack/The Scotsman
3. Bon Accord Centre, George Street Entrance — Remi Rough
With a distinct visual style, abstract artist Remi Rough has transformed the George Street entrance of the Bon Accord Centre with his large mural. | Lauren Jack/The Scotsman
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4. Crooked Lane — Molly Hankinson
Having previously participated in Nuart as part of the festival’s Chalk Don’t Chalk project, Glasgow based visual artist Molly Hankinson has created this large mural which reads “Dream Of Common Language”. | Lauren Jack/The Scotsman