Metro Transit bus drives down 38th Street at George Floyd Square.

The area continues to be as place of protest since the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.

Someone walks their dogs in South Minneapolis. Walking past a painted fence that reads "We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes."

A large-scale mural depicting Prince dominates the side of a brick building, illuminated by a row of rooftop lights that emphasize both the portrait and the texture of the masonry beneath it. The artwork presents Prince with his iconic guitar, referencing his role not only as a performer but as a technically accomplished musician and songwriter whose work reshaped popular music beginning in the late 1970s. The saturated purples, golds, and layered background elements visually echo the imagery and symbolism long associated with his career, particularly the Purple Rain era that cemented his global influence.

Murals like this became an important part of Minneapolis’s visual landscape following Prince’s death in 2016, serving as public memorials that connect the city’s streets to its musical legacy. Painted directly onto brick, the piece blends fine-art portraiture with urban scale, designed to be read from a distance while still holding detail up close. Night lighting transforms the mural into a landmark after dark, reinforcing Prince’s enduring presence in the city where he was born, recorded, and built an independent creative empire that continues to influence artists across genres.

A mural by Shane Anderson in Minneapolis with a Martin Luther King quote that reads "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that".

The George Floyd mural on 38th Street in South Minneapolis. The mural is inside George Floyd Square, which has been a place of protest since the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.

A new mural by Gulsan Osman on Lake Street in Minneapolis.

Bikers ride past a new mural on the Midtown Greenway in South Minneapolis.

A mural by Cadex and Ethan Herrera created in 2025 on the Midtown Greenway.

Located at 26th and Hennepin, the Rock Martinez mural was put up shortly after his death. It's been written elsewhere they originally planned it to be a "get well" mural during a period when he was sick prior to his death.

A mural reading "RIP TRANSTIFA" seen on Lake Street.

A mural on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis by the artist Black Daze.

People walk by a Floyd's World mural on Nicollet Ave in Minneapolis.

The annual celebration in Downtown Minneapolis in June 2024. This year was the 40th anniversary of Purple Rain.

A new mural painted over the spot where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in May 2020.

A Eduardo Kobra mural of Bob Dylan in downtown Minneapolis

Whiskey Junction bar on Cedar Ave without the longtime Jack Daniels mural. The bar closed in 2017 and was bought months later by The Joint Bar next door.

A mural on New York Plaza on Lake Street in South Minneapolis on November 3rd, 2023.

A mural on the Midtown Greenway in South Minneapolis on November 3rd, 2023.

Graffiti in Uptown Minneapolis at Emerson Avenue in October 2023.

A mural next to the FAIR School For Arts in downtown Minneapolis as seen in September 2023.