Free museum in S’Hort del Rei

The S’Hort del Rei is the place to exhibit if you are a street artist in the Balearic Islands.

It’s a great place for them to do business as thousands of tourists pass through the park and gardens every day; in the last months the number of street artists working in the area has increased tenfold.

Painters, caricaturists, human statues and musicians have converted the area into an impromptu museum while trying to earn themselves some money.

All of this is going on without council permissions and the Palma council has now warned them that they will be removed from the area very soon.

Councillor for the PP, Irene San Gil, has commented that as soon as council norms are established they will arrange a meeting with the street artists and come to an agreement as to where they can ply their trade and what the permissions might cost.

This illegal trade is infringing on the legal market which is just next door; it is considered unfair competition.