<p><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330133f5f89353970b-800wi.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Argentina women" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e5537d966288330133f5f89353970b" src="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330133f5f89353970b-500wi.jpg" style="width: 480px;" title="Argentina women" /></a> <br />There&#39;s a phrase in Spanish: por qué pintar es lindo, which means &quot;why painting is beautiful&quot;. Walking around Buenos Aires&#39; Palermo Soho district, with its abundance of murals, you&#39;ll soon understand why this saying has been adopted by a group of local street artists.</p> <p>Around here, the street art differs from that found in most other parts of the city. You won&#39;t find so many tags and bombs (which rival gangs or crews traditionally use to mark their territory) or political graffiti; the designs tend to be more creative, thoughtful and intricate – and use visual messages rather than words or slogans. After all, this is one of the city&#39;s trendiest districts, much frequented by tourists drawn to its designer clothes shops, cafés, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.</p> <p>Many of the artworks are also of extremely high quality, which is hardly surprising when you learn that a large number of the local artists have backgrounds as illustrators and graphic designers. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/buenos-aires-drawing-a-new-crowd-2135915.html" target="_blank"><br />Read the r</a><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/buenos-aires-drawing-a-new-crowd-2135915.html" target="_blank">est of the article here.</a></p> 