Stayed in an Airbnb right next to those steps last summer! Looks absoutely amazing but no idea whether it's actual graffiti, or something that was somehow commissioned or officially sanctioned.
As a side note, I thought there was some really ugly graffiti all over Rome. Really sad for such a...
Completely agree. Never been a big fan even of "arty" graffiti as to me it's just a spray-can branch of fascism: imposing something by force on people who didn't want it or ask for it. There are some beautiful buildings in Brighton that have been disfigured by graffiti, and lots of ugly ones...