| New York, NY(September 2025) – Goldman Properties and Goldman Global Arts announce the revival of the iconic Houston Bowery Wall, located at the bustling corner of Houston and Bowery Streets in New York City. Now complete, world-renowned contemporary artist Tomokazu “Matzu” Matsuyama has brought his signature cross-cultural visual language to the historic wall, recreating his dynamic mural Color Of The City that reflects the energy, diversity and global identity of New York City.
Color Of The City, first presented on polytab mural fabric in September, 2023, returns to the Bowery Wall with renewed vibrancy. The piece features 30 portraits of New Yorkers, including cultural icons, scenes from movies, and people the artist has photographed over two decades. Through layering Japanese and American imagery with contemporary textile motifs, the artwork blends tradition and modernity, East and West, embodying the artist’s vision of mirroring the hybrid culture of today’s world and the ever-evolving spirit of New York. The title reflects New York as a city of dualities, where its diverse and challenging nature allows minorities like Matzu to thrive globally. Additionally, Matzu previously collaborated with Goldman Global Arts in 2019 for a large-scale mural on the Houston Bowery Wall.
“Over the years, the Houston Bowery Wall has been an evolving conversation between the city and the artists who take it on,” said Jessica Goldman Srebnick, CEO of Goldman Global Arts and Co-Chair of Goldman Properties. “Welcoming Matzu back to revive the wall feels like a continuation of that dialogue. A reminder of how art has the power to transform a street corner into a place of inspiration and wonder. His work reminds us that the wall is not static; it continues to evolve, surprise, and inspire, just like the city itself.”
“New York is a place where cultures constantly overlap and create something new. With this mural, I wanted to reflect that dialogue, merging imagery from my Japanese heritage with the contemporary visual language of the city I now call home,” said artist Tomokazu Matsuyama. “The Bowery Wall is an iconic space, and it’s an honor to add my voice to its history again and contribute a work that mirrors the rhythm of the city itself.”
Born in 1976 in Gifu, Japan, Tomokazu Matsuyama is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. His multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation, blending references from both Eastern and Western art histories while reflecting the complexities of global culture in the digital age. His major public art projects include Hanao-San (JR Shinjuku Station East Square, Tokyo, 2020) and Wheels of Fortune (Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, 2020, part of the Jingu Gaien Art Festival). Recent notable exhibitions include Liberation Back Home (SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, 2025), Morning Sun (Edward Hopper House Museum, 2025), Tomokazu Matsuyama: FIRST LAST (Azabudai Hills Gallery, Tokyo, 2025), Mythologiques (Venice Biennale, 2024), MATSUYAMA Tomokazu: Fictional Landscape (Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, 2023), and MATSUYAMA Tomokazu: Fictional Landscape (Shanghai Powerlong Museum, 2023). His work was also featured in Pop Forever. Tom Wesselmann &… at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris (2024–2025).
The Houston Bowery Wall, owned by Goldman Properties and curated by Goldman Global Arts, has been the canvas for the work of some of the world’s most prominent artists, including Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, Swoon, Aiko, Ron English and Retna, among others. Goldman Global Arts is widely known for public art installations, most notably Wynwood Walls—the world’s largest outdoor street art museum. Wynwood Walls has become the epicenter of creativity in Miami, showcasing more than 120 artists from over 25 countries and helping to elevate the street art genre onto a global stage.
The one-of-a-kind mural is located at 76 E Houston St, New York, NY 10012. For more information on the Houston Bowery Wall, follow @goldmanglobalarts on Instagram.
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ABOUT GOLDMAN PROPERTIES
Goldman Properties is a pioneering real estate development firm recognized for transforming urban landscapes into thriving cultural hubs. Founded in 1968 by visionary Tony Goldman, Goldman Properties brought new life to the nation’s top neighborhoods, including SoHo NYC (1970s), Miami Beach (1980s), Center City, PA (1990s), and Wynwood since 2005. Goldman Properties continues to partner with trailblazers to scale neighborhoods where businesses thrive and tourism flourishes. Blending art and real estate, many of the commercial properties owned by Goldman Properties provide canvases for international artists to enhance the exterior of these properties to build community by creating narrative-driven artworks.
For more information on Goldman Properties, visit www.goldmanproperties.com.
ABOUT GOLDMAN GLOBAL ARTS
Goldman Global Arts is a Miami-based creative agency by Jessica Goldman Srebnick and Peter Tunney. GGA strives to elevate the platform of street art and public art as an instrument of change. The agency curates and produces immersive exhibitions, murals for commercial developments, and brand partnerships that have attracted millions of visitors and international press coverage. Artists have been commissioned to create works for projects such as the 2020 Super Bowl as well as commercial projects across the United States in cities such as Miami, New York City, Boston, and Deep Ellum, Texas. For more information on GGA, visit www.goldmanglobalarts.com.
ABOUT HOUSTON BOWERY WALL
The Houston Bowery wall, which was made famous in the 1970s by the late Keith Haring, is currently owned and curated by Goldman Properties. Due to the importance of the wall to the community and the art world, Goldman Properties felt a sense of responsibility to bring art to the public on a grand scale, and continues to do so through this piece of real estate. With each rebirth, the wall’s program broadens further to include established and emerging street artists from the United States and around the world who have a powerful message of hope, possibility and inspiration. For more information on Houston Bowery Wall, visit www.goldmanproperties.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Carma Connected: goldman@carmaconnected.com, (305) 438-9200
Max Kruger-Dull: max@bluemedium.com, (212) 675-1800 |
