Ghost Pitùr | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brescia, Lombardy, Italy |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Years active | 2025-present |
Ghost Pitùr is an Italian artist of unknown identity, who cleans and repaints walls vandalized by graffiti. He is active during the night in the city of Brescia, Lombardy,[1][2][3] and has been portrayed in media as a superhero.[4][5]
Ghost Pitùr hides his identity by wearing a hoodie and not showing his face in the videos he posts on his social media accounts. The only information he provided about himself is that he was born and raised in Brescia, was aged in his 30s as of 2026, and works as a professional painter, undertaking façade restoration work at night. He has stated that he does not seek fame or recognition,[6] and that "good deeds should be done in silence, without profit and without wanting to get anything in return". Monocle has described him as an "anti-Banksy".[7][8]
After repainting the walls, Ghost Pitùr leaves a note saying "Questo è un atto d’amore urbano" [This is an act of urban love].[9]
In an interview, he has expressed that he is not against urban art in general: "When I see a well-done piece of work, with a message, a plan, a chosen color, a true artistic intention, I stop. I like it. I would never touch it".[10]
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edit- ^ "Ghost Pitùr, l'eroe urbano che pulisce i muri imbrattati di graffiti, diventato una star sui social". la Repubblica (in Italian). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "Como en La Plata, un artista anónimo limpia de noche las fachadas de las casas graffiteadas". 0221 (in Spanish). 16 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "Anonimni umjetnik u Italiji noću uklanja grafite sa zidova". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ NW. "Neuer Superheld lässt nachts Graffitis verschwinden | Heute.at". www.heute.at (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "El terror de los grafiteros: la tendencia que hizo viral a Ghost Pitur, un Batman con pintura". El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ Balog, Lidija (16 August 2025). "Ghost Pitùr – tajanstveni čuvar zidova Brescije | Teklić" (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ Stocker, Ed (26 February 2026). "Meet Ghost Pitùr, the anonymous painter cleaning up Bresica's streets". Monocle. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ Stocker, Ed (26 February 2026). "'Good deeds should be done in silence': Meet the anti-graffiti artist working in secret to clean the walls of Brescia". Monocle.
- ^ Moretti, Manuel (2 August 2025). "Ghost Pitùr, il ragazzo che ama Brescia". Radio Bruno (in Italian). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ Russo, Nicol (4 September 2025). "Ghost Pitùr: l'imbianchino notturno che ripulisce i muri di Brescia come atto d'amore urbano". Revenews Arts (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
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