“Nothing is forever,” Brooklyn-based artist Vexta says when discussing street art’s temporary life span. Living in Bushwick, street art has become as routine as the L train shutdowns however, with this week’s completion of a new mural outside of Tutu’s bar, three people – Beth Tully, curator of The Varet Wall Mural Project, Lucas Walters, co-owner of Tutu’s Brooklyn, and Australian artist, Yvette Vexta (Vexta) — want to make sure you continue to take notice of the changing community’s landscape.
The skilled, Bushwick-iconic murals you see on the corner of Bogart and Varet Streets aren’t coincidental. They are the brainchild of The Varet Wall Mural Project (#varetwall), the neighborhood’s unique version to the Houston/Bowery wall, and are carefully curated by Tully, a former director to the Fountain Art Fair in collaboration with Walters and Tutu’s Brooklyn. Tully commissions artists for six-month rotations, and past participants have included renowned international artists Pixel Pancho, Nychos and the artist collective, En Masse.
Vexta, Varet Wall’s first female artist is scheduled to complete her mural by this Thursday, Friday at the latest and Tully couldn’t be more excited. Vexta’s piece coincides with the impending warmer weather and Tully notes that “its new color {on the wall}, it’s sexy”.




