Dominican Artist Angurria Nears Completion of Monumental Bronx Mural
The towering artwork celebrates the diversity of New York City, bringing together generations, cultures and communities, including the Caribbean people who help shape the city.
Dominican visual artist Angurria is nearing completion of a monumental mural in the Bronx, New York, transforming a residential building into a vibrant celebration of the people and cultures that make up the city.
Located at the Morrisania Air Rights Houses near East 158th Street and Park Avenue, the mural spans approximately 29 storeys. Dominican media reports estimate its height at between 260 and 290 feet, describing it as the tallest mural in the United States.
At the top of the composition, a woman wearing hair rollers carries a happy child on her shoulders. Below them, a lively crowd of men and women of different ages and skin tones celebrates, while children play among the figures. Some wear New York Knicks jerseys and other clothing associated with New York City, grounding the scene in the everyday life and identity of the borough.
Together, the figures create a portrait of a city shaped by diversity, where different backgrounds, generations and cultural experiences exist alongside one another. Caribbean people are part of this wider picture, reflecting the communities whose histories and contributions have helped shape New York.
A Celebration of New York's Diversity
Rather than focusing on a single nationality or cultural group, Angurria's mural brings together the people who make New York what it is. The combination of families, children at play, sportswear and familiar cultural references gives the composition a sense of everyday life, community and shared belonging.
The woman wearing hair rollers introduces a recognisable reference to Dominican culture and the Caribbean. Hair rollers are a familiar sight in Dominican households and beauty salons, associated with beauty rituals, family life and neighbourhood connections. In the mural, this image sits within a much larger scene, becoming one part of a broader celebration of New York's multicultural identity.
This intersection is particularly meaningful in the Bronx, home to a substantial Dominican community alongside people with roots throughout the Caribbean and the wider world. The borough's cultural character reflects generations of migration, exchange and community building.
By placing familiar cultural details alongside recognisable New York references, Angurria creates a work that speaks to the many identities that coexist within the city. Caribbean representation is woven into that wider story, rather than presented in isolation.
Taking Public Art to New Heights
Angurria, also known as Omar García, is a Dominican visual artist, illustrator, art director and muralist whose practice spans illustration, commercial work and large-scale public art. His work frequently draws on everyday experiences and cultural references, translating them into distinctive visual compositions.
The Bronx mural presents a considerable technical undertaking. According to Dominican media reports, the artist has used Meta virtual reality glasses to help visualise and navigate the vast surface. The reported cost of paint and spray cans alone is approximately US$100,000, highlighting the resources required to execute a project of this magnitude.
Its reported height has also attracted attention, with the mural being described in media coverage as the tallest in the United States. While the final dimensions and any official record certification have not been independently verified, the scale of the project is unmistakable.
Reflecting the People Who Make a City
Public art can change how people experience the places around them, bringing creative work beyond galleries and museums and into everyday community spaces. At this scale, Angurria's mural turns a residential façade into a shared visual landmark.
Its subject matter is just as significant as its size. The celebrating crowd, children at play and familiar clothing offer a glimpse of ordinary life, presenting diversity not as an abstract idea but as something visible in the people who share a neighbourhood.
For Caribbean audiences, the mural also offers a reminder of the region's cultural presence beyond its geographical borders. Caribbean people are part of the broader communities that shape cities such as New York, contributing to their identities, traditions and everyday life.
As the project approaches completion, Angurria's mural stands as a celebration of New York's many communities and the cultural influences that bring them together. Through a monumental work rooted in familiar human experiences, the artist captures a city whose identity is continually shaped by the people who call it home.
Sources: Remolacha and Red Nacional de Noticias, October 2026.
The mural's reported height and US record claim require independent confirmation.
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