Outrage at pro-Kremlin mural painted in Mariupol by Italian street artist Jorit

The artist is also accused of using Australian photographer Helen Whittle’s photo of her daughter as a model without permission. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:770/1*a4f4KTGumTLLC5o-q4jUuw.jpeg" style="height:467px; width:700px" /> By <a href="https://www.valigiablu.it/jorit-mariupol-murale/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Leonardo Bianchi</a> On 11 July 2023, Italian street artist Jorit — real name Ciro Cerullo — announced on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CujCzPtNgfW/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram profile</a> that he had completed a mural on a bombed-out building in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city occupied by the Russian army. The work portrays a little girl with the colours of the flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in her eyes. Behind her, bombs with the word ‘NATO’ are falling. An anti-fascist symbol with the characteristic black and red flags also appears at the bottom left of the mural. <a href="https://medium.com/@valigiablu/outrage-at-pro-kremlin-mural-painted-in-mariupol-by-italian-street-artist-jorit-f8f4f9ba107a">Click Here</a>