Urban art is a style of art that relates to cities and city life, often done by artists who live or have a passion for city life. In this way, urban art combines street art and graffiti and is often used to summarize all forms of visual art that arise in urban areas, taking inspiration from urban architecture or the current urban lifestyle. Because urban arts are characterized by existing in public space, they are often viewed as vandalism and destruction of private property.

Although urban art began in the neighborhood, where many people from different cultures coexist, it is an international art form with an unlimited number of uses today. Many urban artists travel from city to city and have social contacts around the world. The notion of "urban art" developed from street art, which deals mainly with the culture of graffiti. Urban art represents a broader sample of artists who, in addition to covering traditional street artists working in formal gallery spaces, also cover artists using more traditional media but with a theme dealing with contemporary urban culture and political issues. In Paris, Le Mur is a public museum of urban art.