Monuments & public art
Vaccine girl
A 2021 mural by Musya Kvebouria on Zurab Gorgiladze Street in Batumi shows a young figure in a space-suit-like outfit with a vaccination bandage.
The mural was painted in 2021 during the Niko Movement festival at 54/62 Zurab Gorgiladze Street and responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. The figure holding a shield is often mistaken for an astronaut, but a bandage on the arm shows that the protection is a vaccine. The shield and spacesuit stand for the protection a vaccine gives the body, and the flying black specks represent the virus. The artist, Musya Kvebouria, presents vaccination as the most effective way to fight the pandemic.
Sources
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- Street art in Batumi (T-Zh), consulted on 21 October 2026.
- Batumi’s Urban Gallery: 20 Best Street Art in Batumi with Map (Red Fedora Diary), consulted on 21 October 2026.
