White egrets mural by Moxaico, Huélaga, Spain
Egrets on a
black wall
Moxaico · Muro Crítico 2026 · C/ Molino 3, Huélaga
Photo as published in New Street Art Vol. 78
A broken gold ring frames three white egrets and a darker heron’s head on the black end wall of a building in Huélaga, a village in the province of Cáceres. The Andalusian muralist Moxaico painted it in September 2026 for Muro Crítico, the Diputación de Cáceres’s street-art programme for rural villages.
4 things to know
- A cotton briefThe Diputación’s theme for Huélaga was the village’s farming history and its vanished cotton crop, and Zaida Escobar’s wall there shows cotton bolls. No source says how Moxaico’s egrets relate to the brief. Birdlife was the stated cue for much of the work in two other villages this year, Torrejón el Rubio and Santa Marta de Magasca. Diputación de Cáceres · Canal Extremadura
- Filmed mid-workCanal Extremadura’s ‘Muévete’ caught the wall while he painted it: birds still partly in outline, close-ups of the egrets and the heron’s head taking shape, and the gold ring being brushed in. Moxaico is interviewed in front of the wall. Canal Extremadura
- Self-taught, painting since 1995The village programme presents him as a self-taught street artist and muralist who started in 1995 and moved from graffiti to figurative, realist murals where “conviven retrato, naturaleza, tipografía y geometría” (portrait, nature, typography and geometry live side by side). Huélaga programme
- A €2,200 public contractThe Diputación hired him through a minor contract (contrato menor): €2,200 before VAT, €2,420 with it. It was published on 7 August and awarded on 21 August 2026. Contract file
Check-in guide
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- C/ Molino 3, Huélaga (Cáceres), as listed on the town hall’s Muro Crítico programme (Ayuntamiento de Huélaga). OpenStreetMap names the street Calle del Molino. The map pin marks the street, not the exact wall.
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- An outside wall, seen from the street. Look for a black gable with a street lamp on its right-hand corner; in Canal Extremadura’s footage a water tower stands farther along the street (Canal Extremadura).
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- The village’s other two 2026 walls: Zaida Escobar at Plaza San Pedro 7 and Jaikü 187 at the Pabellón Polideportivo (sports hall), where Isabel Flores was also due to lead a neighbours’ workshop mural on 17 and 18 September (programme).
Sightings
- 20267 Aug
Contract published
- 202621 Aug
Contract awarded
- 202628 Aug
Dates and theme announced
- 20269 Sep
Listed at C/ Molino 3
- 202624 Sep
Town hall flags TV report
- 202625 Sep
On TV, being painted
Every stamp links to the dated source.
On the record
Muro Crítico 2026. Moxaico
“Contratación del artista Moxaico (Daniel Fernández Manzanares) para la realización de un mural en Huélaga (Cáceres) del 14 al 18 de septiembre de 2026”
“Hiring of the artist Moxaico (Daniel Fernández Manzanares) to paint a mural in Huélaga (Cáceres) from 14 to 18 September 2026.” The contract’s stated purpose, on the province’s procurement portal.
Muro Crítico suma 21 nuevas obras a su mapa de arte urbano en la provincia de Cáceres
“…los artistas dirigirán su mirada hacia la historia agrícola de la localidad y al ya desaparecido cultivo del algodón”
“…the artists will turn their gaze to the village’s farming history and its now-vanished cotton crop.” Said of Huélaga, 14–18 September.
Programa Diputación de Cáceres Muro Crítico
“Realización de murales de autor por los artistas: MOXAICO (C/Molino 3) ZAIDA ESCOBAR (Plaza San Pedro 7) JAIKÜ (Pabellón Polideportivo)”
“Artist murals by: Moxaico (C/ Molino 3), Zaida Escobar (Plaza San Pedro 7), Jaikü (sports hall).” From the programme poster the town hall posted.
Huélaga se convierte en lienzo en la XI edición de Muro Crítico
“Tres artistas, Moxaico, Zaida Escobar y Jaikü 187, han dejado su impronta en tres rincones de la localidad”
“Three artists, Moxaico, Zaida Escobar and Jaikü 187, have left their mark on three corners of the village.” Regional public TV, ‘Muévete’ programme, with video.
The facts
- Artist
- Moxaico, listed by the Diputación as from Andalusia; the village programme lists him under Vícar (Almería) Checked
- Title
- None published. “White Egrets Cross a Black Wall” is WAU’s own heading Unconfirmed
- Painted
- 14–18 September 2026, the dates in the contract and the village programme; the actual start and finish days were not reported Checked
- Address
- C/ Molino 3, 10849 Huélaga (Cáceres), Extremadura, Spain Checked
- Birds
- White egrets and a darker heron’s head, as WAU’s post describes them; no source names the species Unconfirmed
- Made for
- Muro Crítico 2026, the 11th edition of the programme, promoted by the Diputación de Cáceres’s culture department: 21 new murals in seven villages, after 176 murals in 88 localities in earlier years Checked
- Medium, size
- Not published Unconfirmed
- Status
- Canal Extremadura said on 25 September 2026 that the three artists had left their mark, but its footage shows this wall still being painted; no dated photo of the completed wall found yet Reported
Related
- On World Art Utopia: New Street Art! (20 Photos) — Vol. 78 (2026), where the photo above appeared.
- Three days before the Huélaga week was due to start, Moxaico finished ‘Donde el mar sueña sirenas’, a large siren on calle Darrical in Las 500 Viviendas, Almería, after more than eight days and about 90 cans of spray. La Voz de Almería
- Muro Crítico’s 2026 route, from 31 August into October: El Torno, Cadalso, Huélaga, Portaje, Torrejón el Rubio, Santa Marta de Magasca and Santiago de Alcántara. Diputación de Cáceres
- The artist on Instagram: @moxaico.
All sources (13)
Diputación de Cáceres
- Perfil del contratante: “Muro Crítico 2026. Moxaico”, file 1126.596W, published 7 August 2026, awarded 21 August 2026. Artist, village, dates, amount. In Spanish.
- Press release: “Muro Crítico suma 21 nuevas obras a su mapa de arte urbano en la provincia de Cáceres”, 28 August 2026. Villages, dates, Huélaga’s theme, the 11th edition and earlier totals. In Spanish.
- Press dossier: “Dossier de prensa Muro Crítico 2026” (PDF), August 2026. Moxaico, Zaida Escobar and Jaikü 187 for Huélaga, 14–18 September. In Spanish.
Huélaga town hall
- Ayuntamiento de Huélaga: “Programa Diputación de Cáceres Muro Crítico”, 9 September 2026. The village programme poster: C/ Molino 3, the workshop, the guided tour, notes on each artist. In Spanish.
- Huélaga Informa (Bandomóvil): “Muro Crítico” notice, 24 September 2026. Canal Extremadura’s report to air on 25 September. In Spanish.
TV and press
- Canal Extremadura, ‘Muévete’: “Huélaga se convierte en lienzo en la XI edición de Muro Crítico”, 25 September 2026. Text and video; Moxaico interviewed at the wall. In Spanish.
- La Portada de Extremadura: “El programa ‘Muro crítico’ arranca en El Torno su undécima edición con 21 nuevos murales en siete pueblos”, 28 August 2026. Dates and Huélaga’s theme; marked as AI-assisted. In Spanish.
- Torrejoncillo Todo Noticias: “Muro Crítico suma 21 nuevas obras a su mapa de arte urbano en la provincia de Cáceres”, 31 August 2026. Reprint of the Diputación release. In Spanish.
- Planvex: “Vuelve Muro Crítico y estos pueblos cacereños van a ser sus lienzos”, 15 September 2026. The seven villages. In Spanish.
- Revista Grada: “‘Muro crítico’ llevará 21 murales de arte urbano a siete municipios cacereños”, undated. Huélaga’s line-up, with Isabel Flores’s workshop. In Spanish.
- La Voz de Almería: “Tras 8 días y 90 botes de pintura, la gran sirena que cambia la piel de Las 500 Viviendas está lista”, 12 September 2026. Moxaico’s siren in Almería. In Spanish.
Map and photo
- OpenStreetMap: Calle del Molino, Huélaga (way 306970710). The street used for the map pin.
- World Art Utopia: “New Street Art! (20 Photos) — Vol. 78”, 30 September 2026. The photo at the top of this page; photographer not identified. In English.
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