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Why Is Everyone Fucking Up Banksy's NYC Work? America's Top Vandals Explain
There’s all sorts of theories on why Banksy’s NYC-based Better Out Than In work is getting stomped out so quickly. According to one “graffiti historian,” writers don’t like Banksy’s art because he’s “pandering to the mainstream.” But that’s not it, graffiti has always attempted to poke its stick into the mainstream, even while its participants–for the most part–have lived outside of it. So what is it? Graffiti has never had one cohesive voice..
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Banksy Attempts To Sell Original Artwork On NYC's Streets For $60
If you haven’t heard, yesterday in New York City, famed street artist Banksy (whom we love and have covered before) decided to set up a stall in Central Park and sell his original artworks for $60.
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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Banksy doesn't fit his definition of art
Infamous graffiti artist Banksy is making a splash in New York City, and unsurprisingly, the city's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, isn't a fan. Asked about the artist's presence at an unrelated press conference this morning, Bloomberg reiterated that graffiti ruins property. "It's a sign of decay and loss of control," he said. According to Politicker, the mayor added that he doesn't think graffiti is a form of art at all.
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I’m the Accidental Owner of a Banksy
A landlord faces vandals, tourists, and questions of what to do next.
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Banksy: NYPD shut me down
Banksy took a day off — and blamed the NYPD. The anonymous graffiti artist came up empty Wednesday, disappointing fans of his month long “Better Out Than In” project in New York City.
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Banksy Snapped? This Is Allegedly a Photograph of the Graffiti Artist at Work in New York City
Has Banksy finally been photographed? This is allegedly a photograph of the graffiti artist at work.
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Banksy's insult shows he's clueless about New York
The secretive British artist Banksy, not content with the immense publicity already generated by his recent decision to create graffiti and other art installations around New York City each day for a month, may have finally worn out his welcome. In a crude, obscene bid for attention, Banksy published a rant on Sunday against One World Trade Center, calling it a "shy skyscraper" that "so clearly proclaims the terrorists have won."
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This Artist Makes Incredible Banksy GIFs
Banksy’s graffiti has captivated a global audience for some time now, as its dynamism, spontaneity and socio-political commentary deliver art in its most pure form–and directly to the public. No barriers to viewing; just increased consumption. If it were possible to make Banksy’s work any more enjoyable, though, artist ABVH has done it.
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So whatever happened to all those Banksy pieces in NY?
One’s at a strip club. One is held by cops. Another is heading to sunny Miami. Nearly a month after Banksy’s “residency” in New York, his surviving works have met…
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11 Colorful Phrases From Ancient Roman Graffiti
When the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were suddenly consumed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., many of their buildings were so intimately preserved that modern archaeologists can even read the graffiti scribbled onto their ancient walls. See if any of these remind you of a twenty-first century bathroom.
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The Vilification of Banksy's Success
Banksy’s month-long New York residency might as well have been entitled, ‘The Banksy rehabilitation program.’ In coming to New York, the artist wasn’t simply courting a new American audience. He so...
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Graffiti makes an art world sensation of the ECB's Frankfurt building site
When Frankfurt social worker Stefan Mohr needed a new location for the troubled children he works with to express themselves through spray paint and graffiti, it did not take him long to find a potential site. The trouble was, the vast area of fencing he found, down the road from the derelict warehouse the children had been using, was round the site on which the European Central Bank's new €1bn headquarters was being built.
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Banksy
Editing Famous painting
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Graffiti Alphabet Fonts Inspiration
Here are some fabulous inspirational graffiti alphabet examples that will let beginners and pros release their creative juices in graffiti art.
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Graffiti Removal Guy Graffiti
Guy removing graffiti is the subject of the next graffiti in the same spot as the removed graffiti
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Graffiti artist Banksy highlights condition of people living in Gaza
The elusive graffiti artist Banksy has reemerged among Palestinian ruins to give his instantly recognizable stenciling style a meaningful backdrop. A politically charged travelogue of a war-ravaged neighborhood appeared on his YouTube channel late Wednesday with the title "Make this the year YOU discover a new destination.” The footage shows Palestinian civilians standing among the devastation of war as darkly satirical captions appear.
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City Index. Penalties for graffiti
Anti-graffiti enforcement is expensive. By one estimate, the U.S. spends between 15 and 18 billion dollars a year to “monitor, detect, remove, and repair graffiti damage.” Around the world, laws vary. In this week’s City Index, we found cities that want to scare the hell out of people with draconian laws and cities that are questioning the wisdom of trying to police graffiti at all. These are some of their harshest penalties for graffiti.
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The Age of Drone Vandalism Begins With an Epic NYC Tag
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the age of robotic graffiti was born. KATSU, a well-known graffiti artist and vandal, used a hacked Phantom drone to paint a giant red scribble across Kendall Jenner’s face on one of New York City’s largest and most viewed billboards. By all accounts, it is the first time that a drone has been deployed for a major act of public vandalism. In April last year, KATSU made headlines when he demonstrated that he had figured out how to attach a spray can...
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Street talk: graffiti slogans around the world – in pictures
The book Street Messages by artist and photographer Nicholas Ganz documents street-art slogans worldwide, from Norway to Guatemala City
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Gladiator Fights Revealed in Ancient Graffiti
Graffiti etched into walls of the ancient city of Aphrodisias reveals life some 1,500 years ago, including gladiator combat, chariot racing and religious fighting.
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