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Banksy Goes Japonaiserie in Brooklyn, Tribeca Banksy Vandalized [UPDATE 5]
Banksy's latest stencil reimagines an anonymous arch into a Japanese bridge traversed by ladies and adjacent to a bonsai.
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Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Banksy Takes Aim at Fastfood Giant, Tribeca Banksy Becomes Memorial [UPDATE 3]
A new — and yet another traveling — Banksy has been unveiled today. Part sculpture, and part performance piece, the work featured a person shining the shoes of an oversized Ronald McDonald.
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Opinion
Banksy's Clichéd 9/11 Tribute [UPDATE 4]
Really, Banksy? Today's street art work, reportedly in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood, depicts the Twin Towers but in place of an explosion the artist has placed a what looks like an altered flower.
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Weekend Banksy: East Village Confessional, Central Park Pop-up, Queens Lowbrow, Red Hook Damage
This weekend's Banksys touched down in three boroughs. They included some of his trademark black-and-white stencils and a surprise pop-up shop by Central Park, while the story of the Red Hook work continues.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Banksy speaks, a Russian artist fools London dealers, art historians are scared to give opinions, street artists in Palestine, the Met's "primitive" heritage, a forgotten Lynda Benglis sculpture, and more.
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Opinion
Yup, That Was a Banksy [UPDATE 4]
Remember that find by Walking and Typing yesterday? Well, it turns out that was today's Banksy and it's parked in the Meatpacking District.
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Opinion
Banksy's Beaver Fells Parking Sign in East New York [UPDATE 4]
As a Canadian, I'm rather happy to see a beaver in New York, particularly on a day when Canadian author Alice Munro is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Banksy Watch: New Work in LES, Red Hook Work Protected
Another day, another Banksy in New York City, and today's Easter egg popped up on Ludlow Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, while the Banksy in Red Hook has been protected from vandals.
Art
Will an Auction Help Convince People There's a Market for New Media Art?
A digital art auction is seeking to bring the art and tech communities closer together, and it may help forge a market for digital art in the process.
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Banksy's Latest Pops Up in Greenpoint, Get$ Covered Up Fa$t
Banksy hasn't been wow'ing street art fans in New York, though he (I'm going to assume it is a "he") is creating a lot of excitement around street art, which is a good thing.
Opinion
Banksy's Busy Weekend NYC Projects: Diorama, Heart, Syrian War
At least one of Banksy's latest works reveals a more complicated take on the world.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Jeffrey Deitch talks street art and his future, architecture and design award winners, "average" women around the world, internet empires, Native American symbols, photography in museums, and more.