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Thai Street Artists Demand Justice After Killing of Endangered Black Panther

by Ben Valentine April 3, 2018

After a Thai mogul was arrested for allegedly hunting in a wildlife sanctuary, artists started painting panther murals to keep the story in the public consciousness.

Workers taking down the Banksy at 14th Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan (photo by Melissa Stern for Hyperallergic)
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New York State Senator Calls on Developer to Keep Banksyโ€™s 14th Street Rat on Public View

by Benjamin Sutton March 21, 2018March 22, 2018

Senator Brad Hoylman is calling on the owner of the building to put the street art piece on permanent public display.

One of the new Banksy murals in Midwood, Brooklyn
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Banksy Blitz Continues in NYC with New Murals in Brooklyn

by Benjamin Sutton March 19, 2018April 13, 2018

Two murals by the secretive British street artist have appeared at a former gas station in Midwood.

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H&M Lawsuit Against Street Artist Could Have Changed Copyright Law [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon March 15, 2018March 16, 2018

The clothing company claims it has dropped its lawsuit against the artist Revok after widespread outcry and calls for a boycott, though the artistโ€™s lawyer claims that is not true.

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British Town Works to Preserve New Banksy Mural After It Was Vandalized

by Claire Voon January 29, 2018

Whenever a Banksy appears, controversy is sure to follow. His latest work is no different.

For Freedoms with Hank Willis Thomas (photo by Luna Park)
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A Campaign to Replace Public Ads with Art Lives on as a Book and an Exhibition

by Benjamin Sutton January 23, 2018

A new book and exhibition document Art in Ad Places, a recently completed and year-long project to replace New York City advertising with art.

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Giant Mural of Phallus on the Lower East Side Pricks Locals [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon December 27, 2017December 28, 2017

A provocative, building-length mural has aroused responses from giggles to outrage.

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A Banksy Mural in New Orleans Gets a Swanky Restoration

by Claire Voon November 29, 2017November 29, 2017

The oft-vandalized mural was removed from its original site on the wall of a warehouse in 2014 and placed in the hands of local conservatorย Elise Grenier.

Indecline, "Ku Klux Klowns" (2017)
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Art Provocateurs Hang โ€œKu Klux Klownsโ€ in Virginiaโ€™s Capital [UPDATED]

by Benjamin Sutton September 7, 2017September 13, 2017

The anonymous art collective Indecline hung eight clowns dressed in KKK robes from a tree in Richmond, Virginia.

Shepard Fairey billboard in Los Angeles in 2015 (via obeygiant.com)
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Mural or Billboard? The Dispute Over a Shepard Fairey in Brooklyn Heads Back to Court

by Zoe Mendelson August 17, 2017August 17, 2017

In 2014, the renowned street artist created a mural in Williamsburg that was very similar to a record cover he designed for Interpol. The resulting legal dispute recently spawned its third appeal.

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Unpacking the History of LAโ€™s Disappearing Chicano Murals

by Matt Stromberg August 15, 2017

On August 20, Vromanโ€™s Bookstore is hosting a conversation around the Chicano murals of the 1960s and โ€™70s, in advance of an exhibition at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes.

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Vigilantes Posing as City Workers Steal Street Art in Paris

by Benjamin Sutton August 7, 2017

Some 15 tile pieces by the French street artist Invader have been pried off cityโ€™s walls by two men claiming to be municipal workers.

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