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.
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New York State Senator Calls on Developer to Keep Banksy’s 14th Street Rat on Public View
Senator Brad Hoylman is calling on the owner of the building to put the street art piece on permanent public display.
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Banksy Blitz Continues in NYC with New Murals in Brooklyn
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]
The clothing company claims it has dropped its lawsuit against the artist Revok after widespread outcry and calls for a boycott, though the artist’s lawyer claims that is not true.
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British Town Works to Preserve New Banksy Mural After It Was Vandalized
Whenever a Banksy appears, controversy is sure to follow. His latest work is no different.
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A Campaign to Replace Public Ads with Art Lives on as a Book and an Exhibition
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]
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
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 conservator Elise Grenier.
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Art Provocateurs Hang “Ku Klux Klowns” in Virginia’s Capital [UPDATED]
The anonymous art collective Indecline hung eight clowns dressed in KKK robes from a tree in Richmond, Virginia.
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Mural or Billboard? The Dispute Over a Shepard Fairey in Brooklyn Heads Back to Court
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 LA’s Disappearing Chicano Murals
On August 20, Vroman’s Bookstore is hosting a conversation around the Chicano murals of the 1960s and ’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
Some 15 tile pieces by the French street artist Invader have been pried off city’s walls by two men claiming to be municipal workers.