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.
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A Street Artist’s Whimsical Interventions Turn the City into a Playground
The New York-based street artist Tom Bob has a knack for bringing mundane bits of the cityscape to cartoonish life.
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Artists Fill a Lower East Side Building with Murals Before It’s Demolished
Before it’s razed, 140 Essex Street is hosting a one-weekend exhibition featuring 10 murals by 10 artists.
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Artists Protest Sexual Violence and David Choe’s Bowery Mural
On Sunday afternoon, 18 artists gathered in front of David Choe’s mural, which was recently painted over, to protest rape culture in light of the street artist’s own history.
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David Choe’s Controversial Bowery Mural Tagged with Giant Letters [UPDATED]
The graffiti crew Big Time Mafia has scrawled its initials across Choe’s controversial Lower East Side mural, completed less than a week ago.