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Real estate developers whitewashing or tearing down walls covered in graffiti is a familiar narrative, but it appears we may have reached such an advanced stage in the cooptation of street art that those days will soon be at an end.
In Brief
Banksy's newest work is neither a snide jab at politicians nor a big "fuck you" to the police — instead, it's a gesture of gratitude to children at a school in Bristol.
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Last weekend, various streets across the United State became designated Donald Trump-free zones.
In Brief
Travelers through the Prince Street subway station in Manhattan yesterday may have looked twice at its signage that was temporarily transformed into a memorial for the late Prince.
Art
LOS ANGELES — At the intersection of 48th Street and Wall Street in South Central Los Angeles, a homeless man pushes a cart filled with blankets and clothes.
Art
On a three-block stretch of 21st Street in Long Island City, New York City’s economic and artistic evolution plays out in miniature.
In Brief
The destination of all of Cairo's trash is widely known internationally as "Garbage City." But over the past few weeks, the neighborhood of Manshiyat Naser has been witnessing an unexpected and vivid creation spread across its landscape, towering over the dirty discards that line its streets.
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On Saturday night, the renowned and mysterious Italian street artist Blu went on an art-destroying spree through the streets of Bologna.
Art
MIAMI — The Miami neighborhood of Wynwood smells like stale weed, paint fumes, and gentrification.
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That freshly painted graffiti in your city isn't just a large mural of random words — it's the title of a song by none other than cantankerous Canuck Justin Bieber, who is using street art to promote his forthcoming album, Purpose.
In Brief
On Tuesday, the 27-year-old street artist Antonio Ramos was murdered while painting a mural that was meant to brighten the run-down streets of northwestern Oakland, which has one of the highest violent crime rates in the United States.
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A 15-foot-tall crocheted mural that appeared, unauthorized, on the side of a private Bushwick residence and has since stirred debate about gentrification and street art is coming down today.