Blanking Banksy: Artists & City Paint Over Pricey NYC Graffiti
Banksy is an artist with the rare power to make walls more valuable after he has vandalized them, which some then seek to alter or destroy and others fight to protect and save. The ...
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Busy Banksy: New Street Art Spans All 5 Boroughs of NYC
Banksy's artwork is all over the map this month, both literally and metaphorically, showing up in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island - some of it is even traveling in ...
Don’t Tag Me Bro: The World’s 9 Most Vandalized Landmarks
These 9 famous international public landmarks, artworks and tourist attractions attract vandalism and graffiti that's usually (but not always) unwanted. ...
Priceless: Banksy Shop in NYC Sells Art to Clueless Public
A few lucky people had no idea what they were actually purchasing when they bought black-and-white graffiti works on canvas from a street stall in Central Park for sixty bucks a pop. Those works ...
Secret Graffiti: Railings Reveal Art Only at the Right Angle
Railings, shutters, sun shades and other surfaces with separate-but-repeating elements are all potential canvasses for this unique semi-secretive approach to street ...
Banksy Tags Manhattan: Fresh New Graffiti Live from NYC
Making his way through the boroughs of New York, the infamous but mysterious interventionist Banksy is broadcasting new stencils, installations and mixed media work all month as a ...
NeverWet Graffiti: Invisible-Ink Street Art Shows Up in Rain
NeverWet has been making headlines as the silicon-based spray that repels liquids from clothes and electronics, but this off-book use shows another fascinating application that may be even ...
Street Art, Decades Apart: 40 Then & Now Graffiti Photos
We tend to notice as buildings come and go, skylines change and grow with planning and oversight, but what about the spray-painted wall art the adorns the sides of these structures, sometimes ...
Time-Lapse Tagging: Short Film Reveals Secrets of Graffiti
You see the finished pieces all over - ornate, curved and layered - but rarely get such a vivid and complete all-angle, real-time view of how their tags come together. If you are even remotely ...
On Not Off: Giant Light Switch Mural is Brilliantly Literal
A photo-realistic mural with a nuanced message, this giant work of wall art is impressive in scale and a definite surprise to passers by. Complete with shade and shadow, the huge on-and-off power ...
