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Banksy 'Crazy Beat' Mural Destroyed By Mistake
A mural by world-famous graffiti artist Banksy was destroyed after being painted over by Hackney Council. The mural, worth £200,000, was once featured as the cover artwork of the band Blur's single "Crazy Beat." In 2003, property manager Sofie Attrill gave Banksy permission... 
Banksy work is ruined by mistake
Once again out of touch council officials destroy an irreplacable art work by Banksy. Thank goodness for his hometown of Bristol whose council has pledged never to destroy any of his work found there. " A mural by... 
Banksy Versus Bristol Museum: Street Artist's Secret Takeover
Banksy, the ever-secretive yet highly renowned (if infamous) graffiti and street artist, has mounted a large art show in his hometown of Bristol, England — but the exhibition, Banksy Versus Bristol Museum, was... 
created by Jarrett Martineau | 28 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
2154 views | 35 recommendations | 10 comments
2154 views | 35 recommendations | 10 comments
Council wants Banksy mural removed
A council wants to remove a Banksy work from a wall in Westminster. It is of course graffiti by definition, good graffiti that may even be high art.The argument that it should be left there forever in a way goes... 
Banksy paints Katrina tributes in New Orleans
Banksy has repotedly hit New Orleans with a series of a dozen murals in response to the state of the Katrina clean up and anti-graffiti campaigner the Grey Ghost. There is some speculation as to if these were... 
Daily Mail Claims to Unmask Banksy
The Mail on Sunday claims to have unmasked global guerilla graffitti artist Banksy, though their story is fraught with unanswered questions. The most fascinating part of this story (or, rather, the story around...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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977 views | 7 recommendations | 7 comments
London council paints over street artist Bansky's graffiti murals - worth mil...
A piece of Banksy's work was painted over by London council just a little while after it was first displayed, saying it was worth worthless graffiti. Some of Banksy's previous works have fetched up to a million...
Banksy Is The World's Most Wanted Graffiti Artist
You can see graffiti in every country in the world. It often defaces walls, poles, trains and the fronts and sides of buildings. Graffiti is considered undesirable vandalism to its victims who spend time and money... 
The Paradox of Corporate 'Street Art'
I've seen this stencilled image pasted up around Vancouver and I was a bit skeptical about its tongue-in-check Vespa-headed hipster vibe. Turns out, I had reason to be. It's a street art campaign by Vespa. Yeah,...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
839 views | 19 recommendations | 10 comments
839 views | 19 recommendations | 10 comments
Banksy Organizes 'Cans Festival' in London
Bansky is the artist who just keeps on giving. You've got to love this guy. And I love that The Cans Festival is set up to be, essentially, an anti-Cannes, stencil-only, street art festival that is collaborative,...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
3658 views | 11 recommendations | 6 comments
3658 views | 11 recommendations | 6 comments
The Cans Festival- London 3/4/5/ May 2008
Stencil Art Battle The Leake Street railway tunnel near Waterloo St. Features works from Banksy and 40 of the world's best graffiti artists from 15 country. Thousands have visited this unusual art...
created by unusualimage | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
3422 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
3422 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Basquiat and Banksy to cover auction in graffiti
"Daubing the subways of New York in the 1980s with provocative images that shocked the establishment was how it all started. Two decades later, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and David Salle are being... 
BANKSY SUMS UP MODERN BRITAIN WITH ICONIC MURAL: 'ONE NATION UNDER CCTV'
"Folk hero Banksy has pulled off an audacious stunt to produce what is believed to be his biggest work yet in central London and again succeeds to put two fingers up to the authorities. His latest mural sums up...
created by newsalliance | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
1050 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
1050 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
