Art on the move

Rome the city of art embraces modern art with a gallery in the famed area of the Piazza di Spagna.  Contemporary artists working in Pop Surrealism are featured in an exhibition at Mondopop Gallery. ...

South African Activist Compares Israeli Policy to Apartheid

In an effort to make the case that Israeli actions in the West Bank are analogous to treatment of non-whites in aparthied ere South Africa, acitivists are painting their message on the very wall that symbolizes...

Graffiti is Frustrating

Sunday morning after I fell, got up, put my shoe back on, wiped away the blood and continued my run in training for the Country Music Half Marathon, I saw some graffiti painted on a bridge in the Riverwalk...

A New Theory For Crop Circles I Put Forth

Crop circles have been a hot topic for quite sometime now, and yes i am aware that about two percent of them can not be explained.  I think it is time we look a crop circles in a less complicated way and...

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...

Vandalism and Cut Brake Lines Plague Liberal Ridings in Toronto

Graffiti, threatening phone calls and cut brake lines have all been aimed at Liberal supporters in the High Park area of Toronto over the last week. Six more incidents were reported since Sunday, when Toronto...

PA Graffiti Artist May Do Hard Time

This article was sent to me by a friend and i wanted to share it. i have my own views about graffiti but the point i wanted to make by posting this is how much people over-react when something like this happens. 130 years? really? 300, 000 dollars? anyway, ill stop talkign...

Graffiti At It's Finest - Toronto's Style In Progress...Revisited

A follow-up to "Graffiti At It's Finest - Toronto's Style In Progress" story here: http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/graffiti-its-finest-torontos-style-progress Another picture perfect sunny day in Graffiti Alley,...

Graffiti At Its Finest - Toronto's Style In Progress

Dozens of graffiti artists from all ages and skill, gathered yesterday in Toronto's "Graffiti Alley" for the 2008 Style In Progress, a legal event which spans from Spadina Avenue to Portland Street in the Queen...

Style In Progress 2008

"Style In Progress 2008 was yesterday in the Queen St. West alleys in Toronto, and from what I saw the event went great! Myself and a few friends got into town nice and early, and got lots of pictures of the first half of the day, and not as many of the second half. ...

Graffiti from cities around the world

"Written on the city" is a website that catalogs graffiti from major cities around the world. Anyone can submit photos of any urban art in their part of the world, but the focus tends to be on poetry, politics,...

Meez Finally Launches Virtual World

You caught me. I like hanging out on the 'net as a break from work, and yes, I use Meez.  Now the avatar maker has created virtual communities with a great deal of functionality, including your own "Roomz"...

Graffiti Festival in Toronto, July 13 2008

Style In Progress 2008 is happening in the Queen St. West alleys in Toronto on July 13 2008.  The event is a celebration of hip-hop culture, and runs from 11am to 7pm.Over 100 graffiti writers painting all...

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...

Pig's head nailed to chapel

A pig's head has been nailed to the door of a former Methodist chapel which is being converted into an Asian community centre. Police are treating the incident at Quenchwell, near Carnon Downs, Cornwall, UK, as a racist attack. It's evident that the racisit incident is...

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