Four Graffiti artists collaborate and show their spirituality

Four acclaimed aerosol artists were brought together to express their interpretation of faith. For two weeks the artists came together and laboured away at the 30ft x 60ft wall which was donated by Metropolitan...

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...

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...

Site-specific Public Art Mural for Educational Institution 2008

Featured film captures work in progress of a permanent wall mural titled "Our Global Connections". Contemporary conceptual artist Chitra Ramanathan was chosen to create this wall painting as Artist in Residence....

Islamabad Children Observe International Peace Day

Despite the massive bomb blast that ripped across Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening in which scores of people lost their lives or got injured, the commitment and resilience of some citizens who...

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 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...

Banksy Wall Mural Sells for £208,100 on Ebay

I love that the buyer has to pay for the costs to remove the mural from the wall to which it is still attached."A London wall adorned with a mural by graffiti artist Banksy today sold on EBay Inc's Web site for...

Critics paint over Banksy Bethlehem murals

As we reported earlier, British artist Banksy is staging his annual "Santa's Ghetto" mural exhibition in Bethlehem this year. But it has provoked controversy and now critics have painted over some of his...

Mural Shows Up Swanage Pier Building's Demise

People from Swanage in Dorset, England  decided to take the law into their own hands..."Two artists have painted a mural on the front of a neglected building in Dorset depicting the derelict state...

Freedom Day Spirit Is An Everyday Event :: MAXINE

"Last Sunday (March 25th) was the first of a worldwide recognition event, Freedom Day, to bring attention to the persistent and vexing problem of Humans capturing and selling Humans into efforts that include...

Censorship and Art

"Very early on, proponents of modernism were demagogued as radicals, anarchists, and communists. This strategy proved spectacularly effective for opponents of modernist designs for public murals, such as Diego Rivera’s infamous Man at the Crossroads. Rivera included an...

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