Graffiti News & Blog

A Telegraph news article is titled “Solveig, a girl graffiti artist, aged 10, is the female Banksy“. Uh … don’t think so.  Not even similar to Banksy, but I guess since he’s the Name most people would understand as “graffiti”, that’s the reference the author chose to use.  Weak. Anyway, I hope this kid is [...]

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I was notified recently about a Graffiti Art / Street Art auction coming in about a week (actually less … December 15th, in Paris).  I want to support my friends at Artcurial, so you gots ta’ check out the art they are selling.  There is really some amazing works at auction and, frankly, this may be [...]

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If you do the math from this story, you will find that the Banksy Graffiti Art painting is valued in the 500,000 pound range, or in US dollars that’s getting very close to a $750k price tag.   The story doesn’t explain whether the property value would have gone up without the painting, so it’s a stretch to [...]

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Image via Wikipedia  A group of south London graffiti artists were jailed last week for up to two years for defacing public property. Yet as they begin their sentences, their work is to be championed by a New York gallery. By Arifa Akbar and Paul Vallely  – The Independent Wednesday, 16 July 2008 On the [...]

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