MTN Colors x Gansevoort Miami Beach x Art Basel 2011

The Gansevoort Hotel has a aquatic theme within it starting in the
lobby's shark tank "the shark tank has twenty-seven types of exotic
sharks, stingrays and fish will be introduced into the East Coast's
longest seamless aquarium located in the lobby of the new Gansevoort
South Hotel. The 17,000 gallon, 53-foot-long tank has taken almost a
full year to build, and serves as an

Man jailed for London Bridge and Waterloo railway graffiti

A man who sprayed graffiti on trains and railway structures - including many incidents around London Bridge and Waterloo - has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. 
 


24-year-old Lewis Shillingford from Lewisham was sentenced at Blackfriars Crown Court on Friday 9 December after he pleaded guilty to 22 charges of criminal damage, a burglary and common assault. 



He was also handed a

OZER / NEOK graffiti video

Great artists, great works.



To see more about Ozer, CLICK HERE!

IRONLAK BBQ ROMA

Ironlak Graffiti Jam in Rome, 2011.

Banksy Rat Mural on Canal Street, Chinatown, New York City

Behold! The latest Banksy rat
mural, right on Canal St and West Broadway. This one is particularly
clever—look closely: yes, it is finished! :)



This means I
am now passing by two of these murals on my way to work, and a third one
is right there in the Soho / Chinatown area as well, to be uploaded
shortly.



I was lucky enough to snap a picture of the work in progress, to be posted in

BRUS 10TH

A great video about BRUS from Rome (Italy) to celebrate his 10th year on the graffiti stage.



To see more about Brus, CLICK HERE!

Artist Driven with Pose Los Angeles

Amazing artist, amazing video. POSE.

























To see more about Pose, CLICK HERE!

CREM and STORM for Ecko - Ringsted, Denmark

An Ironlak video about CREM and STORM for Ecko Unltd in Ringsted, Denmark.

 

D*Face Ridiculous Pool Paint attack.

Experimental and slightly mental. The D*Face spray paint skateboard interface. What better way to paint the pool then letting everyone get involved? With high-tech remotely controlled spray can apparatus mounted to the underside of skateboards...every line a skater took became the paint job of the pool.

NYC Government Cock Blocks Graffiti Exhibit at Brooklyn Museum

Cities are known for a few things: being loud, busy and covered in graffiti. Most of the graffiti is unsightly and relatively predictable—a person’s name, a few expletives and maybe an ugly mushroom or two—but some of it is gorgeous and elaborate.
Graffiti, the good and the bad, ornaments a city’s visage. The process of creating street art is still an underground operation, and while some cities

Justin Timberlake co-owns a Banksy piece

Justin Timberlake is the proud new co-owner of a rare Banksy print.

The pop superstar recently made the pricey purchase with a close pal and they have an agreement in place allowing them to display the artwork for a few months at a time before handing it over to the other.

He tells Vanity Fair magazine, "I split it with a friend, so we each get to keep it for a little while."

Artworks by the

Banksy hit Rio de Janeiro.. Or not?

A UK website is claiming that internationally known street artist, Banksy, has hit the Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Christ the Redeemer‘ statue a few nights ago transforming it into a statue of Osama Bin Laden. Can this be true? Did Banksy pull off the unimaginable?




“With allegations of police corruption running rife, the James Bond of modern art was somehow able to approach the giant statue by

Write4Gold Italy 2011: video and photos

Results Video & Photos of Write4Gold Italy 2011! Congratulations to the Wildboys!



The italian Write4Gold chapter is established in Rome (near the Ostia beach) since 2005 at the Spot Skatepark. Ostia is a district of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea. At and around The Spot there are numerous walls to paint, skateramps, two half-pipes, and a bubble. Write4Gold kicks off in Italy Saturday May 28th 2011

Aroe, Gary, Mr Wany and Storm X Ironlak

Ironlak Extended Family member Aroe recently got together with Gary, Mr Wany and Storm (Heavy Artillery Crew) to rock a wall in Copenhagen, Denmark.



 Music: DIPLO
Video: SIMON & LAURIDS

French artists allegedly vandalized LA buildings

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are looking for two French citizens suspected of vandalizing a downtown office building near where a groundbreaking graffiti art exhibit will open on Sunday.
Officer Jack Richter tells the Los Angeles Times that city authorities detained the two men on a fire escape Friday morning. They were released at the scene but police still want to talk to them. Police

San Jose giraffe graffiti artist to pay $38,000 restitution

San Francisco resident Steven Free (a 32-year-old man), known on the street as "Girafa", will pay the city and local property owners $38,000, a judge has ruled.
He will also serve three years' probation after pleading guilty to two felony counts of vandalism and a pair of misdemeanor vandalism charges, San Jose police said Thursday.
The restitution will pay back the city and private property

Tsunami 2 - Graffiti live action Metro Barcelona

Extract from the DVD Tsunami 2.
Barcelona, Spain (2008-2009)

Music: Army Of The Pharaohs - Frontline

MOCA’s ‘Art in the Streets’ displays works of graffiti

Graffiti art has moved from the streets and onto an exhibition, the first of its kind in the United States, at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles.
Art in the Streets opened on April 17 at the Geffen Contemporary, and includes artworks by 50 world-known artists from the graffiti and street art community (like Fab 5 Freddy from New York, Margaret Kilgallen from San Francisco,

Blu - new mural in Krakow (Poland)

The photos of the new work by Blu, in Krakow (Poland).


























To see more about BLU, CLICK HERE!

Banksy produces 'souvenir' poster of Bristol riots

The image was described on Banksy's website as a "fine commemorative souvenir poster"

Banksy has created a new image depicting a Tesco Value petrol bomb in the wake of riots in the city.




Last month, police raided a squat opposite the Tesco store saying they had intelligence that petrol bombs were being made there.



That led to a large protest in the early hours of 22 April and was

Tagger vandalizes Little Tokyo Gold Line station

A tagger has vandalized the Little Tokyo Gold Line station across from the "Art in the Streets" exhibit at the Geffen Contemporary museum.
Workers from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority quickly painted over the graffiti, which appeared over the last several days.
Dozens of tags, including monikers and larger "bombs" turned up on several commercial buildings behind 1st Street, as well

Rat mural removed in Oceanside

The rat mural

On February 25, a large rat showed up on Bull Taco in Oceanside and caused much speculation that it was done by the famous street artist Banksy. Banksy was rumored to be in Southern California for the Oscars that weekend.



The British artist confirmed after some days that it wasn't his work.


The North County Times reports the owner of the shop decided he didn't want the

Singer Joss Stone backs bid to save Queens graffiti artists' haven 5Pointz

Recording artist Joss Stone has thrown her support behind an effort to preserve 5Pointz, a Long Island City factory building that has become a mecca for graffiti art.
The soul and blues songstress has taken to Twitter to try to prevent 5Pointz from being razed to make way for residential towers.
She posted a link to the online petition, "Show Ur Love to 5Pointz," asking others to sign it.
"It

Banksy 'NOLA' mural expected to fetch up to £80,000 at auction

A work created by Banksy is expected to fetch up to £80,000 at auction.



The image entitled "NOLA" (that was designed to commemorate the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina) depicts a young girl sheltering from rain under an umbrella, and is one of more than a dozen murals that Banksy sprayed onto buildings around the city of New Orleans.





The work is being sold by Bonhams on April 13.

Police arrest two teens for Annaville graffiti spree

CORPUS CHRSITI - Corpus Christi police have arrested two teens they think went on a weekend graffiti spree in the Annaville area. Police say two 17 year old boys, Brandon Alaniz and Jose Cardenas have been booked at the city detention center.
The teens are suspected of spray painting little league parks, fences, and the wall of the old Annaville elementary school. A judge set damages at $15,000

French street artist JR takes over Los Angeles

Banksy isn't the only artist to have made the Los Angeles streets his own. French graffiti artist JR has also been covering the face of the City of Angels with Wrinkles.



French photographer, street artist and award-winning filmmaker JR arrived in Los Angeles last week to exhibit his latest artwork, entitled 'Wrinkles of the City'.



The project showcases his art in the form of wall-sized

Royal wedding graffiti appears in London but is it a Banksy?

A Banksy-style piece of graffiti inspired by the Royal Wedding has appeared on London's Bond Street.



The image shows a black and white picture of the Queen holding a spray can as she finishes painting Will + Kate inside a pink heart with paint dripping down.



It has been sprayed on scaffolding hoardings outside a shop. The stencil-type style has led to suggestions it could have been created

Moses Graffiti (pt.3)

Moses: walls and trains graffiti from all over the world.

Click HERE to see the pt.1

Click HERE to see the pt.2
































































































Click HERE to see the pt.1

Click HERE to see the pt.2

Stay tuned for the 4th part!

To see more about Moses, CLICK HERE!

UK graffiti artist EINE bombs San Francisco

If you’ve been walking around the Mission, Tenderloin or Nob Hill, you might have seen huge block letters showing up on walls and shutters.
It’s the work of London-based street artist EINE, who painted the 26 letters of the alphabet around these San Francisco neighborhoods and painted one large work, "We Rock Hardest," above the KFC restaurant on Polk and Eddy Streets.
EINE, a.k.a. Ben Flynn,

5Pointz fans hope petition will save Queens graffiti artists' haven

Graffiti artists are known by the tags they scrawl on buildings, but yesterday they were hoping their real signatures can save the 5Pointz factory in Long Island City.
Local spray-painters are circulating several petitions against the proposed demolition of 5Pointz, an urban art mecca since the early 1990s.
But factory owner Jerry Wolkoff said yesterday that he still wants to replace the

Los Angeles wants to stop tagger from making money off art

LOS ANGELES—A graffiti vandal who caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to Los Angeles property is trying to make it in the legitimate art world—but the city attorney doesn't want him profiting from his notoriety.
The Los Angeles Times says the city attorney sued Cristian Gheorghiu and nine others last year. The suit seeks at least $1 million in penalties and a court order barring

5Pointz becomes more of an attraction ahead of possible redevelopment

With the future of a Queens landmark is uncertain, it's becoming even more of an attraction.
Dozens gathered Saturday at the 5Pointz building in Long Island City, which has been a public art gallery for graffiti for more than eight years.
But the building's owner, Jerry Wolkoff, wants to redevelop the land.
With more than 300 different works on the building, artists say it provides a space for

Street art and graffiti get museum exhibition in Los Angeles

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is presenting Art in the Streets, a major exhibition that follows the history of graffiti and street art, from April 17 to August 8, featuring the work of 50 seminal artists from around the world, including Fab 5 Freddy (New York), Shepard Fairey (Los Angeles), Os Gerneos (Sao Paulo) and JR (Paris).



The show offers a record of this distinctive

Banksy’s Reflection of L.A. is truer than most

At its core, art is subversive, dangerous, anti-authority, and often times derided in the moment it is created. This was never truer than with the multi-talented street artist Banksy.



His recent splash of art that was spewed on our city is one that was probably sparked due to his directorial film debut, "Exit Through the Gift Shop" and its Oscar nomination in the Best Documentary category.

Teenager arrested in Gloucester Twp. graffiti case

GLOUCESTER TWP. — Since November of 2010, there have been over 30 incidents of graffiti througout the township, but police have finally made an arrest.
Osman Lopez-Rodriquez Jr, 19, of Hobart Drive in Gloucester Township has been arrested and charged with 32 counts of criminal mischief for spray painting the graffiti, according to police.
Police said Lopez Rodriquez is accused of spray painting

Hard line on Glen Eira graffiti

GLEN Eira’s “concerning” graffiti is in the spotlight as Caulfield MP David Southwick takes a tough stand.“Unfortunately there is no silver bullet to fix this problem but taking a hard line combined with prevention and education programs are desperately needed.”He said Glen Eira Council could apply for up to $25,000 funding and community groups could apply for grants of up to $10,000 under the

Queens Graffiti Mecca faces redevelopment

The Five Pointz graffiti "mecca" in Long Island City, Queens
It’s a sad day for New York's street artists. Developers are planning to bulldoze Five Pointz in Queens, an icon of graffiti culture worldwide, and replace it with new high rises.
Since 1993, the former warehouse space in Long Island City has served as an informal training ground and gallery for street artists from around the city.

Graffiti artist's attacker gets three-year sentence

MONTREAL — To his sister, mother and father, he was Brian Kachur, a 19 year-old dearly attached to his family. To most of his friends he was Razor, a graffiti artist whose passion cost him his life.
On November 15, 2009, two teenagers aged 14 and 15 bludgeoned Kachur to death while he was working on another piece of his unique brand of art.
The reason for the brutal attack? The pair was angry he

LA employs new database to track graffiti vandals

LOS ANGELES — Authorities are creating a database that will be used to store photographs of graffiti vandalism, enabling investigators to track hot spots where such activity is on the rise, they announced Friday.
The city currently spends $10 million a year cleaning up graffiti, and last year painted over 31 million square feet of vandalized surfaces.
Clean-up crews are being equipped with smart

Ders & Vibes big mural

A great work by DERS (from Basel, Switzerland) & VIBES (from Brighton, GB)

(Click on the images to enlarge them)

OCEANSIDE: Rat Mural is not a Banksy

UPDATE: Rat mural removed in Oceanside


A mural of a rat flying a kite that appeared overnight on the side of a taco shop in Oceanside is not the work of internationally know graffiti artist Banksy, according to a public relations firm representing the artist.



The mural appeared seemingly out of nowhere Friday morning on a large, blank wall on the side of a building housing the Bull Taco shop

Hallelujah! Graffiti artist Retna goes Global

Retna, the 31-year-old artist from Los Angeles, opened his first New York solo exhibition last week, and I got to see what it’s like to be an artist at the peak of his powers.
Retna, whose real name is Marquis Lewis, comes from a graffiti background. The nom de plume – derived from a Raekwon song – was originally given to a friend. “I gave him a sketch, and he went and battled some dude and he

Graffiti art's new Berlin Wall

Between Berlin and Halle, Germany, lies a 100m-long graffiti mural created by a woman that goes by the name of MadC.
If you travel by rail between Berlin and Halle, Germany, and pay attention to the passing landscape, you will eventually set eyes on a 100m-long (350ft-long) series of detailed scenes: a laboratory overrun by rats, a shipping port under dark clouds, galleons fighting through rough

‘How To Sell A Banksy’ Trailer

Generally, art is created, displayed and then sold. That tends to be the normal way of doing things. With the street artist Banksy, though, nothing is normal. Much of his work is displayed in public for all to see, and while it would ideally remain there as something beautiful as well as provocative, governing bodies don’t consider the outdoors an open canvas. Therefore, Banksy’s work regularly

Banksy LOSES Best Documentary Oscar To Inside Job

Bristol-born street artist Banksy managed to whip up a whirlwind of chatter about him in the lead up the Oscars ceremony this year.
The artist's documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop was nominated for Best Documentary in this year's awards. The notoriously secretive graffiti artist caused more speculation about him after he reportedly asked the Academy if he could attend the ceremony in disguise

Interview: New York Graffiti Artists HOW and NOSM

Born in Spain, raised in Germany and based in New York City, brothers HOW and NOSM are world-renowned artists specialising in graffiti projects all over the globe, not all of which necessarily go to plan.



Twin brothers HOW and NOSM are on the move - constantly. Currently painting murals all over Rio de Janeiro, the graffiti artists return to their home base of New York, USA very briefly

OCEANSIDE: Graffiti artist Banksy suspected in Bull Taco Shop tagging

UPDATE: Oceanside Rat mural is not a Banksy

UPDATE 2: Rat mural removed in Oceanside

Restaurant becomes instant tourist attraction.


An internationally known graffiti artist may have struck in Oceanside, painting a big fat white rat on the side of a South Coast Highway taco shop.



By midday, dozens of people were flocking to Bull Taco to photograph or just get a peek at the mural,

Banksy transforms Migrant Road Sign into DREAM Crossing

British street artist Banksy is back. And so are repurposed versions of the iconic yellow traffic signs with a silhouetted family that line roads near the U.S.-Mexico border in California.





The first signs popped up near Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA, the site of dozens of accidents where immigrants attempting to enter the country by crossing an interstate highway were struck by motorists

Graffiti artists want to disassociate from crime

SAN DIEGO — All taggers have a street name. Kyle Boatwright, is known as "Sain."
Sain is a shy but prolific tagger who recently served six months in jail for vandalism. When he got out, his case made headlines in the graffiti world. It took investigators 11 months to track him down, and police say his $87,000 settlement is the largest in recent history.
Sain is now taking a weekly graffiti class

Graffiti artist gets year in jail

19-year-old later will have to clean walls he marked
Seth M. King spread his SEED tag over countless buildings in Clintonville, Northland and the University District. And now he'll spend a year in jail.
"Graffiti is not an art, it's vandalism," Franklin County Environmental Judge Harland H. Hale told King, who also was sentenced to spend 200 hours on community service and five years on probation

Blu - Warsaw in colour (Poland)

A great work by Blu in Warsaw, Poland.














To see more about BLU, CLICK HERE!

Singapore's Subway vandalized by Banos and Mckoy (video)

We think you remember about the arrest of Banos and McKoy...
Well, now we got the video of the Singapore's Subway with their pieces.




To see more about BANOS, CLICK HERE!

To see more about MCKOY, CLICK HERE!

Moses Graffiti (pt.2)

Moses: walls and trains graffiti from all over the world.

Click HERE to see the pt.1

Click HERE to see the pt.3


































































































Click HERE to see the pt.1

Click HERE to see the pt.3

To see more about Moses, CLICK HERE!

Banksy in Los Angeles - Billboard Takeover on Sunset

"Living the Dream" - Banksy switches up the style with a nice Billboard Ad Disruption across the street from the "Directors Guild of America". Los Angeles.

Good luck at the Oscars Banksy!









To see more about BANKSY, CLICK HERE!

To see more about EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP, CLICK HERE!

Blu Gets Buffed @ MOCA, Los Angeles (video)

Do you remember about this story?

No you can see the terrible video about it...














To see more about BLU, CLICK HERE!

Graffiti bylaw under scrutiny

Cesar Palacio will ask fellow councillors to endorse a communiqué calling for clearer guidelines on what graffiti is unacceptable amid a crackdown prompted by Mayor Rob Ford’s pledge to clean up the city.

“The current legislative framework I think needs to be reviewed,” says Palacio. “We’re dealing with something that’s very subjective, a very sensitive issue and (it’s) difficult actually to

Is Banksy in Town for the Oscars?

You've got to hand it to Banksy and "Exit Through the Gift Shop" -- if nothing else, they're making sure that Best Documentary Feature will be the most entertaining category at the Oscars this year.
A week after Academy president Tom Sherak told TheWrap that he was uncomfortable with the idea of the elusive graffiti artist accepting an award in disguise, the Internet is still buzzing with

Four killed as graffiti artist goes on rampage with knives in New York

A GRAFFITI artist armed with five knives went on a 28-hour rampage across New York city, fatally stabbing his stepfather, ex-girlfriend and her mother, killing a pedestrian and wounding four other people before being arrested in Times Square.

Maksim Gelman, 23, was armed with a bloodied kitchen knife when he was taken into custody on Saturday morning after an all-night hunt from Brooklyn into

Cleveland graffiti crackdown heats up

CLEVELAND - A bill introduced at Monday's Cleveland City Council meeting would make penalties mandatory for graffiti vandalism. "Until we get really serious about this issue, it's not going to stop," Councilwoman Dona Brady said.
Brady's bill gives graffiti vandals a mandatory six months in jail or $1,000 fine. State law currently provides for up to six months in jail or up to a $1,000 fine.

Graffiti Artist Trades Street Vandalism for Bombardier Jet Gig

Los Angeles-based graffiti artist Retna used to get arrested for spray-painting buses, trains and other commercial property. Now, he gets paid to do this.
VistaJet, Swiss operator of 31 private aircraft, commissioned Retna to paint the tail of its largest corporate jet, the Bombardier Global Express XRS, this spring.
“It’s a $60 million canvas, so we decided to start with just this one,” said

Banos Graffiti (pt.3)

Banos: walls and trains graffiti from Germany.

Click HERE to see the pt.1

Click HERE to see the pt.2


















































Stay tuned for the 4th part!

Click HERE to see the pt.1

Click HERE to see the pt.2

To see

New book documents history, evolution of graffiti in Toronto

While it may be illegal, graffiti art has a lot of interesting stories to tell, said Dundas Street East and Broadview Avenue resident Yvette Farkas.

"I find it beautiful, inspiring, unapologetic and brave. It's raw creative energy," said Farkas, who spent 10 years photographing the controversial art form and two years interviewing those behind it for her recently released book, Toronto

New Banksy Print at Bristol Museum?

There's speculation that graffiti artist Banksy has been up to his old tricks again in Bristol.



A new picture turned up at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery yesterday of Bristol Airport surrounded by flood water.



The image, which was in a gold frame, was placed on a wall next the museum's latest exhibition 'Flight'.



There's speculation what it could be the work of the Bristol graffiti

Street art brightens up city

Today graffiti artists are being positively encouraged to add their designs to Portsmouth’s city centre landscape as the council seeks to liven up drab vistas. Street art has gone legit, with some of its top exponents being invited to use their talents to brighten hoardings surrounding key sites. Following the rise and rise of mysterious graffiti artist Banksy, whose work now attracts headlines

Madrid shopkeepers recruit graffiti artists

Shopkeepers in the Spanish capital have invited graffiti artists to paint the steel shutters protecting their stores to prevent them from being defaced by crude or obscene scribblings.



Over 130 graffiti artists from across Europe, including Bristol and Milan, decorated 140 shutters on Sunday in Madrid's central Malasana neighbourhood, which has long been the heart of the city's

Phiesta (CRIMINALS) Graffiti (pt.2)

Phiesta (CRIMINALS): walls and trains graffiti from Rome (Italy).

Click HERE to see the pt.1

(Click on the images to enlarge them)


Click HERE to see the pt.1

Stay tuned for the 3rd part!

To see more about Phiesta, CLICK HERE!

Ironlak Family | Byron Bay 2010

Reals, Sofles, Does, Tues, Sirum & Seiko of the Ironlak Family painting a wall in Byron Bay, Australia.

Shot and cut: Selina Miles - selinamiles.wordpress.com




Photos of the wall:




















To see more about DOES, CLICK HERE!
To see more about the LOVELETTERS CREW, CLICK HERE!

To see more about the IRONLAK TEAM, CLICK HERE!
To see more about SOFLES CLICK HERE!

Ozer (LoveLetters - Ironlak) Graffiti (pt.2)

Some graffiti of Ozer (Love Letters Crew) in collaboration with the Ironlak Team.

Click HERE to see the pt.1

(Click on the images to enlarge them)


Click HERE to see the pt.1

Stay tuned for the 3rd part!

To see more about OZER, CLICK HERE!

To see more about the LOVELETTERS CREW, CLICK HERE!

Graffiti artist creates a portable robotic rainbow machine

This is the Robo-Rainbow by artist Mudlevel, and its purpose is to brighten your day – whether you like it or not:





There’s not much to explain that can’t be gleaned from watching the hypnotic video, a piece of production as beautiful as the robot itself. Powered by a cordless drill, the torque is transferred to a counterweighted arm which lifts six paint spray-cans in an arc.

What looks

Is Banksy Oscar Campaigning Through Street Art?

While all of the Oscar nominees for this year's Best Documentary category certainly deserve the accolades that they've been given, I, like many others, truly want Exit Through The Gift Shop to take the prize. Incredibly entertaining and thought-provoking, it's one of the few documentaries that you can find yourself watching over and over without getting tired of it. But there is one problem:

Phone software reports street faults, graffiti

People can now report graffiti, potholes and broken street lamps to councils online and on the spot with their smartphones thanks to Kiwi-developed mapping software.
One of the applications is being used to help with the Queensland flood recovery.FixMyStreet, a free application created by Christchurch web developer Jonathan Hunt, lets people use their PC or iPhone to report faults or incidents.

Daim 3D Graffiti (pt.1)

Some works of one of the best writers (specialized in 3D graffiti) of the world: DAIM!

(Click on the images to enlarge them)



Stay tuned for the 2nd part!

To see more about Daim, CLICK HERE!

Brick wall at McElheran's Fine Furniture fits in with the hood

Some might think him a victim of vandalism. Jeff McElheran is really more of a patron of the arts.
In a classic tale of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," the local businessman turned the huge, south-facing wall of his upscale furniture store over to a graffiti master and gave him carte blanche, even paying for his spray paint and other materials.
"We would get tagged fairly regularly, not so

Why the graffiti at the Brick Works should stay

In today's Globe and Mail John Lorinc reports that as a result of a complaint received by the mayor's office regarding graffiti at the Don Valley Brick Works, Evergreen, the company that runs the site, received a summons that cites 13 violations of the municipal code. The not-for-profit agency was thus instructed to remove the graffiti or face the possibility of fines and/or legal action. Not

Graffiti cleanup before Canada Games: HRM

The city is pushing to clean up graffiti before the start of the 2011 Canada Games in just 11 days.
With the rest of Canada arriving soon, officials want to make the city look as inviting as possible. And they're asking for help from residents.On signs, lamp posts and buildings, taggers have left their mark.
Halifax Regional Municipality Coun. Jennifer Watts sees graffiti everywhere she walks in

Campaign against graffiti in Madinah

JEDDAH: The municipality of Uhud district in Madinah has launched an awareness program entitled "Towards a Clean District" aimed at eradicating graffiti on walls and in public parks, bridges and tunnels, chairman of the municipality Hamza bin Jafaar Sabiyah was quoted as saying in a local Arabic daily newspaper on Friday.
He said the program was being implemented in collaboration with imams of

Westend stencil graffiti mural (video)

Wild at Westend mural project in Copenhagen. Hosted by the gallery Rumkammerat. Multi layer stencil graffiti.
Music: DELS, Shapeshift http://www.myspace.com/imdels
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48068772@N02/
Blog: http://donjohnstencils.blogspot.com/

Ozer (LoveLetters - Ironlak) Graffiti (pt.1)

Some graffiti of Ozer (Love Letters Crew) in collaboration with the Ironlak Team.

Click HERE to see the pt.2

(Click on the images to enlarge them)


Click HERE to see the pt.2

To see more about OZER, CLICK HERE!

To see more about the LOVELETTERS CREW, CLICK HERE!

Graffiti artist sprays it publicly

It may be graffiti, but it is also art which is decorating a central Oamaru building, with the owner's approval.
Jesse Geary (18) has created a mural on the side of Mainstreet Music, in Thames St, and put the finishing touches to his work yesterday.
Armed with cartons of spray paint cans, he attracted an audience from people walking on Oamaru's main street as he worked.Asked what the mural

Dieci DOES x Ironlak (video)

A short film exploring the history of Does' (LoveLetters/ Ironlak Team Europe) Ironlak artist series colour 'Dieci Does'.
Dieci = ten.

Shot: Luke Shirlaw
Cut: Selina Miles - selinamiles.wordpress.com
Music: Blankeroy

DigitalDoes
Ironlak

To see more about DOES, CLICK HERE!

To see more about the LOVELETTERS CREW, CLICK HERE!

Graffiti Train Action video: NPA NPF CREW "THE RETURN"

SENSIK - NPA NPF CREW

Banos and Mckoy under international arrest warrant, escaping in HK after painted the Singapore MRT

Police have begun an international hunt for a British man alleged to have spray-painted a Singapore commuter train — and who may, tantalisingly, be one of the most notorious graffiti artists in the world.


If he is tracked down authorities could finally lay their hands on one half of the shadowy McKoy Banos partnership — a duo celebrated by fans on the internet and believed to be responsible

Last For One Tour graffiti bus (video and photos)

A great work of Koma...See the video to see what i'm talking about! :)



Some photos about graffiti on buses (click on the images to enlarge them):

GPS moves to graffiti tracking

Los Angeles (CA) - Global positioning systems have been used to track convicts and catch car thiefs, and now they're being put to the test to crack down on graffiti bandits.
A new California-based company called Graffiti Tracker is using GPS technology to keep records of graffiti locations. Offenders like street gangs often strike multiple times, using the same artwork. Using Graffiti Tracker's

Does (LoveLetters - Ironlak) Graffiti (pt.2)

Some graffiti of one of the best writers of the world: Does (Love Letters Crew) in collaboration with the Ironlak Team.

Click HERE to see the pt.1

(Click on the images to enlarge them)


Click HERE to see the pt.1

Stay tuned for the 3rd part!

To see more about DOES, CLICK HERE!

To see more about the LOVELETTERS CREW, CLICK HERE!

Will Banksy turn up at the 2011 Oscar ceremony?

The elusive artist responds to news of his nomination.
We were pleased to see Banksy's ace documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop get recognised in the 2011 Oscar nominations.
Whether or not it's an attempt by the Academy to seem cool, we don't care! It's great that the occasionally stuffy Best Documentary Feature category will get a shake up.
Throughout the film, street-artist extraordinaire

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - The new wall-painted animation by BLU (video)

"BIG BANG BIG BOOM":
an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end.

direction and animation by BLU

production and distribution by ARTSH.it

sountrack by ANDREA MARTIGNONI

To see more about Blu, CLICK HERE!

Blu Gets Buffed @ MOCA, Los Angeles

An amazing wall by Blu in LA, and an even more amazing move by MOCA to buff it within 24 hours.



It raises interesting questions about Jeffrey Deitch's influence and the much-hyped forthcoming 'Art on the Streets' show, as GOOD says:




So what gives? Was the mural too politically charged for other members of the MOCA team? What would that mean for Deitch's purported sea change? If a blanket

Big roller piece from Greece: Hose (video)

A big roller piece from Greece.

New LOVELETTERS bus by DOES

(Click on the image to enlarge it)

“ Yo guys, we bought a new van... See you soon in Brisbane... Aaight!” –Does.

Taken from: Ironlak Blog

Some works of Does (click on the images to enlarge them):




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To see more about the LOVELETTERS CREW, CLICK HERE!

Identity of street artist Banksy up for sale on eBay

FOR one million dollars, you could buy a house, a luxury yacht or a lifetime's supply of fancy clothes. Or you could find out the real name of Banksy.An eBay user called "jaybuysthings" is currently auctioning off the opportunity to discover the true identity of the mysterious British graffiti artist."If you win this auction I will mail you a piece of paper revealing the true

Banksy's $100,000 Disney 'execution' up for auction

London, England (CNN) -- Baloo, Mowgli and King Louie of the Apes from Disney film "The Jungle Book" all feature in a print by anonymous graffiti artist Banksy that is expected to fetch up to $124,000 at auction Tuesday.The work, "Save or Delete Jungle Book," is going under the hammer alongside works by other urban artists as part of an Urban Art sale at Bonhams auction house in London. The

Mayor tackles Auckland graffiti

Auckland mayor Len Brown has announced a coordinated attack on graffiti.The council plans to consolidate a number of contracts and unite communities to help stamp out graffiti, in a bid to get Auckland looking good for the Rugby World Cup later this year."Auckland's pride is on the line, tagging is all about an affront to the pride of our community," he said today.The mayor's initiative includes

KING OF GREEN 1.0 - Graffiti Video

The publishers WHOLE TRAIN PRESS brings us this video of the making of the second volume of the KINGS OF GREEN project. Just like the first volume, there were various graffiti writers from all over Italy: Simba, Smart, Torbi, Brus, Bred, Rusty, Ro, Jago, Haker, Punes - Daygo, Norma, Runa, Fre, Dien, Mosone, Moe, Trota, Zeus40, Just, Howen and Pencil did pieces on Lotra´s railway co. green