Tag: graffiti
Painted graffiti lambs on concrete wall – released
A 27-year-old graffiti artist is acquitted by the district court of vandalism, after having spray-painted a lamb on a concrete wall on Gotland. The court considers that the “beauty value”…
Utrecht designates a new place to tolerate graffiti: ‘Giving space for creativity’
Culture Councilor Eva Oosters calls street art a way in which makers can share their art with the city. She is pleased that a new location has been found: “We…
Graffiti destroys windbreaks in the national park: “Stop”
Genital organs, hearts and swastikas are some of the more popular motifs that conservationist Per Johansson has scrubbed off the wooden walls of the windbreaks with soap and water. –…
Police charge Brantford man with 52 counts of mischief in graffiti incidents
A 38-year-old Brantford man faces 52 charges of mischief under $5,000 after multiple locations in the city’s downtown core were spray painted. Brantford police say 52 different addresses were damaged…
Fake graffiti against Zelensky, the new tool of Russian propaganda
According to some on social networks, several graffiti mocking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have appeared all over Europe in recent weeks. In reality, it is a new maneuver of Russian…
Street art: from the street to the museum, Lek & Sowat push the boundaries of traditional graffiti
It is one of the most prominent duo of urban art in France. Lek & Sowat, whose real names are Frédéric Malek and Mathieu Kendrick, share a common taste for…
American Graffiti (1973)
American Graffiti marks the first collaboration between the actor and director George Lucas. In this dramatic comedy that depicts American youth in the early 1960s, Lucas offers his first real…
Kin Graff, the international graffiti festival in the DRC, is making a comeback
The 5th edition of the festival lasts from May 27 to June 5 in Kinshasa. Led by the ASBL Culture +, this event combines creativity and civic engagement in the…
Police chief condemns ‘hateful’ graffiti at north London playground
London’s top cop says he’s “disheartened” by hate-motivated graffiti at a north-end park. Police were alerted Tuesday to property damage at a park on South Wenige Drive, east of Adelaide…
Two French graffiti artists mowed down by the subway
Julien Blanc, aka Jibone, a street artist to whom we dedicated an article (below) and his friend Pierre Audebert aka Full1 were mowed down by a subway train in New…