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Picturesofwalls.com

January 20, 2012 – 1:34 PM

Awesome 2012 reboot of street and bathroom scrawling by London’s Pictures on Walls gallery. You can waste a lot of time on this site properly entitled, “An idiot’s guide to art made by idiots.” Love it.

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KIDULT ” ILLEGAL WORLD “

September 21, 2011 – 11:27 PM

More from the illusive Paris(?) mass-media prophet, phantom Kidult. Highlghts of this film: Rebenga dying in Guantanamo, and Kidult’s recent expo of “LOVE” on oppressive retail. Negative energy never saw better. Hope this guy never sells art like Banksy and just likes it what for what he’s doing… Loving the shit show and horror music.

By Andreas Tagger | Posted in Graffiti, Hacking, Hip hop, How To, Inspiration, Installation, Street Art | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Moca Crackdown? Space Invader and Revok arrested

April 26, 2011 – 10:49 AM

Just came back from LA, where we saw the fully amazing “Art in the Streets” show at the MOCA, which has been getting amazing reviews from the public. Just read yesterday, that two of the artists: Revok and Space Invader were arrested. Wonder if the LAPD is mad about the show’s reception… The Los Angeles [...]

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Banksy Owns Hollywood for Oscars?

February 16, 2011 – 3:58 PM

Apparently there’s talk about Banksy taking over Hollywood in preparation for the Oscars. This bilboard looks nothing like Banksy’s work in my opinion… Sort of reminds me more of Kaws when he was drawing over CK bus stop ads years and years back.

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41 Minute Interview about “Exit Through the Gift Shop”

October 26, 2010 – 12:11 PM

Here’s a 41 minute interview by Movie City News with the film’s producers Jamie D’Cruz and Chris Kin. Probably all bullshit and more misinformation, but I haven’t watched the whole thing.

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How did the Simpsons get in touch with Banksy?

October 12, 2010 – 12:49 PM

New York Times interviews Al Jean the Simpson’s producer on how they found Banksy and what got cut from the original piece. Interview here. How did you find Banksy to do this, and now that it’s done, how much trouble are you in? A. Well, I haven’t been fired yet, so that’s a good sign. [...]

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Simpsons Intro x Banksy

October 11, 2010 – 1:48 PM

Banksy directs and storyboards the Simpsons intro. More here.

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Trespass Taschen Book – opens tonight in NYC

September 29, 2010 – 12:05 PM

Covers a wide variety of themes from graffiti to stunts to performance art to pranks. Intro by Banksy, and support from a wide range of artists. Opens tonight at the Taschen store in Soho.

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Banksy Heckles Prince Charles

August 31, 2010 – 12:06 PM

Via Gawker w/comparison photos of his identity – but who knows what’s real, right? Is he moving into live performance art? Apparently he posted this video and some new stencils to his site.

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Sneak Peak of the new Banksy Movie ~ “Exit Through the Gift Shop”

January 22, 2010 – 4:13 PM

Site here.

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Banksy Works Vanish From Auctions as Demand Drops for Urban Art

July 30, 2009 – 4:27 PM

(via Bloomberg.com ~ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a7k5jl05o0i0) July 20 (Bloomberg) — Works by Banksy bare disappearing from U.K. auctions as collectors shy away from paintings by graffiti artists in the financial slump. British regional auction houses have canceled specialist sales of urban art in London, while some of their bigger rivals’ catalogs have few stenciled works by Banksy, who [...]

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Banksy EBay Art Auction closes at $820,664.10 USD

July 30, 2009 – 2:59 PM

In the last minutes of the auction, heavy hitters scooped up the Banksy Art Collection for almost 1 million dollars US. That’s an average of around 51,000 per piece of the modern day Duchamp~ See attached for all the details.

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EBay Banksy 16 Piece Art Auction

July 29, 2009 – 11:57 AM

We’ve been feverishly watching the bidding wars on ebay for a collection of 16 original Banksy pieces, including sculptures, prints and stencil works. We are excited to see the final bidding wars and closing prices. Just 1 day 2 hours left. Auction Link Here

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