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A show of graffiti art at London’s Piccadilly Circus that included Banksy and other prominent practitioners of the form was shut down on Thursday over—well, kids, it was shut down over graffiti. The ...

A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a ...

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Despite a very public unveiling of his sculpture in NYC, Ai Weiwei remains missing. A commercial solo show of the artist's work will go on display at Lisson Gallery in London while protesting graffiti ...

The British blogs and media are buzzing with reports that UK police are visiting the homes of graffiti writers in what appears to be an attempt to scare artists from leaving their mark during the city ...

A Barclays building in London was graffiti spray-painted in red paint on Tuesday 20 February. According to Chief Inspector Dan Murphy, the Metropolitan Police were called to the Moorgate branch at 6am ...

The slogans that make up the “12 Core Socialist Values” are a common sight on Chinese streets, as they were—for a tumultuous few hours this weekend—on London’s famous Brick Lane, where a Chinese ...

Apr. 5—NEW LONDON — The city for the first time will use a private company to help address an uptick in graffiti on downtown buildings, light posts and other surfaces shoppers regularly stroll past.

Graffiti made up of 24 stenciled Chinese characters sprayed in red paint against a white backdrop across walls in London divided street art lovers and the online communities over the weekend. Some ...

Graffiti in London is definitely not a new trend, but like other major cities including New York, there has been a system in place for a while that keeps a lot of it out of the public's view. When ...