Tag: Banksy
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Street Art Sculptor “Unzips” a Building in Milan for Mind-Bending Art Installation
Street artist and sculptor Alex Chinneck has brought his mind-bending illusions to Italy with an incredible installation in Milan. Running alongside Milan Design Week, Chinneck has literally unzipped the front of a building in the city in what he calls the most ambitious work he’s ever made. In addition to the incredible exterior, the building’s…
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Taking The Piss: Banksy Takes A Leak And Turns An Old Wheel Clamp Into Thousands Of Dollars $$$
Sometimes you need to be in the right place at the right time. Other times, your catering trailer needs to be parked in the right place at the right time. That was the case for a guy who worked at Owen’s Catering during the Glastonbury Festival back in 2002. As the story goes, Owen’s Catering…
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Dutch Artists Paint Giant Bookcase On An Apartment Building Featuring Residents’ Favorite Books
While many street artists choose abandoned buildings and old train tracks as the canvases for their explosive masterpieces, Dutch street artist Jan Is De Man chooses to go another route – by realizing lively works for local communities who want to connect. His aim is to create projects ‘where everyone can identify themselves’ by asking…
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Trees Grow from Bricks and a Storefront on the Streets of New York by Pejac
Elusive Spanish artist Pejac travels the world creating street interventions, often integrating natural elements into man-made structures through a combination of stenciling and trompe l’oeil painting. His most recent projects have brought him to New York City for the first time, where he has created two arboreal artworks in Bushwick and Chinatown. Pejac formed Fossil,…
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Optical Illusion Added To The Louvre’s Pyramid Then Immediately Destroyed
Artist JR has created a giant 3D optical illusion from paper that imagines the iconic pyramid at the Musée du Louvre in Paris continuing underground, but it has already been destroyed. Named The Secret of the Great Pyramid, the trompe l’oeil was made from 2,000 stickers surrounding Pritzker Prize-winning architect IM Pei’s glass building, making…
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Festival in Tokyo Celebrates the Art of Japanese Manhole Covers
Japan is a country with a unique history and culture, beautiful landscapes, great architecture, bullet trains, neon signs, vending machines and fascinating toilets… they even say that it’s the place where you can find absolutely anything you want. And while your head wonders around this incredible island, make sure you look down because you might…
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Museum in Amsterdam Features Street Art From Around The World
A new art museum is making big waves in Amsterdam. Called the Modern Contemporary Museum Amsterdam – or Moco Museum for short – Moco is a museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art. It is housed in a beautiful villa from the early 1900’s, designed by the Dutch architect Eduard Cuypers, located in the middle of…
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Banksy Investigation: Was The Sotheby’s Shredding Real Or Did We All Get Banksy-ed?
We’ve all seen and heard the news by now. The British street artist Banksy pulled off one of his most spectacular pranks on Friday 5 October when one of his trademark paintings appeared to self-destruct at Sotheby’s in London after selling for $1.4 million at auction. Because Banksy is the art community’s biggest troll, his dramatic…
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EXCLUSIVE: Banksy Shredding – Director’s Cut – YES it Really Got Shredded
In the final chapter to the Banksy shredding saga, Banksy has just released a video titled ‘Director’s Cut’ showing the whole event take place. According to Banksy: “Shredding the Girl and Balloon – the Director’s cut. Some people think it didn’t really shred. It did. Some people think that Sotheby’s were in on it, they…
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EXCLUSIVE Unveiling of Girl In The Bin by Banksy at Sotheby’s
The Banksy saga continues… Unless you’ve been living under a rock this last week, you will have heard the news about the Banksy shredding painting saga. We reported about it HERE, HERE and HERE. Sotheby’s have maintained that they have nothing to do with it, but they’re definitely dining out on the publicity. They’ve just unveiled…