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NEWS ABOUT: graffiti

graffiti stories: 13 news summaries
HE LOVES THE HIP-HOP

 Vladimir Putin, Rap Advocate? 

Russian prime minister just plain awkward at music awards show

Nov 16, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - While it would have been infinitely more entertaining had Vladimir Putin actually tried to freestyle, his appearance at a music awards show this weekend still made newspapers titter. Putin, who first stood around looking awkward while his “youth disguised” security mingled with the dancing crowd, handed out an award... More »

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entertainment • Vladimir Putin • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • graffiti

(Newser) - Street artist Shephard Fairey plead guilty today to three counts of vandalism for displaying stickers and posters around Boston without permission, the Globe reports. He must pay a fine and is prohibited from carrying the tools of his trade—like wheat paste and brushes—in the county for 2... More »

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Boston • Massachusetts • vandalism • artist • graffiti • criminal trial • street art • Shepard Fairey • plea deal

(Newser) - Controversial artist Banksy has mounted a huge show at his hometown Bristol City Museum—but the secretive vandal is nowhere to be seem, the Times of London reports. The exhibition was planned in secret through Banksy’s representatives. “We couldn’t even tell the council and the whole... More »

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entertainment • art • England • sculpture • painting • Bristol • graffiti • Banksy • exhibition • Jay-ZTV • Bristol City Museum

 Prince William: I Am Banksy 


May 11, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Is Prince William living a secret double life? Probably not. But he drew laughs at a London gallery by “confessing” that he is Banksy, the mysterious and controversial graffiti artist. Banksy’s art can be found throughout the UK and beyond, but the reclusive artist refuses to be photographed... More »

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Prince William • art • Britain • graffiti • Banksy • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - With clients like Universal Studios, and Nike, Mister Cartoon still has street cred. In fact, that’s what makes the 39-year-old graffiti artist, tattoo artist, fashion designer, and car customizer such a sought-after corporate image maker, the Los Angeles Times reports. Cartoon’s designs—which mix Chicano gang culture... More »

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Los Angeles • graffiti • Grand Theft Auto • tattoo artists

LA Parents May Have to Pay for Graffiti Cleanup

Politicians push new strategy to curb city's rampant tagging

Mar 25, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here’s a reason to rein in unruly teens: Los Angeles parents may soon be financially liable for their kids’ vandalism. Officials want to allow residents to turn graffiti cleanup over to the city, which would then allow it to sue the perpetrators, and their parents, to recoup some of... More »

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Los Angeles • parents • vandalism • civil lawsuits • graffiti

Cops to Graffiti Vandal:
No Felt-Tip Pens for You

Police hand down an asbo after man repeatedly scribbled rude graffiti

Jan 2, 09 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - A British man has been banned from carrying felt-tip pens, the Guardian reports. Police issued an "anti-social behaviour order" preventing David Jell, 49, from carrying pens or spray paint after he wrote rude comments about female acquaintances in public bathrooms. Jell was apparently also fond of writing dirty words... More »

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graffiti • Asbos

Mich. Letters Taunt Obama; Racist Vandals Strike Sign

Secret Service investigates mail threatening Dem, supporters

Sep 17, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service is investigating anti-Obama letters sent to a local Democratic office and a business in south-central Michigan, the AP reports, even as authorities in Pittsfield Township, about 40 miles west of Detroit, say an Obama billboard was defaced with swastikas and Klan symbols overnight. One letter declares a... More »

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Barack Obama • Ku Klux Klan • Michigan • racism • vandalism • KKK • Obama 2008 • graffiti

Tab Claims It's ID'd Graffiti
Artist Banksy

UK  guerrilla tagger turns out to have posh background

Jul 14, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - An exhaustive investigation has uncovered the carefully guarded identity of guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy, the Mail on Sunday claims. The man whose works are coveted by celebrities and sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars is Robin Gunningham, now 35, who attended a posh private school as the son of... More »

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United Kingdom • art • anonymous • graffiti • Banksy • street art • guerrilla art

LA Cops Bust Tagger—
With Help From YouTube

Daredevil graffiti artist tagged with felony vandalism charges

May 28, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - LA cops have finally busted a tagger they say is one of California's most prolific graffiti artists—with the help of videos of him posted on YouTube, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 24-year-old art-degree grad who goes by the moniker "Buket" is accused of causing $150,000 in... More »

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California • YouTube • Los Angeles • vandalism • tag • graffiti

Scrawled Threats Shut
Down Chicago College

'Post-Virginia Tech climate' forces school to close doors

Apr 12, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of campus shootings at Virginia Tech and NIU, threats in a bathroom stall at Chicago’s St. Xavier University prompted an indefinite campus shutdown last night. After graffiti appeared for the second time Thursday, this time reading “Be prepared to die 4/14,” school authorities told... More »

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Chicago • school shooting • threats • graffiti • Virginia Tech shootings

Facebook Graffiti Proves Worthy

Dell's "ReGeneration" contest sparks Graffiti users to post green art

Feb 3, 08 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Most blog posts, Flickr pics, and YouTube vids are junk, a Los Angeles Times blogger laments, but Facebook has drummed up a cyberspace winner called Graffiti. The online painting tool has had more than 8 million users and sparked fine submissions in Dell’s “ReGeneration Contest," which asks... More »

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YouTube • Dell • art • Facebook • Flickr • graffiti

You'd Better Silence That Spray Paint

SoCal city installs sensors that can
hear graffiti artists

Nov 16, 07 9:11 AM CST
(Newser) - If you’re going out to tag in Montebello, Calif., consider using a paintbrush. The Los Angeles neighborhood has spent $1 million on an anti-graffiti system that can hear aerosol cans up to 80 feet away. The 25 “tagger traps” employ sound sensors to catch graffiti artists red-(or blue-... More »

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crime • police • Los Angeles • graffiti • Montebello, California • aerosol • sensors

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