Banksy pieces don’t last long in New York. There will be no debates about preserving his work and no time to chisel it out off the wall he painted on, like in most cities. Here, his work suffers a quick death by way of tagging, modification and ultimately, an all out buffing. Below is what’s left […]
Less than 24 hours later after it first appeared, the new Banksy that just went up on Allen Street in Chinatown has already been slightly tagged, pilfered, then fixed and tastefully altered with some stinging commentary. Late last night, hours after someone scrawled a tag near the piece, the Smart Crew descended on the spot. […]
When an image of a fresh Banksy appeared in late September and was confirmed on his website with the title “Better Out Than In,” it was widely reported that the piece was done in Los Angeles, where it was assumed that he was getting ready to unveil a new exhibit. But with the appearance of […]
Here’s a new Banky stencil of a vomiting vandal that was confirmed by his official website and reportedly done in Los Angeles. The flowers sprouting up from a crack in the wall have been incorporated into the design. Cute. UPDATE: Better Out Than In has nothing to do with LA. According to Nuart Festival’s Facebook […]
Stop by Gowanus’s Serett Metal Works in the next few days and you may catch a glimpse of a Banksy. Not because the artist painted an original work on the building, but because it’s the temporary home of a piece hacked out of a Los Angeles wall, taken, and sold by the shady Hamptons gallery owner Stephan […]
England’s seaside resort The Grosvenor has come up with a fantastic way to protect their prized Banksy mural, estimated to be worth $775,000. No one is going to chisel it out of the wall or haul it off for sale or drill through it or tag it. No one is going to see it either: The decorating team has […]
In December, Houston-born and worldwide recognized graffiti writer NEKST passed away. The prolific art-bomber left him mark in countless cities and eventually aligned with LA’s mighty MSK crew. After his death, NEKST tributes began popping on streets from Houston to New York City and beyond. And now he has been immortalized online by one of […]
Totally shocking, breaking Banksy news!!! If you’ve become accustomed to seeing the very famous street artist’s stencils being boarded up, made a fuss about and chiseled out of the walls of Detroit and Palestine (PALESTINE for fuck’s sake!) and then sold off at an auction, all shady-like… It happened again. This time to that hyped one Banksy did recently to […]
Last month, a 25-year-old South East London man charged on credit two Banksy prints, Wrong War and a signed edition of No Ball Games, worth £12,990 (about $20,000 USD), from an Essex art dealer. Two weeks after the the work was shipped to the buyer, bank letters informed the dealer that payments made on the credit cards, one […]
Within this 12-year run, minus a few distractions, ANIMAL has afforded me an unprecedented opportunity to throw art parties, get a tiny bit of free shit — we totally should have asked PR firms for more stuff — and most importantly, promote hundreds and hundreds of artists. Although I like to think of ANIMAL as […]
