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September 23, 2013 Marina Galperina

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 […]

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September 19, 2013 Aymann Ismail

Last month, the decade-old Joe Strummer tribute that was painted on the side of an East Village bar was completely buffed by workers doing renovations according to EV Grieve. It was originally painted outside of Niagara on the corner of East 7th Street and Avenue A by legendary graffiti artists REVOLT and ZEPHYR in 2003, […]

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September 10, 2013 Bucky Turco

As we reported, Faile  — with an assist from Colossal Media — was commissioned to create a giant mural in Hell’s Kitchen. As of today, it’s finished. Elements of the mural reference the building’s rich musical history, including the word “Imagine” up top. 321 West 44th Street is the original location of the Record Plant, a legendary […]

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September 6, 2013 Bucky Turco

The ever-busy, Brooklyn-based art collective known as Faile was commissioned to do a massive mural on the entire side of a building in Hell’s Kitchen. Faile tells ANIMAL they created the design and that the masters of hand painting big stuff, Colossal Media, will be doing the execution–like the outdoor advertising company did with Greg […]

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May 3, 2013 Aymann Ismail

For After Hours 2’s “Murals on the Bowery” project, several artists transformed security gates into… security gates with art on them. A few have already been bombed. Here are some of those gates on the Bowery, from Houston Street to Grand Street. Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the photos in […]

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March 14, 2013 Andy Cush

How are we expected to celebrate Pi day when there’s not even a Google doodle to mark the occasion? There’s this Kickstarter, for one, where an artist and a faculty member from Williamsburg’s Green School are hoping to raise money for their students to paint a mathematical mural celebrating the famous figure. Painter Ellie Balk and […]

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February 25, 2013 Andy Cush

There’s a meatpacking plant in Vernon, California with an absurd mural outside: happy pigs frolic in pastures, chomping on grass and rocking Dodgers caps, living in totally peaceful coexistence with their benevolent overlords. Streetwear brand the Hundreds, which recently moved its offices and warehouse to the L.A. suburb, decided to retaliate by painting a mural of […]

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