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MOCA's Street Art Exhibit Shocking Because 'It's So Beautiful'

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 07.01.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Blu, Revok Arrest, Moca, Moca Art in the Streets 2011, Space Invader, Street Art, Graffiti, Shepard Fairey, Moca Art in the Streets, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — It's art from the streets that's been moved into the museum, and critics are going gaga over it. Words like stunning and near-ove...

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Real Street Art and L.A. Legacies

Max Benavidez | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Jeffrey Deitch, Blu, Wall Street, Whitewashed, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Chicano Muralism, Street Art, Graffiti, The American Show, America Tropical, Global Art, Moca, Banksy, Asco, Chicano, Los Angeles News
Max Benavidez

You can't bring the raw energy and sheer free expression that is global street art into an institution and still label it street art.

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PHOTOS: The Best Of Los Angeles Street Art

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

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We've long admired the street art photography captured in the blog LA Taco, so we got in touch with editor Erich Redson to learn more about what it ta...

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STREET ART: Laser Graffiti 'Protest Performance' Over MOCA's Censorship Of Blu's Mural

Posted 05.25.2011

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On an unusually cold evening in downtown Los Angeles, street art supporters and veterans gathered to protest MOCA's decision to erase street artist Bl...

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PHOTOS: Artists Protest Jeffrey Deitch, MOCA Over Anti-War Mural

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Blu, Moca, La Chapter Veterans for Peace, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, LA Culture, Slidepollajax, Chicano, Los Angeles News

The whitewashed wall at the MOCA Geffen Contemporary got a little splash of color last night when artists gathered to protest museum director Jeffrey ...

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Trying to Undo the Whitewashing

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Washington, Npr, Street Art, Los Angeles, Kcrw, New York, David Wojnarowicz, Blu, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Edward Goldman, Hammer Museum, Artists, Art, Redcat, Moca, National Portrait Gallery, D.C., Art Talk, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Last week's program American Museums: All Talk, No Walk addressed the issue of the latest artistic censorship, when two leading American museums wer...

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Censorship and Civic Mindedness: There Can Be a Difference

Bill Lasarow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Hujar, Jeffrey Deitch, Blu, Bill Donohue, Smithsonian, Wayne Clough, Moca, National Portrait Gallery, David Wojnarowicz, Arts News
Bill Lasarow

On infrequent occasions a cause célèbre will arise that is a matter of concern and reflection on our society's enshrinement of free speech and expression.

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L.A. Museum's Destruction of Anti-War Art Disrespects Veterans

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grafitti Art, Jeffrey Deitch, Blu, Antiwar, War, Afghanistan, Iraq, Museum of Contemporary Art, Moca, Anti-War, Los Angeles News
Robert Greenwald

Creating art sends a message. Destroying art also sends a message. One wonders what message was intended by the destruction of an anti-war-for-profit mural at the MOCA in LA.

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PHOTOS: TOP TEN: Street Art Moments Of The Decade

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martyn Reed, Brooklyn, Dan Witz, Brooklyn Street Art, 9/11, Norway, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, 11 Spring Street, Flickr, Steven P. Harrington, Hope, Martha Cooper, Ludo, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Slidepollajax, Jr, Tod Seelie, Smithsonian Museum, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, CF Salicath, Swimming Cities of Sernissima, 9/11 Shrines, The New York Times, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Palestine, Isreal, Barack Obama, Jaime Rojo, Os Gemeos, Tate Modern Museum, Banksy, Faile, Blu, Cost, Venice Biennale, Swoon, Grand Canal, Nuart, Shepard Fairey, Stavanger, Nunca, Revs, Sixeart, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

While many of the antecedents of our modern Street Art movement can be traced to the 1960's, the last 10 years have provided a perfect storm of demogr...

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Censorship! MOCA Has a BLU Tiger by the Tail

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonah Freeman, Censorship, Black Acid Co-Op, Jeffrey Deitch, Steven P. Harrington, Blu, The Geffen Contemporary, Brooklyn Street Art, Justin Lowe, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Street Art, Deitch Projects, Jaime Rojo, Smithsonian, La Moca Censor, Moca Censorship, Los Angeles MOCA, Moca Blu Censorship, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

2010-12-16-dollarbills.jpgIf Jeffrey Deitch was being sensitive to the Veteran Affairs neighbors and cognizant of the history of the Japanese community in the US, his timing was a bit late.

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"Nuart," Nordic Jewel of Street Art

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

The visionary behind this street art installation doesn't limit himself to organizing just one festival. Instead he double-tracks it with an electronic-based music festival born from his years as a techno DJ.

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A Hunger for More: Fame Festival Opening

Lauren Quinn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Openings, Fame Festival, Italy, Street Art, Grottaglie, Puglia, Swoon, Blu, Os Gemeos, Swoon-Artist, Vhils, Jr-Artist, Art, Ceramics, Festival, Arts News
Lauren Quinn

Fame Festival is a sponsor-free, DIY event, the culmination of an annual series of artist residencies that literally leave their mark on the small Puglian town Grottaglie.

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PHOTOS: Which City Has The Best Street Art - Philadelphia, Berlin, Or Chicago?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philadelphia Street Art, Blu, Spray-Paint, Chicago, Chicago Street Art, Street Art, Slidepollajax, Graffiti, Artists, Philadelphia, Berlin Street Art, Graffiti-Art, Berlin, Chicago Culture, Arts News

As was discovered with yesterday's edition of "which city has the best street art," LA, New York, and London aren't the only cities with a gritty, art...

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Viva la Revolución: Street Art Takes San Diego

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geoff Hargadon, Date Farmers, San Diego, Invader, Brooklyn Street Art, Street Art, Stephan Doitschinoff, Mark Bradford, Banksy, Faile, Lucía Sanromán, William Cordova, David Ellis, Dr. Larkra, Barrry McGee, Swoon, Jr, Pedro Alonzo, Ryan McGinness, Shepard Fairey, Mcasd, Vhils, Calma, Akay, Dzine, Blu, Moris, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Last weekend, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego courageously opened the dialogue and its arms to embrace the chaos of the evolving street art scene.

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