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Medicine for Your Eyes

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Cy Twombly, Art, Kenny Scharf, Painting, Murals, Alexander Calder, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Hospital Art, Arts News

The first time I heard about the importance of having really good works of art displayed in hospitals, I thought to myself, what a strange idea.

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Urban Legends Reminds Us How Important Street Art Is

Voto Latino | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Graffiti, Sparc, Estria Foundation, Murals, Street Art, Latino Voices News

With the fight to keep L.A. street art alive, Urban Legends comes to town to remind us all how important it is to have public spaces to create dialogue through various art forms.

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Keith Haring's Endangered French Legacy: Jérôme de Noirmont on the Race to Save a Beloved Paris Mural

ARTINFO | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Keith Haring, Necker Children's Hospital, Artinfo, Murals, Paris, Art, Arts News

Until recently, a huge, colorful Keith Haring mural featuring his loose-limbed, dancing figures was in danger of being cut into pieces or sold off. No...

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Comic Artists Donate Giant Mural

AP | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Public-Murals, Public Art, Funky Winkerbean, Murals, Comics, Mural, Kent State University, Westview High School, Comic Art, Arts News

KENT, Ohio -- The men behind the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip celebrated its 40th anniversary by donating a 96-foot mural for a new student lounge a...

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Mike Ballard - The Evolution of a Street Artist (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: University of the Arts, Caravaggio, Marvel Comics, Art, Graffiti Art, Murals, Graffiti, Graffiti-Art, London, Hoxton, Video, Arts News

Mike Ballard is a hard artist to categorise. Having started out in graffiti and street art, Ballard also dabbled in music production, often citing the...

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Stunning Mural Made Out Of 450,000 Staples

The Huffington Post | Andrew Reilly | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Installation Art, Video, Murals, Staples, Karlin Studio, Aggravure III, Staple Mural, Mural, Baptiste Debombourg, Slidepollajax, Office Supplies, Arts News

Staples, the miniscule invention that many associate with the drudgery of the office, but for one artist, they are just another tool of the trade. Bap...

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"A Love Letter For You" Trailer Debuts

The Huffington Post | Andrew Reilly | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Love Letter for You Espo, Video, Stephen Espo Powers, Public Art, Joey Garfield, Murals, Espo Documentary, Street Art, Stephen Powers, Love Letter for You Documentary, Espo, Arts News

Stephen Powers, the street artist known as ESPO (previously featured on The Huffington Post), has made waves in the world of graffiti with his no-fril...

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'Linsane' Street Art Appears

Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Linsanity, Jeremy Lin Knicks, Video, New-York-Knicks-Linsanity, Animal New York, Murals, Street Art, Jeremy Lin, Basketball, NBA Basketball, New York Knicks, Nba, New York, New York City, New York Art, Arts News

"Linsanity" has taken NYC by storm. Not only is the point guard shredding NBA records and scoring 136 points in his first five career starts for the K...

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Parking Lot Gets An Artsy Update

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Illustration, Australian Art, Installation Art, Craig and Karl, Video, Sydney, Sydney-Australia, Murals, Design, Contemporary Art, Mural Art, Modern Design, Arts News

The parking lot is an often-overlooked part of our daily routine, seen as a jumping off point for the day or a transitory space. Despite its bland rep...

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WATCH: Robot Goes On Painting Spree

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Interactive Art, Art, Video, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Spray-Paint, Murals, Graffiti, Robotics, Mural Art, So KANNO, Graffiti-Art, Robot Art, Japanese Art, Arts News

Japanese artists So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi have created a robot that can wield a spray can like an automated Jackson Pollock. We're not saying i...

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Diego Rivera Murals Together Again At MoMA After 80 Years

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Art, Murals, Diego Rivera Moma 2011, Hispanic Heritage, Diego Rivera, Mexico, Diego Rivera Mural, Moma, Culture, Mexican Art, Video, Latino Voices News

"Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art," at MoMA through May, is impeccably timed to coincide with the Occupy Wall Street movement that or...

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Making of a Mural: Welcome to Woodbridge

Ben Falik | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Welcome to Woodbridge, Detroit Arts, Murals, Summer in the City, Detroit Mural, Mural, Woodbridge Mural, Video, Detroit News

"Welcome to Woodbridge" is arguably Summer in the City's best-known mural. It didn't hurt that it was featured for a couple sweet, staggered seconds in the recent Chrysler commercial.

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Shepard Fairey -- New Mural from the 'Leader' of Street Art

Gregory Linton | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: La, Illegal, Murals, Street Art, Obey, Graffiti, Mural, Legal, Action, Shepard Fairey, Los Angeles, Melrose and Fairfax, Banksy, Slidepollajax, La Around Town, Los Angeles News

Shepard Fairey recently completed a new mural in L.A. on the same building that he used to illegally 'bomb' with his art. Now the building owner invited and hired Shepard to come paint the walls.

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LA's Mural Moratorium -- More Art! Less Red Tape!

Gregory Linton | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Melrose and Fairfax, LA City Council, Vhils, Murals, Rules, Street Art, Portland Oregon, Graffiti, Herakut, Los Angeles, Saber, La Art, Billboard, Cache, La Murals, La Around Town, Shepard Fairey, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles made a name for itself as the mural capital of the world between 1986-2002, when murals were encouraged and celebrated in the city. But in 2002 the city instituted a city-wide moratorium on murals.

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Graffiti Artist Takes On City To Reverse LA Mural Ban

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Reilly | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Art, Saber, Murals, Councilman Ed Reyes, Portland Oregon, Graffiti, Occupy La, Los Angeles Mural Moratorium, Los Angeles City Council, Graffiti-Art, Saber Graffiti, Saber Skywriting, Los Angeles, Tanner Blackman, Los Angeles Murals, Ed Reyes, Arts News

For the artist Saber, participation in the democratic process has always been complicated. He's an international graffiti legend, holding the world re...

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InterZona Urban Art

Carmen Zella | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Public Art, Murals, Urban Art, Street Art, City Council, Dabs and Myla, Graffiti, Boarders, Los Angeles, Mexico, International Relations, Tijuana, San Diego, Fine Art, Arts News

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PHOTOS: L.A.'s Largest Mural Ever

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Brooklyn Street Art, Public Art, How Nosm Aryz, Murals, Los Angeles Public Art, Los Angeles Mural Moratorium, Los Angeles Art, Mural, How & Nosm, Los Angeles, Jet Set Graffiti, Arts News

BROOKLYN STREET ART -- Street Artists How and Nosm have just completed a 6 day installation of a brand new piece with the LA Freewalls project here in...

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Radical Self-Empowerment: What Georgia O'Keeffe Means Today

Karen Karbo | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Reinvention, Elizabeth Arden, Wrinkles, Makeup, Murals, Looking Old, Georgia O'Keeffe, Fifty News

For Georgia O'Keeffe, forty was the new sixty. She always looked older than she was, and she didn't care, or didn't care enough.

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Mural Celebrates Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics, U.S. Politics, Brooklyn Street Art, U.S. Military, Murals, Street Art, Tesone, United States, Video, Arts News

Brooklyn Street Art reports: TesOne just completed a brand new painting titled “Honesty is the Best Policy” to celebrate the repeal of the highly ...

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New York Fire Department Collaborates On Street Art

Andrew Reilly | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Jonathan Levine, WK Interact, Firefighters, Jonathan-Levine-Gallery, Murals, 9/11 Anniversary, Street Art, 9/11, New York City Fire Department, Wk, Fdny, September 11 Anniversary, New York, New York City, Arts News

WK Interact, the French-born street artist known for his striking depictions of figures in motion, unveiled his latest work, ‘Project Brave’ on Su...

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Behind the Scenes With Muralist Jeff Zimmermann

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Fear No Art Chicago, Chicago Mural, Painter, Fear No Art, Murals, Chicago Murals, Chicago Muralist, Chicago, Muralist, Jeff Zimmermann, Chicago Artist, Chicago Around Town, Chicago News

The chances are pretty good that if you have seen a major mural in Chicago in the city or on the expressway, it was created by muralist Jeff Zimmermann.

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Kenny Scharf And JR's Unintentional Collaboration

animalnewyork.com | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Jr Mural, Art, Kenny Scharf Jr, Jr Bowery Mural, Public Art, Kenny Scharf Mural, Murals, Bowery Mural, Street Art, Hurricane Irene, Kenny Scharf, Arts News

Adding to the devastation caused by ‘Irene’s’ NYC stopover, is this shocking photograph taken at the Bowery Mural early Sunday. The rainfall mer...

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PHOTOS: The Ultimate Locals Guide To SF Street Art

| Tami Yu | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Art, SF Around Town, Murals, San Francisco Graffiti Guide, San Francisco Graffiti, Street Art, SF Street Art, Graffiti, San Francisco Street Art Guide, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco Art, Best of San Francisco, San Francisco Street Art, San-Francisco-Sight-Seeing, San Francisco News

San Francisco has and always will be a hotbed of freedom, love and art. Our local street art community reflects this beautiful collective ethos and un...

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Graffiti Parks May Be the Answer

John M. Eger | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Creativity, Murals, Museums, Graphic Design, Street Art, Community, Graffiti-Art, Art Galleries, Arts News

The graffiti problem isn't unique to LA. Most cities see this as a growing epidemic. But "artistic expression" is real, and in what is fast becoming a "creative and innovation economy" could be a good thing for cities across America.

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WATCH: World's Awesomest Dad Paints A 'Calvin and Hobbes' Mural, Makes A Time Lapse

Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Reddit, Urlesque, Art, Video, Parenting, Murals, Comics, Calvin and Hobbes, Home News

Redditor 'KosherHam' has some serious art chops. In just 40 hours the dad painted a mural of comic characters Calvin and Hobbes on his son playroom wa...

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