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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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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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Happy Birthday, Diego Rivera!!!!!

Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Kahlo, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Mural, Mexican Mural, Rivera Birthday, December 8, Rivera, Mexican Art, Arts News

Today is the birthday of legendary muralist Diego Rivera. And it's a big one; he would be 125 years old today! Rivera was a key founder of the Mex...

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See Saner And Sego Create A Mural At Wynwood Walls

Posted 02.04.2012

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"I don't put eyes because I believe that we are all blind," said Mexican artist Saner. "When we look through the heart's eyes, we will feel the world ...

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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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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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Endangered 1972 NYC Public Mural Could Be Restored

AP | By CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Public Art, Arnold Belkin, Street Art, NY Around Town, Mural, 1972, New York News

NEW YORK -- The mural on the side of the building is no longer so vibrant. Its oranges, rust-reds and heavenly blues have dimmed and splotches of dead...

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Shepard Fairey Paints His Largest Mural

Turnstyle | Posted 10.01.2011

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of Birdman Photos Shepard Fairey stands in front of his mural in West Hollywood, California.SEE MORE PHOTOS Originally publis...

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Shepard Fairey's New 'Obey' Mural For Chicago

chicagotribune.com | 6:46 p.m. CDT, May 1, 2011 | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Shepard Fairey Chicago, Shepard Fairey, Chicago, Street Art, Hope Obama, Graffiti, Obama, Mural, Navy Pier, Obey, Navy Pier Walk 2011, Arts News

Shepard Fairey, the artist best known for his Barack Obama "Hope" poster in 2008, is leaving his mark near Chicago's lakefront. As part of the Navy...

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Battle Over Censorship of Maine Murals Part of a Larger Struggle for Basic Rights and Justice

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Paul Lepage, Labor, Glenn Beck, Mural, Labor Unions, Maine, Maine Mural, Judy Taylor, David Siqueiros, Ralph Fasanella, /Diego Rivera, Politics News

Many Americans are angry about the attack on our living standards and basic rights by the right-wing forces around the country -- of which the Maine mural controversy is but a small part. It's time for Obama to take a stand.

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Republicans Back Off Proposal To Sell Iowa's Pollock Mural

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sean Oharrow, Iowa, Politics, House Appropriations Committee, Pollock Mural, Art, University of Iowa, Art Museum, Abstract Expressionism, Mural, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Jackson Pollock, Iowa House, Scott Raecker, Republicans, Arts News

"The Pollock" is safe. For now anyway. The bill proposed to force the sale of University of Iowa's Jackson Pollock painting, Mural, died on Tuesday b...

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Tap Tap, Miami (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Wilfrid Daleus, Colour, Caribbean, Restaurant, Haiti, Mural, Miami, Island, Charity, Food, Tap Tap, Cuisine, Food News

The colors, incongruous sounds, overbearing exotic smells and the visual delirium enshrouding the walls transport patrons of this Miami restaurant to Haiti.

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Big Wall, Slow Pace. The New Work of Joe Biel.

Ethan Murrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soho, Drawing, Mural, Painting, Galerie Kuckei and Kuckei, Los Angeles, Joe Biel, Otis College of Art and Design, Ethan Murrow, New York City, Arts News

From a distance Joe Biel's drawings and paintings appear sparse and quiet. Then you walk a little closer and his meticulously crafted and precisely considered work exerts itself.

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Jordan Seiler, Public Ad Campaign Whitewash Illegal Ads

nytimes.com | Colin Moynihan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Public Art, Mural, Public Art Campaign, Public Art, Graffiti, Public Advertisements, Billboard, New York, New York City, Jordan Seiler, New York News

It was a bizarre cat-and-mouse game, played on Sunday across scores of makeshift billboards in New York. One group of artists and activists spread ac...

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Did Jackson Pollock Secretly Write His Name In His Mural?

artnewsonline.com | Kate Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Among the reasons that people continue to be fascinated by Jackson Pollock's paintings is their Rorschach quality. Viewers have perceived many things ...

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