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‘While the teachers are detained, the classrooms will be closed,’ reads one artist’s painting on a wall. Khiaban Tribune via Instagram

Iran’s street art shows defiance, resistance and resilience

Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of a government crackdown.
A display from The Art of Banksy: Without Limits exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bangkok. Banksy’s Pest Control website states: “Banksy has NOTHING to do with any of the current or recent exhibitions and they are nothing like a genuine Banksy show.” Diego Azubel

Banksy’s copyright battle with Guess – anonymity shouldn’t compromise his legal rights

The artist who once declared “copyright is for losers” finds himself locked in a legal battle over use of his artwork.
Volunteers helped city workers paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the street near the White House. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

How DC Mayor Bowser used graffiti to protect public space

Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ to be painted on a street near the White House. The act would have been considered vandalism had it not been done by city workers.
Banksy’s merchandise “shop” in Croydon, London. Shutterstock

How Banksy’s latest trademark row could backfire

Forced into selling his own merchandise to stop others doing the same, the artist could end up facing other similar challenges because he trademarks rather than copyrights his artworks.
Graffiti bullheads carved on the temple walls. RTI: Suzanne Davis and Janelle Batkin-Hall/IKAP, 2016

Temple graffiti reveals stories from ancient Sudan

Visitors to these sites had one particular religious ritual that may strike some as strange: they carved graffiti in important and sacred places.

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