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.
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Street artists offer us momentary respite from the psychological weight of the global crisis.
Stories like the kind stored in this place, known as Telperion Shelter, provide history to a landscape and people.
The defacing of a new Banksy mural in Bristol has raised some interesting legal questions.
From crude drawing to advice and support, the scrawlings on toilet walls reveal differing communication patterns between the sexes
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.
Visitors to these sites had one particular religious ritual that may strike some as strange: they carved graffiti in important and sacred places.
You're as free to write anything in the sky as you are to post it on the internet, provided you have a plane, or a pilot willing to relay your message.
Take a fresh look at graffiti: even seemingly simple scribbles can hold political and social significance.
Street art promotes public dialogue on social justice issues and can lead to opportunities for learning outside of formal schooling.
As the Port Talbot Banksy is moved to a new street art museum, the very reason it was created is being ignored.
Graffiti contributes to place-making by creating meaningful or identifiable spaces.
Banksy's legal team has won an action to stop unauthorised products featuring his work alongside an Italian museum exhibition.
Banksy's 'boy in falling snow/pollution' is part of a worldwide movement of artistic activism against environmental problems and climate change.
Unsolicited artwork by the world famous artist can cause big problems for private building owners.
Was it a marketing stunt or a critique of the market itself?
A walk down Melbourne's streets reveals more commercial street art than the spontaneous politics of years past.
In a landmark court decision, graffiti has been ruled to be proper art worthy of recognition and protection.
A judge in New York City just awarded graffiti artists US$6.7 million after a developer whitewashed their murals. On the surface, it seems like a huge victory for street artists. But could it backfire?
Perhaps it is time to return to the belief that graffiti is a political act. Maybe then we can embrace it as an agent for social change.
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, UCL
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Researcher in the Philosophy of Play, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, York St John University
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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, University of Melbourne
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School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Criminal Law, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer, Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Salem State University
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Social and Cultural Geographer, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in Criminology/Sociology, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer, University of Melbourne
