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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.
Guerilla street artist Banksy has livened up the new Basquiat exhibition in London with some choice murals outside. But is it an homage or infringement?
Melbourne’s street art has an international reputation and may be a very valuable tourist attraction. But the city remains ambivalent about the activities that have created its ‘laneway galleries’.
Top contributors
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Professor of Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, UCL
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Professor of Design History, Swinburne University of Technology
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Researcher in the Philosophy of Play
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cities and Urbanism, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Sociology and Criminology, York St John University
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Senior Lecturer, Kingston University
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Senior Lecturer, UniSA Creative, Adelaide University
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Reader in Art and Design, University of Dundee
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Full Professor of Sustainable Finance, Kedge Business School
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Lecturer, Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Nottingham Trent University
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Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne