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On Oct. 1, 2013, the street artist known as Banksy launched a month-long residency in New York City, posting one exhibit a day in an unannounced location, sparking a 31-day scavenger hunt for Banksy’s work. Capturing this month of madness, BANKSY DOES NEW YORK is an exhilarating, detailed account of the uproar created by the mysterious artist.
Director: Chris Moukarbel
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Become a member of the global street art community. I Support Street Art – is a website “designed to inform and support urban street art from all over this blue planet.”
Watch Banksy’s video released in February 2015 on his work in the West Bank.
Follow Banksy’s example and lend your support to the #WithSyria campaign, which campaigns to end the hardships suffered by the Syrian people.
Watch EXIT THROUGH THE GIFTSHOP, a 2010 documentary produced by Banksy, according to the film’s website, “a fascinating study of low-level criminality, comradeship and incompetence.”
“If I subscribed to the notion that the measure of an artist was purely the degree of attention received from the conventional art world (…) then I could claim the unlikely distinction of having been both a feted youthful prodigy and a late bloomer.”
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“As a kid I always dreamt of growing up to be a character in Robin Hood. I just never realised I’d end up playing one of the gold coins.“
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Check it out on Under the Radar Magazine.
View the best new street art & graffiti related blog posts, interviews, image galleries and videos here.
“Nearly two years after demolition began on 5Pointz, the much-missed Long Island City graffiti mecca, construction on the bland towers that will replace it is well underway. Eventually, the site will be home to two huge rental towers.”
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“We followed Banksy every day of his residency ‘Better Out Than In’ in NYC, so we figured we would put together all of his pieces into one article, along with a map of locations. Without further ado, all 31 days for you to take in, marvel, judge, and do with what you will.”
Check them out on Untapped Cities.
“Graffiti writing and street art are closely related contemporary art movements, however, they differ in terms of technique, function and intent.
Quite often, a question we get asked is what is the difference between street art and graffiti?It’s hard to explain in just one sentence or so, so we have decided to write a blog post about it.”
Read the full blog post on Shrift and Fabre.
“From the earliest evidence of human creativity to the birth of the first modern graffiti writer, street art has shown a remarkable ability to change the world. These moments have had long-lasting and profound repercussions, deeply shaping the artists, issues, outputs, and interactions of today.”
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"A LIVELY and ENGAGING film"
A.V. Club
"Doubles as documentary and spiritual homecoming."
The Boston GLobe
