An AI bot is making Banksy-inspired art
AI software GANksy, launched last September, was trained using a bank of hundreds of images of street art, some of which were probably Banksy’s work.
Can you sell a stolen Banksy on TV? Not on ‘Antiques Roadshow’
A man recently appeared on the BBC’s “Antiques Roadshow” to try to sell a stolen Banksy, only to be shot down by art specialist Rupert Maas.
Paris ranks 1st as most creative city worldwide
Paris is on top when it comes to being the most creative city worldwide, followed by Barcelona, Dublin, London and Tel-Aviv.
Sotheby’s puts the spotlight on Keith Haring’s personal collection
Sotheby’s has teamed up with the Keith Haring Foundation for an exclusive online sale dedicated to the famous American street artist.
New exhibition to explore Jean-Michel Basquiat’s influence on hip-hop culture
“Writing the Future: Jean-Michel Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation” will shed light on the transition of street art from New York’s city walls into the art world in the 1980s.
LOOK: Shipping truck painted by Banksy hits auction block soon
The vehicle, entitled “Turbo Zone Truck (Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be in Charge)”, is an early artwork by Banksy dating back to 2000.
Chile’s Valparaiso, an open air graffiti and mural art gallery
Creating colorful pictures of surreal human faces, marine animals or even huge owls, hundreds of graffiti artists have turned the Chilean port of Valparaiso into a gigantic open-air art gallery. Elias Street is typical of Valparaiso with its narrow sidewalks winding up and down Cerro Alegre hill, itself a tourist attraction. There are many little […]
Lebanon’s ‘Tower of Bitterness’ transformed into colorful public installation art
Burj el Murr, also known as the “Tower of Bitterness”, is an abandoned and unfinished 40-story tower in Beirut. Its construction started around 1974, one year before the Lebanese Civil War began—a violent period in the country’s history that lasted for 15 years. Originally intended to be a hotel or an office space, the tower […]
Graffiti and copyright: Why big brands can’t just use street artists’ work without consent
A couple of months after the ad for their “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” hoodie drew the ire of many people including NBA Star LeBron James and singer The Weeknd, fast-fashion brand H&M once again found itself in hot water—this time, for trying to sue a street artist who didn’t want them to use his […]