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bristol celebrates fresh walls
bristol now has its second legal graffiti wall by j3 of the m32... this is great news and seems to represent a renaissance for graf work in bristol currently...

here gallery exhibition
aaron sewards and tom cops 'summers to summers'... drawings, collage, photographs, globes...

banksy work painted over in error
anti-graffiti contractors painted over a banksy mural in easton, bristol, despite being told to leave his pieces alone...

nick walker exhibition at workshop
workshop presents 'to have and to hold' - work by bristol artist nick walker, april 6th - may 4th...

photo ban in public places fiasco
imagine not being able to photograph in public places... well, an e-petition to the prime minister to stop restrictions regarding photography in public places turned out to be nothing more than scaremongering...

banksy pokes fun at record art prices
this is banksy's take on last week's record-breaking art sales... prices are getting out of reach for us mortals... but remember a badge is a piece of art too and a snip at £1...

the banksy effect
in case you haven't heard enough about banksy, wooster collective and cnn are both talking about 'the banksy effect', as this news clip about santa's ghetto demonstrates... it has to be a good thing for other artists...

dicy exhibition
workshop is proud to present BLACKOUT, an exhibition of new works from grafitti artist/graphic designer dicy... the show's opening night is on friday 2nd march 6pm till 9pm and all artwork will be on sale until 6th april...

for sale: five beds, one banksy mural
the owners of a five-bedroom house in bristol spray-painted by the graffiti artist banksy three years ago have decided to put the 25ft by 6ft mural up for sale through an art gallery - with the attached house thrown in for free...

bristol for sale
"a frustrated bristolian" [ghostboy] has put the city for sale in a joke auction on ebay... this item was pulled from ebay for having a link to www.ghostboy.co.uk... it eventually reached £5620 with 4657 hits before being pulled for a second time by ebay...

xenz exhibition @ workshop
workshop presents an exhibition by the artist known as xenz... the show's opening night is on friday 2nd february 6pm till 9pm... all artwork will be on sale and will be up until 2nd march...

squat art
article about an art show held in a squatted building in bristol...

banksy in la
guardian report on his recent show in los angeles...

graffiti: free speech or vandalism?
in new york this week, seven young artists - backed by fashion designer marc ecko - filed a law suit against new york city over its strict anti-graffiti law

candy coated city
non sequitur interviews buff monster in depth... an american view...

graffiti: free speech or vandalism?
in new york this week, seven young artists - backed by fashion designer marc ecko - filed a law suit against new york city over its strict anti-graffiti law

spraypainting by numbers
an observer article about the spank the monkey exhibition, a major 'international urban art show' at the baltic gallery, gateshead

graffiti: the new modern art
does this signal the beginning of the end for graffiti? just as it gets off the ground, the guardian publishes an article on it

council gives award for graffiti
stroud town council has awarded a graf writer called knight a civic prize for [illegally] stenciling carousel horses on a sewer pipe in front of the town's station. the artist declined to collect his award in person

you thought we wouldn't notice
the wooster coolective site, which is a great site showcasing street art from across the globe, has just posted this article about copyright control of street art. is it ripping off or fair game? what do you think?

he's on a roll
a life-size replica of a guantanamo bay detainee has been placed in disneyland by "guerrilla artist" banksy...

paris hilton targeted in cd prank
hundreds of paris hilton albums have been tampered with in the latest stunt by "guerrilla artist" banksy. banksy has replaced hilton's cd with his own remixes and given them titles such as 'why am i famous?', 'what have i done'? and 'what am i for'?...

banksy and bristol city council
following the appearance of banksy’s most recent creation on a building at the bottom of park street a month ago, the city council invited bristol residents to decide whether it should stay. feedback gathered since indicates a high level of support to keep the image...

'sickboy' graffiti vandal in court
a graffiti vandal who tagged network rail properties and other buildings in the bristol area has been given an 18 month community punishment order to undertake 240 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay compensation of £5,1340.42. charles stewart baird, aged 26, who used the tag 'sickboy' pleaded guilty to four charges of causing criminal damage by graffiti and asked for 23 similar offences to be taken into consideration. baird was identified following an investigation by det con colin saysell of the british transport police who works closely with other agencies in the bristol area to tackle the graffiti scourge...

writing on wall for graffiti artists?
serious graffiti artists can spend weeks planning their work, but the results often infuriate members of the public. will the threat of anti social behaviour orders persuade them to put their spray cans away?