I meant to write about this some time ago when I stumbled across this post from Le geek c’est chic. Ciara notes that GreenGraffiti uses reverse graffiti to serve advertisements — while maintaining a carbon neutral footprint. “With the help of a template and a high pressure water sprayer an advertising message is cleaned out [...]

The Detroit News reports that Bioresource Inc., the company that claims to own the derelict Packard Motor Car plant in Detroit, is suing the gallery responsible for removing graffiti by notorious London street artist Banksy. The piece (below), discovered in May amongst the ruins of the factory, was on display for 10 days at the [...]

An interesting conundrum to say the least. Detroit Free Press reports that a mural by notorious London street artist Banksy which was moved to a non-profit gallery has been removed from public viewing. The gallery, concerned by emails and phone calls threatening to deface the work, decided to move it until it could be safely [...]

Less than 5 days after a controversial mural was removed, a second Shepard Fairey work was painted over in Cincinnati, OH. This time, however, police suspect the work of vandals. Sometime between 8PM and 10AM someone rolled cream-colored paint over the Los Angeles artist’s untitled mural. Last week, a Fairey mural deemed too incendiary for [...]

The city of Richmond, CA  has a new weapon to thwart graffiti artists, at least in theory. KTVU Channel 2 News aired the special report on Monday detailing the effort: “the Police asked KTVU not to reveal what the device looks like or how it works but said once activated, it senses when someone is [...]

Animal reports that New York City street artist, Poster Boy, was sentenced to 11 months in jail this morning in a Brooklyn courthouse. Poster Boy, a.k.a. Henry Matyjewicz, is known for using a razor blade to mash-up subway ads. Matyjewicz’s legal troubles began last December when he pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal mischief [...]