Hey now, hey now, my bunting’s back. Again.
So it appears Banksy’s troublesome wall mural will appear at auction yet again, having been withdrawn from sale in the US earlier in the year…
Hey now, hey now, my bunting’s back! You can take it to the bank(sy)
Alternatively, just take the Banksy. Either way, I think someone’s been taking some creative licence with the disappearing Banksy that has just reappeared on an auctioneer’s…
Exit Via the Red Carpet: Will Banksy Turn Up at the Oscars Tonight?
Direct from sell-out shows in litter strewn alleyways and shabby walls across the globe, heeeeerrree’s Banksy! The Academy are all aflutter about what to do with…
To save, or not to save? Major Melbourne work by Keith Haring at risk. Again.
In today’s Age, Thomas Dixon, who now chairs the Victorian Public Art Committee of the National Trust, and was the Chief Conservator at the NGV until his…
News just in: Melbourne’s major attractions – “Shopping!””Sport!””Sunshine!”. Art, shmart.
“Shopping”?…”Talking to our great sporting identities”??… “Enjoying the beautiful Victorian weather”??? That’s it, Prime Minister? Is that really the best you can do when asked to…
Obey! Shepard Fairey Plasters Hosier Lane
And so, another instalment in my series of poor-quality photos – this time taken in the rain with my phone. But, I couldn’t help myself. Until…
Rats! Another Melbourne Banksy stencil bites the dust.
Was there a council meeting somewhere to which I wasn’t invited at which it was decided that April should be designated ‘persecute Banksy’ day? If so,…
“Please look after this bear. Thank you.”: Oops! Glastonbury council destroys Banksy’s Paddington Bear.
Uh oh. Seems some overly zealous council workers have painted over one of Banksy’s Paddington Bear stencils in Glastonbury during an anti-graffiti blitz. This wouldn’t be…
Appropriate this: Artists’ intellectual property rights through the Looking Glass
I’d really like to hear Sherrie Levine’s take on this one. Or Marcel Duchamp’s, for that matter. Everyone’s favourite poster-maker, Shepard Fairey, was responsible for one…
Poster Boy comes unstuck.
So it seems the long arm of the law may have caught up with Poster Boy – the New York street artist or radical art movement, depending…
Art matters 