Wall Art
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How graffiti gangs became mainstream ‘street artists’
Increasingly, graffiti tells the story of urban change.
Stefano Bloch, The Conversation
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Can street art be taken off the street? What the case of a Banksy piece moved to a museum suggests
The graffiti artist’s recent work at Port Talbot was moved to a museum in Wales, ignoring the very reason it was created.
Tyson Mitman, The Conversation
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An artist is pasting images of paintings from museums on Indian street corners
Julien de Casabianca 'rescues' the subjects of famous paintings from their frames and takes them for outings in the city.
Damini Kulkarni
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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In Bihar, mud paintings on school walls are helping discuss problems like poverty and joblessness
Every year, in the village of Sujata, artists from India and Japan spend three weeks producing wall art using the school building as their canvas.
PatnaBeats
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Not all graffiti is vandalism – let's rethink the public space debate
Graffiti exists in our public spaces, our communities, and our streets – and it has many detractors. Why, though, don't we spend more time worry about the impact of advertising on public space?
Liam Miller, The Conversation