An unknown artist paints recipes for healthier meals over fast food ads in Cologne, Germany:
via FastCo
Banksy’s Parting Gift
Banksy”s Nazi-Doctored Painting Raises $615,000 Online
by Katya Kazakina
Bloomberg
November 1, 2013
A whimsical painting by elusive British artist Banksy sold for $615,000 at on online auction yesterday.
Housing Works, which provides support for homeless patients living with HIV/AIDS, said it received the painting around 11 a.m. Tuesday, when a woman walked into its thrift shop near Gramercy Park to drop off what was then an anonymous donation.
“She said the painting is worth a lot of money and that someone will contact us about it,” said Rebecca Edmondson, director of public relations at Housing Works. Continue reading “Banksy’s Parting Gift”
Banksy’s in NYC: Better Out Than In
From Marcy LaViollette: Banksy has taken up residency on the streets of NYC for the month of October, 2013
From Banksy’s Better Out Than In Website:
October 6 – No posts today due to shocking footage found on YouTube:
October 5
A New York delivery truck converted into a mobile garden (includes rainbow, waterfall and butterflies) will visit a different location every evening from dusk.
Images found around town (some have already been tagged over) from October 2nd & 3rd: Continue reading “Banksy’s in NYC: Better Out Than In”
UK Graffiti Artists Create Coded Murals
From Emerson Dameron:
Code Graffiti Contains Hidden Messages
by Kristen Nozell
August 16, 2013
A new kind of street art featuring coded messages is emerging across the UK in anticipation of international technology festival Campus Party, also known as “˜Glastonbury for Geeks.” The renowned event commissioned the series in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the team that went on to break the Enigma code and as a method to build buzz leading up to festival, which will take place during the first week of September at London”s O2 center.
The complex street art includes Morse, JavaScript and Binary codes, ready to be decoded by tech-savvy viewers, alongside images of coding celebrities Alan Turing, Samuel Morse and Tim Berners-Lee. Those who successfully decode the messages and enter the correct response on the Campus Party website will be entered to win two free tickets to the technology festival. The works are appearing in various cities across the country, including London, Manchester and Birmingham, throughout the month of August, and are also available to view (and decode) on the Campus Party website.
Watch the video: Continue reading “UK Graffiti Artists Create Coded Murals”
Fresh Street Art from Around the World
More great urban art from Street Art Utopia:
As seen March 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand:
Lace Fence by Demakersvan:
In Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Felipe Carrelli. A car was abandoned 2 years ago. It burned and Filipe and his friends decided to make a garden on it. Before, during and after the intervention!