Cops Arrest Would-be Art Thieves in the Act
Posted: Friday November 1, 2013
Two would-be art thieves were arrested Thursday after trying to steal Banksy’s final New York work.As a crowd of Banksy fans flocked to Long Island City to see the last piece of the anonymous street artist’s month-long residency in New York, two men climbed the side of a building and
Banksy Graffiti Headlines New CONTEXT Art Miami Fair During Art Basel
Posted: Sunday September 30, 2012
Miami's December Art Week, during which Art Basel and several other art fairs set up around the city, is one of the biggest art events in the world.Banksy, the English street artist whose film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, was nominated for an Oscar last year, is one of street art's
Banksy: primed and all set for take-off
Posted: Sunday April 15, 2012
After a few years in the wilderness, the elusive graffiti artist Banksy was back on form last week with two highly successful auction sales. At Christie’s, a metal panel from the exterior of a sound-system lorry which Banksy had spray-painted with military helicopter images for the 1998 Glastonbury festival, trebled