Category Archives: Laws
Misc. News on Aussie Graff Arrests
A three-month jail term handed to an 18-year-old woman who wrote graffiti on a Sydney cafe’s wall is “absolutely appropriate”, NSW Premier Nathan Rees says. Cheyene Back, from Daceyville, faced the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday charged with intentionally … Continue reading
Shepard Fairey Arrested In Boston
BOSTON — A street artist famous for his red, white and blue “Hope” posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said Saturday. Shepard Fairey, 38, was arrested Friday night on … Continue reading
City Hall Panel
While in Iceland for the Reyjavik International Film Festival, Director Jon Reiss and I (Co Producer, Harrison Bohrman) were invited to be part of a city hall panel on graffiti and street art. Artist Thordis Claessen, author of the Icelandic … Continue reading
Inside Berlin’s graffiti war
With Berlin considered by many to be Europe’s ground zero for graffiti, David Wroe looks at the German capital’s uphill struggle to keep up with the city’s prolific taggers. A dirty duffle bag sits on the floor of Marko Moritz’s … Continue reading
LA Times: Los Angeles thwarts family in fight over graffiti
Early this year, the Antonios began to notice that some stores and commercial buildings in the neighborhood weren’t being tagged, and they tended to be the ones with murals. After some investigating, they learned that if you hired the right … Continue reading