Category Archives: Arrests/Sentences

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

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Shepard Fairey Arrested for Vandalism

Visual artist Shepard Fairey, whose “Hope” and “Progress” images have become iconic among Obama supporters, was arrested last week in Denver while putting up those posters on the streets of Denver. In a video interview with the social network imeem … Continue reading

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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

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Daze Freed!

Daze- a Scottish graffiti artist sentenced to 28 months in prison has been freed! Note: newspapers are now reporting the damage to be estimated at around £12,000 instead of the £270,000 initially reported, a figure which is believed to have … Continue reading

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RIP Solve

www.solvesolvesolve.com From wbbm780.com : CHICAGO (WBBM/STNG) – A 24-year-old man was ordered held on a $500,000 bond Sunday after being charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing of a local graffiti artist in the Logan Square neighborhood early Saturday. Kirk … Continue reading

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