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Banksy Takes Los Angeles: Documenting The Street Artist's Tour of Tinseltown
Thanks to the LAist and MELROSEandFAIRFAX for their excellent coverage.
The British street artist Banksy is back in Los Angeles, just in time to create hype around his Oscar-nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. This past week, Hollywood has been abuzz with d
"Livin' the Dream" was quickly dismantled from its perch by the billboard management company CBS Outdoor, but not by request of the advertiser and Vegas restaurant operator The Light Group. The company reportedly found Banksy's appro
Banksy headed west from Hollywood to leave behind the image of a boy soldier shooting a No Parking sign with a crayon gun on an Urban Outfitters near UCLA.
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When rumors surfaced that the property manager of the Urban Outfitters building wanted to remove the latest creation, art fans formed a Facebook group to preserve the work. Still, i
After sharing some art with L.A.'s westside, Banksy returned to Hollywood, creating a pyro version of Charlie Brown.
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Art thieves (or the abandoned building's owner?) soon chiseled out Banksy's Charlie—also known as the "Good Grief Firestarter"—from the wall, and supposedly sold him on
Some of Banksy's work remains unscathed so far (if not, please send us updates!). In Beverly Hills, this Banksy pooch pees a lightning bolt stream.
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Just south of downtown Los Angeles, Banksy brought back the crayon aesthetic to comment on the home foreclosure crisis that's crippled Southern California. A worker boards up the generic, doodle dream house of a young girl, who looks on sadl
A Banksy kite flies in Culver City.
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Is that an elephant or a trailer hanging out on the side of the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica?
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Ah, OK. Banksy provides some clarification.
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It's on your To-Do List! Get your friends involved too.
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