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Metalworks!, BBC4
Thursday 10 May 2012
Spot test and no cheating. Name three of the current Apprentice contenders. Too hard? Then just name one. If you managed either, I'd be impressed. I couldn't and it's my job to know these kind of things. But the truth is that we're eight weeks in now and nobody has emerged as a distinctive character.
Arifa Akbar: We're desperate to know everything we can about Banksy - except who exactly he is
Saturday 28 April 2012
A critical view
Street writing man
Wednesday 25 April 2012
As an exhibition of work by Blek le Rat, the pioneering French street artist dubbed 'Banquesy', opens in London, Matilda Battersby meets the godfather of graffiti
Blek le Rat: Streetwriting man
Wednesday 25 April 2012
As an exhibition of work by Blek le Rat, the pioneering French street artist dubbed 'Banquesy', opens in London, Matilda Battersby meets the godfather of graffiti
Gothenburg: Bright and beautiful in West Sweden
Sunday 04 March 2012
With a blockbuster exhibition of modern art coming to town, Steve Vickers sets off on an cultural circuit of Gothenburg
Laurie Penny: People power isn't just a fad for a magazine cover
Monday 19 December 2011
Waiting is no longer an option for those of us who can envisage a future beyond the year 2050
Can-do attitude
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Graffiti has long been dominated by men but is now shedding its macho tag, thanks to a new wave of urban female artists, says Louisa McGillicuddy
Street art not to Collishaw's palate
Tuesday 09 August 2011
Mat Collishaw, a former "young British artist" whose work includes pictures of skulls punctured by bullets, has condemned the world of street art for being full of the "privileged" few who are "affecting a political consciousness".
Video: Banksy's tribute to Winehouse?
Tuesday 26 July 2011
A spray painting of Amy Winehouse believed to be by anonymous street artist Banksy has appeared in Camden.
Leeds gets the street-art treatment
Wednesday 06 July 2011
Leeds city centre is leading the way in turning the mundane into something truly magnificent.
The Street Art Show - picture preview
Thursday 16 June 2011
An exhibition of street art curated by Jean-David Malat opens at the Opera Gallery in London from tomorrow.
Banksy paired with emerging street artist for new show
Tuesday 07 June 2011
Banksy has been paired with an emerging urban artist working under the moniker War Boutique for an exhibition which opens on Thursday.
The world's biggest gallery: How street art became big business
Saturday 23 April 2011
Street art was once seen just by passing pedestrians. Now, the internet has revolutionised the form, and it's not only Banksy who is transforming our cities
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