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vandalism that galleries now beg to buy, paying for what cities once scrubbed off
means Visual art created in public spaces — murals, stencils, paste-ups, graffiti — often unsanctioned, made to be seen by everyone rather than hung in a gallery.
from A plainly built compound of "street" and "art," rising to common use in the late 20th century as graffiti culture spread from New York subways outward. "Street" descends from Old English "strǣt," itself borrowed from Latin "strāta" (via strāta, a "paved" road) — so the word literally points to the paving stones. "Art" comes through Old French from Latin "ars, artis," skill or craft. The phrase gained gallery respectability as the work moved from being scrubbed off walls to being sold off them.
- banksy shred
- painting self-destructed at auction, then doubled in value
- oldest tag
- pompeii walls covered in ancient graffiti boasts
- buff war
- cities spend billions yearly erasing what tourists travel to see
- keith haring
- chalked subway ads, now sells for millions
- anonymous fame
- the most famous artists nobody can legally name
banksy — anonymous british artist, girl with balloon sold for $1.4m in 2018
bowery mural wall — nyc's rotating legal street art wall in lower east side since 1982
los angeles river murals — 13-mile stretch of massive commissioned murals along the la river