Graffiti

2 Jun 2013

A Nanjing teenager's act of vandalism - he scratched the words "Ding Jinhao was here" in Chinese characters on a 35-century-old sculpture - struck a raw nerve in a in a country so proud of its...

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Microblog justice can be too harsh

30 May 2013

Tourists have been scrawling their names on noteworthy objects since the dawn of travel.

2:56AM

Nanjing teenager exposed as perpetrator of Temple of Luxor graffiti attack

27 May 2013

A mainland tourist who defaced a sculpture at a 3,500-year-old Egyptian temple has been identified as a teenager from Nanjing, his embarrassed parents confirmed yesterday.

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Banksy Slave Labour (Bunting Boy). London 2012 put up for auction

20 Feb 2013

A mural by British graffiti artist Banksy has been put up for auction on a US website with a guide price of up to £450,000 (HK$5.4 million) after being removed from a building in north London.

4:32AM

Temporary cover shields graffiti by 'King of Kowloon' Tsang Tsou-choi

5 Feb 2013

A temporary structure has been installed to protect one of the remaining pieces of street art by late graffitist Tsang Tsou-choi, dubbed the "King of Kowloon".

11:42AM

King of Kowloon's graffiti art waits for salvation

30 Jan 2013

The Urban Renewal Authority has vowed to preserve what is one of the last street graffiti by the King of Kowloon before it can find it a proper home, which won't be until the end of this year.

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Handover graffiti project questioned by street sleepers

In an unusual move, the Home Affairs Bureau has used an anti-establishment art form - graffiti - to promote pro-Beijing messages on the handover anniversary.

The graffiti was painted on a...

10:18AM

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CULTURE

King of Kowloon's graffiti to appear in new M+ museum

The late graffiti artist known as the "King of Kowloon" has finally won official recognition, with one of his works finding a permanent home in a public museum.

3:03PM

MYANMAR

Street artist find new outlet for free speech

A television set with wings hovers on a wall in a murky Yangon side street.

3:49AM

Wild and woolly

Don't be surprised if the 'Happy Man' statue at the entrance to Langham Place in Mong Kok is wearing a pair of colourful knitted trousers next time you visit. Knit graffiti artist Magda Sayeg is...

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