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Banksy and Vandalism

Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on October 18, 2013 at 11:13 AM

The Center for Art Law has a thought-provoking piece about the intersection of property rights and Banksy’s “residence” in New York right now. Mayor Bloomberg went on record too as saying he considered graffiti, and implicitly the works themselves, “a sign of decay.” It’s hard to see a court making an exception in New York City for graffiti, no matter what the art world says.

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Topics: David Hammons, Rock Fan, Public Art, Graffiti Art, Williams College, Michael Bloomberg, Banksy, Chapin Hall, Eugene Johnson, vandalism, Center for Art Law

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