Artist Mike Ballard has been given free rein to transform an entire gallery into one giant installation - because the space is to be demolished for Crossrail.

Every surface of the Arts Gallery in Davies Street, Mayfair, has been covered with images, including of ancient Egyptian rulers, comic book superheroes and prehistoric cave art. The floors, walls and ceiling merge into one work.

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A 17-year-old Reno juvenile has been arrested by Reno police on felony graffiti charges after he allegedly admitted to carrying out 271 graffiti vandalism incidents throughout the city, police said Thursday.

Police detectives say the suspect was also arrested in August after witnesses identified him as the individual responsible for graffiti vandalism under the bridge at Booth Street and Idlewild Drive for which he is currently on probation, police said.

Detectives say the 271 graffiti vandalis...

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Yesterday, subway graffiti artist Poster Boy pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal mischief and got handed a sentence of 210 hours of community service -- a punishment that seems a little extreme.

Poster Boy, also known by his significantly less cool real name H**** M*********, admitted he was the masked bandit in a YouTube video making deviant art by vandalizing subway advertisements, and now he's got a whoooooole lot of garbage to pick up from roadways. We're not the only ones who think...
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The internationally known (or rather unknown, since his identity is a mystery) graffiti artist will have his first gallery show this week in NYC.

Updated 12:20 PM EST, Wed, Dec 9, 2009

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Who is BNE? Why are cities of the world covered in stickers bearing the graffiti artist's initials? And why is McDonald's his biggest rival?

"While in Japan, I suddenly realized that other graffiti writers weren't my competition, it was corporation...

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Nov 30 2009 By Robert Cumber

GRAFFITI vandals from Feltham, Kingston and Twickenham who caused an estimated £270,000 worth of damage to trains have been jailed for a total of six years.

The gang of six men admitted daubing their 'tags' on more than 125 trains and tube carriages over a two-year period from February 2006 to November 2007.

They would mainly go out at night, breaking into train depots across west London and further afield, but as their crimes went unpunished ...

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