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A game of tags: Graffiti’s massive shift from vandalism to socially acceptable street art

GRAFFITI HAS BECOME so mainstream in recent years that auction houses, museums and entire art shows cater to street art connoisseurs and collectors around the world. Images in the news of young vandals responsible for marking walls have been replaced by sleek websites belonging to global phenoms such as Banksy and Shepard Fairey. In cities around the world, graffiti is now associated with “street artists” […]

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