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Anti-Olympic Paintings Appear at Site of Removed Beatty Street Muralsnew

Stenciled paintings criticizing the 2010 Winter Olympics have appeared on a concrete wall on Beatty Street where a series of murals once existed. The new paintings consist of the Olympic rings surrounded by text reading, “With glowing hearts we kill the arts”.
The Georgia Straight  |  Travis Lupick  |  01-11-2010  |  Sports

Coverup Worse Than Crime? San Francisco Outspends Other Cities Fighting Graffitinew

The scenery at Warm Water Cove isn't what it used to be. The aging buildings that front the bay along this bleak patch of shoreline once teemed with bulging, bright graffiti letters. Now their only distinction is large rectangles of cream-colored paint — evidence of where the city has obliterated the work of artist-vandals.
SF Weekly  |  Peter Jamison  |  12-09-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Shattered Illusionsnew

A Prada "store" in the middle of the high Chihuahuan Desert of far West Texas looks like a mirage, but it's actually an art installation.
Houston Press  |  Greg Harman  |  10-31-2005  |  Art

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