July 11, 2014
When Does Graffiti Become Art?
Introduction
Street art that was painted on a New York City building known as 5 Pointz has since been covered up. Todd Heisler/The New York TimesNew York City’s police commissioner, William Bratton, recently refocused police efforts to crack down on graffiti vandalism, even as many street artists have begun to sell their art through elite galleries for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
When does graffiti become art? Does the market for street art create a difference between vandalism and graffiti?
Read the Discussion »Debaters
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Legal Venues Celebrate the Art Form
Cities should work to create and preserve legal venues where aspiring artists, who want to stay safe, can paint.
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It’s Always Vandalism
No museum that has celebrated graffiti in recent years would allow its own premises to be defaced for even one minute.
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It’s Young, Cool, Creative – Let It Happen
I, for one, would rather see the creative outpouring of our youth on the walls, instead of the billboards and advertising inflicted on us around every corner.
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Value in the Message and the Medium
Despite the acceptance of graffiti, it needs the law so that it can function outside of it — that is how innovation is born.
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