Graffiti defined as drawings scribbled, scratched or sprayed on a surface of a public place, is often seen on buildings and overpasses as one is driving along both city streets and highways. Artist range from kids with markers, or paint to people who have spent years honing their craft and
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On the evening of November 13, 2015, ironically coinciding with Friday the 13th, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in the city of Paris, France. These unexpected attacks consisted of mass shootings, suicide bombings and hostage-taking, some of which occurred at the Bataclan theatre, where the American band Eagles
Art is often used as a sign of protests and some of the best protests are the simplest. One of those very protests is occurring in Paris right now. The protest is for the United Nation’s Paris Climate Summit and the art is 20,000 shoes. This United Nation’s Climate Summit
This year during the COP21 United Nations climate change conference in Paris, art activists in the city decided to use street art and performances to protest climate change and corporate sponsorship of the conference. The reasoning for this is the fact the sponsors for the event are, in reality, adding
The United Nations conference on climate change has begun in Paris. The conference starts today, November 30 to December 11 and involves over 150 heads of State and Government. This is the 21st conference and the subject of the conference is about plans on stopping Greenhouse Gas emission and creating
Invader was born in Paris in 1969. While his real name is unknown, his street art, with the help of his small team called Space Invaders, is well known in a total of 60 cities and 30 countries around the world. His mosaics, featuring characters from video games in the
Does Art Cause Crime? (no, it is not that simple): A Cultural Criminological Response to the Charlie
The Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris on January 7, 2015 beg for a more nuanced understanding of what happened and why, than is currently available in the popular media. Cultural criminology considers both the background and foreground of crime, and also sometimes studies the relationship between art and crime. As
The Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris on January 7, 2015 beg for a more nuanced understanding of what happened and why, than is currently available in the popular media. Cultural criminology considers both the background and foreground of crime, and also sometimes studies the relationship between art and crime. As
Performance artist Steven Cohen was arrested by Parisian police “for indecent exposure.” Cohen was dressed like a bird in a “garter, tights, and long red gloves,” and proceeded to walk a rooster around underneath the famous Eiffel Tower. The rooster was not attached to a leash in his hand, however.
On April 24, french artist and member of the Arte Povera movement, Michelangelo Pistoletto, debuted a very interesting piece of art. For the first time in its history, the Louvre allowed an artist to paint on the beautiful glass pyramid that lies outside of the museum, itself. This piece of