Banksy Gets Saved!

Another Banksy gets boarded up, but this time its to protect it. Click the jump for more

Banksy's Crayon House Foreclosure got covered today - with plexiglass.

The owner of the building wants to preserve the Banksy piece and possibly sell it. And in the meantime, to protect it, he put up a layer of plexiglass in front of the piece.

We really like to see this proactive stance to preserve a Banksy piece, and hopefully this will work. It would be awesome if it could even be kept on display like this.

Big thanks to Dennis for sending in these timely shots. Way to be the man on the spot!

How To Sell A Banksy

Anyone interested in taking a off the wall Banksy, or any art off the street, might want to check out 'How To Sell A Banksy'. Click the jump for more

An interesting documentary just got made about what it is like trying to sell a piece Banksy taken from the street.

It seems that there are all kinds of hang ups towards proving its a Banksy, and even if people believe it is, getting anyone to authenticate it.

You can check out more and watch the trailer for the movie at the How To Sell A Banksy Website.

We were sitting on this for a minute because we thought it was under the radar, and The Huffington Post beat us to it with a nice article. We should have known better, nothing with Banksy is ever under the radar~

Another Banksy Piece Goes Missing (And More Drama!)

The 'No Parking' sign from Banksy's Crayon Soldier has gone missing.

And the drama rolls on at the piece with more derogatory etchings and then another face lift. Click the jump for more

While the bulk of Banksy's Crayon Soldier still remains scarred but intact, the 'No Parking' sign that the gun was aimed at has disappeared off the wall. Look for it on ebay any day now.

And someone please take the marker away from this kid! In what looks to be a similar shade and style of marker, some asshole kid wrote 'Take me down & ur a cunt'. No, you are a cunt for writing the message. Look at these poor little kids trying to enjoy the Banksy. Even if it is an attempt to keep the piece on the wall, it is awful, and really ruins the friendly vibe around the piece.

The good news is that the Crayon Soldier has received another cleaning (bottom pic) and this statement, along with the swastikas and other scrawls, and the MBW tag have all been removed, but the Crayon Soldier still stand strong, and still fights on~

If you haven't been to see this piece in person yet, we would highly recommend making the trip sooner rather than later. It is a spectacular piece of art in person, and it might be gone at any time. If you want to see Banksy's Crayon Soldier, it is located on Kinross street, in between Westwood and Glendon.

Thanks to Matthew Love for the pic of the Banksy piece cleaned up. We hope that the Crayon Soldier stays victorious!

Street Art Stolen - In the Wake of Banksy

It is not unheard of for street art to get taken down. It is unusual that it is happening this much.

After all the buzz with Banksy coming to town for the Academy Awards, the interest in street art has grown, and so has the desire to take a piece home. It seems like anything with a stencil on it is fair game, and two of LA's signature pieces, including the Leba shot pictured above, got swiped over the past few days. Click the jump for more

Both Leba's Anne Frank themed 'Free Gaza' stencil from Venice Beach, and Dog Byte's Singin' in the Rain disappeared over the weekend. In all fairness, it did look like the Dog Byte piece was coming off the wall. And you can see in second pic where the Leba piece has gone missing.

We hope these found good homes~

Big thanks to Grant Sims for sending us the Leba pics from Venice.

Street Art Sucks

More wheat pastes showed up from assumably the same artist as the previously documented 'Banksy is Dead' and 'Post If You Can't Paint'.

These one's say 'Street Art Sucks', 'Truth is Relative to Believe But Independent From Fact' and another 'Post If You Can't Paint'.

We are not sure what to think of these pastes. Is it clever or something? We have a lot of love for street art, and don't understand the purpose of getting up just to talk smack to street art? These seem to be the exact 'bad' kind of street art that they are poking jabs at, and that, in our opinion, is not especially clever.

And the big skull in the top pic is from Cyrcle. The way its torn, it looks like the trend of taking street art continues, and someone tried to rip it off but gave up after it started to tear. If it had been buffed, the middle would have been taken out.

And a new paste from new street artist (at least to us) Soul Search.

Banksy is Dead Piece Stolen

Because the 'Banksy is Dead' wheat paste went up right after Banksy's Charlie Brown piece was taken out of the wall, we initially thought that it might be from Banksy, and we posted that on the blog.

Someone thought it was worth taking, and the 'Banksy is Dead' piece has been taken, and the hole replaced by yet another piece of plywood.

Too bad its not still riding, because we got some great shots with the Fire Department showing up at the spot today. Click the jump for more.

Video of Charlie Brown Getting Ganked

A Youtube video just surfaced capturing the action of Banksy's Charlie Brown piece being cut out of the wall.

It really seems like this is a professional job, and it feels more and more like this was placed to be taken.

Big thanks to 'imapixie' for the head up!