‘The Price of Everything’ Confronts an Art World Awash With Cash

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Oct 22, 2018 Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn and a "Guerrilla Girl" contemplate cultural representation amid scorched-earth capitalism, as artists like Jeff Koons (pictured) make bank in a speculative art market. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘Beyond the Streets,’ a Street Art Show, Ranges From Origins to Legacy

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig May 18, 2018 The show features over 100 artists, including stars like Basquiat, Banksy and Haring, as well as taggers from the format’s earliest days in the 1960s. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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‘Beyond the Streets’ Exhibit in Downtown L.A.

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New Art Installation/Hotel Comes With a View of the Bethlehem Wall

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2017 The secretive British street artist Banksy says his Walled-Off Hotel welcomes people from all over the world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Powerful Exhibits on Both Coasts Explore Borders and the Plight of Refugees

Liesl Bradner / Truthdig Jun 2, 2016 Artists at galleries in Los Angeles and New York zoom in on some of the world’s 60,000 displaced people—and one “solution” for dealing with them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Watch the Promo for Banksy’s New Dystopian Theme Park, ‘Dismaland’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 25, 2015 In this promotional video for the anonymous graffiti artist’s "bemusement park," catch a glimpse of the not-so-family-friendly attractions in store. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fancy a New Body? Humans May Soon Be Able to Get Head Transplants

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2015 In just a couple of years, the first human head transplant surgery is set to take place; a black hole 12 billion times the size of the sun is making scientists rethink a widely accepted theory; meanwhile, the Iranian version of street artist Banksy delves into "Iran's turbulent past" with his work. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What the Proposed NSA Reforms Wouldn’t Do

By Kara Brandeisky, ProPublica Apr 15, 2014 All the plans purport to end the bulk phone records collection program, but there are big differences. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Smile, Work and Die

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 27, 2013 The 300-plus people killed in the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh this week were not lost to an accident, but are among the many unnecessary victims of predatory, globalized capitalism, argues Trinity College professor Vijay Prashad. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Death by Hospital Bill

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2013 Medical costs are at an all time high and Obamacare barely touches on the tip of the iceberg that is the U.S. health care problem; a mural by the infamous graffiti artist Banksy that had disappeared from a London shop under mysterious circumstances gets dramatically pulled from auction; meanwhile, an award-winning photograph by Paolo Pellegrin misrepresents its subject and setting, and plagiarizes its caption. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Year’s Worth of Street Art

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2012 Did you see the one about the Bulgarian street artists who used a little color to repurpose a public monument commemorating the Soviet takeover of their country in 1944 into a cartoonish visual joke? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Churches Closing Shop

Staff / Truthdig Sep 11, 2011 Closed churches are selling artifacts and furnishings in the U.S. and Europe; graffiti artist Banksy accuses a TV documentary of distortion; and Amazon has finally created the Kindle tablet. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )