2023 Underground Art Market Report
The NFT marketplaces have recorded a weekly decline of 13.72% in sales. Bitcoin-based NFTs witnessed a 17.99% decrease in sales despite amassing over $66 million. Ethereum achieves a total of $63.98 million in sales in the week, marking a fall of 8.89%. The Non-Fungible Tokens …
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Key points: The NFT marketplaces have recorded a weekly decline of 13.72% in sales. Bitcoin-based NFTs witnessed a 17.99% decrease in sales despite amassing over $66 million. Ethereum achieves a total of $63.98 million in sales in the week, marking a fall of 8.89%. The …
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With barely two weeks left for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, poll graffiti and wall paintings are becoming common across West Bengal, demonstrating its unmatched power to grab the attention of voters. In Siliguri, a mural by Trinamool Congress portrays a figure resembling …
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With barely two weeks left for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, poll graffiti and wall paintings are becoming common across West Bengal, demonstrating its unmatched power to grab the attention of voters. In Siliguri, a mural by Trinamool Congress portrays a figure resembling …
Read MoreKolkata, Apr 7 (PTI) With barely two weeks left for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, poll graffiti and wall paintings are becoming common across West Bengal, demonstrating its unmatched power to grab the attention of voters. In Siliguri, a mural by Trinamool Congress portrays …
Read MoreKolkata, Apr 7 (PTI) With barely two weeks left for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, poll graffiti and wall paintings are becoming common across West Bengal, demonstrating its unmatched power to grab the attention of voters. In Siliguri, a mural by Trinamool Congress portrays …
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A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected 7 April, 2024 Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britainby Madeleine Pelling(London: Profile Books Ltd, 2024)ISBN: 978 1 80081 199 7 (hardback) 978 1 …
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Julian Phethean’s first canvas in London was a shed in his backyard where he covered the walls with bold lettering in spray paint. When he moved his art to the city’s streets in the 1980s, it was largely unwelcome — and he was even arrested …
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In 2014, an archaeologist working on Astypalaia, a remote Greek island of the Dodecanese discovered one of the world’s oldest erotic graffiti a pair of phallus carvings dating from the 5th century BCE and a proclamation of sexual conquest from the 6th century BCE. Archaeologists …
Read MoreHistorical graffiti, ranging from symbols to dedications, adorns Venice’s columns, entrances, and walls, weaving a rich tapestry of the city’s narrative. Spearheaded by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, a research initiative is underway to survey and analyze these remnants. Despite mapping only 20 percent of …
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