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via Uncrate 'We're not sure whether an Academy Award nomination lowers or heightens your street cred, but in either case, we're pretty sure Banksy doesn't care. Banksy: You Are an Acceptable Level of Threat ($23) is the latest book dedicated to the subversive street artist's work, spanning over 220 pages and featuring images and texts covering the ...

via FreshnessMag Art world’s l’enfant terrible is making headline once again. Always a provocateur, Banksy unveiled his new sculpture, Cardinal Sin, at Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England. A tile mosaic strategically placed on a replica bust of a cardinal, its a visual protest on the disturbing child abuse scandals that have swept through ...

As is often the case, Banksy puts a clever spin on news that has been dominating the headlines. Good stuff. [Via]

With an Oscar nomination for his Exit Through the Gift Shop documentary, there has been a lot of Banksy news lately. Especially in Los Angeles where he seems to be putting up work all over the city. With the Oscars coming up this weekend, Banksy makes a second appearance on The Simpsons. This time as a tag backstage at The Oscars. It's pretty ...

Although Oscar officials declared him 'not welcome' at the upcoming 2011 Academy Awards on February 27th (for the Best Documentary nominee "Exit Through The Gift Shop"), Banksy appears to have begun a subversive campaign around Los Angeles.  The billboard above is near Hollywood's Sunset Strip, directly opposite the Director's Guild of America ...

Another look inside the mind of Banksy... B Movie - A Film About The Art Of Banksy. Spotted over at Hypebeast

My homegirl @JaniceLlamoca tweeted about this earlier today and since this documentary is such a good look, I checked out Vimeo to see if the full version was posted. Obviously we have mad love for this doc, but we never got around to throwing it up. I am doing that now. Check out the full version after the jump... (more...)

To celebrate the upcoming digital and DVD release in the United States of the award winning documentary, Exit Through The Gift Shop, over the weekend Banksy released a rare outtake from the film which sees French street artist Invader hits the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, with Thierry Guetta tagging along.