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Street art versus fine art

Street art versus fine art

May 24th, 2023 - Adrian Doyle

What defines street art and how does it sit with in the fine art world?

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Money blowout on graffiti removal

April 25th, 2023 - Adrian Doyle

Australia spends around $2 billion a year to remove graffiti, and Melbourne spends around $100 million on graffiti removal each year. That’s a lot of money; taxpayers’ money. I thought about different things this money could be used for …

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Is street art dead?

March 22nd, 2023 - Adrian Doyle

People always tell me that there isn’t anything new in art and that painting is dead.

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Nu-muralism

February 22nd, 2023 - Adrian Doyle

Melbourne has long had a thriving street art and urban scene, and murals are becoming an ever-increasing part of this culture. 

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Melbourne CBD’s best art laneways

November 23rd, 2022 - Adrian Doyle

As the year ends it’s a good time to reflect on the creative urban art scene in Melbourne. It has been an interesting year. 

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Graffiti is not unsafe

October 26th, 2022 - Adrian Doyle

Melbourne has a problem that’s way bigger than graffiti.

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Public vote will choose the 2023 pride tram

September 21st, 2022 - Carol Saffer

For the third consecutive year, a design-wrapped tram will travel in the annual Midsumma Pride March in 2023 and around the Melbourne tram network until the end of the year.

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Oh, the beautiful, the laneways

August 24th, 2022 - Adrian Doyle

Fresh paint drips down the wall as an artist risks litigious and possible physical consequence. His friend stands at the front of the lane keeping an eye out for a ubiquitous threat. The spotter is flighty as the artist is taking longer than expected.

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Laneway management is shambolic

July 27th, 2022 - Adrian Doyle

In a recent news article, the state government has come out and said that it will now protect important laneways in the city. I would like to ask which important laneways they would like to protect. I wonder if they can name one that hasn’t already been irreversibly corrupted.

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The problem with urban art

May 25th, 2022 - Adrian Doyle

People really hate bad tags. It is something that has made legitimate and good street art and graffiti hard to navigate.

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Banksy art is coming to Melbourne

Banksy art is coming to Melbourne

September 29th, 2016 - CBD News
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