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Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?

At LA MOCA, a big new survey called Art in the Streets looks at the last forty years of graffiti. The LAPD arrested several graffiti artists the same week of the opening. Arts writer Carolina Miranda tells Kurt Andersen the reaction is overblown.

Conflict & Justice

At Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art (LA MOCA), a big new survey called Art in the Streets looks at the last forty years of graffiti. Not coincidentally, the LAPD arrested several graffiti artists the same week of the exhibit’s opening – some of them, artists with work in the show. Arts writer Carolina Miranda tells Kurt Andersen she thinks the reaction by the authorities is overblown.
  
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Slideshow: Graffiti Art, Inside and Outside the Museum