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A giant new exhibition space created by famed graffiti artist Banksy opens to the public on May 3, 2008 in London, England. The disused tunnel beneath Waterloo station has been transformed by 30 artists from around the world. The three day event, tagged as the “Cans festival”, also invites the public to add their own stencil art. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)






Palestinian boys pay near graffiti depicting a bombed Israeli tank February 15, 2003 in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip. A roadside bomb exploded next to an Israeli tank in the town of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, killing all four soldiers inside according to the Israeli military. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)






An anonymous reply to graffiti adorning a Jerusalem wall seems to reflect the mood of many Israelis on New Years Day January 1, 2002 as Israel begins the year without a state budget, some 10% of the workforce unemployed and a 0.5% negative Gross Domestic Product in 2001. With the Jewish state in its first recession since 1953, and government ministers bickering about spending cuts, economic pundits predict the coming year will not be much better unless a solution is found to the 15-month-long violent conflict with the Palestinians. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)






A woman walks past a mural by graffiti artist “Banksy”' painted as a satirical response to the Queen's Golden Jubilee May 30, 2002 in Clink Street in South London. The artist, whose identity is unknown, unveiled the mural today. (Photo by Sion Touhig/Getty Images)










A graffiti made by the graffiti artist Banksy is seen on Israel's highly controversial West Bank barrier in Abu Dis on August 6, 2005. Banksy has made a name for himself with provocative images stencilled around the streets of London.On his recent trip to the Palestinian territories he has created nine of his images on Israel's highly controversial West Bank barrier. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)






A graffiti image of a skull holding a cell phone is painted on an underpass along the Pasadena Freeway, July 11, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA. California state Assemblyman S. Joseph Simitian, a freshman democrat from Palo Alto, plans to reintroduce legislation that would ban hands-on cellular use while driving in California. A similar bill fell one vote shy of clearing a key assembly committee in May. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)






Ulster Defense Association murals are seen on February 9, 2005 in the loyalist Shankill area of West Belfast, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has become deadlocked in the peace process after the IRA recently said they were withdrawing a conditional offer to give up their weapons. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)






Palestinian security walk by an image of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat which was just painted on a building at one of Arafat's offices November 10, 2004 in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. Rumours still abound regarding the ailing leader's health, however, it is mooted that his body will be laid to rest in the ruins of his office compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)










Cult graffiti artist Banksy unveils his latest 20-foot high, 3-tonne concrete and bronze sculpture at Clerkenwell Green on August 4, 2004 in London. The artwork is described by its creator as “a monument to liars, thieves and bullies”. (Photo by Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)






A boy walks past a wall with graffiti illustrating an exploding bus and praising the virtues of suicide bombings December 10, 2001 in Khan Younis, Gaza. (Photo by Roger Lemoyne/Getty Images)






A loyalist mural of King William of Orange is seen on February 9, 2005 in the Shankill area of West Belfast, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has become deadlocked in the peace process after the IRA recently said they were withdrawing a conditional offer to give up their weapons. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)






A graffiti titled “Balloon Debate” made by the British guerrilla, graffiti artist Banksy, is seen on August 6, 2005 on Israel's highly controversial security barrier in Ramallah, West Bank. Banksy has made a name for himself with provocative images stencilled around the streets of London. On his recent trip to the Palestinian territories he has created nine of his images on Israel's highly controversial West Bank barrier. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)






A artwork by British graffiti artist Banksy is seen as part of Brian Haw's peace protest outside the Houses of Parliament on May 11, 2006 in London. The government won an appeal on monday against a ruling allowing Mr Haw to continue his five year long peace protest outside the Houses of Parliament. (Photo by Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)






Graffiti is seen on the wall of a buidling on January 25, 2006 near Chernobyl, Ukraine. The town of Pripyat, deserted since the 1986 catastrophe, once housed 30,000 people, the majority of being workers from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Days after the catastrophe the inhabitants were relocated to other locations in the Soviet Union. The town of Pripyat has remained uninhabited since. Prypyat and the surrounding area will not be safe for human habitation for several centuries. Scientists estimate that the most dangerous radioactive elements will take up to 900 years to decay sufficiently to render the area safe. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)






Jewish boys look at anti-semitic graffiti which was sprayed on the walls of a synagogue March 5, 2006 in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, in central Israel. Police are investigating the incident after inscriptions, in Hebrew, “death to Jews” and swastika drawings were found with the signature “white power.” (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)






A mural showing U.S. President George W. Bush is seen on February 9, 2005 on Belfast's Falls Road, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has become deadlocked in the peace process after the IRA recently said they were withdrawing a conditional offer to give up their weapons. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)






A passer-by is silhouetted as they take a photo of graffiti Artist Banksy's new piece which he daubed on the pavement outside the Hospital, after the opening of the exhibition Warhol v Banksy on August 10, 2007 in London, England. The exhibition opened yesterday and will run until September. (Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images)






A man passes FC Panathenaikos “Green Hools” graffiti depicting hooliganism against FC Olympakos fans in the Piraeus suburb on March 31, 2007 in Athens, Greece. Greek authorities have cancelled all team sports matches for two weeks after a mass brawl between fans of Olympiakos Piraeus and Panathinaikos near Athens. A 25-year-old man who died had head injuries and stab wounds. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)






Sydney Opera House staff scrub off the “No War” graffiti painted in blood red letters by anti war protesters on the tip of the tallest sail on March 18, 2003 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)






A Palestinian labourer works under a large wall painting by elusive British graffiti artist Banksy December 5, 2007 on a building wall in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The Bristol-born artist has adorned Israel's West Bank separation barrier and Bethlehem walls with new images, including one of a dove wearing a flak jacket and a soldier being frisked by a young girl. His works, along with those of other international artists, are part of an exhibition called Santa's Ghetto. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)






Palestinian boys look at graffiti made by the Islamic militant group Hamas August 26, 2002 in the Rafah refugee camp, the Gaza Strip. Palestinians held a rally in the camp to protest the Gaza-Bethlehem Plan. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)






An Aerosol artist paints a piece at the first day of the Volvic Lovebox Weekender held in Victoria Park on July 22, 2006 in East London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)






A man takes a photo of a new artwork by the celebrated graffiti artist Banksy on June 27 2006 in Bristol, England. The large graffiti image, depicting a woman in underwear, her jealous husband, and her naked lover dangling from a window has sparked debate in the artist's native city as to whether it is a piece of art or an act of vandalism. Bristol City Council, whose offices overlook the artwork, will ask the public whether or not to clean off the mural or paint over it. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)






A vandalized Saddam Hussein mural bears graffiti by occupying U.S. troops at the Baghdad International Airport April 8, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. Forces remain in complete control of the airport and have begun to land military planes there as well as conducting missions into the city center. (Photo by Scott Nelson/Getty Images)






A British soldier from 4-2 Commando stands guard at the old port March 25, 2003 in Umm Qasr, Iraq. The port town, on the Kuwait-Iraq border, was secured by coalition forces allowing humanitarian aid into the country. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)






A child looks at a colorfully painted wall on Huangjueping Street May 9, 2007 in Chongqing Municipality, China. Sichuan Fine Arts Institute is investing 10 million yuan (about US$1.28 million) to build Chongqing's first Performance Art Street by June 9 on Huangjueping Street where the institute is located. The 0.78-mile-long street will be decorated with sculptures while the buildings will be covered in colorful graffiti. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)






A spray painted depiction of a cash machine grabbing a child adorns a wall in Exmouth Market on May 18, 2007 in London. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)






A tourist visits an area of the old Berlin Wall August 12, 2001 in Berlin, Germany. The Berlin wall, which was constructed in 1961 by the former government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), will mark its 40th Anniversary on August 13. Pieces of the wall are still standing in parks around the city and are honored as historic monuments. (Photo by Nina Ruecker/Getty Images)






Ulster Defense Association murals are seen on February 9, 2005 in the loyalist Shankill area of West Belfast, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has become deadlocked in the peace process after the IRA recently said they were withdrawing a conditional offer to give up their weapons. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)






Builders walk past a new example of “art” by self styled guerilla artist Banksy on Pollard Street on November 1, 2007 in London, England. Recent works of art by Banksy have been bought for hundreds of thousands of pounds by celebrities such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, however Tower Hamlets Council recently said that they had a duty to remove all graffiti in the area including anything done by Banksy. The public in Bristol recently voted over 90 percent in favour of keeping a piece of graffiti art by Banksy as it was deemed so popular. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)






A Palestinian woman on her way to work pauses to look at graffiti of a camel, attributed to a Spanish artist called Sam3, on Israel's separation barrier December 5, 2007 on the outskirts of the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem. Dozens of large-scale artworks by various artists, along with some by elusive British artist Banksy, are part of an exhibition called Santa's Ghetto. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)






Palestinian worshippers pray along side militant graffiti outside a mosque September 5, 2003 in the Japalya Refugee camp north of Gaza city. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)






A visitor (L) views the urban street art installation 'One More Thing' by artist Barry McGee May 24, 2005 in New York City. The installation features found urban materials illustrating the ills of contemporary city life and runs at Deitch Projects gallery though August 13. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)






Graffitti art by the “guerilla” artist Banksy is seen on May 16, 2006 in Chalk Farm, London. The striking large scale spray-painted image entitled “Sweeping It Under The Carpet” depicts a maid who cleaned the artist's room in a motel in Los Angeles. The piece commissioned by “The Independent” newspaper edited on Tuesday by U2's frontman Bono, is intended to represent a metaphor for the west's reluctance to tackle issues such as Aids in Africa. (Photo by Dave Etheridge-Barnes/Getty Images)






People attend the opening ceremony of the Performance Art Street on Huangjueping Street on June 9, 2007 in Chongqing Municipality, China. Sichuan Fine Arts Institute invested 10 million yuan (about US$1.28 million) to build Chongqing's first Performance Art Street on Huangjueping Street where the institute is located. The 0.78-mile-long street is decorated with sculptures and the buildings covered in colourful graffiti. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
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