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Artists Claim Victory in ‘First Street’ Mural Battle Struggle’

By Gloria Angelina Castillo, EGP Staff Writer A coalition of artists on Tuesday declared “victory” in their fight to save a historically significant mural in East Los Angeles. The announcement came just hours before the Los Angeles County Planning Commission was to hold a public hearing on a proposed new school that artists feared would end up destroying the murals. MELROSEandFAIRFAX. The world's biggest gallery: How street art became big business - Features, Art. Then the internet came along and changed all that.

The world's biggest gallery: How street art became big business - Features, Art

In a little over a decade, a genre that was once dismissed as vandalism has used cyberspace to gain credibility as one of the most vibrant and creative scenes in urban culture. Inspired by Banksy, who has completed the journey from viral sensation to millionaire creator of $60,000 canvasses, Oscar-nominated movies, and bestselling books, a generation of artists is now starting to fashion lucrative careers out of their former hobby. "Today, somebody does a tag in Russia, China, Japan, or Africa, a friend photographs it and within a few hours it'll be viewed on websites all over the world," says Jeffrey Deitch, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, which recently opened a major show on the subject. "I think you can make a good case that street art is now the most influential art movement of the past 30 years.