London CNN — A Banksy mural in Bristol, southwestern England, is set to be sold at auction next year, along with the building it was created on. “Well Hung Lover” was painted on the side of a building on Bristol’s Frogmore Street in 2006, with the city’s residents later voting to keep the mural. The city of Bristol has no …
A student copies a wall painting from the Mogao Grottoes during a study tour in Dunhuang in February last year. ZHANG XIAOLIANG/XINHUA After four years and the formulation of 81 different recipes, they finally developed a suitable injection formula through repeated improvements. Fan Zaixuan, a member of the cultural relics protection team, has been involved in the restoration of ancient …
With all due respect to my favorite Downtown Boys’ song, sometimes a wall is more than just a wall. In 1976, Chicano artist Glugio “Gronk” Nicandro painted “Señora With a Gun” on the side of a shoe store in El Monte’s Valley Mall business district. “I hope I never see the day when we have murals all over the downtown …
