But street art now has a permanent claim on the art world: an entire museum dedicated to the genre. While street art and graffiti shows have been the subject of numerous exhibitions over the past five years, it is the biggest acknowledgment so far of urban art as a legitimate art form, with an enormous fanbase worldwide. “The art in here is not street art and it is important to show that these street artists do also work on canvas,” she said. “Street art has to hit the museum circuit to go up in value. Whereas street art used to be viewed as an eyesore, detested by city authorities, works by Banksy now fetch upwards of a million pounds, and buildings with street art on them are fought over by councils and private corporations.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2017 06:56 UTC