[casca]

This happens in London too, although usually it takes a little longer. Banky's "residence" in New York is clearly not being as appreciated by the local street artists as he was intending.

[pokpokpok]

"street art" is the white commodification of graffiti. anyone decrying this "vandalization" of banksy's work should just buy it in coffee table book form so all the legitimate art isn't sullied by uncultured scribbling

[nilved]

You can tell easily that none of this was done by "local street artists." It's an example of the difference between vandalism and art.

[mhurron]

'Local street artists' are still vandals, as is Bansky. The difference is if you like the vandalism or not.

[krisrak]

I guess so, both are vandalism, but banksy's vandalism is preferred one if there was a choice

[casca]

How can you tell? This looks like the kind of thing that would easily appear in Leake Street[1] and I'm sure NY has quality street artists as well.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leake_Street