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...fans of underground art and more than a few mainstream collectors, snapping Banksy would be like bagging the Loch Ness monster - and there are similar questions as to whether the photo is real. A spokesman for the artist confirmed that the Bethnal Green mural is Banksy's handiwork, but declined to say whether he is the man in the photograph. (See pictures of Banksy's secret art show...
...Blue Period. Art critics worry that the current buying boom will only lead to creative stagnation - and that everyone from the artists to national governments are being blinded by money. "What people call avant-garde art in China has actually been co-opted by the government and is now mainstream," says Yang Zhenzhong, a multimedia artist from the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, who is being showcased this year at the prestigious Venice Biennale. "The government realizes art has commercial value, so it's become just another object to sell." The Beijing government, for instance, is hyping a factory district...
...There are parts of the media that are grossly out of touch with mainstream America,” he said. “Hillary Clinton has generated support from ordinary Americans...
...Historically, movements for ethnic departments have been led by students like Coles in minority communities who want a place for themselves within a university that they feel is taking a limited approach to the humanities. “So-called mainstream departments, which seem theoretically not to be ethnically-based, were thought to exclude faculty and students who were not white,” explains Professor of African and African-American Studies Biodun Jeyifo. The African and Afro-American Association of Harvard-Radcliffe Students fought for an Afro-American Studies Department in the 60s expressly so that African-American students...
...none of the mainstream media based in the U.K. or with British assets dares to publish the alleged victim's name. To identify him or her or to give any further details that could lead to his or her identification would be in contempt of a court order obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the body responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales. "It's quite normal in cases of blackmail to ask for a Section 11 order [under the 1981 Contempt of Court Act] to protect the identity of the person...