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Staco: Art Conservators Protecting Athenian Murals

Colorful graffiti murals impart some life to Athens's bleak city center. And yet, like any other work of art, these impressive paintings are under daily threat from the elements and vandalizers. This is where the Greek conservation team Staco comes...

Athens Losing War On Graffiti

Undaunted by the removal of graffiti which adorns many buildings in Athens, street artists promptly spray-painted the walls again almost the moment their work was removed and vowed to continue taking over the city. City officials last month went on...

Greek Graffiti Artists Transform Athens With Political Bite

Greek graffiti has been vibrant for 30 years, but spiked in 2008 after the shooting death of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos in the anarchist-artist neighborhood hotbed of Exarchia. Many buildings have been touched by graffiti to make some a statement...

Unknown Vandals Spray Graffiti Threat on Greek Orthodox Monastery in Jerusalem

A Jerusalem monastery, built on the site where tradition says the tree used in the making of Jesus's cross once stood, was defaced with "Death to Christians" graffiti on Tuesday. The words "Price Tag" daubed on a vandalized car parked...

Graffiti Showing Greek PM and Vice Presidents as 'the Dalton Brothers' in Rethymno

A new graffiti on a wall in Rethymno, Crete, shows Vice President Theodoros Pangkalos, PM Giorgos Papandreou, FinMin and Vice President Evanggelos Venizelos, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the ‘Dalton Brothers’ from Lucky Luck, one of the most...