Street art censorship in Vancouver, Canada

Posted on | December 11, 2009 | No Comments

This is something I have never heard of before: Authorities taking action to remove politically offensive street art. Nevertheless, this is what has happened in Vancouver, Canada, where an art gallery owner has received an order to remove a controversial mural on the outside walls of the gallery. Local newspaper The Globe & Mail writes: “The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal of a mural hanging outside a Downtown Eastside gallery depicting the Olympic rings as four sad faces and one smiley face. The gallery says in 10 years, it has never before been asked to remove any work.”

Read the entire story here.

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