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Banksy is Pleased to Meat You
Banksy's animatronic meat pets—part of his larger Pet Store and Charcoal Grill exhibition—force us to see animals and food in a new way. You may find it provocative, silly, gross, funny, or simply delicious.
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Banksy is Pleased to Meat You
Banksy's animatronic meat pets—part of his larger Pet Store and Charcoal Grill exhibition—force us to see animals and food in a new way. You may find it provocative, silly, gross, funny, or simply delicious.
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Greatest Hoax Ever?
The Yes Men's legendary Bhopal hoax on the BBC and Dow Chemical just might be the most impressive corporate suckering in history.
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Greatest Hoax Ever?
The Yes Men's legendary Bhopal hoax on the BBC and Dow Chemical just might be the most impressive corporate suckering in history.
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Street Art Central
Street Art is the biggest art movement in history. Our collection of over 100 video features and shorts covers the global scene like no one else.
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Street Art Central
Street Art is the biggest art movement in history. Our collection of over 100 video features and shorts covers the global scene like no one else.
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Nice Wheels
Freewheelers is a series of documentary portraits about hot-looking bikes and the people who ride them – from self-build fixies and coveted vintage steeds to bikes as art or manifestations (or manifestos) of personal style.
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Freewheelers
Nice Wheels
Freewheelers is a series of documentary portraits about hot-looking bikes and the people who ride them – from self-build fixies and coveted vintage steeds to bikes as art or manifestations (or manifestos) of personal style.
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I Love Milton Glaser
Best known for the enduring I ♥ NY, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. ‘Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight’  reveals the full breadth of his remarkable artistic output.
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I Love Milton Glaser
Best known for the enduring I ♥ NY, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. ‘Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight’  reveals the full breadth of his remarkable artistic output.
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Diver Down
Explore the most beautiful, exotic, and unusual diving spots in the world.
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Diver Down
Explore the most beautiful, exotic, and unusual diving spots in the world.
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Banksy is Pleased to Meat You

Banksy's animatronic meat pets—part of his larger Pet Store and Charcoal Grill exhibition—force us to see animals and food in a new way. You may find it provocative, silly, gross, funny, or simply delicious.

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Art, Design, Fashion & Urban Culture. Dig it.

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Beer Nuts

Humans have been brewing beer as far back as ancient Egypt. Meet some connoisseurs and raise a mug—along with your appreciation for this beloved beverage.

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Cover-Up Mission

A hooded figure flits through the Paris Metro by night. Her mission? To turn advertising on its head by spray-painting veils over the glossy models. See her in action.

30 videos
Don't Imitate—Steal

As the artist Olek covers the world in crochet, she applies a lesson learned from Picasso and Banksy.

46 videos
Bomb It

Watch Jon Reiss's groundbreaking street art movie, featuring Shepard Fairey, Blek Le Rat and more, plus never-before-seen interviews and video profiles with street artists around the world.

20 videos
Vice Versus

The world's strangest - and coolest - subcultures 


Welcome to Metropolis

Local & Global Culture

Metropolis lets you travel the world, meet extraordinary people, and explore art, design, fashion, and contemporary urban culture.

You can ride with an L.A. moped gang, visit an underground gallery in London, go "bombing" with graffiti artists in Bangkok, pull off hoaxes on huge corporations, or learn how to build a green home on the cheap.

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Street Art Central

Babelgum has more films on Street Art than anyone else, with over 100 clips.  

From the Bronx to Bangkok, get a global perspective on the biggest art movement in history, from its roots to today.

Watch Bomb It and Bomb It 2 (feature & episodes) Urban Canvas RJ's Street Art & many more.

Meet photographer Martha Cooper, whose work helped elevate graffiti as a recognized art form.

 

  

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