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‘Arrest him!’: Outrage after video shows a German tourist daubing natural areas with grafitti on Spain’s Canary Islands – risking himself a €200,000 fine

LOCALS on the Canary Islands are fuming after a German graffiti artist proudly left his mark at beauty spots across the holiday destination. An Instagram account called Markant.berlin uploaded a video of

28 Mar, 2024 @ 15:50

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New mayor of Valencia in Spain announces big plan to improve street cleaning

New mayor of Valencia in Spain announces big overhaul of street and park cleaning service

VALENCIA’S new Partido Popular mayor Maria Jose Catala has announced that street and green area cleaning is being doubled in the city. One of Maria Catala’s pledges in her successful election campaign

24 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s national railway company, Renfe, spends more than €400,000 to remove graffiti from Andalucian trains

EVERY year, thousands of trains are vandalized and last year’s graffiti cleaning costs tallied €413,000 in Andalucia alone. In addition to the cost, there are the delays caused by the removal of

28 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Lead·Other News·Travel News

How Spain’s street artists are changing the public perception of graffiti

URBAN art has often been associated with vandalism. Graffiti, as a main example, is interpreted by many as a deterioration of communities, an eyesore or an indication of social disintegration. But, undoubtedly,

27 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Costa Blanca Graffiti Vandal In Spain Is Caught After Year Long Investigation

Costa Blanca serial graffiti vandal in Spain is caught after year-long investigation

POLICE have arrested a Costa Blanca graffiti vandal after a year-long probe to track down the culprit. The unidentified man scrawled over 50 signs in the Elche and Santa Pola areas. It’s

18 Nov, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Art & freedom of expression ‘united’ in war against graffiti on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ARTISTS and a local council have worked together to produce a stunning piece of art to refurbish the wall of a sports field in Orihuela. The mural, by José Manuel Rodríguez and

7 Nov, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Vandals Scrawl Graffiti On Covid 19 Memorial In Costa Blanca City In Spain

Disrespectful vandals scrawl graffiti on Costa Blanca COVID-19 victims memorial in Spain

A Denia sculpture paying tribute to victims of the COVID-19 pandemic has been vandalised. The heart-shaped ‘Corozones’ by local sculptor, Modesto Mari, was unveiled in the city’s Plaza de la Constitucion last

26 Aug, 2021 @ 14:27

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

The Name Game As Graffiti Artist Signature Identifies Historic Monument Vandals On Spain's Costa Blanca

‘ALL IN A NAME’ as graffiti signatures reveal identities of vandals at historic site on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR Alicante graffiti artists will have to pay fines of €1,060 each for damaging a historic building after experts used social media to identify them. They damaged the 16th century Torre Conde

25 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

€22 MILLION train vandals arrested in Spain

NEARLY 100 graffiti vandals who caused €22 MILLION worth of damage to trains in just three years have been arrested in Spain. The 99 detained men and women are said to be

14 Nov, 2020 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Lead·National News

Vandalised Malaga cultural centre has CCTV installed in police crackdown on graffiti

Police training was put to use as officers in Rincon caught three graffiti artists red-handed

21 Feb, 2019 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Banksy gets ‘Banksied’ as gallery in Spain exhibits art without his permission

THE work of one of the world’s most controversial graffiti artists is being exhibited without his permission in Spain. But the guerilla artist, who is famed for his politically-charged graffiti decorating hidden

15 Dec, 2018 @ 16:00

La Cultura·Lead·London

Mallorca Olive Press asks readers to identify cool dog graffiti artist

Talented graffiti artist spray-painting pooches around Palma

12 May, 2017 @ 08:23

Lead·Mallorca

Local by name, international in style

The new cafe, cocktail bar and lounge is an excellent addition in Nueva Andalucia

16 Jun, 2016 @ 08:55

Food & Drink·Malaga

Romantic Madrid street graffiti celebrates first birthday

A group of five artists decided to etch 22 verses on the ground overnight one year ago

8 Oct, 2015 @ 11:30

La Cultura·Lead

Surf ‘n’ turf in Valdevaqueros, Andalucia’s little slice of Ibiza

No other place better epitomises the hip Tarifa scene than Valdevaqueros, writes Jon Clarke

15 Jul, 2015 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Food & Drink·Travel News

Could this be a Banksy in Andalucia?

Spotted by Olive Press reader and multimedia artist Jane Jewson on the road from Casares to Gaucin, two lifelike soldiers in battle dress square up to each other on the side of

20 Apr, 2015 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Photo

Art attack

San Pedro hostel holds open day to show off graffiti art

11 Dec, 2013 @ 16:41

La Cultura·Photo

Graffiti artists encouraged in Nerja

The youth department is organising a local competition

4 Oct, 2013 @ 11:12

Malaga

God’s own Banksy in Barcelona

Spain’s very own Michelangelo tarts up Barcelona church - but it’s not graffiti, he claims

21 May, 2012 @ 09:35

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Maximilian Bartie

Disgruntled of Andalucia (Formerly Royal Tunbridge Wells) puts the world to rights

12 Mar, 2012 @ 10:02

Max Bartie

Graffiti: Art or vandalism?

No other form of art has ever divided people so strongly

13 Feb, 2012 @ 16:54

Education

Caught with his pants down

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE by Jon Clarke: Ancient-monument defacing vandal gets humiliating comeuppance

11 Apr, 2010 @ 01:00

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