Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'banksy'
July 3, 2008
Photo by Dimsumdarren from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. A long-running question on Torontoist asks when graffiti can be tolerated. The sticking point isn't whether graffiti artists occasionally produce good art. Toronto's best-known piece of graffiti—a rainbow painted on a tunnel by the Don Valley Parkway—inspired Peter Doig's painting, "Country Rock," which in turn became the cover piece for an acclaimed exhibition in London. Worldwide, consider these murals, three-dimensional chalk drawings, and dirty window art.......
Continue Reading "When Can Graffiti Be Tolerated?"October 3, 2007
Repo! The Genetic Opera!––the upcoming musical about an organ donor program that goes horribly horribly wrong––is (surprise!) filming in Toronto. Though there are a bunch of other half-decent actors in the film, Repo! is most notable for its star: Paris Hilton. Sooooo...yeah. That's something. Anyway, the production is looking for about 200 unpaid extras (men and women between the ages of 25 and 60) to dress up all nice and pretend to be opera......
Continue Reading "Join the Race to the Bottom of the Pile"