If you’ve ever wondered where Banksy is, fear no more- there’s an app for that.  A new iphone app lets you know where you can find Banksy works, especially if, as artinfo.com puts it, you “find it difficult to tell his stenciled subversions from the less culturally ratified work of people like Mr. Brainwash, or from precursor artists like Blek le Rat.” Check out the whole article here: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38196/the-new-app-that-helps-you-track-down-banksy-inside-the-netherworld-of-mummy-smuggling-and-more-must-read-art-news/
From ArtInfo.com and bbc.com: Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron Swap Art  For 39-year-old artist Ben Eine(real name Ben Flynn), remaining an anti-establishment vandal just got even more difficult, as British prime minister David Cameronoffered one of Eine’s paintings to president Barack Obama as a diplomatic gift earlier this week. (Obama, for his part, offered the newly elected pol a tasteful Ed Ruscha print — always a safe bet.)  Read more: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35285/obama-and-british-pm-cameron-swap-art-successfully/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10710074 Ben Eine’s “Twenty First Century City,” 2010
artlistpro: arthistoryblog: Banksy drops a new film at the Berlin Film Festival, can wait till it hits the US Banksy, the British street artist who keeps his identity secret to avoid prosecution for graffiti, introduced his new film, “Exit Through the Gift Shop” at the Berlin Film Festival via video message in a hooded sweater, his voice disguised, his face dark. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=afJqqxQ.LmqA