Only months after the tagging fiasco at a graduation show at the Sao Paulo private art university Belas Artes, a different [UPDATE: APPARENTLY ORGANIZED BY THE SAME GUY AS THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT] gang of 30 pixadores took matters into their own hands and launched an attack on Choque Cultural, the city’s premier street art gallery. Last Saturday the group descended into the gallery and tagged up the walls, paintings (which thankfully were protected inside glass frames, including Gerald Laing’s) and ceilings of the small space in their unique calligraphy in a protest move against what they see as Choque Cultural’s involvement in helping to commercialize an art form — street art — that they believe should stay on the street. As we all know, it’s not a new debate and for the gallery even bad press is good press. Check out the Flickr account from one of the pixadores to see photos of the manifestation.

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