Twenty-three-year-old Jairisa Sanchez is bucking the odds for women in Nicaragua, which has some of the highest rates of teen pregnancy and violence against women in the Americas. When she’s not working as a graphic designer, Sanchez is a rare graffitera, a female graffiti artist.
All that was left of Palestinian Rabie Darduna’s house was his front door. Then graffiti artist Banksy painted on Darduna’s door. Now police in Gaza have confiscated the door after Darduna says he was tricked into selling it for $175.
Street artists create their art on canvases that don’t belong to them. But Google’s giving them a chance to save their work — before it’s gone.Street artists create their art on canvases that don’t belong to them. But Google’s giving them a chance to save their work — before it’s gone.