Here Today, Gone Tomorrow The ephemeral nature of street art

Art in museums is carefully preserved and, if necessary, restored in order to be kept indefinately. Street art, on the other hand, is finite by its very nature. Ephemerality is in fact one of its defining features. Some street art may be around for years. This holds true particularly for murals (although muralism kind of falls into a category of its own).

From Museum Gallery to Street Corner From Caravaggio to Dalí, from The Mona Lisa to The Scream

It’s hard to find a draughtsman, painter, sculptor or street artist who hasn’t followed the example of artists from earlier periods. More often than not, works of art have been (partly) inspired by other works of art, it’s safe to say. In all its diversity, street art has not only been influenced by many other art movements, but is itself also full of references to art.

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