Art or vandalism?
Is graffiti art or vandalism? This  randomlycomplainallowedfinesorganisedappreciatedpropertystoppedfreedependscouncilsrecognition on your point of view, but in many countries, writing or painting on public or private  stoppedfreeorganisedallowedcouncilsfinesrecognitionpropertyappreciatedcomplainrandomlydepends is considered vandalism. Many street artists have been  randomlyfreerecognitionpropertydependscouncilsallowedstoppedfinescomplainorganisedappreciated by the police and some have had to pay  freecomplainrecognitionappreciatedfinespropertydependsorganisedrandomlystoppedcouncilsallowed.

Many city councils  appreciateddependspropertyfreestoppedcomplainfinesrandomlyorganisedcouncilsrecognitionallowed about the high cost of cleaning graffiti off buildings, buses and trains. In some areas,  randomlyfreeallowedcomplainstoppedfinesdependspropertyorganisedrecognitioncouncilsappreciated have tried to encourage artists not to paint  randomlyallowedcouncilsstoppedrecognitionorganisedappreciatedpropertyfinesdependsfreecomplain on walls by allowing them to work in designated areas. Taiwan is one such place and there are 'graffiti zones' where artists are  stoppedorganisedrandomlyallowedrecognitionappreciatedfreecomplainpropertyfinesdependscouncils to paint and write on walls. In São Paulo in Brazil, the city council has even  freeappreciatedstoppedpropertyorganisedcouncilsfinesdependscomplainrecognitionallowedrandomly some graffiti artists to paint on the city's subway trains.

And what does the art world think of graffiti and street art? Recently, there has been a growing  propertyorganisedfinesstoppedappreciatedallowedrandomlyrecognitioncouncilscomplaindependsfree of its value as an art form. There have been major exhibitions of street art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles. The American artist Elura Emerald  allowedfinesfreestoppedpropertycouncilsorganisedrandomlyrecognitioncomplaindependsappreciated a street art exhibition at a New York gallery in 2008. She defended street artists, saying 'artists who paint on the street are merely expressing themselves, not hurting anyone. They should be  stoppedfreeappreciatedfinespropertydependsrecognitionorganisedcomplainallowedcouncilsrandomly and celebrated'.