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Last week, new graffiti artwork by Banksy started showing up all over Los Angeles, CA ahead of this weekend’s Academy Awards (which has nominated his film Exit Through the Gift Shop for the Best Documentary Oscar). Today we learn that Banksy has made his way a bit south of LA to do some tagging in San Diego, CA. Even tho Banksy took a little trip outside of LA, it’s clear that he is staying in SoCal … just in case he ends up winning an Academy Award this weekend.

Yesterday Pink reader Sarah shared a photograph of a new piece of graffiti street art here in LA that is believed to have been crated by British graffiti star Banksy. It is believed Banksy is tagging LA ahead of the Academy Awards next week because his film Exit Through the Gift Shop is nominated for the Best Documentary award. Today, Pink reader Aaron sends in other photos of another Banksy art piece that popped up here in LA this week. In fact, Banksy pieces are showing up all over LA these days.

The mysterious graffiti artist Banksy is thought to be back in LA these days leading up to the 83rd annual Academy Awards happening in Hollywood, CA at the end of the month. As you may or may not know, Banksy‘s film Exit Through the Gift Shop is nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar and after a couple of Banksy-like pieces of street art have surfaced here in town, it is widely believed that Banksy is in town to liven up the place ahead of the Academy Awards show next week. Pink reader Sarah sends in a photo of a believed Banksy piece that showed up in Westwood, CA this week.

Rihanna released a music video for her new single S&M a couple of weeks ago and one famed photographer in particular took great interest in the clip … because he saw his work being plagiarized right before his eyes. Photographer David LaChapelle is known for his hyper-color, vivid photographs … and as soon as he saw the same hyper-color, vivid imagery used in his photographs co-opted for Rihanna‘s new video he got upset. Then he decided to sue.

So … a new waxwork statue of Prince William of Wales has gone on display in London, England this week in a new exhibit titled Engagement. As you can see, the artist who created the statue didn’t really capture the essence of Prince Wills in this likeness … at all. At another gallery, a painting of Kate Middleton titled God Save the Future Queen by an artist named Zoobs turned out much better than this wax statue did. It looks like even the art world is getting in on the Royal Wedding bandwagon.

Artist Richard Phillips has immortalized some of Hollywood’s biggest celebs in a new art exhibition titled Most Wanted which is on display at the White Cube Gallery in London. For his art pieces, he took images of the celebs and enhanced them with bright hypercolor, making for bold and striking images.

According to the artist, these celebs have the “capacity to dominate the celebrity media outlets with the published details of their public and private lives.” By placing their faces over the logos of luxury brands, Phillips has made these in demand celebs even in higher demand. In the end, the result is a batch of photos that are, at the very least, eye-catching. Check out some of the photos below and tell me what you think. Is this an exhibit that you think you’d like to see in person?

[Photo credit: Splash News]

Lindsay Lohan has only been living in Venice, CA for a few weeks now but she’s already been met by a very warm welcome. No, I’m not talking about her new next door neighbor (and ex-girlfriend) Samantha Ronson, I’m talking about a street artist named Jules Muck. Muck painted a piece of street art in L. Lo‘s new home city welcoming her to town.

UK artist Johnny Cotter got himself into a bit of trubs with the police in England recently after some people filed complaints about a painting on display in Folkestone, Kent that is titled Listen to Me and Not to Them. In the painting, David Beckham is nailed to a cross in a Jesus-like pose while wearing a red English football jersey along side a pair of soccer trophies. According to Cotter, the painting is not meant to be “anti-Christian” and is only meant to comment artistically on 21st Century worship. In case you’ve yet to see the painting in full, you can see the very striking full size image below.

In honor of Sanrio‘s 50th Anniversary they have launched the Small Gift Pop-Up Tour here in the US in both Miami, FL and Los Angeles, CA providing a FREE carnival/art exhibit … yesterday was the first night the event was open to the public so David and I decided to check it out:

David is such a good sport about amusement part stuff so we really had a great time. There was Hello Kitty-inspired artwork on display, rides and games to play, fun fair food to eat and — of course — fun stuff to buy. After the jump, check out some of the fun photos I snapped last night — including a photo of David and me that I cannot EVEN believe I am sharing with the world (hint: there are costumes involved) …

Yesterday we heard a cute story about Lindsay Lohan — currently rehabbing at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, CA — trying to escape the grounds of the rehab center so that she could score a bottle of Coca-Cola (which L. Lo‘s lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley is today debunking). Today we hear about a story that is just so gross … I can’t even wrap my head around it. There is a new report out that makes the claim that Lindsay‘s mother, Dina Lohan, is trying to turn her daughter’s much publicized stint in rehab into a money-making venture. According to this new report, Dina is not only trying to orchestrate the exclusive sale of paparazzi photographs of Lindsay and her family inside the Betty Ford Center but is also trying to shop footage of Lindsay in rehab … to be turned into a reality TV show!

Dina Lohan is allegedly shopping a new reality show pegged to her daughter Lindsay’s current trip to rehab. Lindsay is currently undergoing treatment at The Betty Ford Center in Palm Springs. As RadarOnline.com previously reported, she is being treated for an addiction to cocaine. According to Kickster, Dina is planning for an upcoming visit with Lindsay and is allegedly hoping to sell photos of the trip (which her other kids Michael Jr., 22, Ali, 16, and Cody, 13, will be present for). “Not only has Dina been ‘shopping’ around her upcoming trip to visit Lindsay in rehab at Betty Ford… to media outlets for the sale of pictures BUT she is doing it to develop a new REALITY SHOW!”,” a source told the site … “She can’t get a show about her own life, so she’s using Lindsay’s troubles to get her a reality show,” Michael told RadarOnline.com.

I want to clarify that this report is mere rumor at this point, there is no proof (outside of nameless “sources”) that Dina is actually doing these things BUT I absolutely believe that Dina Lohan would do these sorts of things. There has been much talk about the Lohan family’s dwindling money supplies since Lindsay‘s legal woes got serious … and it’s pretty common knowledge that Dina is not the best mother out there. So, yeah, altho this report is unsubstantiated … I very sadly believe it has at least some merit. Gross.

[Photo credit: Gallery of the Absurd; Source]