Artist behind Dallas’ Whaling Wall mural calls new paint job ‘shameful’

“They absolutely, disrespectfully, destroyed it. And it's shameful.”

“I'm looking at the big picture. I want to protect all public art, because it's important. Great cities have great public art, and to go in there and deface them, it's not right on any level. They should be embarrassed.”

https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-05-15/dallas-whaling-wall-82-mural-covered-wyland-fifa-world-cup-art

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Artist behind Dallas’ Whaling Wall mural calls new paint job ‘shameful’

The majority of the mural was painted over and will be replaced by a mural celebrating the FIFA World Cup.

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In Vermont, a School and Artist Fight Over Murals of Slavery: Created to depict the brutality of enslavement, the works are seen by some as offensive. The school wants them permanently covered.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/us/vermont-law-art-slavery.html

In Vermont, a School and Artist Fight Over Murals of Slavery

Created to depict the brutality of enslavement, the works are seen by some as offensive. The school wants them permanently covered. The artist says they are historically important.