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Saturday, July 4, 2015

Greece's anti-austerity murals: street art expresses a nation's frustration

Artwork criticising international response to country’s debt crisis has flourished amid economic turmoil and social hardship. Jon Henley meets the artistsAs a fraught and worn-out Greece careered this week towards a historic vote that could determine its future for generations, one image has captured the country’s dilemma.Websites, TV stations and newspapers around the world have shown it: daubed on a wall in Athens, the EU flag, its azure background and 12 gold stars – one of them red – defaced with four bold white letters: N€IN. Continue reading...


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