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São Paulo’s street artists craft their images during the wee hours of the night; under bridges and inside tunnels, they leave colorful murals in the gray metropolis. But like most things hip and underground, street art has broken though to the fine art world. As these rebel artists spray paint the walls of trendy galleries after lunchtime, can they really take their art out of the streets, yet still keep the streets in their art? While I can’t help but think the world of fine art has stolen a part of the authenticity of Brazilian street art, the practitioners who were once only identifiable by their strokes, shapes, and colors are now achieving their rightfully deserved fame.

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