[Tagging] Difference between graffiti and mural

Daniel Capilla dcapillae at gmail.com
Sun Apr 16 15:06:33 UTC 2023


On 4/15/23 at 20:51, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:

> why only "notable"?

  On 4/16/23 at 15:59,  António Madeira via Tagging wrote:

> I believe it has to do with its longevity and legality. Normally, 
> notable art works in the streets are allowed by the city authorities 
> and thus last longer. Minor graffiti tends to disappear, either by 
> removal or overlapped by other graffiti/paint/whatever.

I don't know if "notable" means "not ephemeral". My impression is that 
it refers to "notable artistic quality". Anyway, this is a good point 
(thanks!).

I would like to include something on that in the wiki, on legality or 
longevity. It seems to me that they could be significant in this type of 
work.




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