Talks on street art in Stockholm, Sweden on 8 May 2015 and Media Bar Camp, Lithuania on 9 May 2015

On 8 May 2015 Peter Bengtsen will hold a seminar on street art at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, at Stockholm University. The seminar will focus on questions regarding the artistic and monetary value of artworks that have been removed from the street and put on the art market. More information about this event can be found <link http: www.su.se polopoly_fs menu standard file>here. On 9 May 2015 Bengtsen is giving a talk at the Media Bar Camp 2015 in Lithuania. The focus of the talk is the exploration of, and critical attitude towards, public space that street art may inspire. More information about Media Bar Camp can be found here: <link http: mediabarcamp.com _blank>mediabarcamp.com/2015/03/3447/ The themes covered in these talks are also discussed in Bengtsen's book  <link https: www.academia.edu bengtsen_p._2014_._the_street_art_world street art>"The Street Art World" (2014), as well as in his article  <link http: www.tandfonline.com eprint cep4axaapnn4zje7keun full the public art>"Beyond the Public Art Machine" (2013), currently available as Open Access.