Hotel Graffiti Art: Tilt = "Yes"; Qandeel "No"

Abdullah Qandeel's The Enemy Within, sold for $209k

Although Abdullah Qandeel's paintings sell for over $200,000 at auction, his graffiti remains unappreciated.  October 31, 2014, Qandeel and his "studio" engaged in graffiti performance art in the penthouse of the 6 Columbus Hotel in NYC.  The management did not appreciate his contribution to the hotel's art collection.  Seeing the paint covered artist and his "scantily clad" apprentices, the staff promptly called the police and had him arrested.

There is a precedent for "hanging" your art and tagging hotel rooms.  Banksy famously installed his own painting (with plaque) in the Brooklyn Museum of art.  The Au Vieux Panie hotel in Marseille commissioned graffiti artist Tilt (see prior entry) and they were tickled pink/yellow/blue when he only painted half of the room.

6 Columbus cannot unwind the rushed arrest of Qandeel, but they have a great opportunity to make amends by hiring him and his studio to decorate a matching room.  Embrace art, live art!

Abdullah Qandeel