Chronicling the Effort to Save Los Angeles' Murals: Behind the Wall

This writer’s brain is still a bit mushy from either jet lag or having eaten nothing but pasta for the past two weeks, so while he rests his weary head, here’s a great documentary by filmmaker Oliver Riley-Smith, Behind the Wall. It concerns the effort to save and preserve both murals and street art in Los Angeles, an issue that recently rose to particular prominence during LA MOCA‘s often controversial “Art in the Streets” exhibition.