Yoshitomo Nara arrested in New York

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    A famous Japanese artist has been arrested in New York City [Via Jean Snow]:

    Yoshitomo Nara, a contemporary Japanese pop artist known for sculptures and paintings of doe-eyed figures, was arrested in late February for tagging graffiti in the Union Square subway station, a New York Police Department official said Monday.

    The artist was arrested at 3:10 a.m. on Feb. 27 and was charged with criminal mischief, possession of graffiti instruments, making graffiti and resisting arrest, detective Martin Speechley told Kyodo News in a phone interview.

    Nara, who has already been released, has said that he enjoyed the experience of being held in a jail cell and that it was “like in the movies.”

    [image of the graffiti taken from The Art Collectors via Watashi to Tokyo]

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