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Restoration row over da Vinci masterpiece In this battle, the warriors’ weapons are palettes and paintbrushes: street artists from the US and France are fighting for the top prize in a so-called art battle at Paris’ Forum des Halles.
Inspired by battle rapping, which emerged in the US in the late 1970s, art battle is a live event in which artists have a given time to create a work of art in front of an audience, which is also the jury.
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