5Pointz Developers File Appeal Over $6.8 Million USD Payment For Whitewashed Works

This past February, NYC federal judge Frederic Block ordered real estate developers and former owners of the 5Pointz graffiti mecca, Gerald and David Wolkoff, to pay $6.8 million USD in damages for whitewashing the works of 21 graffiti artists to build luxury towers. Now, the Wolkoffs and their lawyers have filed an appeal to reverse the decision this past Saturday. According to Artnet, their lawyers have claimed that the graffiti works are "ephemeral" and painting over them is part of the cultu...