BNE is an anonymous

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artist known for stickers that read "BNE" or "BNE was here". He has left his mark in countries throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America. "His accent and knowledge of local artists suggest he is from New York."Corey Kilgannon
"Making a Name for Himself, With Just 3 Letters"
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'', December 8, 2009. In May 2006, the San Francisco Police Department noted BNE's stickers appearing on public property across the city.Becky Bowman
"Reward for BNE sticker vandal"
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, the mayor of San Francisco, offered a $2,500 reward for information leading to BNE's arrest. Peter F. Vallone Jr., chairman of the New York City Council Public Safety Committee, has called him "an unrepentant criminal who has cost honest taxpayers a lot of money". In 2009, the advertising agency

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commissioned the artist to create a mural near their agency at 44th Street and Eleventh Avenue as part of an exhibition of the artist's work. The song "The Children of the Night" on the Australian hip hop band

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's 2010 album ''

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'' contains the lines: "Guerrilla activists seeing freedom clear / Across the globe sticking up, BNE WAS HERE." In 2011 "BNE launched the BNE Water Foundation", however his charitable fund-raising project is no longer operating. Additionally, in 2013 and 2014 BNE was involved in several fundraising campaigns for Charity: Water."Rebel With a Cause: An Interview with BNE"
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'', May 21, 2012

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