The stencils Maya Deren paints on the street are usually removed by Cambridge (UK) local council. In response Deren started painting famous classical images like Michelangelo’s David sculpture. To no avail.

She liked the bricked-up archway on St Philips Church and asked the vicar if she could paint it. Revd. Stewart Taylor liked the idea and they both settled on Salvador Dali’s Christ.

The whole story, via Wooster Collective.