A writer sprays a fast two-color bubble-letter name, more developed than a one-color signature but less elaborate than a detailed multicolor work. What form is it?

On a brick alley wall, a writer leaves a small stylized name in one color as quickly as possible. What is this mark called?

A wall holds an elaborate, highly skilled multicolor graffiti work that other writers praise as exceptional. Which term best fits it?

A warehouse wall is covered by enormous, simple, highly readable block letters meant to be seen from far away. What style is this?

A maintenance crew paints over graffiti on a wall, removing it from view. In graffiti vocabulary, what has happened to the wall?

Keith Haring made quick white-chalk drawings on blank black-paper subway advertising panels. Why did those panels suit his goal?

A painter covers an exterior wall with a large mural, and the city does not treat it as vandalism. What most clearly distinguishes this project from unauthorized graffiti?

An outdoor artwork was planned for one particular fence beside heavy traffic. When the fence is demolished, what is lost most directly?

A wheat-pasted poster is torn by rain and covered with new notices within days. What feature of this practice is most central?

Why do the Guerrilla Girls use masks and pseudonyms in their public actions?

A protest poster compares a museum's low number of women artists with its high number of female nudes. What claim does this pairing make?

A collective repeats the same statistic and slogan on hundreds of posters near galleries. What advantage does this activist strategy offer?

An activist group moves a poster from a gallery wall to city bus shelters. Who gains the most direct access to the message?

A gallery sells a newly made painting directly for the first time. In which part of the art market does this sale occur?

A collector who bought a painting from a gallery resells it years later through an auction house. What kind of market transaction is this?

An owner signs an agreement allowing an auction house to sell a sculpture on the owner's behalf. What is that owner called?

A gallery represents an artist and introduces the artist's original works to collectors. What role is the gallery performing?

At an art fair, galleries sell artists' new works for the first time. How should those sales be classified?

A public sale offers each artwork to competing bidders and awards it to the highest bidder. What kind of sale is this?

Bidding on a lot ends below the confidential minimum agreed with the seller. What happens to the lot?

The auctioneer accepts a winning bid of $10,000 before any buyer's premium or taxes are added. What is the $10,000 figure called?

A bidder wins a lot at a $10,000 hammer price, and the buyer's premium is 20 percent. Ignoring taxes, how much does the buyer pay?

Letters, receipts, and exhibition labels trace a painting's owners from the artist's studio to the present. What kind of record do these documents create?

A canvas has a documented chain of owners from the studio onward. What does that record not establish on its own?

Records trace an artwork's owners from 1920 to 1938 and from 1950 onward, but no documents account for 1938–1950. What is the most responsible conclusion?