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Brittany Hope reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on June 4, 2025. A mural of Kobe and Gigi Bryant has been vandalized again, as white spray paint is now covering the mural in downtown Los Angeles.

Artist Emily Ding’s mural is part of the new ‘Big Art. Bigger Dreams” project in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy Street Art for Mankind) ...

As Serna notes, Instagram account @Kobemural revealed before-and-after footage of the mural, created by artist Loui "Sloe" Motion, located at 1361 Main Street in downtown Los Angeles.

The artist posted the finished product on Jan. 30, 2020. "Unfortunately, one of the first Kobe and Gigi murals has been vandalized in Downtown Los Angeles," the account kobemural wrote on Instagram.

A mural depicting the late Kobe Bryant kissing his daughter Gigi, was vandalized in Downtown Los Angeles by street artists. John Darovitz is reflected in his pointillist art of a likeness of Kobe ...

Check out a photo of the mural in its early stages, shared by the account "Kobe and Gianna Bryant Murals" on X (formerly Twitter). The new Kobe Bryant and Luka Doncic mural coming soon LA 👀 pic ...

LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilman Kevin de León celebrated on Sunday in Boyle Heights as a massive mural honoring late Dodgers legend Fernando ...

After the 80ft-long mural featured in the NHM exhibition Sin Censura: A Mural Remembers Los Angeles in 2018-19, the museum acquired it in 2020.