Gentrification

right|thumb|upright=1.3|Gentrification with a typical ranch-style house|ranch house side by side with a modern house in [[Dallas, Texas, in 2020]]

locality of Berlin

village in South Korea

thumb|upright=1.2|5 Pointz, a former graffiti-covered industrial building in Long Island City, New York, later demolished during a redevelopment project. The site became emblematic of tensions between street art, urban development, and gentrification. Artwashing is a term used to describe the use of artistic and creative practices in ways that have been associated with processes of gentrification. In academic literature, the term has been used to refer to situations in which art is employed to make locations more amenable to private capital and to the aesthetics favored by higher-income groups