Urban Outfitters wants people to know that it isn’t trying to get rid of a painting purportedly by street artist Banksy that appeared on the side of its Westwood store this week. Several works have popped up around Los Angeles in recent days, leading some to speculate that the elusive artist was staging a unique Oscar campaign for his documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” Despite rumors that Urban Outfitters wanted to remove the painting — dubbed the “Crayola Shooter — the trendy chain told LAist that isn’t so, saying it was proud to have the artwork on its store and was “doing everything in our power to convince the property manager not to touch this important work of art.”

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