Graffiti is described in the Oxford Dictionary as “Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.” Graffiti is defined as permanently ...
Meris Westberg of Jablonski Building Conservation works to preserve a calendar scratched by an inmate into a cell wall at the historic Burlington County Prison. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Camden and Cherry ...
It was only a matter of time. The first graffiti museum in the world has come to Miami – and it's drawing attention from artists all over the globe. The Museum of Graffiti stands in the heart of ...
Invited to exhibit in one of New York's premier galleries a dozen years ago, Barry McGee responded by upending several trucks. He then bombed the wreckage with spraypaint and made it the centerpiece ...
Lee Quiñones is an elder statesman of street art. His graffiti subway creations — called “top-to-bottoms” for the way they covered the car’s entire exterior — established his legendary status as they ...
Jher remembers when graffiti was a renegade art form that most cities reviled. Since 1995, he has been part of the RTD Graffiti Crew, which was established in ’91 and got its moniker when members ...
A team of archeologists from the University of Tubingen in Germany recently discovered a number of cave drawings in eastern France that are estimated to be more than 12,000-years-old. These drawings ...
Scott Hocking, “Shit” in “Bad Graffiti” (2012) (all images courtesy Black Dog Publishing) Who cares about bad graffiti or street art? The spray paint scrawls of ill-chosen tag names (“Piggy Nasty,” ...
Written by Cory "EON" Stowers. For over three decades the DC graffiti scene has been something of an enigma. A strange mixture of homegrown and visiting graffiti writers who’s combined efforts helped ...