Art & Exhibitions A New Show Revisits Graffiti’s Leap From the Street to the Gallery "Above Ground" contains key graffiti works from painter Martin Wong's collection, some never before seen.

“Gordon Matta-Clark: NYC Graffiti 1972/3” has the feel of a time capsule that never veers too far into didacticism, while the art almost makes you feel like you’re there.

However, graffiti artists saw these as mere challenges and worked even harder to hit their targets. Graffiti was anything but eradicated. In fact, it has spread around the world. “Graffiti, at its ...

Graffiti art has a long and storied history that stretches back to ancient civilizations, evolving from simple inscriptions and markings to the vibrant urban art form we recognize today. Initially ...

In the 2013 Yale University publication “The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti,” Rafael Schacter calls READ “The most active coast-to-coast writer in the United States.” ...

Graffiti art’s history. The history of contemporary graffiti art begins in the late ’60s and early ’70s in rough neighborhoods in Philadelphia and New York.

For the past year, the famous Bowery wall has been overtaken by graffiti in a street art turf war harkening back to a bygone New York. "Oh my god is the climate of graffiti a mess,” says a local ...

Some of the graffiti art, including a painting of Bart Simpson, that graced Ann Arbor's Graffiti Alley on May 23, 2023, before it was taken over by "Farts." (Ryan Stanton ...

A “Wizard of Oz” mural loomed over a D.C. park for 23 years. When other artists painted over it, one of the creators — a prominent street art curator — did something surprising: He sued.

Emil Nagy lives at 863 Lawrence Ave., and he decided to beautify his area by painting a mural of a CP Rail train in the back ...

Graffiti has been around since ancient times, but would you believe me if I told you that the origins of hip-hop and street art as we know them today can be traced to Philly? To get that answer, you’d ...