If you’ve ever been on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, you’ve definitely seen the graffiti-covered walls that line ...

Caltrans has installed artificial ivy along U.S. 101 in Downtown Los Angeles ahead of the FIFA World Cup in June and the 2028 ...

Scenes of battle and words of romantic passion decorated the corridor wall outside of a theater.

To many, it’s ugly vandalism that blights the city. For others, it can rise to a form of art in the right hands. It’s been used to mark gang turf and as a form of political dissent. Graffiti has been ...

Barcelona's Prohibited Art Museum is hosting a debate that aims to examine the roots of graffiti and its path to being widely hailed now as one of the world's most important art forms. It has been ...

Graffiti today is such an accepted part of youth culture that it’s hard to imagine what New Yorkers experienced in the early seventies, as they watched their city become steadily tattooed with ...

Lu Olivero is the director of Aerosol Carioca and the author of the forthcoming "Cidade Grafitada: A Journey Inside Rioʼs Graffiti Culture." Updated July 11, 2014, 6:15 PM Vandalism is expression and ...

Whether on sidewalks, walls, bridges or staircases, graffiti is a staple of city life. The University of Minnesota is no exception. Even though graffiti is a ubiquitous sight in our lives, we often ...

AROE, GREY, Matt Dosa, Feldman Sisters and Remi Rough – artists from the UK, Ukraine and US who honed their skills in the urban art arena and have become a part of the contemporary art scene. AROE, ...

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North Beach prankster Riley Walz scraped 100,000 SFPD graffiti violation photos to create an "accidental archive" of street ...

"American Graffiti" is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Since the release of the film five decades ago, it has gone on to be considered an American cinema classic. While the 1973 movie was made on a ...