Graffiti art, by nature, is a territorial expression. Rival crews tag public walls, letting loose a spray-paint-infused primal scream: “I was here, I exist.” But graffiti also can be a collaborative ...

Allison Freidin discusses the future of the Museum of Graffiti, and what sets street art apart from other genres. Co-founders of the Museum of Graffiti, Allison Freidin and Alan Ket. Image courtesy 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 ...

The way in which graffiti is tackled in a district could be set to change. Members of South Holland District Council’s policy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Graffiti art has a long and storied history that stretches back to ancient civilizations, evolving from simple inscriptions and ...

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 ...

MOSCOW — From the Jean-Michel Basquiat show opening on Friday at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, to the street art retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in April, highbrow ...

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 ...

Even though artwork by the British graffiti artist Banksy is popular with celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and Christina Aguilera, some regard the artist’s street works to be vandalism, pure and ...

Installation view of Saber’s paintings at Opera Gallery (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) From hard-edged, angular, and zig-zagging lines inspired by graffiti tagging ...

A wall of graffiti off Hoyt Avenue — a yet-to-be-finished mural of colorful spray paint — sets the stage for the new exhibition opening today at the Schack Art Center in Everett. “American Graffiti: ...