Once dismissed as vandalism, it's evolved to become one of the most accessible and powerful art forms on the planet. A voice for the voiceless, a protest against the status quo, a love letter to a ...
What’s in a name? Let’s start off with a clear contention. Street Art, as I see it, is a period. Period. It is today just one of the many sub-groups housed within the larger category of Art, a period ...
Thirty years ago, if you saw someone spray-painting a wall, you'd probably call the cops. Today, that same person might be selling their work for millions at Sotheby's. Street art has undergone one of ...
Evacuated from my Lower Manhattan apartment and hiding from Hurricane Irene, I find myself thinking about anonymous street art and what it means to art-viewing practices. Different from traditional ...
Often considered the “United Nations of Graffiti,” Long Island City’s 5Pointz reached peak levels of output and fanfare in what turned out to be its final years of operation, in the late 2000s and ...
It's at Miami's Museum of Graffiti, which bills itself as the first museum in the world dedicated to graffiti and street art. The museum is located in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, an art-forward ...
The trio of art thieves descended on their target with precision, audacity and insouciance. They wore dark hoodies, masks and gloves. They brought with them everything they would need: a ladder to ...
Street artists from across the country have converged on Worcester to create murals across the city centre for its annual paint festival. The lineup for Saturday's event includes international and UK ...