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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 distinct rattle signals the strong paint scent wafting from a spray paint can darting across a public canvas, drawing a name or design that isn't supposed to be there. The graffiti artist bolts from ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

A veritable weapon of citizen resistance, graffiti in Tunisia flourished for a time before once again fading from the public space. Under the current regime, graffiti artists are hounded, demonized, ...