It has been said that graffiti is the biggest art movement since the Renaissance. Most children will know the works of Banksy, but will they be so well acquainted with the masterpieces of Caravaggio?
A Phoenix man is facing felony charges for allegedly drawing graffiti tags on public and private property. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced on Oct. 28 that 33-year-old Jordan ...
In America, graffiti is often a staple of disadvantaged communities, associated with crime and poverty, and generally unwanted. But in some places, where the culture and atmosphere differs, graffiti ...
Graffiti art has its origins in 1970s New York, when young people began to use spray paint and other materials to create images on buildings and on the sides of subway trains. Such graffiti can range ...
It’s been used to mark gang turf and as a form of political dissent. Graffiti has been a central part of Los Angeles for generations, an omnipresent part of the cityscape that has endured many ...
Graffiti containing racist language, including the n-word, was found spray-painted at the Worcester Dual Language Magnet School on Sunday, officials said. In a message to families on Sunday ...
HOLYOKE — After darkness covers their movements, graffiti artists strike in and around the core of Holyoke. “It always happens when no one is around, like at 3 and 4 in the morning,” said ...
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dvir Abramovich said the anti-Semitic graffiti was “not normal”. “The monster of anti-Semitism has once again ...
What started as ‘chika mara,’ a signifier of direct state repression, was soon turned into a sanctioned practice. But graffiti remains graffiti by virtue of its unsanctioned nature — the defiance and ...