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 ...

Thirty years ago, if you saw someone spray-painting a wall, you'd probably call the cops. Today, that same person might be ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — When Angel Vargas was younger and going back and forth between his mom and dad’s house, he would look out the car window and see the graffiti on the freeway. He grabbed a ...

How one defines art has been an ongoing and controversial debate since before Culture Works was founded, and certainly longer than my life. I have witnessed furor over works by Robert Maplethorpe, ...

In the early 1970s, the pioneer generation of graffiti writers from A-One to Zephyr were making their presence known on New York’s streets and subways. Theirs were wild, energetic styles that caught ...

From a parking lot on the corner of 12th and Figueroa streets, Michael Lopez carefully commandeered his drone through the skyline around LA Live. A video screen showed the drone’s slow ascent. Up and ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In an industrial park near Singapore's harbor, a group of people spray-paint a wall with the bright colors and rebellious swirls of graffiti. Under other circumstances, their ...

Society doesn’t see graffiti as a traditional art form, and Granger resident Trevor Braden says he doesn’t really practice traditional Native American ways. But his chosen medium and his heritage ...

Eric Kroll, "Patti Astor at Keith Haring's FUN Gallery Show" (1983) (image courtesy MOCA LA) On April 17, MOCA LA’s Art in the Streets exhibition opens. The show, which was organized in roughly a year ...

HOLYOKE ― An artist familiar with the local street art scene has an idea for Holyoke as it works to address blight and graffiti: Dedicate a place in the city where tagging and other graffiti art is ...

Like any restless teenager during the pandemic, Jacob needed an outlet. So in 2020, as buildings boarded up and the city streets went silent, he stole a can of spray paint, snuck out of his house and ...

Known as a pioneering figure in graffiti writing with his memorable “Smoker” tag, a haloed stick figure cartoon, taken from 1960s TV show The Saint, smoking a joint, Wayne Roberts, or Stay High 149, ...