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 ...

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 ...

In 2011, the city of Atlanta created a task force to stomp out graffiti in the city British artist Banksy is widely known for incorporating his activism with his street art It starts with a squiggle ...

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 ...

Sacha Jenkins, left, co-curated the graffiti exhibit, "Write of Passage," which opened in New York in October. Photos by Robert Adam Mayer/Red Bull Content Pool Armed with magic markers on a ...

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There’s a hidden history of Los Angeles that can be found under the city’s bridges, within tunnels, and on building walls. Author and urban ethnographer Susan Phillips puts together an archive of ...

Graffiti is slowly starting to be seen as an art form for the disenfranchised, yet you'd never know it by reading the news, a sociologist argues in a new study. Graffiti is slowly starting to be seen ...

Drasko Boljevic climbs precariously on a bench and pastes his latest work up on a wall next to a bar. It's broad daylight, and there's a security camera aimed right at him. "How does it look?" he asks ...