Downtown Brooklyn is getting tagged! Pieces from 25 graffiti well-known artists come together at “Get Lucky,” a new exhibit co-curated by Laura “Lulu” Reich, former associate director of West Chelsea ...
Whether on sidewalks, walls, bridges or staircases, graffiti is a staple of city life. The University of Minnesota is no exception. Even though graffiti is a ubiquitous sight in our lives, we often ...
Ismael Illescas grew up admiring the graffiti around his neighborhood in Los Angeles. He had migrated to the city with his mother and brother from Ecuador in the 1990s as part of a large Latin ...
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ 'History Keeps Me Awake at Night (For Rilo Chmielorz)' (1986) signed, inscribed, titled and dated 'HISTORY KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT DAVID WOJNAROWICZ 1986 KÖLN' (on the reverse) ...
Principal Lecturer in Cultural Theory / School Lead for Research and Innovation, School of Art, Design and Fashion, University of Lancashire Graffiti practice has existed in various guises since ...
JURIST Guest Columnist Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile of University of Arkansas School of Law discusses intellectual property rights of graffiti artists given the changing dynamics in the legal landscape and ...
Graffiti in Chicago is not always vandalism. Though tagging, the stylized signatures sometimes used as gang markings, still pervade alleys and the occasional blank wall, graffiti has come into its own ...
Graffiti has had a long and troubled past in terms of artistic merit, historical context and cultural significance. All three of these points came to a head in 2013 when Gerald Wolkoff, owner of a ...
On this last weekend of Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we hear the story of Lady Pink, a graffiti artist who has helped bring the medium into the mainstream and ...
Back in the '90s, Derek Guy and his friends would hang out in train yards and study the graffiti on the sides of the parked trains, which were like colorful, exotic, rolling art galleries. The work of ...
We’ve entered a golden age of graffiti art. It’s hard to overstate the importance of last week’s appellate court ruling that affirmed a $6.75 million court win for the 5Pointz street artists against a ...