In the 1990s, graffiti was a favored target of New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, who embraced the “broken windows” theory of policing, which held that aggressively ...

Should graffiti be considered art or vandalism? “It may be called art, but I don’t like it,” replied Paula DuBois of Gary. I asked DuBois this loaded question as she looked at a freshly ...

The murals — two of the more unsettling works in this summer's colorful collaboration between more than 150 artists as part of Paint Memphis' annual street and graffiti art project — received ...

Because graffiti is such a young art form, there are fewer written records and traditional means of doing research. Social media allows us to look at what an artist is currently working on.

“On the one hand, it’s a capitalistic appropriation of transgressive graffiti into commercialized street art,” Illescas said. “But it also ties into the efforts of graffiti writers who have been ...

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Public Art and Graffiti | Art Loft 902 Episode. Season 9 Episode 2 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Explore how graffiti has gained in popularity and become a wide-spread art form. Aired ...

Throughout the 20th century, attitudes towards graffiti began to change, and today it is now often referred to as “Urban Street Art”.

It's difficult to say if graffiti is on the rise in Indianapolis but the GAU has become much more active. It's sponsored by the nonprofit Indy Public Safety Foundation with financial support from ...

As the presence of graffiti art spread across New York City and beyond, so did its cultural imprint, leading to what’s viewed as the first movie about hip-hop culture – 1983’s “Wild Style.” ...