Explore how graffiti has gained in popularity and become a wide-spread art form. In this episode - public art and graffiti. Once an unsanctioned form of expression, explore how graffiti has gained ...

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 ...

We differentiate street art from graffiti by looking at the subject matter. Graffiti is really predicated on the formation of the letter. It is, above all, a text-based art form.

Leuvis Manuel Oliveros “Graffiti City: The History of Art and Vandalism on Rio’s Streets” is quite simply fascinating, although a little bit expensive in physical form.

As a last resort, they can turn to Elephant Snot Professional Graffiti Remover, an expensive ($125 a gallon) and viscous unguent. They let the Elephant Snot sit for 10 minutes then hose it down.

A decision in a landmark court case between artists and a real estate developer over a collection of buildings in Queens known as "5Pointz" could have implications for the status of graffiti in ...

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 ...

Rivera, who has painted murals on buildings all over the world agrees with graffiti cleanup efforts — to an extent. He said tagging, mostly done by teenagers, while illegal, is still art.

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 ...