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 ...

First off, the spray-painted letters and stenciled scrawls all over Los Angeles aren’t street art. They’re graffiti art—a semantic distinction often blurred by the most passionate fans of this largely ...

Tagging, once considered vandalism, has gained cachet and economic value in the art world. The vibrantly colored walls in such places attract travelers to parts of town once deemed “sketchy.” These ...

Tagging, once considered vandalism, has gained cachet and economic value in the art world. Ashim D’Silva for Unsplash.com, CC BY-SA The vibrantly colored walls in such places attract travelers to ...

Chrome Philadelphia at the Walt Whitman tolls, South Philly (Image courtesy of Glossblack) Glossblack is shown replicating a tattoo design for Philadelphia Union Soccer at Talen Energy Stadium in ...

New York City in the 1970s and ’80s was very different than the city today. Not only were cars, signs and clothing styles a time capsule of the era, but the city looked different: it was covered 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 painted ...

With an overwhelming movement of protest, the phenomenon of Brazilian graffiti commenced in the 1940s and '50s. Economic and societal problems were getting worse by the day, and people were fed up ...