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Graffiti

An older man in a suit, identified as Guernsey’s president Arlan Ettinger, stands beside a large concrete slab painted by Banksy with a red balloon heart and graffiti text inside a mall-like space.

It’s Born to be Wild, But Street Art Doesn’t Always Stay That Way

The unprecedented increase in value of work by street artists has led to a commodification of a product that was once simply a source of public enjoyment.
By J. Scott Orr

Blake Kunin’s ‘Bark at The Moon’ Casts a Loving Eye on Graffiti and Mayhem

"I didn’t come out with the intention to go through the history of graffiti; it's more so about the lifestyle, and environment," Kunin said.
By Helen Holmes

The Museum of Modern Art’s Staff Entrance Was Hit With Spray Paint on Monday

The group Strike MoMA stated that they hadn't been responsible for the graffiti, and that it was instead an "autonomous action."
By Helen Holmes

Elon Musk Put Out a Call on Twitter for Graffiti Art for His New Tesla Factory

By Helen Holmes

KAWS Cartoon Screenprints on Offer at Christie’s Remix Familiar Motifs

By Helen Holmes

London Govt. Asks Banksy to Recreate the Work They Accidentally Destroyed

By Helen Holmes

Banksy Is No Stranger to Using the American Flag as a Symbol Within His Work

By Helen Holmes

Graffiti Is Important to the Tradition of American Dissent

By Helen Holmes

Banksy’s Latest Artwork Celebrates the Heroism of Hospital Workers

By Helen Holmes

Street Artist B.D. White Expands the Scope of the Stencil

By Jahunyia Healis

Monument to Victims of NYC’s Tourist-Targeting Wolves Erected in Battery Park

By Helen Holmes

The KAWS Market: Is Desire for the World’s Best-Branded Artist in Danger of Bursting?

By Paddy Johnson

Why a Painting of SpongeBob SquarePants Just Sold for $6 Million

By Helen Holmes

Street Art Originals Cornbread, Shepard Fairey and More on Graffiti’s Radical Change

By Jordan Riefe
A recently painted mural by British graffiti artist Banksy, depicting a workman chipping away at one of the stars on a European Union (EU) themed flag, is pictured in Dover, south east England on May 8, 2017.

Finally, Banksy Has Some Feelings on Brexit

By Alanna Martinez
5Pointz, in all its colorful glory ().

Developer Who Demolished Graffiti Site in Queens May Still Have to Pay Artists

By Guelda Voien
NEW YORK - MAY 02: People walk by a re-creation of an untitled mural painted by artist Keith Haring on the corner of Houston Street and Bowery in Manhattan May 2, 2008 in New York City. Marking the 50th anniversary of Haring's birth on May 4, a team of artists recreated the mural which was originally done in 1982 as Haring's first major outdoor project. The original mural only existed for a few months before the Day-Glo colors began to decompose in the sun and Haring painted over the piece.

Fate of Keith Haring Mural in Limbo, Museum Visitors Keep Destroying Art

By Alanna Martinez
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 6: T.rump bus is on display at New York art fair in New York on March 6, 2016. Artists David Gleeson and Mary Mihelic purchased a former Donald Trump campaign bus and turned it into an art project protesting his campaign.

Artists Build Trump Border Wall, Banksy Mural Destroyed by Construction Workers

By Alanna Martinez
TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 17: Johnny Depp attends the 'Lone Ranger' Japan Premiere at Roppongi Hills on July 17, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan.The film will open on August 2 in Japan.

Johnny Depp Sells His Basquiats, Governors Island Makes Graffiti Legal for Summer

By Alanna Martinez
John Ahearn's art wall at Coney Art Walls June 8.

Native Son: Joe Sitt Presents Second Annual Coney Art Walls With Jeffrey Deitch

By Liam La Guerre
Bernie Sanders mural in Philadelphia.

Five ‘Political Revolution’ Powering Bernie Sanders Murals Crush the Street Art Primary

By Brady Dale
Bike Lane

Afternoon Bulletin: City Looks at Bike Safety Task Force, Anti-ISIS Graffiti and More

By Grace Guarnieri

Everyone Loves This Iconic Street Artist’s Illegal Fashion Ad Takeover

By Zachary Weiss
Harif Guzman

Meet the Graffiti Artist Shaking Up the Fashion World

By Maggie O'Neill
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