The origin of the term "graffiti" can be traced back to the Greek word “graphein,” meaning "to write," and the Italian word graffito, meaning "a scratch." In ancient times, graffiti was often carved ...

Two well-established graffiti artists who have been creating street art for decades sued Guess Inc. and Macy’s over a Guess T-shirt collection that allegedly misappropriated their art. The 20-page ...

Eric Kroll, "Patti Astor at Keith Haring's FUN Gallery Show" (1983) (image courtesy MOCA LA) On April 17, MOCA LA’s Art in the Streets exhibition opens. The show, which was organized in roughly a year ...

The city’s towering challenges include an abandoned skyscraper covered in graffiti. At David Kordansky Gallery, it inspires a ...

With paintbrush in hand and his own budget, Axel Mengü is turning Fethiye into an open-air gallery of colorful murals that ...

Even though artwork by the British graffiti artist Banksy is popular with celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and Christina Aguilera, some regard the artist’s street works to be vandalism, pure and ...

The city of Lansing currently does not prosecute artists for graffiti unless it is considered obscene or hateful.

The northeast exterior wall of Deep Ellum Self Storage, at 3215 Hickory St., is a 6,300-square-foot canvas covered in graffiti. The wall has 20 panels cloaked in letters drawn so intricately that only ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Oregon women’s basketball (12-2) traveled to Chase Center in San Francisco, California, where they were defeated by the... During the month of January, the New Zone Gallery on East ...

Petaluma is worth a stop off Highway 101 for travelers passing through Sonoma County. There's a historic and appealing ...

After Emily McMeen spotted black-and-white cow print graffiti on an Interstate 76 on-ramp leaving Roxborough, it wasn't long before she started noticing similar street art around the area and began ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — It was about a year ago when someone first covered Ann Arbor’s Graffiti Alley with “Farts,” repeatedly spray-painting the word hundreds of times over. While it amused some alley ...