Less than 24 hours later, there was already graffiti on the ivy.

Scenes of battle and words of romantic passion decorated the corridor wall outside of a theater.

To many, it’s ugly vandalism that blights the city. For others, it can rise to a form of art in the right hands. It’s been used to mark gang turf and as a form of political dissent. Graffiti has been ...

Los Angeles has always had a contradictory relationship with graffiti and the street cultures that birthed it. The city spends more than $11 million painting over graffiti each year, according to the ...

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 ...

The project, described by Pompeii officials as Bruits de couloir (“corridor whispers”), used Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), a computational photography technique that photographs a surface ...

The writing is on the wall. Graffiti, the scourge that former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton once described as the “first sign of urban decay,” has exploded in New York City in the last five years.

According to new report from the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), two pilot programs have been successful in helping to prevent graffiti, as well as helping to cover up graffiti. The ...

Whether on sidewalks, walls, bridges or staircases, graffiti is a staple of city life. The University of Minnesota is no exception. Even though graffiti is a ubiquitous sight in our lives, we often ...

Before Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring's artwork sold for millions, it was illegally spray-painted on city surfaces. The transition from graffiti to gallery is a controversial one but ...

"American Graffiti" is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Since the release of the film five decades ago, it has gone on to be considered an American cinema classic. While the 1973 movie was made on a ...

SEATTLE — Casey Cain opened a dictionary and the first word he saw was “Eager.” He says it was that moment when he picked his now-notorious graffiti tag, which has been spray painted thousands of ...