Graffiti that echoes George Floyd's last words — "I Can't Breathe" — makes us bear witness to his murder again and again. The image was taken May 31 in the Fairfax District. (Los Angeles Times) During ...

Graffiti, or “style writing” as coined and preferred by the art form’s artists, has been a popular form of art for decades.

She calls herself the "Graffiti Grandma," and now a Washington Heights resident is speaking out after she said she was arrested in April for simply writing a message on the side of a boarded-up ...

HOLYOKE ― An artist familiar with the local street art scene has an idea for Holyoke as it works to address blight and graffiti: Dedicate a place in the city where tagging and other graffiti art is ...

L.A. graffiti writing has been around as long as the roads we drive on today. We spoke to experts in L.A. graffiti writing to understand its significance as not just a form of protest, but also a way ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — Gang-related graffiti has been appearing across the city. Law enforcement look for leads while the participating gangs are playing a game of one-upmanship, a game where the ...

Zephyr, Janette Beckman – Run DMC, New York City, 1986. As graffiti writers rose to prominence during the early 1970s, hip hop was a logical partner. With similar identities in the same culture, it ...

The impact of music extends far beyond the play and pause buttons. Formed in the 1970s as an underground movement, hip-hop has expanded into various art forms and musical sub-genres – with rap ...

LISBON (Reuters Life!) - When Lisbon town hall repainted the graffiti-covered walls of the bohemian Bairro Alto district, the move was welcomed by most, but graffiti artists say the urban art gallery ...

There aren’t many places in California that boast long, legal, public walls open to graffiti artists. But in southeast Fresno, in the unincorporated community of Calwa, there’s a quarter-mile ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Using spray paint cans, they defaced public property, insulted the police and complained that youths didn't have a voice in Saudi Arabia. Sign up here. Dozens of young ...

Graffiti of gladiators from Pompeii at the Naples National Archaeological Museum | Darren Puttock, Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Graffiti from centuries and even millennia ago can reveal the grievances, ...