Graffiti Art

Faraway Visions Via Instagram

Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Photography, Instagram, Video, Graffiti Art, Instagram Star, Iphone Art, Xenz, Helmut Newton, Amateur Photography, Slidepollajax, Instagram Spotlight, Arts News

Pablo Picasso reportedly once said, "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." With this in mind, we are ...

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Mike Ballard - The Evolution of a Street Artist (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: University of the Arts, Caravaggio, Marvel Comics, Art, Graffiti Art, Murals, Graffiti, Graffiti-Art, London, Hoxton, Video, Arts News

Mike Ballard is a hard artist to categorise. Having started out in graffiti and street art, Ballard also dabbled in music production, often citing the...

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Tilt Gives Blank Room Jekyll & Hyde Makeover

Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Installation Art, Video, Tilt, France, Graffiti Meets the Gallery, French Graffiti, Street Art, Graffiti, Graffiti-Art, Marseille, French Arts, Au Vieux Panier, Arts News

Recently, the Au Vieux Panier hotel in Marseille, France asked the street artist Tilt to work his magic on one of their rooms. The self-proclaimed "gr...

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Creative Spaces: Dada or Derelict?

Rana Florida | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Creative Spaces Graffiti, Graffiti Art, Rob Ford Graffiti, City Graffiti, Graffiti Rob Ford, Graffiti Street Art, Graffiti City, Street Art Graffiti, Art Graffiti, Culture News

For a long time, graffiti has been associated with gangs, crime, and social unrest. For some, graffiti makes a neighborhood feel dangerous, but that perception is changing. We've scoured the streets of cities in North America and the UK to bring you the most compelling graffiti projects we could find.

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PHOTOS: The Legalization Of Street Art In Rio de Janeiro

Michelle Young | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Graffiti, Art, Graffiti Art, Graffiti-Art, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Street Art, Slidefreestyle, Arts, Travel Blogs, Culture, Slidewide, Travel News

Rio de Janeiro has been particularly progressive in its policy towards street art -- with beautiful results to show for its efforts.

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Massive Murals From Spanish Street Artist Sam3

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Spain-Street-Art, Madrid, Installation Art, Video, Madrid-Spain, Public Art, Spain Art, Pubic Installation, Street Art, sam3, Graffiti, Spain, Graffiti-Art, Political Art, Arts News

We can imagine few things better than a world full of street art. With murals flowing around every street corner and massive designs inhabiting the...

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WATCH: David Choe Runs Amok In Facebook HQ

Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: David Choe, Video, Mark Zuckerberg Facebook, Dirty-Hands, Street Art, David Choe Facebook, Graffiti, Documentary, Mark Zuckerberg, Art Documentary, Graffiti-Art, Facebook, Dirty Hands: The Life and Crimes of David Choe, Arts News

Despite David Choe's many eccentricities (the gambling addiction, hitchhiking adventures, questionable attempts to become a born-again Christian), the...

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WATCH: Robot Goes On Painting Spree

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Interactive Art, Art, Video, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Spray-Paint, Murals, Graffiti, Robotics, Mural Art, So KANNO, Graffiti-Art, Robot Art, Japanese Art, Arts News

Japanese artists So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi have created a robot that can wield a spray can like an automated Jackson Pollock. We're not saying i...

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Banksy's New 'Love Plane'

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Stencil-Art, Liverpool, Banksy Street Art, Stencil, United Kingdom, UK Street Art, Street Art, Graffiti, Graffiti-Art, London, Stencil Graffiti, Banksy, Stenciling, Arts News

After gracing exhibits around the world and becoming the stenciling, street art darling of the art world, Banksy has allegedly created a new work in L...

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PHOTOS: Street Art Comes Above-Ground In Miami

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Swoon, Momo, Graffiti Art, Saber, The London Police, Street Art, Graffiti, Underground Art, The Underbelly Project, Saber Graffiti, Arts News

Typically, when street art, graffiti or whatever label we would like to attach to the defiant genre is removed from its original setting, it turns out...

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PHOTOS: Graffiti And Anthropology At Known Gallery

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Photography, Burma Junta, Myanmar Junta, Myanmar, Known Gallery, Burma, Chicago, Graffiti, Graffiti-Art, Kc Ortiz, Chicago Graffiti, West Papua, Pose, Photojournalism, Arts News

In the lastest Known Gallery exhibition, "Whitewash," the artistic process is understood as more than simply creation; it's a candid response to those...

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Former NYPD Patrolmen Revealed As Famous '80s Graffiti Artist

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Manhattan Supreme Court, Neo, Neo Graffiti, Ed Koch, Nypd, Queens, Nypd Scandals, Graffiti, Mayor Ed Koch, Nyc-Graffiti, Queens New York, Graffiti-Art, Quality-of-Life-Laws, New York, New York City, Quality of Life, Arts News

In the history of graffiti, no rivalry has been as controversial or polarizing as the bouts between the NYPD and the writers of their city. Ever since...

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PHOTOS: HowNosm's Constructivist Chaos

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Reginald Marsh, Russian Constructivism, Known Gallery, Street Art, Los Angeles Art, Graffiti-Art, Hownosm, New-York-Graffiti-Artists, Los Angeles, Cy Twombly, Constructivism, Art, Graffiti, Contemporary Art, How & Nosm, Daze Graffiti, New York Art, Arts News

Despite the many different styles within the street art/graffiti realm, in one way or another, the subject matter touches upon the universal struggle ...

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PHOTOS: Spooky Street Art From BSA

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Brooklyn Street Art, Halloween, Sweet Toof, Brooklyn, Street Art, Halloween Art, Skullphone, Graffiti-Art, Art, D*Face, WK Interact, Jennifer Catron, Tristan Eaton, Roa, Graffiti, Ludo, Poster Art, Brooklyn New York, Arts News

BROOKLYN STREET ART - Happy Halloween to all you good boys and ghouls lurking behind heavy closed doors with frogs in your pockets and bats in your ha...

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Graffiti Artist Takes On City To Reverse LA Mural Ban

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Reilly | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Art, Saber, Murals, Councilman Ed Reyes, Portland Oregon, Graffiti, Occupy La, Los Angeles Mural Moratorium, Los Angeles City Council, Graffiti-Art, Saber Graffiti, Saber Skywriting, Los Angeles, Tanner Blackman, Los Angeles Murals, Ed Reyes, Arts News

For the artist Saber, participation in the democratic process has always been complicated. He's an international graffiti legend, holding the world re...

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NY Times Takes On SoCal Art

www.nytimes.com | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Art Platform Los Angeles, MOCA Los Angeles, Graffiti Art, Modern Art, East Coast Art, Getty Museum, Pacific Standard Time Art, Southern California Art, Los Angeles Art, Pacific Standard Time, Art Platform, Los Angeles, Art Rivalry, Southern California, Abstract Art, Hammer Museum, Graffiti, New York Times, Arts News

LOS ANGELES — For the next six months, Southern California will be awash in celebrations of Southern California art: close to 170 separate exhibitio...

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Series Of Bansky Artworks Vandalized

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Banksy Street Art, United Kingdom, Bristol, Bristol Children's Hospital, North Bristol Social Club, Vandalism, Street Art, Graffiti, Graffiti-Art, UK Arts, Banksy, Banksy Versus Bristol Museum, Saeed Ahmed, Arts News

Stories of the Banksy's artwork increasing property values across England have become a hot-button topic in the art world, but it seems the city of Br...

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Graffiti Cities Around The World

Black Tomato | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Amsterdam, Slidepollajax, Graffiti, Graffiti-Art, Seattle, London, New York, Berlin, Alternative Travel, Travel News

One of the best ways to really understand a culture is through its art, but what happens when the galleries are closed?

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Graffiti Parks May Be the Answer

John M. Eger | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Creativity, Murals, Museums, Graphic Design, Street Art, Community, Graffiti-Art, Art Galleries, Arts News

The graffiti problem isn't unique to LA. Most cities see this as a growing epidemic. But "artistic expression" is real, and in what is fast becoming a "creative and innovation economy" could be a good thing for cities across America.

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Jump!! LA: Art in the Streets

Caroline Giegerich | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: La, Graffiti Art, Andre, Geffen Contemporary, Angel City Brewery, Josh Lazcano, Kenny Scharf, Barry Mcgee, Banksy, Risk, Daily Marauder, Retna, Space Invader, Mr. Cartoon, Nomade, Art in the Streets, Shepard Fairey, Jump, Moca, Annabele, La Around Town, Los Angeles News

Jump!! is meant to re-invent art by expressing as much joy as possible in front of it.

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Morley Makes a Mockery of Street Art (Video)

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Pay 2 Play, Street Art, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles, Morley, Los Angeles Street Art, Graffiti Art, Urban Art, Los Angeles Graffiti, Graffiti, La Street Art, Los Angeles Graffiti Art, Los Angeles News

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Reverse Graffiti: South African Artists Create Clean Murals

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Graffiti, South Africa, Art, Graffiti-Art, Reverse Graffiti, Culture, Street Art, Culture News

While many artists look to leave their imprint on society by drawing on the public landscape, one South African group is making a name for themselves ...

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Lindsay Lohan...Street Artist?

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Miggs, Lindsay Lohan Art, Art News, Graffiti Art, Lindsay Lohan, Music Video, Daily Mail, Street Art, Graffiti, Let the Games Begin, Music, Arts News

Lindsay Lohan has a new role...as a street artist? Not exactly. Lohan was spotted in thigh-high boots and a corset, spray painting the walls of Los An...

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Street Artist Creates Device To Paint Graffiti On Passing Trains

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Art, Video, Graffiti Art, Street Art, Graffiti, Trains, Inventions, Berlin Street Art, Dtagno, Technology, UK Arts, Electronics, Berlin, Arts News

Berlin-based street artist Dtagno has created a way to paint trains as they pass. His Morphogenetic Field Device Little Boy is a vertical pole with 22...

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Graffiti Art Tour Of Miami On Vespas

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Tourism, Art, Pop Art, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Street Art, Graffiti, Contemporary Art, Florida, Travel, Graffiti-Art, Keith Haring, Miami, trek6, Arts News

MIAMI -- Graffiti was once considered a sign of urban decay, the sort of thing that might keep tourists away from a neighborhood. Now, not only is it ...

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