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...
Opening under cover of night somewhere in Paris, four stories beneath la rue, a secret subterranean gallery in a sealed tunnel appears suddenly. While activity on the street overhead is hectic and dense with cars, trucks and pedestrians, the dry dust is ankle-high here in this darkened, silent morgue—its cool, dank air now permeated with fresh aerosol. The Underbelly has been here, and if you discover this curated collection of Street Art and graffiti in the chilled dim light, you are officially lost. And lucky.
Los Angeles made a name for itself as the mural capital of the world between 1986-2002, when murals were encouraged and celebrated in the city. But in 2002 the city instituted a city-wide moratorium on murals.
This week at HuffPost Arts we indulged our reality TV guilty pleasures with the 'Work of Art' season premiere, fought the LA ban on murals with street...
After his recent push to end the mural moratorium in LA, a new time lapse video documenting street artist Saber's Occupy LA artwork has been released....
For the artist Saber, participation in the democratic process has always been complicated. He's an international graffiti legend, holding the world re...
Even the world of illegal art has rules of conduct. Falling Whistles, a charity that raises awareness of the ravages of war in the Congo, recently com...
UK Street Artist HUSH deftly synthesizes his adoration for graffiti tagging, Street Art aesthetics and eastern images of feminine beauty and sensualit...
When most people head to Pizza Hut for a slice, they don't bring their own sword. Louisville police claim Wynika Mason wielded a saber during an ar...
Yes, Banksy is here. The giant "Art in the Streets" show opening this weekend at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles gives a patch of real e...
BEIJING — Michael Phelps isn't just living up to his ridiculously high expectations. He's exceeding them. After setting an Olympic record on hi...
