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 ...

A new show at Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the origins and development of street art. What began in the 1970s with ...

A painting called "Buff," by an artist who's known simply as "Lee," would sell for something like $90,000 -- quite a step up from his graffiti roots, when he was writing on the wall for free. Rita ...

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 ...

In the storied histories of New York’s art scenes, the early years of graffiti have a magical sheen. They’ve been romanticized and cinematized so much that it’s hard to imagine what they were actually ...

A new graffiti exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is adding fuel to the debate over “aerosol art.” An exhibition of graffiti at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is ...

Anywhere you look, you will see illegal vandalism that covers city walls, trains, and more. Graffiti has a bad reputation all across America, which is not fair. The U.S government should not consider ...

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The Princeton Photography Club is seeking to engage new communities with its exhibit Subway to Gallery: The Street Artists, on view at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton’s Lakewood Gallery ...

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