Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Graffiti art has a long and storied history that stretches back to ancient civilizations, evolving from simple inscriptions and ...

Tagging, once considered vandalism, has gained cachet and economic value in the art world. Ashim D’Silva for Unsplash.com, CC BY-SA The vibrantly colored walls in such places attract travelers to ...

Artist Carlos Mare (aka Mare 139) explains graffiti in 12 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. Carlos explains everything from the simple tags and throwies to how he crafts a masterpiece using ...

Tagging, once considered vandalism, has gained cachet and economic value in the art world. The vibrantly colored walls in such places attract travelers to parts of town once deemed “sketchy.” These ...

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 ...

It's at Miami's Museum of Graffiti, which bills itself as the first museum in the world dedicated to graffiti and street art. The museum is located in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, an art-forward ...

In 2011, the city of Atlanta created a task force to stomp out graffiti in the city British artist Banksy is widely known for incorporating his activism with his street art It starts with a squiggle ...

Should graffiti be considered art or vandalism? “It may be called art, but I don’t like it,” replied Paula DuBois of Gary. I asked DuBois this loaded question as she looked at a freshly painted ...

Ismael Illescas grew up admiring the graffiti around his neighborhood in Los Angeles. He had migrated to the city with his mother and brother from Ecuador in the 1990s as part of a large Latin ...

Graffiti practice has existed in various guises since prehistoric man. We can, for example, trace its origins to early cave paintings such as the Chauvet Cave in the Ardèche region of southern France, ...