FADE graffiti with AA, WF, City Prez crews, SoHo (photo by author) Unable to escape the idea of political protest while the shouts from Occupy Wall Street can be heard from my apartment in lower ...

Graffiti isn’t really vandalism, as many people think it is, but more of an art to those who see it as art. Graffiti can be considered art because it all depends on the view of how people see things.

Graffiti and tattoos seem like total opposities. One is ephemeral, lasting only until it’s painted over by the city or other writers, the other is forever, or at least unless you decide to rip the ink ...

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is co-published by Rolling Stone with permission. Not everyone made it to the top floors of Oceanwide Plaza — the abandoned billion-dollar development ...

In 1980, Lee Quiñones was 20 years old and had already become, to anyone who rode the subway, a household name. On 4, 5, J, M, and R trains, LEE was graffitied across whole cars in giant blocks of ...

Los Angeles has always had a contradictory relationship with graffiti and the street cultures that birthed it. The city spends more than $11 million painting over graffiti each year, according to the ...

Baltimore has a graffiti problem that's no longer isolated to vacant buildings and unkempt public places. The markings are creeping onto residential properties and commercial businesses, prompting ...