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 ...

Miami Art Week is getting a heavy dose of graffiti history and evolution as the Museum of Graffiti celebrates its sixth anniversary with a complete exhibition rework. The museum’s new two-part show, ...

Eric Kroll, "Patti Astor at Keith Haring's FUN Gallery Show" (1983) (image courtesy MOCA LA) On April 17, MOCA LA’s Art in the Streets exhibition opens. The show, which was organized in roughly a year ...

Formed during a time of social and political unrest, the progressive street art movement tore its way through some of the world's major cities including London, Paris and New York, largely led by ...

Dr Richard Clay goes in search of what it is that has made us scribble and scratch mementoes of our lives for more than 30000 years From the prehistoric cave paintings of Burgundy in France through ...

Today marks the 40th anniversary of "Taki 183 Spawns Pen Pals", one of the first articles ever written on graffiti, published in the New York Times on July 21, 1971. The piece profiled a 17-year old ...

In 1973, fresh off the flop of his first feature, “THX 1138,” Universal released George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” — a box-office sensation and cultural touchstone that almost wasn’t. Set in Lucas’ ...

Graffiti writing as a common form of street art makes a lot of sense in a place like Los Angeles. Long, frequent commutes make boulevards and freeways the ideal canvas for artists to get eyes on a ...