Opinion
Guerrilla Artist Warns Detroiters to Brace Themselves
Jerry Vile's guerrilla addition to Detroit's "Monument to Joe Louis" (aka The Fist) is his tongue-in-cheek way of preparing the citizens of his beloved city to brace themselves …
Street Art
News
Glasgow School of Art Threatens to Expel Street Artist
The Australian street artist Peter Drew has found himself at a shocking impasse with the renowned Glasgow School of Art, where he is, ironically enough, only weeks away from completing a Master’s thesis examining the tensions between big institutions and street art.
Opinion
The Masked Man of Honduras Brings Street Art to Its Knees
CHICAGO — A Honduran street artist who goes by the name of Urban Maeztro, a translation of "Urban Master," is covering the walls of the country's capital, Tegucicalpa, with posters of art historical images holding neon weapons.
Opinion
When Street Art Goes Meta
This image, depicting the work of British street artist DS, was briefly on the front page of Reddit earlier this afternoon, and it's tremendous.
News
Before Trayvon Martin, There Was Oscar Grant
A mural by street artist LNY now dominates the very busy corner of Bedford Avenue and North 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Books
10 Street Artists Remix Contemporary Book Covers
Penguin UK has released ten editions of ten contemporary classics with covers all commissioned from street artists, using photographs documenting the literary-inspired work.
Art
A Tale of Two Street Mural Projects
First it was a faraway hum. Ad Hoc Art returned to Welling Court, Queens, this year. Then it became like drums, still far away, but coming closer, rhythmic. Artists covered 100 walls this year alone. Then hundreds of feet joining drums and percussion and marching in rhythm were nearly upon me in tim
Art
The Bold Murals of Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Sandwiched between the pristine cobblestone streets and bright houses of Old San Juan and the ritzy, high-rise condos of costal Condado lies the neighborhood of Puerta de Tierra. A thin strip of real estate, once part of colonial San Juan but situated just outside the walled
Art
Remembering Iran's Fight for Democracy in Brooklyn
There was a time, some four years ago, when Iran held the world's attention. Protests began there in June 2009, after the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in what many claimed was a rigged vote. A graphic video of the death of a young woman named Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot by a member
Film
Four Documentaries That Capture the Globalization of Street Art
As an ever-increasing amount of street art documentaries appear online, along with pleas for Kickstarter donations to prospective films, I, a longtime street art enthusiast, find it near impossible and entirely overwhelming to try to watch all of these films. With the recent release of yet another s
Art
A Guerrilla Registry of Historic Places Pops Up in Brooklyn
For a borough with a dense and diverse history, Brooklyn doesn't have much in the way of public historic recognition. Artist Anna Robinson-Sweet's current installation project adds historic plaques around the borough, to highlight what has been forgotten.
Opinion
Bradley Manning "Hero" Mural Returns in Greenpoint, Trial Starts Today
Greenpoint's "HERO BRADLEY MANNING" mural returned to Nassau Avenue after a brief hiatus. Manning's trial begins today.