Art
Artists Reclaim the Streets of One of the World’s Deadliest Cities
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The sidewalks are often deserted. Except for the busy central park it can feel like a ghost town.
Street Art
In Brief
Shepard Fairey Has Lost All Hope in Obama
In the seven years since Shepard Fairey created what might be, to date, the most iconic artwork of the century — the "Hope" poster for Barack Obama's 2008 US presidential campaign — its subject has had to make a lot of compromises and its creator has lost a lot of hope.
In Brief
Woman Found Guilty of Criminal Harassment for Instagramming Street Art
Jennifer Pawluck, the Montrealer who was arrested in 2013 for posting a photo of a piece of street art on Instagram, has been convicted of criminal harassment and, on Thursday, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and 18 months probation.
Art
Liberating the Anonymous Figures in Old Master Paintings
In the past year, obscure figures from master paintings in museums around the world have been moonlighting as street art, thanks to a project called Outings.
News
Anti-Hillary Clinton Street Art Surfaces Near Her Brooklyn Campaign HQ
Within mere hours of Hillary Clinton announcing her long-anticipated bid for the 2016 presidency, anti-Clinton street art began cropping up in the vicinity of her Brooklyn campaign headquarters.
News
Lima Mayor Orders Murals Destroyed, Outraging Citizens
In the past month, Lima has been shaken by the reminder that street art — even when officially approved — is inherently political.
Art
Portraits of Powerful Women on the Streets of Senegal
French street artist YZ has begun a striking new series of portraits in Senegal.
Opinion
Why Aren't "Women Street Artists" Just "Street Artists"?
As a young woman and an emerging artist with a connection to street art, I am trying to understand my identity within the artsphere.
Interview
A Conference Considers the Philosophy of Street Art
Today, a three-day conference titled Philosophy of Street Art: Art in and of the Street begins at Pratt Institute and New York University.
Art
In Malmö, Street Art with a Social Conscience
MALMÖ — The capital of Skåne County, Sweden, enjoys a scenic coastal location, across the Öresund strait from Copenhagen, and has a strong creative output — in the words of one artist I met, it’s Sweden’s best city for street art.
In Brief
Egypt Customs Officials Seize Street Art Books for "Instigating Revolt"
Egyptian customs officials in Alexandria have reportedly seized a shipment of 400 copies of the art book Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution, over fears that it might incite rebellion.
Interview
Christy Rupp on Rats, Geese, and the Ecology of Public Art
Christy Rupp burst onto the New York art scene with "Rat Patrol," a street art response to the sanitation strike of 1979.