As the presence of graffiti art spread across New York City and beyond, so did its cultural imprint, leading to what’s viewed as the first movie about hip-hop culture – 1983’s “Wild Style.” ...

Tourism drawcard versus illegal scrawls . In the early 1980s the first glimpses of New York graffiti arrived in Australia via documentaries such as Style Wars (1983) and books like Subway Art (1984).

By 1989, the annual budget for graffiti cleaners was $52 million, and on May 12 that year, the city held a ceremony to celebrate the day graffiti died. Of course, that wasn't the end graffiti.

Some students have been critical of Wayne Frederick's meeting with Trump. — -- Graffiti critical of Howard University's president, Wayne A.I. Frederick, were discovered on its campus this ...