In 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported that similar efforts to fight vandalism with graffiti murals were happening in New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.

Ismael Illescas grew up admiring the graffiti around his neighborhood in Los Angeles. He had migrated to the city with his mother and brother from Ecuador in the 1990s as part of a large Latin ...

Drawn uninvited to viaducts, L trains, abandoned buildings and other sometimes-dangerous settings, his artwork is “testing the bounds of what graffiti is,” a gallery owner says.

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He estimates the art wall got its start in the mid-2000s. “I think that somebody that was doing community service there just approached them about it,” he recalled.

A white supremacist slogan was tagged on an anti-Trump art project in Brooklyn, and supporters said Thursday they are raising money to relocate the display. “Wall of Lies,” a 50-by-10-f… ...

A “Wizard of Oz” mural loomed over a D.C. park for 23 years. When other artists painted over it, one of the creators — a prominent street art curator — did something surprising: He sued.

The distinction between graffiti and legitimate art isn’t just a minor aesthetic issue. It’s emblematic of the much larger question of freedom vs. order in the precincts of urban America.

She promised to eventually resume curation but provided no date, writing only “We will be back.” The tense situation at the Bowery wall is reflective of a larger graffiti revival.

A CAB member who goes by DTeK says he knew someone from the building and got permission to paint the wall. “It’s a good thing for the kids,” says DTeK, who’s 37 and lives in Cicero.

Wall 2 Wall, a loose collective of top graffiti artists in and around the central Pennsylvania area, marked the end of a monthslong mural project with the Crowded Kitchen piece in time for a First ...