BY: NADIA ZAIDI Growing up in Toronto, I’ve never thought much about graffiti. It was always something within the backdrop of my visual experience. Bold, intricate — sometimes simplistic — artwork amid the city’s contemporary and historical landscape is a…
Afghanistan’s first female street artist risks her life to empower women (photos)
Afghanistan-based feminist graffiti artist risks her life to show her perspective of hope for the world she lives in. Her name is Shamsia Hassani, and she is the first female 3-D street artist and female graffiti Artist in Afghanistan. Her…
This rare footage from 1995 could reveal who Banksy really is
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP For years the British artist, Banksy, has captured our hearts and the attention of the art world. His satirical street art is not only humorous, but usually has a deeper meaning focused on current political, social and…
This anonymous man is drawing penises around potholes so the government will fix them
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP You see graffiti in every city; it’s covering the walls in alleyways, painted down the side of abandoned buildings, and created as a pieces of artwork on the walls of businesses. Usually it’s either vandalism or commissioned artwork,…
Get to Know the Graffiti Affect
Often accredited to deviant hooliganism, my professors, and peers upped their nose at the idea of graffiti as fine art, only to ask me in private how I felt about Banksy. It seems the academic and hi-art roster is quick to jump…
Grandma Graffiti Gangs are tearing up the streets of Portugal (Photos)
BY: EDITORS Forget hard candy or plastic covered furniture, these grandmas are far from your typical Bingo Bitches. LATA 65 is an urban art project that takes senior citizens to the back alleys of Lisbon, Portugal and puts spray paint…
This graffiti artist captured his wild train-hopping adventure from Mexico to Alaska
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Smeared in oil, tucked in secret corners of train yards, graffiti artist Swampy is well versed when it comes to sneaking behind the back of US transport. From Oaxaca, Mexico he sailed on the top of rail…
Street art comes alive when street artists of the world gather to collapse the box (video)
BY: MELISSA GONZALEZ “Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” ― Banksy, Wall and Piece A diverse group of artists from around the world gather together during one week in order to…
An underground movement of monks is using street art to fight for human rights in Burma
BY: TYLER FYFE Jeffrey Durkin is trying to avoid security on the rooftop of a mid-construction San Francisco parking garage as we talk on the phone. It’s not a situation that’s entirely out of the ordinary. With a history in…
Bastardilla is the female street artist making Colombia confront gender inequality
BY: LAURA ROJAS Colombia is often recognized for its vibrant art scene and culture, with big names such as painter Fernando Botero and Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez calling Colombia home. But aside from excelling in fine arts, Colombia’s…
This street artist used a drone to reach uncharted graffiti territory and make street art history
BY: DANIEL KORN Unmanned aerial vehicles—more commonly known as drones—have become one of the dominant issues of the early 21st century. The anxiety surrounding drones has to do with the technology’s military applications—the fear that either a paranoid government or…
Tattoo and street art giants gather at Denmark’s biggest underground art convention
BY: LEAH HANSEN Photos by: Galleri Grisk and Aarhus Art Convention His hands are speckled with colour from the spray of the can he’s been using for the past two days. What isn’t on his hands has made it onto…
These photos show you the dark underbelly of Sao Paulo’s graffiti culture
For many of you who aren’t familiar with the underground graffiti world, it is as much an extreme sport as it is an art. Choque Photos is friends with many graffiti writers and captured some amazing action shots of the…
Here are the 15 most incredible street art pieces of 2014 (Photos)
Banksy may have claimed the spotlight, but last year was all about new artists taking their expression to the streets. From Athens to New York, these guerilla artists proved there is no canvas quite like a wall. Below is a…