JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Using spray paint cans, they defaced public property, insulted the police and complained that youths didn't have a voice in Saudi Arabia. Sign up here. Dozens of young ...

Graffiti writing as a common form of street art makes a lot of sense in a place like Los Angeles. Long, frequent commutes make boulevards and freeways the ideal canvas for artists to get eyes on a ...

A new graffiti exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is adding fuel to the debate over “aerosol art.” An exhibition of graffiti at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is ...

Artist and scholar Stefano Bloch has written a story that is personal, but also a primer on graffiti’s history and artistic and social import. Going All City: Struggle and Survival in LA’s Graffiti ...

Zephyr, Janette Beckman – Run DMC, New York City, 1986. As graffiti writers rose to prominence during the early 1970s, hip hop was a logical partner. With similar identities in the same culture, it ...

They were still young, and in the illusionary cocoon of their high school, they had not yet learned fear. When the secret police came for Ali Fouad Abdul Ridha, the 17-year-old glanced over his ...

The impact of music extends far beyond the play and pause buttons. Formed in the 1970s as an underground movement, hip-hop has expanded into various art forms and musical sub-genres – with rap ...

LISBON (Reuters Life!) - When Lisbon town hall repainted the graffiti-covered walls of the bohemian Bairro Alto district, the move was welcomed by most, but graffiti artists say the urban art gallery ...

Graffiti and tattoos seem like total opposities. One is ephemeral, lasting only until it’s painted over by the city or other writers, the other is forever, or at least unless you decide to rip the ink ...

Redditors debated various theories. “It sounds like foot drop, which is a neurological condition requiring spinal surgery,” suggested one commenter. Observing the similarity of Toeflop to TOEFL (Test ...

The Sign: It's called wildstyle – a fitting description of the type of graffiti writing that Houston artist Gonzo247 favors. You've seen it around. It's colorful and intricate, mobilizing tangles of ...

Going after little girls who draw flowers certainly is a terrifying tactic. It’s also part of an emerging pattern. Fortunately, Hong Kong’s High Court later overturned the decision to hold her for ...