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 ...

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 ...

Moody "Products" at Woodward Gallery Project Space, 2011 (photo by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) Even though artists in both genres risk their freedom by putting their art up on ...

Known as a pioneering figure in graffiti writing with his memorable “Smoker” tag, a haloed stick figure cartoon, taken from 1960s TV show The Saint, smoking a joint, Wayne Roberts, or Stay High 149, ...

GRAFFITI expert Tom Standage believes that historians used to be “sniffy” about street art – until they realised it offered a ...

NEW YORK (AP) - In torn jeans and saddled with a black backpack, Andrew Witten glances up and down the street for police. The 51-year-old then whips out a black marker scribbles "Zephyr" on a wall ...

Graffiti is the art world's middle finger, an active show of defiance for authority. The artists behind the sprawling script or bold pictures thrill in seeing their work, large and shocking, a poke in ...

For decades, graffiti has been a part of the New Orleans landscape. But City Councilmember Eugene Green says he’s had enough. He wants the fine for graffiti writing to be increased from $100 to $500 ...