Street art is far and away the world’s most globally accessible genre of contemporary art. It’s shared obsessively on social media, courted by fashion and lifestyle brands, and now, a darling of the ...
Once dismissed as vandalism, it's evolved to become one of the most accessible and powerful art forms on the planet. A voice for the voiceless, a protest against the status quo, a love letter to a ...
For much of the year, the best—and safest—place to see art was on the street. And perhaps more than in any other year, street art offered a real-time distillation of the events shaping our lives.
Two artists returned to Joplin recently to help set the stage for next week’s 2026 World Street Painting Festival on Route 66. Chris Carlson, from Denver, worked to touch up a mural he painted ...
As the coronavirus drastically alters our day-to-day, at least for the time being, many have observed that life on Earth will never be the same. The impact of the virus and social distancing measures ...
Since the upper Paleolithic times, we’ve been painting pictures on walls with many advanced civilizations across the ancient world decorating sacred sites, cities, and tombs with murals meant to ...
Evacuated from my Lower Manhattan apartment and hiding from Hurricane Irene, I find myself thinking about anonymous street art and what it means to art-viewing practices. Different from traditional ...