Where You Can Still See Banksy’s Street Art In NYC Throughout the month of October UK-based graffiti artist Banksy has been enjoying a month-long residency in New York City (a self-motivated one, of course). The world renowned artist and recluse has sold work in a stand in Central Park for $60 a piece (worth tens of […]

  The name “5 Pointz” signifies the five boroughs coming together as one, but, because of its reputation as an epicenter of the graffiti scene, the industrial complex has united aerosol artists from across the world as well. Writers, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, SPE, Dan Plasma, CORTES and TATS CRU, have […]

About ten years after its inception around 1970, graffiti culture started to be linked with hip-hop, a concept coined by the media to facilitate the commercialisation of graffiti and other contemporary cultures. This artificial link is still seen in the media, and therefore also in the mainstream view of graffiti. In 1980, media began to […]

How a rundown area turned into a lush neighborhood brimming with creativity Glamourous Miami is known more for its combination of lush beaches and tanned skin than for its dark, underground corners. But like any other city, where there are warehouses, there is dance music. The neighborhood of Wynwood sits just north of Downtown Miami […]