Graffiti, or “style writing” as coined and preferred by the art form’s artists, has been a popular form of art for decades.

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This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Dozens of the city’s most influential graffiti artists created new installations on the Atlanta Beltline from Nov. 3 to 5 as part of ATL Jam. The event ...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta BeltLine is celebrating the influence of style writing. It's a form of graffiti art that came to Atlanta in the 1980s along with the Hip-Hop movement. "It's the visual language," ...

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 ...

Oscar Davalos began tagging when he was 12 years old. He and his friends would sneak out at night armed with cans of spray paint, scrawling their names on walls throughout East Oakland. The attraction ...

Written by Cory "EON" Stowers. For over three decades the DC graffiti scene has been something of an enigma. A strange mixture of homegrown and visiting graffiti writers who’s combined efforts helped ...

WARNING: Photos contain imagery that some may find offensive. Graffiti is to some public nuisance, to others an urban art form. If defined as writing on a wall, its origins date back to ancient Rome, ...

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 ...

Last weekend, Buckshot Gallery in Santa Monica opened California Dreaming, exhibiting 15 new works by Danish graffiti artist Bates. The pieces showcase the artist’s love of bright colors, including ...

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 ...