Whether on sidewalks, walls, bridges or staircases, graffiti is a staple of city life.  The University of Minnesota is no ...

By criminalizing graffiti, cities ensure that to have their voices heard residents must be either wealthy or criminal.

It started off with vandalistic origins, but over the last half century it has grown into one of the most legitimized and profitable art forms,” said an organizer of a $12,000 weekend spray-painting ...

Los Angeles has always had a contradictory relationship with graffiti and the street cultures that birthed it. The city spends more than $11 million painting over graffiti each year, according to the ...

The origin of the term "graffiti" can be traced back to the Greek word “graphein,” meaning "to write," and the Italian word graffito, meaning "a scratch." In ancient times, graffiti was often carved ...

A stop sign with graffiti at N. Manchester Street and 8th Road N. (staff photo by Dan Egitto) Dozens of Arlington road signs have reportedly been vandalized with the word “fascism” under the word ...

We've seen a few too-big-for-their-bridges trucks try to make it under Pensacola's iconic Graffiti Bridge only to have their tops peeled open like soup cans. So, a bridge made of soup cans and other ...

The COVID-19 pandemic nearly crippled Tempe’s graffiti clean up program, all but undoing years of progress as illegal tagging increased by 630%, according to the most recent city estimates. It’s the ...

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