A striking presence in the gallery, the assemblage is dynamic ... “Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection” is on view at the Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th ...

By the mid-1980s, alongside an emerging hip-hop culture, graffiti writing was recognized ... culture that remains omnipresent in commercial art galleries and the international urban landscape.

As European collectors began buying up graffiti art and sending it overseas, Wong was determined to keep his collection in New York, its home city. He donated his extensive collection to the ...

"They thought they were allowed to do that as participatory art and made a mistake ... The incident prompted the gallery to put up a small fence in front of the graffiti with additional signs ...

Rocking the get-up, the graffiti star live-painted an old ... he has taken his characters from the streets and put them into galleries. Although street art is his true passion, he says that ...

They can use these spaces as free gallery. “It really depends on a person. For others, they may consider graffiti as dirty art. But when you're on the scene, it helps you to have a free gallery ...

The inaugural "Ivory Graff Graffiti Festival" attracted around 40 national and international artists who spent two weeks in November converting bland walls into 300-meter-long works of art. Benjamin ...