The thing that most bugs me about this whole BLU mural getting whitewashed is not really the beauty or fantastic nature of the mural itself. To be honest, the mural was so straightforward that it almost bordered on obvious. But that’s not the point. When you ask an artist to paint you a mural — […]


A graffiti artist who has taken on a serious challenge for herself, Mad C has just completed her momentous 700 Wall. A member of the Bandits crew, who’ve dedicated themselves to creating graffiti art across as many nations as possible, Mad C is a street artist whose passions lies in writing and painting. The 700 […]


15 Dec
MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch's most disappointing action

As we reported last week, world class Italian street artist BLU’s controversial mural on the Geffen Contemporary was whitewashed after being up for only 24 hours. As a piece created to promote MOCA’s upcoming Art on the Streets “street art” exhibit, many assumed the buffing over of BLU’s work was a Banksy-style publicity stunt. Well, […]


10 Dec
Outright censorship, or misguided publicity stunt?

You can say without a breath of hyperbole that BLU is one of the most imaginative, creative and pioneering street artists on the planet — we’ve often gushed about his works such as the MUTO animation and his truly monumental Big Bang Big Boom piece. That’s why this article of news is so disturbing, especially […]


Absolutely amazing what this graffiti crew gets done in a 3 minute stop to this train in Germany. I’m not entirely sure it was done in 3 minutes, regardless bombing a whole train that quickly takes efficiency, daring and skills. Now that’s what I call organization, kids!


27 Oct
Buy some art, help fund Burning Candy's exploration into graff culture

Once frowned upon by most of the free world outside of the taggers themselves, graffiti long ago grew into its own respected art form. While previously jailed and widely persecuted, some erstwhile underground artists are now collecting millions from their art. Burning Candy, a group of world-renowned artists in their own right, are working to […]


17 Sep
Australia's Everfresh crew tag it large

Melbourne, Australia’s Everfresh crew has created the largest tagging marker the world has ever seen. I’d love to see a video of this thing in action, but for now pics will have to do. Would hate to have this Weapon of Mass Inscription get into the wrong hands… One more image of the Everfresh giant […]


I really like this piece by Sao Paolo street artist Treco, and the time-lapse video by director Rodrigo Piza Levy of him creating it. I wonder what went wrong with the original trunk, why’d he have to change it? I suppose it’s something I’ll never know… DEU TRECO from rodrigo piza levy on Vimeo.