It didn’t take long for graffiti to spread across the pond. The underground art form that was birthed in the train yards and streets of NYC in the late 1960s and flourished in the early 1980s quickly made its way to London. “Everything that takes off in New York, comes here about a year or […]
Before there was Humans of New York, before there was The Sartorialist, there were these guys: OG photographers like Ricky Powell, Martha Cooper, Jamel Shabazz, and Jamel Freedman, who captured the raw, beating heart of New York in decades past through its artists, graffiti writers, junkies, and street people. Everybody Street, a new documentary featuring the […]
Just now, the ceremonial repainting of the Bowery Wall has begun. Next up on the highly trafficked spot — graffiti artists REVOK (Los Angeles) and POSE (Chicago). Coincidentally, REVOK and POSE have a show at Jonathan Levine opening on June 29th. They’ll begin soon. It’s too hot to paint during the day. Go home. We’ll update you […]
Just days after buffing the Martha Cooper tribute mural before starting on his own, CRASH worked on the Bowery mural for a few days and now he’s done. See him apply the finishing touches in our photos. (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The ever-changing Bowery Wall is about to switch hands again. After a bunch of old school writers surprised street photographer Martha Cooper with a tribute mural over the weekend for her 70th birthday, the mighty CRASH is now getting started. Born John Matos, CRASH is not only a pioneer of graffiti on subway trains, but […]
ANIMAL’s original series I Should Have Shot That! asks photographers about that one shot that got away. This week, Ian Cox recalls a perfect moment with FUTURA during the illegal, subterranean Underbelly Project in Paris. I was invited to document the second Underbelly Project, after New York. It’s an illegal project. It’s not sanctioned, so it’s all […]
After months of renovations by Goldman Properties, the new and improved Bowery Wall has been unveiled. On Friday, noted billboard liberator and POPaganda painter Ron English will begin embellishing the legendary location that has featured the very public work of dozens of artists, some done without permission, over the decades. English offered a tease on […]
Ever since Taylor Swift was declared the city’s new Global Welcome Ambassador, the internet (and New Yorkers) hates her even more than it already did. And what better way to celebrate her looming internet death than a RIP mural on the Lower East Side by Chico? The muralist, whose real name is Antonio Garcia, has […]
New York commuters are bombarded with advertisements. Capitalizing on this bland, visual onslaught, the freshly launched NO AD app is hijacking ads all over the subway system with alternative imagery, turning them into a sprawling, augmented reality exhibition space. This month, it’s loosely themed around street art and anti-advertising. In the near future, they’ll be collaborating with art and photography […]
Street artist ELLE put up one of her new transparencies in a Williamsburg bus shelter and here’s a short of video of her in action. […]
