Tag: Graffiti
Ancient graffiti is being excavated by weather damage at the N train Avenue U stop. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
In, perhaps, trying to one up the Palo Alto Facebook HQ’s very expensive David Choe murals, Facebook’s Seattle office got a really cooool hot tub with cooool graffiti by “Weirdo” on it. The landlord of the building doesn’t get down with a hot tub in that office, and had them drill a hole in the tub […]
In Egypt, a radical street art collective called Women on Walls (WOW) has emerged from the chaos of revolution to publicize the struggles that the country’s female population endures regularly. Since WOW was launched in December 2012 by activists Mia Grondahl and Angie Bagela, it has nearly tripled in size: The group now claims over […]
Remember that New York Yankees perfume that we reviewed and I likened to the smell of my Uncle Louie? It’s back. While the formula hasn’t changed, the bottle has with the help of artists MINT and SERF—hey it worked for Calvin Klein about ten years ago. They were commissioned to give the bottle a little […]
He’s also one of the original founders of ANIMAL. When Matt and I first launched ANIMAL in 2003, we had no idea what the fuck we were doing, but it quickly became clear that graffiti was definitely going to play a role, as I began to realize his obsession with the outlaw art form. The […]
Back in its heyday, Paris’s famed Les Bains nightclub hosted the revelries of Kate Moss, Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and everyone else you’ve ever dreamt of hanging out with. The party was crashed in 2010, when some haphazard renovations led to the club being declared unsafe, and then condemned. The iconic building will regain […]
Kenny Scharf was arrested in Williamsburg in Friday night, Art Sucks reports. According to court info, he was charged with making graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument, and some other small-time charge, but was released on his own recognizance, meaning he did not have to post bail. Scharf posted the above signature squiggly snake on his Facebook […]
The owner of Graham Furniture in Williamsburg must really like graffiti. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, street artists The Yok and Sheryo give us a behind-the-scenes look into their new piece at 5 Pointz. The idea was inspired by our recent travels through Asia. The wall is part of a new body of […]
Graffiti writers carry many weapons in their arsenal — spray paint, markers, etching paste, and stickers. For this series, we went out to document some of the stickers — hand-written ones, specifically — that are currently running on the streets of Manhattan, kicking off with KATSU (above). Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the […]
