Tag: Graffiti
Woodside, Queens graffiti complaints have soared 120% in just one year. The 11377 zip-code received 211 reports this year — that’s up from 96 in a comparable period last year. Joe Conley, chair of Community Board 2, tells DNAinfo that he’s noticed an increase in graffiti throughout his whole district, particularly in those hard to reach places. “Some […]
A “vandal” has stepped in and taken artistic liberty with one of Banksy’s latest works and it’s kinda clever in a sophomoric sort of way. Local police in Kent, England say — without irony — that they are looking for the person who illegally drew a big penis on Banksy’s illegal piece, which originally depicted […]
Cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are even older than previously thought — at least 39,900 years old, according to a paper just published in the journal Nature. Described as “proto-graffiti,” the renderings were created by blowing or spraying colored clay over objects to create defined contours. It features “stencil-like outlines of human hands and stick-legged animals” are […]
Getting in is no easy feat — through a hatch on a busy street, like Alice in Wonderland, scrambling along a ladder quickly enough to be swallowed up by the city unnoticed to end up in this abandoned subway station — a breathtaking, mystical space in Lower Manhattan. It’s what I imagine would have been a major pedestrian plaza […]
Graffiti legend COST was arrested on Sunday for allegedly putting up his signature wheatpasted art on scaffolding in the Meatpacking District. He was trailed walking to his car by the Cabaret Unit (a quality-of-life crimes patrol from Manhattan’s 6th Precinct; not the Vandal Squad), carrying “an extendable pole with a wet brush attached to it.” A search warrant was executed on the vehicle on Wednesday, where cops found more […]
After taking out all the ads on a New York City subway car and putting up their work instead, graffiti artists SKI and 2ESAE hosted a legal reception in Soho for “Product of UR Environment,” their latest exhibit. The duo presented a massive series of multi-media art that combined graffiti with graphic design, silk-screening and photography. (Check […]
A new Banksy piece appeared in a small British town, which the artist authenticated via his website. Alas, by that time, the piece had already been buffed off the wall after complaints that it was “racist and offensive,” even though it was obviously a satire, critical of racism and xenophobia. The piece featured a bunch of pigeons holding […]
“Advertisers have been stealing graffiti tactics for years,” says long-time graffiti writer 2ESAE. SKI adds, “We’re not allowed to paint trains anymore. Who knew that years later… fucking Target could have a full car?” SKI is referring to the time when the MTA first let a brand wrap an ad entirely around a subway car in […]
So far this year, the city’s 311 hotline has received 452 graffiti complaints in Sunset Park, compared to only 225 in 2013. The graffiti is “most prevalent along Eighth Avenue, pillars under the Gowanus Expressway and certain pedestrian pathways,” DNAinfo reports, providing a nifty map illustrating city-wide statistics. Other neighborhoods where residents complained most included Greenpoint […]
After honing his skills on the sides of subway cars and tunnels unlawfully, VEW, a graffiti artist from NYC who is likely high up on the Vandal Squad’s most wanted list, did something legal: He opened a pop-up exhibit on Friday at a Bushwick burger joint. Curated by creative collective Arts and Rhymes, all the […]
