Phiesta (CRIMINALS) Graffiti (pt.1)

Phiesta (CRIMINALS): walls and trains graffiti from Rome (Italy).

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Niswe (CRIMINALS) Graffiti (pt.1)

Niswe (CRIMINALS): walls and trains graffiti from Rome (Italy).

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Molotow TV - Phiesta, Niswe, Brus, Zampa (CRIMINALS CREW) - Rome (Italy)

A great video from Rome, Italy.

PHIESTA - NISWE - BRUS - ZAMPA: CRIMINALS CREW




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Graffiti Berlin: ANGRY (video)

IMPORTANT: The works of these graffiti artists are only for publication and were sent anonymously. It will not asked for punitive action. The spraying or destruction of foreign property is and will remain banned!

Mafia is not an example - Street Art Video

"John J. Mahyo VS Mafia"
A collaboration with Roberto Saviano and his staff.

Cheap Trick: The Mercedes with a Graffiti skin

You don’t need to be a billionaire rapper to garage yourself a pimping ride, writes The Wheel Deal. Just introduce an old banger to a few graffiti artists and you’ll cash in more car compliments than 50 Cent

Not too long ago this beige 1971 Mercedes-Benz was rotting away in the bottom of somebody’s garden. Once a grand saloon that transported people around town in style and comfort, it sat in a

Police arrest two graffiti vandals

Great Falls Police have arrested two men wanted for allegedly vandalizing nearly 30 downtown businesses with graffiti.

18-year-old Tyler Valley and 21-year-old Christopher Ritter, both of Great Falls, were arrested downtown around 10 Saturday night.
They have been charged with felony criminal mischief.

Police believe Valley and Ritter are responsible for the graffiti vandalism that has been

Graffiti vandal who caused £45,000 damage is jailed

A graffiti vandal who was caught after filming himself spray painting trains in Essex has been jailed for a year, British Transport Police (BTP) said.


Robert Martin, 23, was caught with mobile phone footage from the railway line and pictures which showed him posing with giant cannabis plants he had grown in his back garden.


Southend Crown Court heard he caused more than £45,000 worth of

Saint Louis Park public works employee uses web to catch graffiti taggers.

He doesn't want the spotlight but a Saint Louis Park Public Works employee has made it his mission to help apprehend graffiti taggers.



Saint Louis Park created a software program called GraffitiNet. It allows cities to catalog one tagger's work across city lines. The program not only helps catch taggers, but can helps make them responsible for damage done in more than one location. Member

Banksy's Opening For "The Simpsons"

In what has to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in TV history, the "couch gag" opening of tonight's episode of The Simpsons was storyboarded and directed by none other than Banksy.

In your opinion...is it "ironic" or simply "self-criticism" ?









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SAI 2010: Street Art Festival in Istanbul

Between the 26th August and the 16th September German artists from Munich such as Loomit, Kiam77, Satone, One2, Rosanna Schumacher, Skore 183, Neon, Squaredynamic and Blash have been painting several spots in Istanbul and working in the Nayah and Rodin cafe building in Taksim. Locals have been representing too... Asu Ceren, Cuneyt Çelik, Cooper, Dünya Atay, Eskreyn, Fiberoptik, Fu, Funk, Goksu

Graffiti artists get creative in West Oakland 'battle'

OAKLAND -- The California Penal Code classifies unauthorized graffiti as "vandalism" -- a crime that can cost the offender a sizable fine or even jail time.
But Estria Miyashiro, of Oakland, a veteran of the graffiti art movement for more than two decades, hopes to change skeptics' minds about graffiti and those who practice it.Three years ago, he launched the "Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle

Chocolate Kills: Street Art video in Rome (IT) made by UNO

Mirror Stencil made by UNO.

Via degli Ausoni (San Lorenzo), Rome, IT, 2010.




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Amaze Paris Fondation Cartier Graffiti

Amaze graffiti in Paris for the Fondation Cartier.
The piece is so big, i couldn't get enough space on the back to film it in one shot...
DEFINATLY A.M.A.Z.E ME!




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Banos and Mckoy graffiti on train

A train graffiti by Banos and Mckoy filmed in Nuremberg (Germany).




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Graffiti: the unseen beautiful hand of hip hop culture

The name graffiti is an Italian word, derived from graffito, which means scrapping or tagging on the walls.For years when hip hop culture came to life, graffiti came to be a sub culture or element of hip hop, which has contributed significantly to the whole movement of the music genre.Graffiti evolved into a cultural existence, which penetrated hip hop music adding to other elements, such as

Affiliation with Street Art Attack!

It's a pleasure for us to introduce a new affiliated site: Street Art Attack!One of the best blog about the Italian Street Art!

Police make arrest in hunt for 'Soak' graffiti artist

POLICE have arrested a man in connection with hundreds of graffiti tags daubed across Oxford and last night warned more arrests could follow.Officers have been trying to catch the vandal responsible for daubing the word ‘Soak’ across buildings, bus stops and bins for the past two months. Last night, they admitted there were probably copy-cat taggers operating too, and revealed a new tag ‘

Graffiti art gains ground in Echo Park

A new Echo Park paint supply store and graffiti art hub opened last week in Echo Park, stoking excitement and concern in the community. Montana Cans, a designer spray-paint brand from Germany markets itself as “from the artist scene to the artist scene,” opened an East-side store minutes from Dodger Stadium.

A party last Friday announced the stores arrival to the neighborhood with live

Cops nab longtime Bronx graffiti artist Fernando (Cope2) Carlo after he tags subway car

A longtime Bronx graffiti artist who claimed to have gone mainstream returned to his roots by tagging a subway car uptown, police said.


Fernando Carlo - whose graffiti has covered trains, walls, and trucks since the late '70s - was busted this week. Police said Carlo, better known as Cope or Cope2, slipped into a subway yard at 207th St., using a train as his personal canvas.


"It was a

Graffiti arrests highlight growing problem, police say

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police say four people suspected of spraying graffiti across town were arrested Tuesday night. The accused taggers’ arrests come after a dramatic increase in graffiti seen in Anchorage.
The word “Zombie” was spray-painted throughout Lynn Ary Park near Foraker Drive, where the four were arrested. The designs are similar to those seen throughout the city, starting about two

Revok Graffiti (pt.1)

Revok: graffiti from Los Angeles (USA).

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Storm (HA) for Ironlak - Sweden 2009

Storm of Heavy Artillery and Ironlak Team Europe from Copenhagen paints a quick wall in Sweden - 2009.

Anti-Graffiti Truck to clean up Beverly

Beverly, Mass. — The Anti-Graffiti Truck is rolling into Beverly today to clean up the city. The Essex County Sheriff’s Department will be here for a week removing graffiti. Beverly Police Chief Mark Ray and the Citizen Advisory Committee’s Graffiti Task Force arranged for the clean up, which will also include a visit from Sheriff Frank Cousins this Friday.

Banksy in Downtown Los Angeles 2010

This is a video about the new work of Banksy, Los Angeles, 2010.



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Is graffiti vandalism or art? Calgary grapples with issue

Council awaits report on how to prevent crimeA 19-year-old Calgary man, who police allege is a prolific tagger, is facing charges while city officials grapple with how to deal with graffiti.
Joanne Hahn, City of Calgary manager of policy and public education with animal and bylaw services, said the results of a graffiti prevention pilot project will be brought to council in November.
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Graffiti wiped out in Pickering

PICKERING -- There's no point in defacing CN property in Pickering, because it'll get covered up in no time, says Mayor Dave Ryan. Graffiti along the Canadian National Rail Line's bridges and underpasses in Pickering was painted over last week and CN and the City of Pickering are working together to keep it clean. "CN is committed to working with the municipality to clean up

Chicago graffiti action video

The footage is from a DVD called "The Forgotton City" shout out to that but i think these are the best parts.
The main spread is NOT done by a disgruntled CTA worker. It is done by ETHER by far the best tag in the video.
The spread that is done inside of the train around the middle of the video is done by AFRO42 and he passed away. So R.I.P.

Cops keep tabs on graffiti taggers

A GRAFFITI database allowing police and the Maroondah Council to track, target and stop vandals could be set up next year.The online database, developed in the Yarra Ranges, helps police to keep tabs on vandals and charge those caught with multiple recorded incidents.It includes a map plotting incidents of graffiti that police keep “live” by updating with new or removed tags, including

Graffiti for a great cause

A Christian-based youth mentoring group is using graffiti art to appeal for more volunteers to work with young people in danger of going off the rails.Brothers in Arms, which provides mentors for youngsters referred from police and other agencies, employed Mangere-based graffiti artists FDKNS to paint a giant mural on the fence of the Avondale Racecourse yesterday with the words "Help me".

Chicago Meeting of Styles 2009: Ewok, Enue, X-Men, Auger, Jaes, Pose

The video of the finally work of the Meeting of Styles 2009 (Chicago)

Does (LoveLetters - Ironlak) Graffiti (pt.1)

Some graffiti of one of the best writers of the world: Does (Love Letters Crew) in collaboration with the Ironlak Team.

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Is Banksy working for Keep Britain Tidy?

It wasn’t so long ago that Keep Britain Tidy protested that Banksy was nothing more than a “self-confessed graffiti vandal.” Now, however, the Bristol-based and enduringly elusive artist seems to be handling the charity’s guerrilla marketing campaigns.  Mystery man Banksy’s latest ‘public show’ features the pictured piece of an elderly woman standing proudly by her own graffiti, carrying the

Asha Graffiti (pt.1)

Asha: walls graffiti from Germany.

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Moses Graffiti (pt.1)

Moses: walls and trains graffiti from all over the world.

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O'Clock Graffiti (pt.3)

O'Clock: walls, vans and trains graffiti from Paris, France.

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Interview with SIPROS (exclusively for our blog)

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH "SIPROS"

(made by me for streetartandgraffiti.blogspot.com)



Exclusively for streetartandgraffiti.blogspot.com, i'm happy to present to you the interview done by me to a Brazilian graffiti artist: Sipros.



- How old are you and where are you from?

I'm 27 years old and I live in Sao Paulo, Brazil.




- When did you start doing graffiti?

I started doing graffiti

Taps Graffiti (pt.1)

Taps: graffiti on trains from all over the world.

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Ogre & Roid graffiti in Paris 2010 (photo/video)

OGRE x Pornostars
ROID x MSK / HA
Paris 2010.
















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Brazil graffiti artists seen more as Van Goghs than vandals

SAO PAULO — Graffiti?s long struggle to be seen as valid urban expression, not vandalism, is being crowned this month with an exhibition in Brazil by international artists who not only sprayed official works but also spruced up abandoned corners of Sao Paulo. A raid on a dilapidated factory by many of the 66 artists on the eve of the event?s opening was a celebration of the roots of

Amaze Graffiti (pt.2)

Some graffiti of Amaze, from New York.

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Lost rail keys contributing to graffiti and vandalism?

Do vandals have keys to Sydney’s trains and rail yards? This is the accusation made today by the Shadow Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian, as she revealed that 100 sets of keys open trains and rail stabling yards have been lost or stolen since 2006. The information was obtained under Freedom of Information by the NSW Liberals & Nationals. Records since 2006 to March 2010 show 75

Blacktown "state's graffiti capital"

BLACKTOWN local government area is the state’s malicious damage hotspot, recording the most incidents in the past 12 months of any area in the state. While the latest statistics from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show crime is on the way down in Blacktown, The Hills and Hawkesbury, Blacktown still recorded 5218 malicious damage incidents, a nine per cent decline over

New lines drawn in graffiti war

The owner of an inner-city wall at the centre of a graffiti war says no one had permission to paint it. Glenda Yuen-Chai has been kept in the dark over a controversial mural painted on the side of the building she co-owns at 164 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley. Brisbane City Council painted over the work two days later under its anti-graffiti crackdown.
But councillor

Solve Graffiti (pt.1)

Solve: walls and trains graffiti from all over the world.

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Guard hired to protect Banksy works

Store bosses have ramped up security after one of Britain's most bankable artists secretly installed two original artworks in a shop.

Graffiti artist Banksy placed the works - a painting on a canvas and another stencilled on a rusty oil can - in a branch of HMV in London's Oxford Street earlier this week.

Staff had been unaware the artist - whose works sell for tens of thousands of pounds and

Foim Graffiti (pt.2)

Foim: walls and trains graffiti from all over the world.

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Roid (MSK, HA) Graffiti (pt.2)

Roid: graffiti from London (United Kingdom).

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Banos Graffiti (pt.2)

Banos: walls and trains graffiti from Germany.

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Foim Graffiti (pt.1)

Foim: walls and train graffiti from all over the world.

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Graffiti different to vandalism

THERE is a big difference between graffiti art and vandalism – just ask professional graffiti artists Jake Shearer and Dan Burke. As the pair took breaks from painting the skate bowl at Kemmis Park yesterday, both said there was a “knack” to using a spray can properly.  “Anyone can go down there and write ‘I was here’,” Mr Burke, 36, said. Mr Shearman, 21, added: “There is a technique

Paid by council to graffiti park

PLENTY of spay cans have been emptied at Kemmis Park in recent days – but it’s been paid professionals, rather than vandals, who have been painting graffiti at the skate bowl. Kemmis Park has long been a graffiti hotspot and now Mackay Regional Council has pulled out the same weapons as the vandals in a bid to win the graffiti war. The council has employed professional graffiti artists

Zephyr graffiti action video

A video about Zephyr, one of the best writers in New York.




Some works of Zephyr (click on the images to enlarge them):



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Amaze Graffiti (pt.1)

Some graffiti of Amaze, from New York.

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Roid (MSK, HA) Graffiti (pt.1)

Roid: graffiti from London (United Kingdom).

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Banos Graffiti (pt.1)

Banos: walls and trains graffiti from Germany.

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Painting the world over: graffiti goes global

The Baron from Burning Candy crew discusses his new film, which documents their creations across the continents

Ever seen a big set of teeth gnarling on a canal? Or how about a giant monkey with a shiny gold chain chilling on a shop shutter? These iconic images are the work of Burning Candy (BC), an ingeniously creative street art graffiti crew. Now a groundbreaking documentary is in the

Zephyr graffiti (pt.1)

Some graffiti of Zephyr, one of the best writers of New York.

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Historic Scotland orders removal of graffiti artwork from Scottish castle

A heritage body has ordered the removal of graffiti artwork from a 13th century Scottish castle.
Historic Scotland has ruled that the paintwork which turned Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire into a surreal but colourful tourist attraction must be wiped clean. A group of Brazilian graffiti artists were given permission to spraypaint the ancient family seat of the Boyle clan three years ago on the

Bronx Battle Royale 2010

Who do you think won the Bronx Battle Royale 2010?
REVOK CES BIO YES2 BG DMOTE HOW & NOSM
...it all takes place in Hunts Point...Bronx, NY




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Vandals deface Banksy's St Leonard's painting

Do you remember about "New Banksy piece found on Sussex beach in St Leonards" ?
A Banksy painting has been vandalised within days by a group that repeatedly targets his work - as a new piece appeared in Brighton.
The image of a little girl playing in a Tesco sandcastle appeared on a beach wall in St Leonards just over a week ago. The mural attracted visitors to the seafront road opposite St

LA artists fight to save city's legacy of murals

LOS ANGELES - Every so often, Ernesto de la Loza drives around the city to check on the state of his murals. It's a short tour these days. Out of 42 swirling, vivid pieces he's painted, only seven remain, the rest lost to graffiti, whitewash and withering sun.  
With an estimated 1,500 pieces of wall art, Los Angeles is the nation's mural capital, but that's a fading distinction thanks to

Sever Graffiti (pt.1)

Some graffiti of Sever from California.

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The Crevasse - Making of 3D Street Art

Edgar Mueller at the "Festival of World Culture".
He has followed the invitation and continued his series of large-sized 3D Street Art there.




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Can2 Graffiti (pt.1)

Some Graffiti of Can2 from Germany, one of the best writer of the world.






































































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New mural bid to stamp out graffiti

The Mural.
SPORT stars including paralympian Danny Crates have been immortalised with the transformation of the Daneholes Underpass, Blackshots, into a sporting mural.
The anti-graffiti project, funded by the Thurrock Community Safety Partnership and organised by the council’s street services team, involved local children, pupils from William Edwards School and the Stifford Community

Brus (KIDZ) Graffiti (pt.2)

Brus (KIDZ): walls and trains graffiti from Rome (Italy).

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Odeith Master Mind 3D Graffiti: The Last Episode (2009)

A video about Odeith, one of the most famous Portuguese graffiti artists.




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Graffiti in New York

This is the story about graffiti and its artists in New York, originally made for Lithuanian news website.

New Banksy piece found on Sussex beach in St Leonards

Some time before relentless rain submerged the UK in the last week, Banksy appears to have taken a trip to the seaside.Sharp-eyed sunseekers in the Sussex town of St Leonards reckon a spraypainting of a child making sandcastles emblazoned with advertising for Tesco, daubed on an innocuous set of steps leading down to the beach, was made by the graffiti overlord as he visited the area last

Brus (KIDZ) Graffiti (pt.1)

Brus (KIDZ): walls and trains graffiti from Rome (Italy).

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Payson program gets a handle on graffiti

PAYSON, AZ - The Payson Police Department announced Tuesday that its Graffiti Abatement Program got off the ground this month in partnership with the Gila County Probation Department and several local businesses.





According to a news release, the project was envisioned several years ago when the department was looking for partners and sponsors to assist in cleaning up graffiti. 

Operation Removes Graffiti in Robstown

ROBSTOWN--Robstown city workers and police officers took part in a special graffiti removal operation today called, Operation Tag Out.
The work crews went to about ten businesses and parks and painted over the walls removing all the damage left there by taggers or gang members.




The workers said they're doing this to help boost the morale of Robstown residents.
"A lot of the time the

Weshtwo Tag Studio 1.0 - Free Download

Weshtwo Tag Studio 1.0 is a software that make possible the realization of tags made with the squeezer marker!

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