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An interview with the forefather of New York City graffiti
TAKI 183 used to write his tag more than 50 times a day around New York City.
By
Emily Nadal
Arts & Entertainment
Martha Cooper photographed graffiti's origins. Decades later, she's still at it.
Cooper's retrospective at the Bronx Documentary Center celebrates the artist who created the graffiti "bible."
By
Walter Wuthmann
Arts & Entertainment
Lance De Los Reyes, The Prolific NYC Graffiti Artist RAMBO, Has Died At 44
RAMBO was a "very enthusiastic bomber with an unusual hand style [who] dominated northern Brooklyn and downtown over the last fifteen years."
By
Ben Yakas
News
NYPD Dispatches Dozens Of Officers, Helicopter To Corner Graffiti Artist In Greenpoint
"It’s obvious that the police resources are being misappropriated. There’s one guy up there. There’s one way up and one way down. It's absurd."
By
Jake Offenhartz
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Christopher Werth
Arts & Entertainment
24 Train Cars Tagged In Subway Graffiti Makeover This Weekend
Betty Boop, comically oversized mushrooms, leprechaun outerwear, flames and more turned up on subway cars recently.
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
SCOTUS Declines To Consider Case From 5Pointz Developer, Sealing $6.75M Victory For Artists Whose Work Was Destroyed
The Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
By
Sydney Pereira
News
Paintings By Graffiti Artist Phase 2 Stolen From East Village Building
The paintings are reportedly worth $18,000.
By
Jen Chung
Arts & Entertainment
Check Out This Amazing Total Subway Graffiti Takeover
'It's very unusual to see a train leave the yards with a top-to-bottom, end-to-end burner.'
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: This D Train Got A Spooky Graffiti Makeover For Halloween
A D train was spotted coated in bats, flames and Dracula himself on Halloween night.
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Photo Show Celebrates Graffiti-Tagged Train Cars of 1970s NYC
Henry Chalfant would rush to the elevated stations in the Bronx to document tagged cars before they could be buffed clean, and now those photos are on display.
By
Danny Lewis
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