Have you seen the latest scoop in The Sun? Apparently, on the famous English newspaper they just dropped a massive article about the legendary graffiti artist 10Foot, the London Bomber. According to the article, 10foot is the reason for damages worth a whopping one billion pounds! They even listed up all the countries and cities…
You gotta check out the Unframed Art Gallery by the end of July. They’ve got a super dope Expo going on featuring works from Mode2 and Teach DDS. The opening night is on May 5th, and the artists themselves will be there, live painting! This exhibition is a must-see for all you graffiti and street…
The outline is like the skeleton of a dope graffiti piece, giving it that sick contour and separating the colors inside from the background. Usually, we use tight caps to get those clean, precise lines. Some graffiti styles, like 3D, ditch the outline altogether and still manage to look fly as hell.
The System Boys Instagram page just dropped a mind-blowing video of the epic “MetroJam” goin’ down in Lisbon! Trust me, you gotta check it out ’cause it’s off the hook! We’re talkin’ super crews like DRS, TPG, U.V., and TPK throwin’ down mad skills! All with Double A spray paint!
A masterpiece is the utmost expression of style and technique in the graffiti realm. It’s the most elaborated and calculated in terms of lettering and colors! Usually, it is also accompanied by a puppet or an intricate background!
For the exhibition that recently opened doors at Nanzuka Underground in Tokyo Japan, Todd James aka Reas decided to launch a new sculpture in PVC and ABS! Pentagon Pile Up will be available on the Gallery website during the exhibition. But bear in mind that they come in limited edition series of 360 pieces so…
Buff is the eternal arch enemy for the type of graffiti when you paint illegally in public or private spaces. Buff actually means when the piece is erased, which can happen quickly because institutions have implemented a method to receive reports that provide information about newly written pieces.
The Hall of Fame is the place to be for all writers! The legal wall known for its excellence where all the best writers leave their marks. Normally, it’s the point of gathering for many crews where they can meet not only via words but also via styles!
Spraydaily always drops the sickest stuff! On their Youtube there is international crew BOT’s new video, “Best of Times 2022” packed with a recap of all the action from last year! From commuter trains to the most strangest subways! Enjoy!
GoldenHands Gallery in Hamburg is famous for its collaborations that spread across the world of graffiti! As a matter of fact this year it’s going to participate in UVNT contemporary art fair in Madrid with an exposition with works by the likes of Paradox, Moses, Taps and Lugosis! A must see event!
Krink’s, GRAFFITI, ART AND INVENTION is an essential in every proper book collection. You can hardly find this classic that consists of 240 pages which narrate the entire backyard of the famous New York brand through the words of Craig Costello aka KR, including its inventions, markers and installations across the world! Long story short,…
A Tag is the most quickest and simple graffiti expression. Nowadays it’s not easy finding a town even in the middle of no where that doesn’t have one. A tag can also be a one line, when the marker or spray never leaves the surface whilst writing in one single stroke.
art.of.Rage has recently published a mega whole train with white background on their Instagram profile! This amazing piece was carried out on Hamburg’s subway to launch their new book “Alle Acht”. Not only Rage joined the operation but also artists like Moses, and crews such as BK, GMS and CCTV!
A throw up or a flop is the gateway to bombing. It is the evolution of a tag in thick letters in a softie version. Normally the strokes are quicker than a normal piece, and sometimes it can also be a one line, single stroked. Most of the times only some of the letters of…
The chemistry between fashion and graffiti is kicking in! As a matter of fact, with musician Pharrel’s brand Billionare Boys Club, Todd James aka Reas has launched a collaboration that features classics like jackets, tees and hoodies to skate boards and an exclusive cookie jar! All in sick multi- colored graffiti style!
One of the most waited video has dropped on Spraydaily’s Youtube! Metal Lovers is the Italian crew MLS’s new video. In the footage you’ll witness tons of train rolling and action you just can’t miss. Most of then are whole-cars and top-to-bottom! Now head to that channel!
For the 20th anniversary of New Yorker AllRightsReserved, the artist released a new sculpture collection in bronze that can be purchased from the artist’s gallery’s website. They come pricey but every statue are numbered and tied to “on chain” authentication. Plus, for the first time you’ll be able to purchase crypto currencies too! The sets…
After some time since the release of the book by 1UP in collaboration with Martha Cooper and Ninja K, the famous German crew has decided to publish on their YouTube channel a short film that documents the footages that lead them to making that book! A concentrate of adrenalin you just can’t miss or what!?…
…Bond Truluv coins himself. He isn’t an ordinary writer but a digital leaning inventor – artist. Not only he creates incredible gadgets but also applies augmented reality, 3D, NFC and all forms of technology when writing, paving the further step for the art of graffiti. His graffs are optical and mind teasing, that blurr the…
Vitaly tech assembled a dot painting spray adaptor using drone pieces and other materials. From the looks of it, the distance between each dot is adjusted by the propeller speed. They also invented a circle maker where you paint in circles, wow. You can see some neat stuff on their youtube.
Dubbed the Bonnie and Clyde of graffiti: Utah and Ether. These writers from the United States have tagged trains and buildings in over 30 countries. Some of their most adrenalin pumping bombings are definitely the Probation Vacation series, featuring their trips to countries in Asia. As the name is self-explanatory, they left their native country…
SO, we’re sure that all of you have at least heard about the Balenciaga AD campaign that implies child pornography, right? The Spanish luxury brand is being sacked from all directions at the moment. Here is where the vandalism community comes in. An activist vandalised their flagship store in London, UK, daubing the store windows…
Artist Banksy has accused GUESS for using his works for a capsule collection without his permission. He posted on his channels encouraging shoplifters to do the same thing to GUESS. Leading the flagship store in Regent street London, UK to temporarily close down. …and it doesn’t stop here. Some are even pointing out that Banksy…
Great news for the writing community in the digital world. The graffiti movement has spread so much in our own right that even Nintendo had top give us some space. This so called Grafaifai that appears in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, apparently tags trees in their habitat and the colors they produce (secrete? like sweat)…
The one and only Montana Colors from Barcelona Spain’s visionary founder Jordi Rubio Rocabert has left the leading spray paint brand after 29 years. His contribution to the graffiti culture through the course of the quasi-three decades is immeasurable. If you jump to Montana’s website there is a letter written by himself. Thanks, Jordi.
To combat the graffiti “issue”, New York’s Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he will hire 10,000 people for his new cleaning program: City Cleanup Corps. New Yorkers, soon it will be full of new spots.
Since 1956, calligraffiti in Chinese by Tsang Tsou-choi blossomed on ruined walls in Hong Kong as a protest against the loss of his motherland to the British. He carefully chose his canvas, only writing on government property. He continued his protests until the early 2000s and died in 2007 of a heart attack. In 2015,…
Some while ago, at the birth place of graffiti New York, USA, the Police Benevolent Association of Police Officers posted a tweet about a whole train (an entire train covered in graffiti). Despite their bitterness towards the multiple end to ends (a wagon filled with graffiti from beginning to the end) the New Yorkers seemed…
What is the highest price you can pay for vandalism? Ending up in jail? Paying a hefty fine? Serving community service? None of them….it’s buffing your own pieces…under the supervision of your MOM. This is what exactly happened to a 16 year old in Louisiana, USA. Our thoughts are with you dear teen vandal.
On the national highway in the UK several safety message graffiti have appeared on bridges such as: “keep left unless overtaking”, “don’t drink and drive”, editorial favorites are “Why are you a middle lane moron?” and “Hey you, middle lane moron, get over” (remember in the UK you drive on the left?). Even though these…
In Pompeii, Italian historians are excavating ancient ruins and graffiti are popping up everywhere. Here graffiti, means traditional inscribed writing (because the word graffiti comes from Italian graffiare, to scratch). The messages are as contemporary as they can get. For instance, “Rufio painted this”, “Satura was here on September 3rd”, “Cruel Lalagus, why do you…
The #MTNXVANDALEAK contest has come to an end…and the lucky prize draw winners are…@enser129, @misterhir, @skepticisme, @_B3gone_ !!!!! Thanks to everybody who participated, and last but not least the one and only MONTANA COLORS!! Keep on writing to all vandals!!!!
The Blackbook is a writer’s marker, spray, cap or whatever essential tool to be one. It is that vital as one keeps everything there. From practicing their tag to sketching a masterpiece. An album where they can see how they have progressed through time. Blackbooks are also often exchanged between vandals to record each others’…
We are extending the MTN X VANDALEAK Contest till the 14th March! So share those Vandaleak trains!! Wooohoooo
VANDALEAK: the one and only place where a digital vandal can live the real graffiti experience has teamed up with world’s leading spray paint brand Montana Colors for the MTN X Vandaleak Contest! Use the MTNXVANDALEAK coupon to gain 1000 credits for free, gear up your backpack from STORE, paint your name on a Vandaleak…
Just like Auckland, New Zealand, Philadelphia, USA has witnessed a soar in graffiti and tags since the beginning of the pandemic with a nearly 20% rise in request for graffiti removal. Officials from the community encouraged writers to take part in a public mural program, but it’s just not the same!!!
Croatian graffiti scene gathered and published for the first time as Blackbook Croatia! When traveling is not on your side turn to books, yeah!
Now this is niche. Matt McCormick’s short film “the subconscious art of graffiti removal“ is dedicated to buffing. Actually, the documentary, rather than “removing” focuses on masking tags, where many times mean covering them up. Leaving the footprints of the graffiti completely visible and questionable if covering up was better for the aesthetics. Eventually, the…
Recently in London, UK there was an exhibition of shutters painted by artists for the occasion. Could some gallery gather the actual pieces of old shutters off the streets with the writers’ tags and throwies? Now that would be even more cool!
In Kofele, Ethiopia researchers and artists have teamed up with the help of organizations to create a “plant graffiti”. A tree nursery in the shape of a lion. The green national animal will be visible from space (and hopefully via earth’s aerial image capturing softwares) and is aimed to sensitise/ tackle climate change and promote…
A hard core photographer called NINJA K teamed up with the living legend Martha Cooper, and they documented one of the most anonymous, elusive and secretive crews of our times: 1UP. The photos in the book, ONE WEEK WITH 1UP capture their breath panting speed and adrenalin bursting. The two photographers knew exactly what they…
The mother of graffiti, a living legend, the documentary photographer who spread to the world the graffiti hip hop movement: Martha Cooper. It wouldn’t be an overstatement if we said that nearly all the writers and street artists we know today do what they do thanks to her. In the 70s, a then insular underground…
Urban Spree in Berlin, Germany is the hub of urban creativity. Gallery, artists’ residencies, gift shop, foot court, concert hall and many temporary activities/ events take place. What happens in the 1700m² space is organic, independent spirited, and true. Admission is free so wander through the Urban Spree and get a taste of German urban…
Tagging and getting your writer name across ANONYMOUSLY is one of the fundamental features of pure graffiti. In Kent, UK a writer bragged on his own social network page (presumably his personal page and not even under his writer name) that he tagged around the town, which lead to arrest and serving one year of…
In Palma de Mallorca, Spain an anti-graffiti force is after a writer called OLDER. The vandal’s tags have been spotted in 85 places across the town and is most likely to face a hefty fine. Dude, you’ve been caught on CCTV!
LOCKDOWN: a temporary invincibility ticket for graffiti writers in Auckland New Zealand. The number of tags and graffiti have bursted this period due the restricted mobility. Plus, the council can’t contract workers to clean them up until the alert level goes down to level 3 (currently at level 4).
Creepy as shXt. National Highways have recently announced that after a competition backed by the UK government, robot forces will be implemented to tackle graffiti on their railways. Audio sensory robots that will detect graffiti writing noises, AI fueled robots that trigger “deterrents”, wall climbing robots that will apply anti-graffiti paint that prevent paint adhesion…Robots…
NY, the birth place of graffiti has an awesome attitude. A writer was tagging a water tower and the police deployed an entire army, OK not really but a dozen police officers to catch him. Followed by an hours-long stand off even a chopper was called in. The neighbours commented “So much police for such…
A Banksy exhibition was called off as it didn’t contain enough authentic works of the artist. First of all, Banksy has stated that many exhibitions around the world are un-official without his consent. Second, the exhibition had many recreations and due to the massive complaints by the visitors the organizers were cornered to refund them.…
Modern day, bounty hunting (ok not really as there are no rewards) ! Hull, UK’s police has made an official announcement asking for any information on the writer with the tag WEL or WELDER due to his continuous vandalistic act in the zone. They are looking for you!
Many of you may have heard about Banksy’s new graffiti piece in Cromer, UK. But did you know that an offensive graffiti was written just above so it was removed? They did the right thing because offensiveness is a big no in genuine writing, but we wonder if they would have still cleaned it up…
Graffiti Granny strikes in Goodwood, Australia. Ms. Mary Kolusniewski, 75 was held guilty for damaging 5 street signs with “WTF” as a protest against the speed humps and one lane choke points, which according to Graffiti Granny disrupted the beautiful aesthetics of the street. She will need to pay a fine but no community service…
“Grow up idiot” were the exact words which mayor Sarah Millor of Henley, UK used to describe a writer who has been vandalizing various street signs in town. At this point it would have made more sense if she’d just defaced his tags with these words! lol
Toady we have a sad announcement to make… In Liverpool, UK a famous graffiti covered toilet has been replaced with tourist attractions….another work of art and history has been demolished…:(
Another report on harm reduction for graffiti. In Massachusetts, USA, this so called Graffiti Alley which is about 24 m long is for free of use for all writers, except when the nearby shop is open and other certain hours. Making the wall a tourist landmark for people to visit to see the graffs and…
Tel Aviv Israel’s railway is not yet functioning but it’s already underground culturally vibrant! Some graffiti enthusiasts find their way in and has adorned the tunnels with graffs.
Oh this is something new. According the Philadelphia Magazine, in the same city in USA, a couple had their engagement photos taken in an abandoned graffiti filled train. Too cool to be true!
Cádiz, located in the south of Spain is where a group of 3rd grade kids became writers. Okay maybe not exactly…but after a year of lock downs due to the global health crisis an elementary school wanted to offer some kind of extra-extracurricular activity to their students: they painted the school wall with the words…
The city of Coventry is going bananas with SMILE. Shutters, fences, walls or whatever surface the tagger can get his hands on he is there. Store owners and landlords hate him but some locals are liking his positive messages in strange times like this. They also managed to capture a footage of him whilst tagging…
Speaking of harm reducing approach, landlord Lien in Regina, Canada had a long persistent thorny problem of unwanted graffiti on his building so instead he decided to offer a wall to everybody without questions. “No hate speech, no gang tags, no racism. I tell everyone keep it positive. Make a plan and do something you…
Augmented reality (AR) technologies develop and tech giants are racing towards AR glasses and other products that render them closer to our everyday lives. Propelled by the advancement in crafty tracking and publicity technologies we may only be a decade away (or not even) from seeing AR adverts on the streets and building without any…
Offensive vandalism is NOT graffiti. Writers don’t go spreading messages of hatred, but they do it to spread their names via their works anonymously (and the kick of course) . An absolute no no to write on religious buildings and historical monuments! Oh and let’s not forget pure graffiti is illegal and when they are…
a completed work that has more than 3 colors (so not tags or throwies). It can also mean a masterpiece.
Wow, now this is something new. Excavators, power shovels, dump trucks and other heavy construction equipment get vamped up with graffiti. A project by Shinko Heavy Equipment and Constructions Company based in Shizuoka Japan offers heavy duty canvases and space to exhibit the finished works. When president Mr. Kobayashi inevitably faced more hours in his…
The inside area of letters that are “filled in” with colors as opposed to outlines.
From Russia with graffiti love! The Moscow Metro is celebrating its 86th birthday with legally painted graffiti train by local artists. The train will be in service until September and it will be up to the people to decide how they will be used. A wonderful initiative to support art in all forms, ain’t it!?
Houston, Texas’s iconic graffiti “Be Someone” that appeared in 2012 on the Union Pacific bridge to enter the city that greeted drivers may not be repainted anymore. In the past quasi-decade it has been painted over numerous times then turned back to the original “Be Someone” . However an anonymous announcement has been released thanking…
ShXt happens. They literally do. Getting busted whilst spraying a throwie, falling off the ladder, bursting a full spray can in your face…and the list goes on forever. Hit “graffiti fails” and you will open a door to a whole new world of empathy. Writing bloopers happen to all of us, it’s part of the…
Tesla is constructing a new mega-huge factory in Berlin called the Giga Berlin. For its completion founder Elon Musk has called out for all graffiti artists to submit their works to adorn the exterior walls. Architecturally speaking the walls are colossal and smooth, mouth watering for any artist to get those hands on. As a…
Colombia has a period called Paro Nacional (national strike) which initiated in 2019 where mass protests take place across the country in the name of anti- corruption, no to increasing taxes, better health care, improved working conditions, and to question how much power and influence the government is gaining. This year many graffiti writers and…
Aussie writer Sofles has been keeping him busy in times of a pandemic. He went “bombing” across the city of Brisbane with a projector tagging and writing some graffs digitally. We’re assuming that that the authorities appreciated his kind gesture to not vandalize any buildings with real paint.