The only thing cooler than Camila Rosa’s woke af illustrations is the artist herself. Rosa has been working on her illustrations for seven years now,…
Pols Condemn Williamsburg Swastikas, Point To Trump
Local politicians are condemning the “reprehensible symbolism” of swastikas that appeared in a South Williamsburg apartment building, and are calling on the Trump administration to…
Henry Chalfant’s Golden Age ‘Graf Writers’ Speak
Long before Gordon Gekko’s bimbo cousin was inaugurated in January (no doubt aided by doing the best impression of Ronald Reagan he could muster), trend pieces…
RAE BK Had an Old-School Art Party With DJ Kool Herc and It Went Like This
The last time I saw a bunch of RAE BK‘s work all in one place was in 2015, just after the street artist and Brooklyn-native…
‘Style Wars’ Producer Henry Chalfant Offers Panoramic Views of Graffiti’s ‘Golden Age’
Since Thursday, the white walls at Eric Firestone Gallery have been wholly devoted to just a small portion of Henry Chalfant’s archive of “subway photographs.”…
Muralist Returns for Third Try after Bad Luck Streak of ‘Biblical’ Proportions
After a false start three weeks ago, street artist Logan Hicks is ready to give his Bowery Graffiti Wall mural another shot. The stencil mural,…
On the LES, Street Artists #FeeltheBern With a Bowie-Bernie Mashup and More
Didn’t wake up at 1 a.m. to get a spot in line to see Vampire Weekend serenade Bernie Sanders at Washington Square Park this afternoon? There’s…
Graffiti-Blasting DOT Aims to Turn New York Into State of Washing-Ton
The Department of Transportation thinks your graffiti is vulgar, and will power-wash it into oblivion until New York City is restored to the sparkling shiny…
Bowie in the East Village, Then and Now
This morning we noticed graffiti artist Hektad had made some modifications to his 2nd Avenue F stop mural of a giant splattering heart, in honor of the man…
Con Artist Has Art So Cheap You Can Eat It, Trust
I’d never seen art move so quickly off the walls as I did last night at Con Artist Collective‘s Lower East Side gallery. Things were…