As of 06/06/2007 graffiti artists are now required to apply for a permit to paint the walls at the famous Venice Pits.

This is a graffiti wall off Melrose where the CBS Crew draws.

“Urban Cancer”, a project by Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza, connects up multiple street lamps to one pole, in order to examine the technological imperialism of modern cities. This video has really nice details of just how he got all those lights up there. Video found by Wooster Collective via MakeZine. More here.

Here’s a new romanian graffiti video that I discovered today on Metacafe. Enjoy ;)

As I was saying a couple of weeks ago, Ket, one of the graffiti “godfathers” pleaded guilty. He was ordered yesterday to pay a $5,000 penalty for subway vandalism, doesn’t rue his spray-paint-filled past. “I do not regret it,” Alain (KET) Mariduena said after being sentenced for felony criminal mischief in Manhattan Supreme Court. “I [...]

I just discovered today a somehow old article from The Brooklyn Paper. It is called ‘New face of vandalism?’ It is about a 6 years old girl who did what any normal kid does: she draw a picture with common sidewalk chalk. But no … the state forces don’t agree with us: “Please remove the [...]

I just compiled today some romanian graffiti scenes from various periods of time. Enjoy ;)

whatyouwrite.com published on Saturday, October 13th, 2007 a homage to a graffiti legend of the NYC subway graffiti movement. RASTA C.I.A. Crazy Inside Artists. The Brooklyn native passed away last week so i feel the least i could to show my love for him is to KEEP IS MEMORY ALIVE.. I posted a pic of [...]

Graff writers from around the world unite in the Bronx in an effort to attest graffiti as an art-form and not vandalism. MEETING OF STYLES, The Bronx, NY [ via The New Pop ]

While Ket (one “godfather of graffiti”) pleaded guilty to defacing subway trains, another “godfather of graffiti”, Seen, just had his Paris “Seen City” exhibition (14th to 30th September), presenting his latest creations. Seen Speaks French Interview with Seen in NYC Seen video by puregraffiti.com (thanks ;)