History

Belfast, A Mural Lover’s Paradise With a Dark Edge

Belfast, Northern Ireland isn’t necessarily on the map as a street art destination, but it’s home to a vibrant artistic culture that has much to teach the rest of the world. Emma speaks to Belfast artist Judith Guiney and reflects on how to capture a changing city.

The History of Western Art As An Ideological Endeavor

Western Art has always been driven by the dominant ideology and philosophy of the time, which has always been changing. With the coming of globalization and more inclusive and cosmopolitan, global perspectives, are we at the point of the end of Western Art? What were the merits and the flaws of Western Art and its ideology?

The Boys from the Heights at Graffiti HeArt

Graffiti legends Mike 171, SJK 171, Taki 183, JEC *, and Henry 161 headlined a three-day event at Cleveland’s Graffiti HeArt. Read what happens when Cleveland gets some of the classic Washington Heights grit and hospitality.

History of Graffiti in Rome: from Pompeii to the Metro B

Rome: a city of history, a city of glory. Also-one of the only cities in the world where subway graffiti survives to this day. From the early 90s to today, dozens of writers have stood in defiance of authority and battled for fame on the whizzing surfaces of Rome’s metro.

DIA, Death, & A Demon Horse: A Conspiracy of Luis Jimenez and His Most Infamous Sculpture

Reared on a berm in front of Denver International Airport, stands a creation vast in both stature and lore: Blucifer. Some say the beast is cursed, a demonic design responsible for the murder of its creator, an allegory of the conspiracy surrounding its home, DIA. Others view a controversial piece of art with over a decade’s long debate of aesthetic value and intention.

Belfast, A Mural Lover’s Paradise With a Dark Edge

The History of Western Art As An Ideological Endeavor

The Boys from the Heights at Graffiti HeArt

History of Graffiti in Rome: from Pompeii to the Metro B

DIA, Death, & A Demon Horse: A Conspiracy of Luis Jimenez and His Most Infamous Sculpture

AL DIAZ: 4 THE CREATIVELY DEFIANT

Public Art: SoHo