From sculptures to graffiti, urban art can improve quality of life – but it can also do the exact opposite without proper planning.
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The street art giving Greenland’s villages a sense of hope.
Graffiti removal forms part of the visual culture of contemporary cities. The knowledge and aesthetic contributions of “buffers” have gone unnoticed for too long.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the walls of Pompeii’s brothel were a particular hot-spot for sexual graffiti.
The UK lacks a comprehensive system for recording hateful graffiti and imagery, something which researchers argue must change.
The colorful bubble letters have attracted praise and condemnation, with taggers seeing their work as a gift to the city, while others decry it as rampant vandalism.
Our city streets are covered with posters, signage, art and graffiti. How can these public images support diversity and justice in cities?
Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of a government crackdown.
Glasgow welcomes the world’s most famous graffiti artist, drawn to the city by the much-loved ‘Coneheid’ Duke of Wellington statue outside his exhibition.
In the last decade, some graffiti writers have moved from outlaw taggers to sought-after artists.
Living in cities filled with tags may make us feel less safe. But tags don’t mean crime and gangs. The real reasons people tag buildings and bridges are to show off and create community.
Art can help anchor places even as they are reshaped.
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, a scholar of the culture and its musical genres explores the meaning of the word ‘dope.’
The artist who once declared “copyright is for losers” finds himself locked in a legal battle over use of his artwork.
Banksy has unveiled six new works in Ukraine, created on the walls of bombed buildings.
Phallic graffiti was more than just funny in Roman Britain.
These surfaces are of profound scientific, cultural, heritage, environmental, and aesthetic importance. Unfortunately, they are threatened - by graffiti.
From coronavirus to climate change and the Black Lives Matter movement, street artists expressed their views on the walls and in the parks and laneways of Australia in 2020.
Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ to be painted on a street near the White House. The act would have been considered vandalism had it not been done by city workers.
Street artists offer us momentary respite from the psychological weight of the global crisis.
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Professor of Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, UCL
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Professor of Design History, Swinburne University of Technology
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Researcher in the Philosophy of Play
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cities and Urbanism, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Sociology and Criminology, York St John University
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Senior Lecturer, Kingston University
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Senior Lecturer, UniSA Creative, Adelaide University
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Reader in Art and Design, University of Dundee
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Full Professor of Sustainable Finance, Kedge Business School
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Lecturer, Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Nottingham Trent University
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Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne