Okay, this is as originalas this stuff can get. Alife, the style collective whose inspired Lower East Side store stocked … More
Category: Art
OK Bandit SoHo 02
Here’s another shot of the “OK Bandit” in the Soho luxury lofts district. Ivan Corsa Photo
OK Bandit SoHo 01
So we were walking down Broome street after work last week in the heart of Soho, where all those amazing … More
Empire
Wow! Empire of what? We don’t know and we don’t care. For all we know, this wheat-paste up we found … More
Spooky Sunglasses Man Stencil
We don’t know who this is. We don’t know who the subject of this stencil is nor do we know … More
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 08
The last in the series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups by WK Interact at the corner of Chrystie and Rivington … More
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 07
In this detail shot, note the visible Krylon brand can of aerosol paint and the vague but indeterminate branding on … More
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-pastes 06
Note the downward double-arm movement of the graff writer depicted in this up, another in the recently upped series of … More
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 05
Two writers visible in this wide shot in the latest series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups by well-known New York … More
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 04
In this detail shot, the graf writer is on the one-knee stance. This is yet another in series of life-size … More
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 03
One in a newly-upped series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups New York City artist WK Interact. Ivan Corsa Photo
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 02
More in a series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups by well-known New York City artist WK Interact, whose studio and … More
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 01
This series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups of graf writers doing there thing went up along the side of a … More
Geezer with Puppy Wheat-Paste Posters
Here are some curious wheat-pastes in a three-repeat “up” in Lower Manhattan. The images show a geezer holding a puppy. … More
More Shephard Fairey: “Obey” Lightpost Stencil
We found this Obey stencil by artist/publisher/seminal guerilla-marketer Shepard Fairey on a light-post base in the Lower East Side of … More
Marilyn Monroe in Chinatown
We love this stencil pattern of Marilyn Monroe on a red door in Chinatown. The Monroe iconography works on a … More
Keith Haring Mural at Carmine St. Pool 03
Here’s a third shot of the Carmine Street Pool mural by the late artist Keith Haring. Ivan Corsa Photo
Keith Haring Mural at Carmine St. Pool 02
This is the second in a series of three shots of a mural by 1980’s art star Keith Haring at … More
Keith Haring Mural at Carmine St. Pool 01
The late Keith Haring was one of several art stars to emerge from the downtown New York City art explosion … More
Downtown Mars Rover Stencil
Here’s a cool stencil we’ve seen all around downtown New York City for a long time. From Tribeca and SoHo … More
SSUR Plus Storefront at Night
We love the store front to the SSURPlus select clothing shop in New York City. Regular visitors to this site … More
Super Graf Van Paste-Up
Visual irony at street level: a wheat-paste paper cut-out of a van covered in graf tags. We love it. This … More
Art Cow Project, East Village
Cow Parade was a major public art event to visit several foreign and U.S. cities, including New York City, in … More
African Dude Head Stencil
If you’re not looking carefully, you might easily miss this stencil as you’re walking by it on the street because … More
“Fred” Up on Truck, Spring Street, SoHo
This truck is the bizzomb!!! Or rather, the graf makes this truck the bizzomb. You can always find this truck … More
KAWS Michelin Sticker
New York City-based Kaws is an art star of the global street art and graf worlds. His work can be … More
SoHo Playground Mural
SoHo in New York City often conjures images of art galleries, artists and huge lofts. But these days the only … More
Downtown Panda Stencil
If it’s pandas you want, then it’s pandas you shall get … at least as far as this example of … More
Black and White Lips Galore
It’s hard to go wrong by employing repetition. As an aesthetic principle, showing the same image, or a slight variation … More
Helicopter Bug
It’s a car. It’s a helicopter. It’s a … “helicar”? No, wait … it’s a n “automocopter.” Whatever it is, … More
An Artist Called West 01 – Faces of the LES Tenement Museum
This impressive painting on Orchard Street, between Delancey and Broome streets, in the Lower East Side, is by one of … More
Honolulu Graphica 07 – Mural on the Kam
We came across this abandoned barn along the the King Kamehameha Highway (or “The Kam,” as locals say) outside the … More
Honolulu Graphica 01 – Tiger Stripe High
Snapped this shot of a huge, long mural of a tiger stripe motif on the exterior of a high school … More
Headache – Street Art by WK Interact, NYC
This is a classic piece of large-scale street art by New York artist WK Interact, whose work is drawn in … More
Sticker Art – Ludlow Street Super Punk
We found this sticker on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side about a week ago and couldn’t resist pulling … More
Delancey Street Station Fish Mosaic
Delancey Street Station is one of the busier subway train junctions in New York City. Its location in the downtown … More
Williamsburg Rock Mural
This huge mural in Williamsburg, in Brooklyn, “rocks the rockingest!” This well-executed work has the look of a magazine illustration … More
Triple Threat – NYC Street Art Mash-up
Here we’ve got the work of several street artists and writers, including that of a couple of the underground’s brightest … More
Steet Art Sticker – Paint Brush
We don’t know who the artist is behind this sticker of a dripping paint brush, which can be interpreted as … More
Street Art by Faile: “Michael” in SoHo
The artist(s) who goes by the name Faile is among the stars of the global street art underground. This artists … More
View From AOL Time Warner Building
A view from the mezzanine inside the AOL Time Warner Building looking out through the huge glass front onto Columbus … More
Wall of Java Tops at Ini Ani, LES 03
Another shot that shows the wall of coffee lids designed by architects Lewis Tsurumaki Lewisat at Ini Ani Espresso Bar … More
Wall of Java Tops at Ini Ani, LES 02
Detail image of innovative interior decor feature at Ini Ani Espresso Bar in New York City. The wall pattern is … More
Wall of Java Tops at Ini Ani, LES 01
One of our favorite cafes in the Lower East Side is Ini Ani Espresso Bar on Stanton St. The small … More
Post-Modern Timekeeping on Wall Street
This series of numbered panes on the side of a Water St. office building is a clock. As a piece … More
Mad Ups – Graf All-Stars in East Village, New York
This image if a wall along 1rst St., between Bowery and 2nd Ave. in the East Village, really speaks for … More
SSUR Plus Storefront – “Bruce Lee” Window
SSUR Plus is a select shop and exclusive, niche brand (along the lines of A Bathing Ape or Alife) of … More
Street Art – WK Interact “Boxer” Image on Lower East Side
The work of the artist WK Interact is some of the most easily recognizable of downtown New York City. The … More
Reppin’ Manhattan – Faces of the LES
Pictured above is one of two paneled murals depicting actual immigrants living in the Lower East Side or LES. (The … More
Street Art Ups in NoLIta: Bäst, Blue Monster + Kinky Sticker
Several layers of Krylon ups on this NoLIta building have been cannibalized by several more layers of wheat-pasted street art … More
Street Art for DUMBO Loft Dwellers 02
Contextual shot of DUMBO, Brooklyn street art on a renovated factory building that now has multi-million dollar condos and lofts … More
Street Art for DUMBO Loft Dwellers 01
Found this beautiful pastel-colored and wheat-pasted banner artwork in DUMBO, Brooklyn on the sealed brick archway of a renovated factory … More
Los Angeles Graphica 07: Space Invader Street Art
If you look closely you can see the Paris-based artist Invader’s signature “space invader” mosaic (inspired by the classic videogame … More
Los Angeles Graphica 06: Space Invader Street Art
Well-known in the global street art underground, the French artist who goes by the name Invader has left his mark … More
Bleeding Like a Virgin Rambo
Two buildings on two corners at opposite ends of the same block along Spring St.–one at Elizabeth St., the other … More
Tiger Jesus Stencil
What does a giant, ferocious feline and the Messiah have in common? Well, if you walk down Rivington St. (which … More
Bäst on Prince St., SoHo
One of our favorite New York City street artists is Bäst, whose work has been featured here before and will … More
Guggenheim Museum Interior Spiral
This shot shows the spiral interior of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The iconic Upper East Side museum … More
Celia Cruz Mural
Within a couple of days after salsa-music singing queen Celia Cruz passed away last year, this memorial mural went up … More
Critter Characters
Like characters out of a children’s book, these illustrations of anthropomorphic animal characters look like they were drawn with a … More
Barking Pink General
Snapped this fresh piece of street art pasted on a vertical I-beam on Spring Street near the southwest corner of … More
Light Beams at Ground Zero
Remembering the past. Looking southwest from the East Village, a view of the twin light beams memorial at Ground Zero, … More
Pray for Pills + Genghis
The stencil is the massage. Here’s another one of those stenciled catchphrases you see around lower Manhattan. These slogans are … More
Collective Unconscious
Collective Unconscious occupied a small, ratty and bizarrely decorated retail space on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side. The … More
Seventies Sunglasses Girl
These black-and-white photos of a woman wearing large 1970’s-style sunglasses were pasted up on the side of a large building … More
Hello! My Name Is Michael Caine
Michael Caine played secret agent Harry Palmer in a series of 1960’s spy movies, and in doing so created the … More
Obey Giant: East Village
Shepard Fairey’s icon of André the Giant pops up on the streets in various forms: stickers, posters and stencils. Here’s … More
Obey Giant
The face of the late great wrestling superstar André the Giant became an international underground icon in the 1990’s after … More
The Met Museum Terrace
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is among the foremost collections of important art and antiquities in … More
Genghis of Ludlow St.
The ruthless Mongol ruler and warrior Genghis Khan (c. 1162-1227) unified his people and created the world’s largest empire, which … More
Bar Barramundi, New York CIty
The steel shutters in front of commercial spaces get battered over time by people and the elements. In New York … More
Swoon: Kids Play 3 (3 of 3)
Swoon is a New York City street artist whose work is instantly recognizable to residents of certain neighborhoods of Lower … More
Swoon: Kids Play 1 (1 of 3)
Swoon is a New York City street artist whose work is instantly recognizable to residents of certain neighborhoods of Lower … More
Swoon: Kids Play 2 (2 of 3)
Swoon is a New York City street artist whose work is instantly recognizable to residents of certain neighborhoods of Lower … More
Thinking Dumbo
Walk the streets of Dumbo in Brooklyn and you get a feel for the kind of ambiance that SoHo had … More
Black Eye Girl
This example of paste-up street art on Ludlow St. in the Lower East Side of New York forces the viewer … More
Graffiti to Go
Graffiti taggers and artists have been putting Krylon to all sorts of vehicles all over New York City for years. … More
Police Friend
To many New Yorkers, an NYPD patrol car is a sign of security, holding the line against crime and keeping … More
Wild Style in Billyburg
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg (sometimes called “Billyburg” by local hipsters) is not a part of the borough generally known … More
The Cafe at Bloomingdales, SoHo
Last week, Bloomingdales, the grand, old New York City department store, went downtown–way downtown–to lower Broadway in SoHo, where it … More
Street Art by Swoon
This is the work of the New York-based artist Swoon, whose street art can be found plastered on buildings throughout … More
Street Art of Immigrants
Some street art on Ludlow Street just south of Delancey on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. These paintings are … More
No One is as Great as They Are
This large banner was hanging from an apartment building on 6th Ave., a block or so south of Houston St. … More
Absolut NoHo
Absolut has always melded art-world savvy with clever and iconic advertising campaigns. This billboard on Lafayette St. at Bleeker St. … More