ALife Guerrilla Mixed Media

Okay, this is as originalas this stuff can get. Alife, the style collective whose inspired Lower East Side store stocked … More

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

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

“Ize” Up in Meatpacking District, NYC

We’re not sure if this is graf “proper,” or the sloppy handiwork of the proprietor of whatever is behind this … More

“Nuke” on Crosby Street, SoHo, NYC

Here’s an “up” by “Nuke” on good ol’ Crosby Street in Soho. Crosby has quite a bit of graf for … 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

“Repo” Graf in the Lower East Side

Here’s a nice “up” by “Repo” near Essex and Broome streets in the currently hot, hot, hot real estate market … 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

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

Smart Graf – SoHo, NYC

This piece of graf is in the heart of SoHo shopping district, where all the landmarked cast-iron buildings and mega … 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

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

Some Graff Bombed Truck, SoHo

May 01, 2005 Some Graf Bombed Truck, SoHo Okay, there’s the good graff. Then there’s the really good graff. And … 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 10 – Grade “A” Graf on the Kam

Found this surprisingly excellent up along the King Kamehameha Highway on the east side of Oahu, outside Honolulu. This was … More

Honolulu Graphica 04 – Lame Starter Tag

On the edge of downtown Honolulu is this feeble attempt to write a tag. This unfinished graf is a rarity … More

Truck Graf by “Gano” – Chinatown, New York City

Walking along Prince Street in SoHo, past the the cast-iron lofts buildings, this past Wednesday evening, we spotted a major … 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

New York Grafouts – Lower East Side 02

Another prime example of a “graf-out” on the Lower East Side of New York City. We love these things. The … More

New York Grafouts – Lower East Side 01

Graf goes up, graf goes down. Or, rather, graf gets covered with a coat of paint. Often, that coat of … 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

Downtown Up – “Lier” on the Lower East Side

An up by “Lier” on the Lower East Side. This tag has edgier, geometric lines and less of the curvelinear … 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

NYC Graf – “Core” in Chinatown

A nice close-up of an up on the side of a truck in Chinatown. Mid-sized freight trucks are everywhere in … 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

Downtown NYC Graf – “Gucci” by Claw on Clinton St., LES

Every time we see an up by Claw, it’s a little different from every one we’ve seen before. The colors … 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

East Village Up 1 – “Sasse”

Close-up shot of tag by “Sasse” in the East Village on future site of luxury condo development. Ivan Corsa Photo

East Village Up 2 – “Sasse”

“Sasse” is the name, “writin’” is the game. Nice, quick aerosol up in an empty lot with basketball backboard on … 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

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

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

Downtown Up: “Siker”

A well-executed and fully-realized aerosol throw-up by “Siker” on the rapidly gentrifying Lower East Side, where spacious, renovated million-dollar luxury … 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

Los Angeles Graphica 05: “Locals Only” Surfer Graf, Topanga Beach Bench

There’s not much graf or street art in the beach hoods of SoCal. But this combo of surfer messages on … 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

Gusto on Rivington St., Lower East Side

This weighty tag on a storefront shutter on Rivngton St., between Bowery and Chrystie, has lost some of its luster, … 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

Critter Characters

Like characters out of a children’s book, these illustrations of anthropomorphic animal characters look like they were drawn with a … More

Source Graf, Lower East Side

For the graf writer, a clean storefront shutter is a tempting blank canvas just asking for Krylon. The shutters pictured … 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

Chinatown Graf

Walking towards SoHo along Grand Street through Chinatown, we spotted this piece of graf about a block or so west … 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

East Village Graf

It was a hot, muggy summer day in New York City. We were on our way cross-town to Pier 45 … More

Collective Unconscious

Collective Unconscious occupied a small, ratty and bizarrely decorated retail space on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side. The … More

Graf by Skrew

“Can control” is a key among the graf writer’s skill set and can make all the difference between a messy … 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

The face of the late great wrestling superstar André the Giant became an international underground icon in the 1990’s after … 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

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

Cookiepuss … Claw

This spray-painted claw by the graf writer “Claw” is a familiar graffiti icon of downtown New York, though it’s not … 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

Resistance is Futile

Ever read that book “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell? It explains how evolving, collective social preferences build up a … More

Boss, Da Plane! Da Plane!

We found this piece of street art on the side of a tenement building in Little Italy, in New York … 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