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Exclusive: Ceasar Talks Black Ink Crew’s ‘Battle of the Tattoo Titans’ and Growing with the Black Ink Brand

By Shawn Grant / May 3, 2022

Who could see the Black Ink brand becoming this large? Ceasar Emanuel could. Shops across the country, one of the...

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The Museum Of Graffiti To Exhibit ‘GHOST: Bits and Pieces’

The Museum Of Graffiti To Exhibit ‘GHOST: Bits and Pieces’

By Sha Be Allah / April 20, 2022

The Museum of Graffiti is pleased to announce Bits and Pieces, a solo exhibition of new works by GHOST, the...

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Katrina “Kat Tat” Jackson Inks First-Look, Development and Executive Producer Deal with Paramount

Katrina “Kat Tat” Jackson Inks First-Look, Development and Executive Producer Deal with Paramount

By Shawn Grant / April 19, 2022

Katrina "Kat Tat" Jackson, a tattoo artist, television personality, and entrepreneur, has signed a First-Look, Development, and Executive Producer agreement...

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[WATCH] Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure Exhibit Debuts In NYC

[WATCH] Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure Exhibit Debuts In NYC

By courtneyb / April 10, 2022

Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibit featuring a celebration of Basquiat’s life will open this April,The NYC Landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building will...

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NYC Graffiti Legend PER ONE FX Dead At 55

NYC Graffiti Legend PER ONE FX Dead At 55

By Sha Be Allah / March 31, 2022

According to several confirmed reports from within the graffiti community, graffiti icon Alfredo “PerOne” Oyague has passed away. He was...

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OneOf Announces Partnership With The Christopher Wallace Estate to Release Limited-Edition Notorious B.I.G. NFTs

OneOf Announces Partnership With The Christopher Wallace Estate to Release Limited-Edition Notorious B.I.G. NFTs

By Sha Be Allah / March 9, 2022

OneOf, the Green Web3 company built for music, sports, and lifestyle, is honored to commemorate iconic rapper Biggie Smalls' legendary...

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[WATCH] ‘Writer’s Itch’ Presents MISTA KGKASS

[WATCH] ‘Writer’s Itch’ Presents MISTA KGKASS

By Sha Be Allah / February 28, 2022

Graffiti has its roots in NYC sub-culture since the early 70s starting with writers like TAKI 183, an Inwood, Manhattan...

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Graffiti Artist Seen’s painting sells for $122,210 at auction

February 23, 2012

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On February 15th, Artcurial held Street Art actuion in Paris. Legendary and pioneering graffiti artists' work sold at record high prices. 201 lots of featured work from artists across the world and st... Read Article

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Street Art: Sam3

February 23, 2012

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Street art from Berlin artist Sam3 ... Read Article

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NYC MTA to sell wooden benches for $650

February 21, 2012

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The New York MTA will put the iconic wooden benches that have graced subway stations for years up for sell for about $650. The will be replaced by new stainless steel benches that they feel will be clea... Read Article

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Video: Niels âShoeâ Meulmanâs Calligraffiti “Sweeping Beauty”

February 20, 2012

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Niels Meulman aka Shoe is an graffiti artist that blends graffit and traditional calligraphy. In the videos below he writes the word "beauty" in water, a metaphor for the disappearing and brief life sp... Read Article

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James Allen Diamond Studded iPhone Case

February 20, 2012

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James Allen, an online bridal retailer's is a diamond studded iPhone case which will retail for $20,000. There are approximately 808 diamonds alond with 43 rubies that adorn the casing with a titanium... Read Article

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Phone Booth Street Libraries NYC

February 20, 2012

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New York based architect John Locke who has been turning phone booths into public libraries where people can put books they no longer want and trade books as well. 002... Read Article

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Video: Sinless âUrban Folkloreâ in Panama

February 17, 2012

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It’s rare to find a graffiti video coming out of Panama, making this one pretty unique. This video features the graffiti artist Sinless painting a mural entitled “Urban Folklore,” and half-way through... Read Article

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A Bathing Ape X Meister ABC Camo Sofa

February 17, 2012

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A Bathing Ape's lastest collaboration is with Tokyo based furniture store Meister. They are producing two styles, a sofa and an arm sofa, available in 3 different BAPE's camo fabrics in four sizes ava... Read Article

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Animal Sculptures Made from Shattered Cds

February 17, 2012

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Sean Avery's mixed media sculptures of animals and insects... Read Article

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MadC x Between The Lines, Graffiti Show

February 17, 2012

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Famous German writer MadC just opened her recent solo graffiti show Between the lines at LaGrille Gallery in Switzerland. Her latest artworks, including in addition to brilliant canvas works, also a h... Read Article

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Kehinde Wiley x The World Stage Israel

February 16, 2012

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January 2010 cover artist, Kehinde Wiley, has 4 paintings from his The World Stage—Israel series on display with Roberts + Tilton Gallery at ARCOMadrid in Madrid, Spain.... Read Article

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Kate Moss for Supreme 2012 Spring/Summer Teaser

February 16, 2012

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Supreme released their teaser for their 2012 Spring/ Summer line featuring Kate Moss.... Read Article

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Blackmarket Coca Cola Art

February 16, 2012

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Iran-based muralists, Icy and Sot, decided after their president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared a ban on key American companies including Coca-Cola, that they were going to import and create their own. ... Read Article

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Nightlife Paintings by Alexandra Pacula

February 15, 2012

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Alexandra Pacula is a Brooklyn base oil painter who has a fascination with nightlife. Her paintings look like long exposure photographs of urban landscapes at night.... Read Article

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Video: Lego Graffiti

February 15, 2012

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Stop motion video of Lego Graffiti ... Read Article

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Takashi Murakami âEgoâ Exhibition @ Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall

February 14, 2012

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Takashi Murakami is currently on exhibit at Al Riwaq Exhibition hall in Doham Qatar until June 24, 2012. "Murakami - Ego" draws on Murakami's desire to create a show that is 'a dialogue with one's ow... Read Article

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“Crowned” by Street Etiquette

February 14, 2012

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Today the Bronx duo Street Etiquette released their new editoral portrait series entitled "Crowned". The project shot by Andre Wagner of Abstract Elements, depicts the personal hair styles of 12 uniqu... Read Article

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Video: Conor Harrington “Black Herds of the Rain”

February 14, 2012

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"Black Herds of The Rain" is a film documenting Conor Harrington's trip home to Ireland in the summer of 2011. He painted 3 walls paintings inspired by Austin Clarke’s poem The Lost Heifer". Black Her... Read Article

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15,000 Abraham Lincoln Book Tower

February 14, 2012

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On Display soon at the new Ford Theatre Center for Education and Leadership in Washington, DC is this 34-foot pillar that includes over 15,000 unique titles about the United Stateâs 16th president, ... Read Article

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Hilariously Ferocious Underwater Dogs

February 13, 2012

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Photographer Seth Casteel has captured some pretty surreal, hilarious images of underwater dogs. Dogs fetching underwater make for some pretty cute, ferocious aquatic beasts.... Read Article