When does street art become ‘art’ art?
Whether you think graffiti is a subversive, democratic art form or a public nuisance, it harks back to our cave-painting days
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Accessible and social distanced: London Mural Festival takes street art mainstream
More than 100 muralists, including Camille Walala, to transform more than 50 sites across the capital
Street art rejuvenates the urban landscape
In an age where Banksy’s work sells at major auction houses, street art is as big if not bigger than any modern art movement For years, street art & graffiti pumped power and succulent creative juices into an atrophied concrete world. For almost four decades, artists splash the urban landscape with color, beautifying grey spaces, … Read more
From the car park to the catwalk: how fashion embraced street art
A new line of sunglasses designed by ‘graffiti artist’ Mr Brainwash are just the latest example of fashion’s longstanding love of people who write on walls
Why Rio’s street artists hate the World Cup, and much more – the week in art
Brazil’s anti-World Cup graffiti, Antony Gormley’s hotel room inside a Transformer, plus Ai Weiwei sparks an internet craze of ‘leg-guns’ and Glasgow School of Art’s degree show goes ahead after the fire – all in your fave weekly dispatch
Saype’s grassy graffiti: meet the street-art sensation who sprays mountains
The French artist’s giant biodegradable artworks adorn fields, are best seen by drones and last only days. Now, Guardian readers can get their hands on them